Market More Effectively with Popdeem
Customer loyalty and rewards programs area driving force in helping businesses gain new customers and make a larger number of them repeat customers. It is a growing trend among retailers that has seen huge growth with help from apps and services tailored specifically to help them provide incentives to continue shopping. It is even more effective when paired with social media, as almost everyone is on at least one, if not several, social networks. Popdeem is a startup that combines loyalty rewards with social media to make incentivizing business even more effective. It works, in its developers’ words, to “amplify brand moments,” helping retailers drive engagement by rewarding their customers for sharing specific actions on social networks. Read more »
It is far easier for a business to succeed when it keeps up with the technology that makes things faster and easier, and doing so also helps to better meet consumer needs and expectations. One of the most innovative technological advancements is the cloud, providing the ability to store services and data online and quickly access them from any tech device at any time. For businesses that want to get the most out of the technology that can help them stay organized and connected while improving consumer experience, Spindle is a helpful resource. It offers what some call “unified commerce,” connecting every vital aspect of business operations through a single cloud service in order to elevate the consumer experience. 
While Cricket is not one of the more popular sports in the U.S., there is growing interest, and it is second in popularity worldwide. In fact, its huge fan base across the U.K., Australia, India and Pakistan in particular, and many other countries puts it second behind only football (what Americans refer to as soccer). Thus, it is something of a surprise that so few sports apps available cater to fans of cricket. Cricbuzz is an app for just about any mobile device as well as the Google Chrome browser that serves to solve this problem. Many sports apps will provide up-to-date scores, news, photos and videos, and Cricbuzz does the same for cricket fans while offering features that allow fans of this popular sport wherever they are to get a bit more than the typical sports app. 
Nobody likes paying bills, but it is an unfortunate necessity and a part of everyday life. Unfortunately, here are not always multiple options afforded to us to make them easier to pay, and it is often a rigidly structured system. Now, there is an app, simply and appropriately called SettlementApp, that seeks to ease the burden of figuring out and making payments. It is an app that allows retailers and collection agencies to create flexible settlement options for clients in a matter of minutes. Ultimately, it makes it easy for businesses to create and send out payment options to their consumers. Most agencies rely on costly and outdated methods for payments, such as sending letters in the mail, and many businesses still do not accept payments online. SettlementApp helps people pay their bills more easily while helping businesses with the consumers who respond with greater satisfaction and loyalty to those that offer flexible payment options. 
In team sports, perfectly combining all the elements needed to be a winner is a difficult task in itself. Combining all the other things required of a high school or college’s athletic department takes valuable time and resources away from what should be the team’s focus: winning games. Fortunately, to counter this problem, there is SportsHub. SportsHub allows coaches and athletic department heads to quickly and easily create a custom website with mobile compatibility, and its designers claim that, once created, it runs itself. Essentially, it is an athletics platform that automates daily tasks while making the work you do every day as simple as a click, tap, or swipe. 
While widely recognized as an effective means of reducing stress and relaxing mentally and physically, controlled breathing is nonetheless the focus of very few apps. While designers have applied plenty of technological innovation to the medical field, few have applied it to the breathing exercises many people engage in regularly. Perhaps this is because people believe breathing control is a simple thing, but that is often not the case. Enter Relax, an app from a health and wellness-focused startup called Saagara. Many people address stress and anxiety relief with expensive therapy or hours a day at the gym. Relax utilizes mobile technology to implement some of the best breathing exercises that not only promote mental health but also your respiration system. It not only provides and engages users in numerous breathing exercises at different levels, but also offers a simple but detailed guide on how to do the exercises correctly. 
Enabling customers to order a product online and then pick it up at your door the very same day is a major goal for online retailers. While some companies used technology to offer this in the past, they unfortunately did not last, but companies offering similar services are once again emerging. One such company is Zipments, and its mobile app is a service that seeks to give retailers a unique edge, particularly in large cities. Offering same-day delivery is one of the only advantages that so-called brick and mortar shops have over large online retailers like Amazon, and it is something many customers desire. The courier industry is one that is rate quickly, and companies trying to survive with outdated technology and customer service tools may not be able to last. 
We employ the use of advanced technology and take advantage of the availability of online billing as well as mobile apps in almost everything we do. For whatever reason, however, the real estate and housing industry is slower than most to adapt from traditional methods to newer ones. This is surprising considering the reliance on recurring billing and continuing payments, and RentRoll is an app that addresses this concern. Many landlords still take only checks or cash, and some require those paying to send them by mail or take them to a specific location each month. To ease this inconvenience, the app makes it possible for property owners and real estate management companies to collect rent online and through mobile devices. It helps users set up recurring payments using autopay, while lessors can have the funds directly deposited into a bank account. There is a great deal more the app offers landlords, however. 
Children and adults with disorders such as Autism have unique educational needs. While some companies have created and applied a great deal of technological innovation in education, there is much less innovation applied to the education of students with special needs. Special Learning is a startup that looks to rectify this by providing mobile apps and educational resources for the special needs community. In its designers’ words, it is a resource and education portal for parents, providers and educators for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other developmental disabilities worldwide. One of the most effective methods in treating behavioral disorders or reaching people with special needs is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy. Special Learning uses technology to utilize this method while providing information, tools and resources for anyone who works with people suffering from Autism or other developmental disabilities. 
While mobile tech devices serve as a distraction to many students in class, teachers can also use them to make lessons more interactive, engaging, and interesting. Many schools are now implementing the use of tablets to do away with the old methods of tedious note-taking and uninvolved lecture. With GoSoapBox, a student can simultaneously interact with the rest of his or her class in real time by participating with any Internet-connected device. It is a web-based app that serves to encourage participation in study and engaging classroom discussion. Students can use it to post questions about a lecture, “vote up” questions their classmates have already submitted, let their teacher know when they are confused, and contribute to polls and questions posted by the teacher.