Jazz up your SMS campaigns with these holiday season emojis ⛄
Emojis are popular. In some way, shape, or form, they say everything that words just can’t. It’s probably the first language born in the digital world, and everyone can seemingly recognise and understand them.
They can add personality and emotion to the most mundane email. They can make text messages fun and memorable. They can even drive up engagement for a social media post.
According to Hubspot, emojis can increase a tweet’s engagement by 25.4%, increase a Facebook post’s likes by 57%, and its number of comments and shares by 33%. So if you’re looking for ways to stand out during the holiday season, give these little guys a try! 😊
How emojis impact social media posts
How to add emojis to your text messages
Highlight and copy the emoji of your choice from the Emoji column below, and then paste it when you compose an SMS. If you’re looking for more, check out the master list or animal list.
You can also click on the smiley face emoji that’s immediately under your Sender ID drop-down menu when composing an SMS in Burst. Here’s a guide.
| Holiday Season Emoji List | ||
| Emoji | Unicode | Description |
| ❄ | U+2744 | Snowflake |
| ⛄ | U+2603 | Snowman |
| 🎄 | U+1F384 | Christmas Tree |
| 🎁 | U+1F381 | Wrapped Present |
| 🎅 | U+1F385 | Santa |
| 🦃 | U+1F983 | Turkey |
| 🐧 | U+1F427 | Penguin |
| 🌟 | U+1F31F | Glowing Star |
| 🎆 | U+1F386 | Fireworks |
| 🎇 | U+1F387 | Firework Sparkler |
| 🎉 | U+1F389 | Party Popper |
| 🎊 | U+1F38A | Confetti Ball |
| 🎡 | U+1F3A1 | Ferris Wheel |
| 🎠 | U+1F3A0 | Carousel Horse |
| 🎿 | U+1F3BF | Ski and Ski Boot |
| 🏂 | U+1F3C2 | Snowboarder |
| ☕ | U+2615 | Hot Beverage |
| 🌰 | U+1F330 | Chestnut |
| 🍲 | U+1F372 | Pot of Food |
| 🍖 | U+1F356 | Meat on Bone |
| 🍗 | U+1F357 | Poultry Leg |
| 🍕 | U+1F355 | Slice of Pizza |
| 🍲 | U+1F372 | Pot of Food |
| 🍺 | U+1F37A | Beer Mug |
| 🍻 | U+1F37B | Clinking Beer Mugs |
| 🎀 | U+1F380 | Ribbon |
Keep in mind that emojis use Unicode encoding, and they’re bigger than regular characters. As soon as you add an emoji, your SMS switches to support Unicode. Instead of getting 160 characters per SMS, you now get 70 characters, so your message needs to be brief unless you don’t mind going over.
Emoji Keywords
Did you also know that you can create emoji keywords? They function like a regular SMS keyword, but they’re much more creative and fun for your customers. For example, your customers can send you a pizza emoji to opt in to your SMS list. Read more about it here.
