San Diego Asian Film Foundation Teams with Globaltel Media to Provide SMS Updates for Film Festival

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Globaltel Media today announced that the San Diego Asian Film Foundation utilized the Globaltel Media managed SMS messaging platform to provide up-to-the-minute mobile updates for the recent San Diego Asian Film Festival.

"The San Diego Asian Film Festival had another successful year in partnering with Globaltel Media," said Daniel Matthews, Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator for San Diego Asian Film Foundation. "The system enabled us to quickly and directly connect with our patrons whenever we had festival updates, news, and giveaways. We'd have instances during the Festival when we'd add new screenings, so being able to instantly message out this information allowed us to promote effectively. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Globaltel Media and finding other creative ways to use the technology."

Now in the second year of implementation, festival attendees could request to receive SMS updates on mobile phones by simply texting "SDAFF" to 53137. Over the course of the film festival Globaltel Media received high response rates, with over 800 attendees opting in to receive updates ranging from new film screening announcements to free ticket giveaways.

"With over ten times the response rate of email, SMS text messaging can be one of the most effective ways to simultaneously communicate relevant information to large groups of people," said Robert Sanchez, CEO, Globaltel Media. "Now in our second year teaming up with the San Diego Asian Film Foundation for their annual festival, we are committed to providing the most innovative communication technology to not only increase overall efficiency of the event, but more importantly improve the festival experience for each attendee."

Globaltel Media connects online users with any mobile cellular device regardless of location, technology, device or cellular provider. Its Mobile Campaign Manager™ and Alirti™ solutions are designed to help organizations extend reach and engage in interactive dialog with partners, patients, clients and prospects through managed SMS text messaging while capturing unique demographic information and statistics.

About Globaltel Media

Globaltel Media is the first company to provide true two-way text dialog with rich media from any PC to any mobile phone and back regardless of the wireless technology, wireless operator or wireless device. Globaltel Media connects online users with any mobile device regardless of location, technology, device type or cellular provider. Globaltel Media addresses the needs of customers across a range of vertical markets including healthcare, entertainment, education, government, law enforcement and emergency communications. The company has its headquarters in San Diego, CA. For more information, visit www.globaltelmedia.com.

About San Diego Asian Film Foundation

The San Diego Asian Film Foundation (SDAFF) is one of the largest media arts organizations in North America that focuses on Asian American and Asian international cinema. For more information, visit http://www.sdaff.org/.

SOURCE Globaltel Media