Have you been naughty or nice this year? Really, who cares. Our only question is WHO IS BRINGING THE BOOZE?! We’re having a Christmas party this Friday and figured we’d make a listicle and give you the TOP 5 things our staff said you MUST have at a Christmas party....
Quicken Loans just announced that people can finance a home from their phone thanks to their new program Rocket Mortgage. Now that we can do something so important from the comfort of our own home with a few key strokes, I can only ponder all of the other maddening,...
Geo-Fencing may be the coolest feature in all mobile app features. If you’re unfamiliar with Geo-Fencing, it is a virtual barrier created by GPS that targets whoever enters that barrier. So what does that mean for your place of business? Combine Geo-Fencing with push...
Are you and Apple or an Android user? Oh, you’re an android user. Wow, I’m really sorry to hear that? I had no idea that you were a miserable sweat-stain on the armpit of humanity. Me? I’m an iPhone user. I think different. Just like the other 45 million iPhone users...
What’s one of the biggest things that can cement a brand for long-term success? Customer loyalty. What’s one of the most toxic, stagnation-causing things that could damage a brand? Customer loyalty. Alan Henry wrote an incredible piece about customer loyalty (which...
Bing. Bing. Bing. Alert. Interruption. That was pretty annoying right? Well we want you to remember that when sending out push messages to your app users. If you found just reading that annoying, think about it if you bombard people with an alert all the time or...
If you wanted to know what I did last Friday, by looking at my Twitter feed, you would have thought that I was at the Social Mitten, a conference led by local Michigan leaders in social media. I was retweeting audience members who were live-tweeting the event, but...
Starting a business is no easy accomplishment, for anyone. An old interview with Steve Jobs, while starting NEXT, highlighted this exact statement because he said "I forgot how hard it is to start a business after Apple. You have to buy the coffee pot, set up...
Author: Mike Bigari Email: m.bigari@grandapps.com This is Part 1 of Paper Marketing vs an APP. The intention is that by the end of my case study you'll see a better, more cost effective solution to market to and engage your customers! I decided to start my Case Study...
By: Cole Campbell | Account Manager | Grand Apps Facebook shook things up in the tech community with the purchase of Livestream. In hopes of reclaiming their crown as the conduit for the world’s interactivity, Facebook is looking to use Livestream to connect users to...
By: Mike Bigari | Account Manager | Grand Apps I have dealt with a lot of business owners over the last 6 years. All be it I have been in two different industries in that time their questions are still the same "Will I realize that ROI" or "Where is my true ROI"? They...