kgb 542542, America’s favorite text answer service, (www.kgbanswers.com), today announced the launch of a free text alerts service, kgb Alerts, (www.kgbanswers.com/alerts), that will enable customers to sign up to receive interesting content, from daily diet and flirting tips to horoscopes, jokes and fun facts in the form of daily text messages. The alerts will be issued once daily.
Users can sign up for thousands of free alerts tailored to their specific interests by visiting www.kgbanswers.com/alerts. The top alert categories are entertainment, sports scores, player stats, horoscopes, market news, daily life tips, weather and stock quotes. Consumers can also sign up for the free alerts by texting the keyword associated with each alert to 542542 (Standard message and data rates may apply). For instance, users can text BECUTE for flirt tips, FORLOVE for love tips, FUNSTUFF for jokes, GOODFUN for insults, FEEL GOOD for diet tips, BESMART for fun facts, NICEDAY for fun, inspirational thoughts and MYFUTURE for horoscopes.
“In our highly mobile society, millions of consumers are expressing a preference for getting their favorite content – whether it’s a useful diet tip or an entertaining horoscope, or maybe an exercise or flirting tip – delivered right to their mobiles phones. At kgb, we’ve been answering millions of questions on these topics and we have a sense of what millions of our users will find fun and useful, so we’ve created kgb Alerts so they can stay connected with content they want and enjoy every day,” said kgb Mobile and Digital CEO Bruce Stewart
Below please find a sample of kgb Alerts:
Flirt tip: Don’t experiment with new foods on a first date. Stick with something you know you enjoy
Health tip: Study of kids under 12 shows those who have seen many TV ads are more likely to be obese
Live well: Problems are not all negative. Finding solutions to problems is hugely satisfying
Love tip: Sometimes it’s good to keep a little mystery between you. No need to spill your guts and embarrass yourself
Score update: Mets Scored! NYM 1, ARI 2. Bot2nd
Market news: Dow falls for 3rd straight session, closing at 10,258 reacting to layoff count for July.
Daily quote: Lost time is never found again – Ben Franklin
Green tip: Who needs pesticide? A little boiling water on weeds kills them quickly and effectively
Entertainment: Reps for Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger deny reports that they are engaged
Get fit: A single jump-rope can tuck into an overnight bag for a fun cardio workout anywhere, anytime
Daily myth: You’ll have bad dreams if you change your bed linens on a Friday