Act! creator Swiftpage has done a from-the-ground-up development of Act! Cloud, a subscription-only online contact and customer manager system that allows the business owner to access customer contacts across multiple online services. Offering easy yet powerful emarketing capabilities, Act! Cloud features a new intuitive and touch-friendly interface that is great for mobile … [More]
Technology: Marketing
Technology is giving merchants a newer, slicker, 21st-century way to offer customers reward/loyalty programs, signaling a shift away from those wallet-clogging buy-ten-get-one-free punch cards. Indeed, merchants of all kinds are signing up for tech programs that enable them to keep tabs on their regulars and reach out to new customers while the customers pile up reward points … [More]
Valley Companies Collaborate for Ground-Breaking Lexus App
Leveraging the companies’ individual strengths, a collaboration among three Valley companies resulted in a training app for Lexus that the car manufacturer liked so much it released publicly on iTunes. And they delivered the app in six weeks — less than one-fifth the 40 hours Lexus had been told by others the project would take. Automatik, a Tempe-based company that provides … [More]
Speaking to the Internet
Translate Your World International, developers of linguistic and mobile marketing technologies, released the latest update to its groundbreaking TYWI-Live (“tie-wee”), the voice translation software that translates what people say in real time into 78 languages. The update adds cutting-edge WebRTC capabilities. WebRTC is designed to enable Web browsers to transfer spoken words … [More]
Predict Churn and Retention of Customers
Predict customer risk using Bluenose Analytics’ advanced algorithms and proprietary health score engine. The health score gives an accurate view of customers’ health, using any factor and weighting that the user chooses. Get alerts on changes to customer health and mobilize immediately. … [More]
Bettering Business
Coming from the Better Business Bureau, the organization that pioneered the concept more than 100 years ago, and boasting the most trusted search platform to find reputable business services locally, the Accredited Business Directory is now online. Designed to be easily navigated, the online directory also is backed by research, including phone calls — to ensure quality … [More]
ACA Company Profiles Demonstrate Economic Growth
The Arizona Commerce Authority is promoting economic development through professional video company profiles available on its website — companies like Pivot Manufacturing, Frito Lay, Instant Bioscan, Nichols Precision, Kahtoola and many more. Through interviews with the companies’ key executives, these high-quality pieces speak to the power of what Arizona has to offer … [More]
Tap Your Target Market
BeaconStream offers a new, proximity-based, mobile marketing application that gives businesses of all types and sizes a simple and cost-effective way to connect directly with customers who are nearby, sending coupons, product demos, promotions, videos or information to their mobile device. It is now available on the Apple Store. … [More]
Creative Clarity
Content creators ready to harness their online publishing power can now get help from ClearVoice, a content platform built to showcase author authority. The platform enables brands and publications to search a comprehensive index of content producers by their areas of expertise. Writers, journalists and bloggers are also encouraged to claim their ClearVoice profiles to promote … [More]
Office in the Cloud
Getting documents, emails, calendar and spreadsheets through the cloud is truly the future and so convenient. Microsoft’s Office 365 is powered by the cloud, so users can get to their applications and files from virtually anywhere — PC, Mac and tablets — and they’re always up to date. Same goes for updates to features — users get them automatically. Cost varies with size of the … [More]
Career Transition Connections
CareerConnectors is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting professionals in career transition to hiring companies and quality resources. Monthly events feature professional career speakers who deliver information that is relevant and actionable to current professionals, with two to three hiring companies invited per event. Employers will then get one-on-one face … [More]
Marketing: Get Scooped
Scoopr, from Scoopr Media, provides brands with authentic user-generated content to use in marketing efforts and rewards brand fans for their content. Scoopr helps brands know the difference between brand fans, brand ambassadors and brand evangelists by providing the analytics behind every photo it stores. Brands begin by creating an assignment on the Scoopr Web App. Mobile … [More]
Notary ePublic
Notaries have been around for centuries, but with the latest technological advancements pioneered by Settleware Secure Services, the electronic and digital signature company found there’s a tech alternative — NotaryCam. Settlewareoffers the most sophisticated system available for getting documents e-signed and notarized online by providing protection and convenience. Businesses … [More]
Personal Work Force
Ejobba offers a new Web marketplace that enables consumers to easily find qualified workers for virtually any task, from home improvement to self-improvement — creating jobs for Arizona workers and, in turn, fueling the local economy. Post a job, get estimates by qualified and reliable workers, and get the job done! … [More]
Toolkit to Trade
Alliance Bank of Arizona and Mesa Community College have collaborated to present The Exporter’s Toolkit: How to Reach International Markets. This is a guide to getting started and includes exceptional information from Hank Marshall, City of Phoenix Economic Development Officer, and numerous other key executives and business owners who give advice, statistics and connections to … [More]
What Does Technology Look Like in the Valley?
Technology industry sectors, ranging from aerospace and defense to semiconductors and bioscience, represent the cornerstone of Arizona’s economy. They provide high-paying jobs, most of which are located in the Greater Phoenix area. Many of the major manufacturers are household names, while others are start-ups aided by venture capital that never seems to be enough to meet the … [More]
‘Good’ for Business
BIEN — An acronym for “Building an International Economic Network” — is a first-of-its-kind website to link businesses representing various industries in Arizona to each other and across international boundaries in Mexico and Canada. Partners include ASBA, Arizona Commerce Authority, Arizona Mexico Commission and the Canada Arizona Business Council. … [More]
In-the-Cloud Reliability
ReliaCloud, by OneNeck IT Solutions, provides public, private and hybrid cloud flexibility. Now, with availability in Phoenix, customers throughout the Southwest region have the opportunity to harness the power of a local cloud. ReliaCloud is built to support the most demanding of applications, including SAP, Oracle EBS, Microsoft Dynamics (AX and CRM), data warehouses and … [More]
