Would you want to be notified of important dates via text?

I'm truly curious. Do you think that providing a service that sends out reminders of important business dates, or events, via text is a good thing?

Or in other words, what if your preferred title company offered a service that sent you a short text message to remind you in advance when the recorders office is closed or when a clock hour class is coming up? In WA, when the recorders office is closed, it has the potential for disrupting a transaction. So in the past we have printed out nice at-a-glance calendars as a reminder to our clients.

But wouldn't it be cool if you could subscribe to a service that sent you a short text a few days before the holiday or furlough closure? ...Or would it be cool?

I'd really like to know if this would be a useful service to you.

Here are a few questions to ponder.

• Are business to business text messages acceptable? Or do they cross a personal boundary?
• Would you want to be notified of new blog posts via text?
• As a Real Estate professional what information would you want to recieve from Title & Escrow via text?
• Is this just a bleeding-edge shiny object or is there a real future for txt mktg?

I've actually set up a service for King, Pierce, and Snohomish County schedules in Washington state and you're welcome to try it out to see how it works.

If you want to give it a try, here's what you need to do:

Text the word "recorder" to the number "47170"

Enjoy! And thanks for your feedback!