And now, a Public Service Announcement for those of you who subscribe to SMS (text) messages:

“Fuck you asshole” is not a carrier-recognized command to be removed from a list you’ve joined.

However, the following keywords are required to work as an opt-out command:

• Stop
• Cancel
• Quit
• Unsubscribe
• End

So you might want to try those first, and if you’re still receiving messages you want to opt out of, maybe try “Help.” It’s surprisingly… um… helpful! You should also be aware that, since there are, y’know, regulations involved and all, the transactions (that is, your messages) between you and any given short code are in fact stored and time-stamped, so that if you want to report a spammer to the FCC, both you and they have proof of who did what and when. With that said, you might not want to text in something that could get you in trouble, or maybe made fun of on someone’s blog.

If you’re on the other side of the mobile marketing interaction, do your part by adhering to US Consumer Best Practices (5 mb PDF, courtesy of Mobile Marketing Association).

Yury at Recess Mobile’s Writing SMS Opt-Out (STOP) Messages is also an excellent primer in the mandatory opt-out workflow, and geared a little more toward developers than marketers per se.

Me, I’m just a snarky old broad who finds inspiration for educational blog posts among the strange things that cross my desk during the day. Many a marketer’s SMS Inbox contains some gems worthy of MyDrunkTexts.com, that’s for damned sure!

I work with a bunch of guys… most of whom are 15 or more years younger than I am. They like sports, music, women and TOYS!

mobileStorm is headquartered in a large, open space with high ceilings (think soundstage proportions). Since it’s a great place to fly remote control helicopters and hovercraft, we have a few around, and every now and then someone will pick up the controls and start flying one around. Consummate voyeur that I am, I carry my crappy little digital camera around everywhere and can capture some of the fun that goes on!

All legendary customer service and no play makes Rox a dull broad. So on a regular basis a light saber duel, the boss getting silly-stringed or a well-photoshopped prank posted to the Yammer wall provides a welcome belly-laugh and another memory that binds us as an organization. We’re StormTroopers, and this is how we roll… or fly… or somethin’ like that!