Get A Free Year of Texting, Students

Being a student in college isn’t what it used to be. It used to be that only rich kids or kids who took out insane amounts of debt could afford to go to college. But now, everyone can afford college, which is a great thing. And college students get tons of discounts everywhere they go. They can even get cell phone plans that cost basically nothing!

Try It Out, Sprint And Best Buy

Sprint and Best Buy have teamed up to offer a plan where you (a student) can get free service on your phone. The deal will only last between November 18 and January 4 with the purchase of a new feature phone or smartphone though, so you’d better hurry. First, you need to head to Best Buy where you pick out a phone. Buy the phone and pay a $36 activation price, according to CNET, and you’ll get a free phone plan. After buying your phone, you need to go to Sprint’s verification site and prove you are a student, which will then allow you to get one year of unlimited text, talk, and 1 GB data per month. It’s a pretty sweet gig for most students.

Why Offer Free Stuff?

Some people may be thinking why a business would offer a year worth of free stuff to customers. For Sprint, it is simple. Getting customers to try your service is the hardest part. After they are able to try it out, they probably will stay. Even if they are just moochers and just want to get free stuff, people need to have a cell phone. It is much easier to just keep paying for the plan than it is to try and switch to a different company. And it will help Sprint prove it has just as much to offer as the other large cell phone service providers.

Payoff To Wait A Year Or So

It may take a year or so to actually see any payoff, and Sprint may lose a little money in the meantime, but it will be worth it in the end. If all the people who sign up for free service are going to just keep paying for it, they will end up with a huge boost in numbers in about a year. That is good advertising. And in the end, it will bring in a lot of business.

Texting Easier With Free

With the Sprint cell phone plan, students will get unlimited texting. For businesses, it is a great opportunity to start focusing your text advertising on students. Text message advertising works well with everyone, but it is even more likely to pay off with the younger generation. Younger people want to text all the time. You can be sure your marketing messages are quickly reaching all the students. Getting students to sign up and agree to getting your messages is also easier if they have an unlimited plan. Without even knowing it, it seems Sprint has helped a lot of businesses progress and offer better marketing strategies.

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Sources:

news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57612642-94/sprint-best-buy-give-students-a-free-year-of-talk-text-and-data/

bestbuy.com/site/mobile-phones/sprint-student-deal/pcmcat317600050015.c?id=pcmcat317600050015&type=category&DCMP=rdr115316&id=pcmcat317600050015