Emotive: SMS Marketing

More pricey than some but has more benefits: copywriter, more involved marketing team, more education on segmenting and getting the best return on investment.

Words can’t describe the sheer happiness I experienced working with MJ and Maris of Emotive. I was on the fence as a small business owner in moving forward with SMS Marketing for my online store because there were so many options and so who can you trust. I am so happy that I fell into the hands of MJ and Maris of Emotive because they walked me through, step by step, the process technically and conceptually. In less than 1 week of onboarding I saw more than a 10x return on initial spend budget! As soon as I thought it could not get any better, my success manager with Emotive just added to the assurance of continued growth with a detailed action plan, guidance and strategies. This company and trusted staff is a game changer!

The emotive team has been proactive helping us with copy writing and building out flows. The software is super intuitive to learn. Can't say enough about the tool. I've used 3 other SMS tools and this one has been my favorite for sure.

The customer service is great. They helped me get all the important things set up during the trial period. They were willing to accommodate for my seasonal business and gave me a discount and support even though I wasn't able to sign a year contract. It is easy to set up flows to reach customers with relevant messages. It integrates well with Shopify.

Emotive is great SMS Marketing tool. Love their 5X ROI guarantee, automated two-way conversations, and dedicated success manager.

Worst company ever. My ROAS was consistently under 1 every time. The people assigned to me were useless. I had to handhold them through writing the SMS even though I was told they would write and design the texts. Google them and read the reviews outside of Shopify. They are awful. One of the people got angry because I said I am going to use Klaviyo instead and went off me. Inappropriate and unprofessional.

I moved my SMS biz over to Emotive after a disappointing experience with very limited customer support on another popular platform and immediately saw the difference. Their customer support is unlike any other I've experienced ... Onboarding (training) Sessions to get our SMS campaigns up and running; Daily Sessions that provide opportunities to ask questions as they arise with live experts; ongoing check-ins from team members who provide real-time, hands-on support to help assure success in our SMS campaigns. They provide a range of tools to help with your planning and stay engaged enough to keep you on track. Working with Emotive is truly an incredibly positive experience.

I had a great experience working with the team at Emotive. They were incredibly helpful and collaborative, ensuring that our account tracked users efficiently and accurately. What impressed me most was their understanding of how we wanted to target our audience across our various products. Jen and Olivia were particularly responsive and patient, addressing all of my questions promptly. I'm very grateful for their guidance in navigating Emotive's metrics. However, we only use Emotive for sending emails and not text messaging.

Ryan, Jen, and Mhira are amazing! They held our hand through every step of the process making it such a wonderful experience. We were hesitant at first to enter the SMS world but the transition to SMS/MMS was seamless.

Current Issue:
If you are a potential customer and have made it to this page, check the F rating on the BBB website. It is absolutely accurate in our experience. Completely unethical and untrustworthy company. First, the telephone number they list on our credit card statement is disconnected. We found this out when then charged our corporate card one month after sending notification in writing that we no longer authorize them to use the previously provided payment information. Sent an email requesting an immediate reversal to this charge. 24 hours later not even a reply.

Original Issue:
On our fourth bill we had a charge for "Minimum Spend True-Up". The charge was for $168.09. We inquired multiple times via email before finally getting a reply. We were informed this was for a monthly minimum spend, something that was never discussed with us prior to this invoice. In trying to get this issue resolved we were also informed that there are minimums with regards to the number of campaigns you must send in order to qualify for their ROI guarantee. Another detail that was never discussed prior to contracting or during on-boarding.

When asking to cancel their reply was as follows: "While I can see that the minimum spend wasn't noted in that recap email from Mike, it is noted in your signed Service Agreement (attached here) which supersedes any email communication."

This decidedly unethical company has chosen to ignore communications issues on their behalf and instead want to stick it to us for policies and requirements that their sales and on-boarding staff either forgot or chose not to mention. We could never trust emotive moving forward.

P.S. The sales person (Michael Cruz) was CC'd on each email regarding this issue and never one replied to a single one. Appears as if this was to avoid taking responsibility for skipping over some of these requirements before taking our credit card information...On our fourth bill we had a charge for "Minimum Spend True-Up". The charge was for $168.09. We inquired multiple times via email before finally getting a reply. We were informed this was for a monthly minimum spend, something that was never discussed with us prior to this invoice. In trying to get this issue resolved we were also informed that there are minimums with regards to the number of campaigns you must send in order to qualify for their ROI guarantee. Another detail that was never discussed prior to contracting or during on-boarding.

When asking to cancel their reply was as follows: "While I can see that the minimum spend wasn't noted in that recap email from Mike, it is noted in your signed Service Agreement (attached here) which supersedes any email communication."

This decidedly unethical company has chosen to ignore communications issues on their behalf and instead want to stick it to us for policies and requirements that their sales and on-boarding staff either forgot or chose not to mention. We could never trust emotive moving forward.

P.S. The sales person (Michael Cruz) was CC'd on each email regarding this issue and never one replied to a single one. Appears as if this was to avoid taking responsibility for skipping over some of these requirements before taking our credit card information...