Research by the company across more than 60 campaigns over the past two-plus years has shown that digital advertising wastes some 47 percent of impressions. Commerce Signals gives brands the marketing reflexes they need to redirect that inefficient spend toward more effective approaches, doubling media effectiveness. Commerce Signals is just beginning to unleash the power of … [More]
App Helps Phoenix Businesses Support Local Schools
Clover, a cloud-based point-of-sale solution under Fiserv, and DonorsChoose, an education crowd funding platform, have launched a new app to help merchants support schools in Phoenix and local communities around the country. The Round Up for Schools app, available in the Clover App Market, offers customers the option to round up their purchases and donate the change to nearby … [More]
Payment Product Eliminates Check Fraud
Losses from check fraud total $18.7 billion and affect more than 70 percent of organizations each year. ValidCheck is a new eCheck product designed to eliminate fraud and streamline the way consumers and businesses process transactions online. It was conceptualized by Matt Widdows, founder and CEO of Scottsdale-based HomeSmart International. Each ValidCheck eCheck contains the … [More]
Decentralized Financial Services
Nash recently launched its user-friendly platform for decentralized financial services, making it quicker and easier to implement large-scale exchanges and everyday payment platforms. Nash combines the security and trust of a decentralized exchange with the speed and performance of a centralized exchange. Unlike a centralized exchange, Nash never takes control of the user’s … [More]
Remote Work Tools for Startups
The demand for flexible work continues to rise, but not all companies are setting their teams up for success. Goplaceless is the first comprehensive online program for startups as well as mature companies of all sizes, helping them decide if they are ready to go remote and create the policies, processes and tools to launch effective and sustainable remote work programs. … [More]
Interactive App Evolves Workplace Learning
Giide offers immersive audioguided experiences from experts in various fields who curate and create original multimodal audio content that includes videos, articles and activities focused on workplace learning. Giide is a podcast and workshop combined: interactive audio. It was founded by CEO Allison Kent-Smith and Chief Technology Officer Scott Prindle, and consulted by a team … [More]
Job Description Builder
Jobsoid, an award-winning applicant tracking software that integrates a suite of cloud-based products and is focused on simplifying recruitment, recently released a free Job Description Builder with an online library of customizable job description templates. Hiring managers can choose a template from the online library of more than 500 ready-to-use job descriptions, customize … [More]
On-Demand Staffing for Hospitality
Instawork, the leading on-demand staffing app for gig workers and hospitality businesses, recently launched in the Greater Phoenix area — and, in fact, is making Scottsdale its second headquarters. The app helps professionals in the industry find extra income opportunity and helps businesses staff their establishments and events, for instance helping a catering company that … [More]
Audit All Spend with AI
AppZen, the world’s leading AI platform for modern finance teams, has expanded its platform to include the real-time audit of supplier invoices. By applying its award-winning AI-powered audit capabilities to invoices and contracts, AppZen can ingest and instantly read supplier agreements, such as contracts and MSAs as well as invoices submitted to accounts payable and other … [More]
Thought-Leadership Podcast
“The Pitch Factor” is a thought-leadership podcast that explores the new rules of success from leaders who have launched movements, built groundbreaking companies, and gotten the world to listen. These days, delivering a successful pitch can be the difference between success and failure. With co-host Kathleen Harris, Cari Sommer brings her 20-plus years’ experience in helping … [More]
Marketing Automation, Accelerated
Too often, marketers purchase technology with the promise that all of their problems will be solved, only to then see this valuable asset underutilized or, even worse, transformed into “shelfware.” Act-On Accelerate, from Act-On Software, is a Marketing as a Service solution that bridges the gap between technology and strategy execution. To Act-On’s marketing automation and … [More]
Brick-and-Mortars Need Guest Frequency Data, Too
Brick and mortar stores struggle to manage customer connections in a digital world. Mobivity provides a platform to connect national restaurants, retailers, personal care brands, and their partners, with customers to increase retention, visits and spend. Mobivity’s Recurrency suite of products increases customer engagement and frequency by capturing detailed point-of-sale … [More]
AI Advances Background Checking
Background checks are becoming a higher-profile security issue, yet in this world of “people screening,” speed and accuracy have remained the industry’s key pain points. Victoria-based Certn recently launched its groundbreaking platform in the U.S. market. The platform uses data points from thousands of sources to not only look at the past but, for the first time, leverage data … [More]
Recognition Can Be a Snap
Snappy is an innovative employee recognition and incentive platform. It allows companies and managers to send a collection of thoughtful gifts to team members with a click of a button, helping employees feel appreciated and motivated at work. Snappy sources the best products and experiences from leading brands and retailers to be able to offer each recipient a personalized … [More]
Facilitating an Investor-Entrepreneur Fit
RateMyInvestor provides a free, secure and vetted review platform that’s data-rich to aid both founders and investors in their decision making. It was founded by Austin Stofer, who recognized sometimes investors find little research to augment their gut instinct about a company while entrepreneurs encounter similar challenges searching for that ideal venture capitalist. Built … [More]
Ops for Giving Back Foster Next-Gen Leadership
CariClub helps firms keep their employees fulfilled and attract top talent by providing them with associate board positions across philanthropic organizations. It is a unique online platform, strategically positioned at the intersection of corporate citizenship and professional networking, that helps firms connect with their millennial workforce and provides an avenue to help … [More]
Securely Vetted Volunteers
As companies look for ways to engage employees, build out their CSR programs and give back to the communities they serve, Verified Volunteers offers a unique solution. Our portable background check allows employees to have a single “fast-pass” to volunteering. Companies can provide a link for employees to get their background check, which can then be securely shared with … [More]
Augment Marketing with AR Campaigns
Imagination Park Technologies Inc., the company bringing augmented reality experiences to consumers and sports fans globally, recently released XenoPlay Version 3.3, with features that allow advertising and marketing professionals to create augmented reality (AR) campaigns within minutes without the need for any programming or technical expertise. Among the many updates in the … [More]
