Logi-Serve enables companies to predict customer service ability, enhance customer experiences, increase sales and build a culture of sales and service excellence through patent-pending science and tools that pose questions based on story-boarded scenarios, its use of advanced response gathering technology, and a validated competency framework. … [More]
Build a Listening Culture
Waggl’s real-time listening platform enables companies to crowdsource feedback by creating a transparent, authentic, two-way dialogue that serves the dual needs of companies wanting an engaged workforce and employees wanting to know that their opinions count. … [More]
The Right Person Meets the Right Job
Sokanu’s career discovery platform to help people find their ideal career will ultimately benefit employers as well. Aiming to fundamentally change the way people prepare for the workforce by helping them to find the career that is right for them and the unique path to getting there, Sokanu employs education technology, social networking and career psychology. … [More]
Personalized Systems Enhance Fire Safety
Technology has advanced the fire alarm industry from blaring horn strobes to intelligent voice communication. The trend is to provide more information and give directions, replacing the traditional “make a lot of noise and flash some lights to drive everybody away from the fire,” says David Burns, production manager with Siemens, a multifaceted engineering company. A key … [More]
AC in e-Commerce
“E-commerce dominates our buying patterns now,” says Erik Bryan, founder and owner of newACunit.com, observing that Amazon has changed the way people buy. “People want simplicity and affordability, and want what they want now. Bringing air conditioning to that platform was only a matter of when.” Buying air conditioning units over the Internet has already been happening — … [More]
Tee Time Mobile-ized
Folla Media LLC, a Scottsdale-based holding company of leading golf brands, has launched Golfpay, a golf reservation app that offers golfers a new way to book their tee times. The Web-based app is the first in the world to allow golfers to pay and check-in from their phone, creating a time-saving, hassle-free experience that is quickly becoming the norm in other … [More]
On-Demand Access for Homebuying
Real estate company Opendoor has launched an app for iPhone and Android that gives homebuyers instant access to hundreds of homes for sale in the Phoenix area. With a few taps, buyers can find homes that match their criteria, view home details, and instantly take the next step of visiting homes on their schedule. Opendoor has seen more than 60 percent of its home visits … [More]
Lookin’ Good on Chat
Video chat platforms like Skype have become one of the main settings for interviews, but one big problem standing in the way of both recruiters and interviewees has been the quality of video lighting. Chatlight is a simple, lightweight LED light that connects to a smartphone, tablet or computer to help create studio-type lighting during Skype and video interviews, so chat … [More]
Act-ivate Texts
Scottsdale-based Swiftpage, the maker of Act!, has released SMS4Act! Act! helps individuals, small businesses, and sales teams organize prospect and customer details in one place, and send emails, market products and services more effectively. This newest Connection available to Act! Premium subscribers enables them to send text messages directly from Act! Premium. Proven to be … [More]
Savings for Small Business
SRP is the oldest multipurpose federal reclamation project in the United States. It has been serving central Arizona since 1903, nearly 10 years before Arizona became the 48th state. As part of its commitment to our community, SRP has a website dedicated to helping businesses save on energy costs. It offers information on rebates and energy savings, and provides energy tools … [More]
