It’s been years since the whole “There’s an app for that” campaign took place. And if there was an app for virtually everything way back then, imagine how many programs are available now! Close to 2 Million in both iOS and Android app stores. Grocery shopping, mobile health, social media, photo editing – if you can dream it, chances are there’s an app for it. With so much competition, how do you design an app that won’t get lost in the doldrums of the app store? There are a number of tactics that can be used, but one of the [...]
Memorial Day Weekend Recap
Now that you’re back from the long and hopefully exciting Memorial Day weekend, we wanted to do a recap of some exciting things you may have missed over the past few days. Talks of A Facebook Phone Resurfaced Bump Is Back With A ‘Share To Desktop’ Feature If you went to the beach this weekend and all of the photos you took aren’t as nice as you thought they would be, here are some ways to solve 3 common beach photography problems: If you are working on developing a mobile strategy and are looking for ways to develop loyalty through [...]
How Businesses Manage Apps in Today’s World
There was once a day when businesses wanted a single mobile app and strategized around how they would monetize such an app after going to market. Nowadays businesses are building several mobile apps so the need to manage these apps has quickly become a new problem. Mobile apps generally serve a specific purpose for the business, whether the app was built for a specific event, product, or even a specific territory or location. With this said, the number of apps within an organization can quickly add up and the content within each of those apps will need to be managed. [...]
Tips For Developing A Mobile App Strategy
In case you haven’t noticed, the online landscape has shifted tremendously, to the point that more people are accessing the internet from their Smartphones than from their home computers. This makes it absolutely imperative that brands, entrepreneurs and anyone with a vowel in their name to start developing a mobile strategy. There are new ways to get in front of your existing customers and also build new ones. This is the time to get creative, jump ahead of the pack and develop a mobile strategy that can reinvent your business. When planning your mobile strategy, be sure to: Have a [...]
Mobile App Development – What You Need To Start Thinking About
Whether you are a mobile app developer or looking for an app developer, you probably understand that while ‘going mobile’ is necessary it can be an expensive journey for any company if it’s not done right. Developing a mobile app for the top platforms (right now Android and Apple’s iOS) usually requires experienced developers and ongoing maintenance if you plan on addressing any bugs within your app and adding new features as the top mobile platforms evolve. Smart Online has taken the need for mobile developers out of the equation with our new technology – the Smart Online platform, which [...]
A Million Strong to Cure This Rare Disease – Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC)
A Million Strong to Cure This Rare Disease – Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC) Published: March 22, 2012 DURHAM, N.C., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — AHC is a debilitating disease. Those who suffer from it have bouts of temporary paralysis affecting one or more parts of the body and lasting from minutes to days at a time. They also have severe learning, behavioral, and movement disabilities. AHC is currently incurable and permanent -most adults have significant struggles. The AHC Foundation’s mission is to find the cause(s) of AHC, develop treatments and/or a cure, and to support children with AHC [...]
Smart Online Introduced Mobile Application Development for ‘The Rest of Us’ in Manhattan
Announces System that Lets Anyone Create, Manage Mobile Apps Quickly, Easily, Affordably Impact on Smartphone Apps Akin to Desktop Publishing Revolution Now Anyone Can Build Mobile Apps. Yes. Anyone. NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Marketers, creative types and just about anyone can now take part in the mobile apps revolution with the introduction of SmartOn™ Mobile, an app development platform with a patent-pending solution to design, build and manage applications for Smartphones. The platform will be introduced by Smart Online, Inc®, a provider of mobile software solutions, Tuesday, February 28, at a [...]
Why People Are Shopping On Their Smartphones
If you own a smartphone and have made a purchase from it, then I am sure you are well aware of the simplicity and benefits when shopping from your smartphone. Many mobile sites and mobile apps have perfected the shopping experience and have made it unbelievably easy for users to shop while on the go. Recently, one of the bulbs in my track lighting on my kitchen ceiling went out. The bulb was some sort of small bi-pin bulb that left the guys at two local hardware stores scratching their head when I brought in the specs of the bulb [...]
Tips To Convert App Downloads Into Long Time Subscribers
One of the biggest challenges companies face once they release a mobile app to the app stores is trying to convert downloads into subscribers. It’s mainly about increasing trust, decreasing confusion and simplifying everything! You have a short window when a new users downloads and launches your application, if they have a bad experience, cant trust the app or get confused, they may leave and never return! It’s very important to understand your user and get feedback from as many people as you can to enhance the application as needed. Different apps target different people, so there isn’t one rule [...]