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Homes & Land How – To – Guide: Text Codes 12/13/2012 1 Advertisers: How to Use Text Codes in Your Magazine Ads This howtoguide provides instructions for incorporating text codes in your magazine ad using Online AdMaker (OAM). How to apply text codes in Online AdMaker When you create a new ad folder, you have the option to apply text codes to your new ad. The option to add text codes must be selected when a folder is created. When the option is chosen, a text code is applied to each listing as it is added to the OAM ad folder. If you elect to apply text codes to a folder you can turn the feature off/on for an individual listing. When you choose to use text codes, OAM displays the code that will be inserted into the ad for each listing’s caption and/or inset text. However, text codes are not editable in OAM. This prevents the possibility of accidentally altering a code. You can use both a text code and custom inset text as long as the maximum number of characters (set by your local Publisher) is not exceeded. Example: Just Listed! TEXT: T123456.

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Page 1: Advertisers:*How*to*UseText*Codes*in*Your* Magazine*Ads*pimage0.homesandland.com/.../100354/texting-advertisers.pdf · 2014. 2. 25. · Homes&&Land&How&–&To&–&Guide:&Text&Codes&

Homes  &  Land  How  –  To  –  Guide:  Text  Codes     12/13/2012  

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Advertisers:  How  to  Use  Text  Codes  in  Your  Magazine  Ads  This  how-­‐to-­‐guide  provides  instructions  for  incorporating  text  codes  in  your  magazine  ad  using  Online  AdMaker  (OAM).  

How  to  apply  text  codes  in  Online  AdMaker  When  you  create  a  new  ad  folder,  you  have  the  option  to  apply  text  codes  to  your  new  ad.  

The  option  to  add  text  codes  must  be  selected  when  a  folder  is  created.  When  the  option  is  chosen,  a  text  code  is  applied  to  each  listing  as  it  is  added  to  the  OAM  ad  folder.  If  you  elect  to  apply  text  codes  to  a  folder  you  can  turn  the  feature  off/on  for  an  individual  listing.  

When  you  choose  to  use  text  codes,  OAM  displays  the  code  that  will  be  inserted  into  the  ad  for  each  listing’s  caption  and/or  inset  text.  However,  text  codes  are  not  editable  in  OAM.  This  prevents  the  possibility  of  accidentally  altering  a  code.    

You  can  use  both  a  text  code  and  custom  inset  text  as  long  as  the  maximum  number  of  characters  (set  by  your  local  Publisher)  is  not  exceeded.    

Example:  Just  Listed!  TEXT:  T123456.    

 

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 Adding  instructions  for  consumers  to  your  magazine    Tech  savvy  consumers  will  already  know  that  they  need  two  pieces  of  information  to  send  a  text  message:  the  text  message  itself,  and  the  phone  number  (or,  in  this  case,  short  code)  of  the  recipient.    

When  you  use  the  Online  AdMaker  text  code  feature  in  your  ad,  you  will  automatically  provide  the  text  message  (text  codes)  in  your  caption  and/or  inset  text.  You’ll  also  need  to  provide  the  short  code  that  Homes  &  Land  has  set  up  to  receive  &  process  these  messages,  which  is  81035.    

Be  sure  to  have  your  ad  designer  incorporate  ad  design  elements  that  include  instructions  explaining  how  consumers  can  use  this  new  feature,  such  as:  

“Send  Text  Codes  to  81035  for  more  information”.    

See  the  example  ad  below  for  sample  text  codes  and  consumer  instructions.  

 

 

 

 

OAM  displays  the  text  code  that  will  be  inserted  into  the  caption  or  inset  text

Controls  allow  you  to  turn  text  codes  off/of  for  individual  listings

This  listing  includes  both  custom  inset  text  and  text  code

“TEXT: T123456” will be added to the end of your caption.

“TEXT: T123456” will be added to the end of your inset text.

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Example  Ad