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TechZulu Interview With Mobile Roadie’s Michael Schneider
posted by Michael ArcandIf you’ve been keeping tabs on our CEO, Michael Schneider, then you probably know he was at SXSW last week. What you may not know, however, is that Mobile Roadie won the Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator award in the Business Social Media category. After winning the award, Michael made a special appearance on TechZulu with Amanda Coolong, the COO, Executive Producer and Chief Correspondent from TechZulu. Michael pops into the video at about the three-minute mark, and Amanda begins to grill him about Mobile Roadie’s success (okay, so she wasn’t really that hard on him). Check out the video to see where Michael sees the mobile market going and why Mobile Roadie is positioned in the right place at the right time.
TechZulu is also a Mobile Roadie customer, producing their official app on our platform. Founded in 2007, TechZulu’s goal is to bring both emerging and established technology companies to the forefront by presenting news, exclusive interviews like the one above, and covering tech events like SXSW. They are a community platform where people within the industry can discover and connect, just as their tagline says. From what we’ve seen, we would have to agree.
Mobile Roadie App Directory Brings More Visibility to Our Clients
posted by Michael Arcand
Here at Mobile Roadie we are constantly looking for ways to improve our service and help our customers in as many ways as possible. This week we finalized a project that we’ve been tossing around in our heads and we’re happy to be able to present to you the Mobile Roadie App Directory.
While the directory helps us present an organized portfolio of our work to prospective clients, it does more than that for our current clients. Because we’ve optimized this page for search engines like Google, we’ve created a page that not only attracts visitors to our site, but also to our client’s apps, with both iPhone and Android apps being listed. The listing can be sorted based on popularity (the default setting), release date or alphabetically. This can help consumers find the app they are looking for. In addition, the page has it’s own search bar, allowing visitors to search for a specific app instead of wading through our entire portfolio.
It’s all about discovery – consumers discovering our clients and their apps and our clients discovering each other. As our service has grown over the past year, you just might be surprised to see who has an app powered by Mobile Roadie! Whether you are a current client or potential client, you’re in good company when you decide to go with Mobile Roadie for your iPhone and Android apps.
Taylor Swift Joins the Mobile Roadie App Family
posted by Michael Arcand
She took the Grammys by storm and now it’s time for Taylor Swift to take over the iTunes store (again) and make her mark in Android. Starting today the much anticipated Taylor Swift app is now live and available for both iPhone and Android users.
The Taylor Swift app takes advantage of the versatility of the Mobile Roadie platform, creating an interactive experience for her fans. The application is enabled with push notification so that any time Taylor releases new music (both to sample and to purchase directly from within the app), videos or photos (and more), fans will be instantly updated directly on their iPhones. Fans can also see all of Taylor’s most up-to-date tour information, find and connect with other Taylor fans in their area as well as share their personal photos from Taylor shows with other fans in the application’s network.
Many of these features are easily configured by Taylor Swift and her team because they are using the Mobile Roadie content management system. Instead of requiring each and every change to go through a series of requests, designs, re-designs, etc., we provide a simple way for our customers to modify and organize their application’s functions and menus to their specifications. And with the Android platform now on board as well, it’s literally as easy as pie to keep your mobile app up-to-date with fresh material and to notify your fans or customers using push notifications.
Want it? Get it here.
Mobile Roadie Welcomes Dan Pink
posted by Michael Arcand
Mobile Roadie recently completed an iPhone app for Dan Pink, a former vice-presidential speech writer, and author. As a free agent, Dan’s work has appeared in publications like The New York Times and Wired. He has also offered his expertise as a business trends analyst for major news networks such as CNBC, CNN, and NPR. As a speaker his schedule always seems to be booked, with notable appearances including his talk on drive during the TED conference.
So, it was a privilege when Dan contacted Mobile Roadie to do an iPhone app for him. The official Dan Pink app is now live in the iTunes App store and available free of charge. With his iPhone app, Dan shares a lot of information with his fans and followers, including excerpts from his four published books as well as his audiobooks. If you want to find out when Dan will be speaking at a venue near you, it’s easy. Just pull up his speaking schedule under Tour and click on the venue you want more information on. You can confirm you are attending as well as interact with other app users in the comments section. Watch the full length TED talk, or clips from other interviews and speeches given by Dan. Using push technology, you can even sign up for notifications direct to your iPhone with the latest news and information from Dan.
All in all it’s a great app for anyone who reads Dan’s books and follows his revolutionary ideas about what motivates and drives us as humans. Not to mention he’s happy with it. In fact, we’re so happy that he’s happy, that we are offering a promo to those reading his blog who decide to get an app from Mobile Roadie. Simply use code DANPINK during checkout and get 15% off.
The Midem Conference Mobile Roadie App
posted by Michael Arcand
You might be asking what the Midem Conference is, exactly. Then again, if you’re into the music industry buzz, you probably already know. This year’s Midem Conference is kicking off January 24-27, 2010, Cannes, France. There will be representatives from 4,000 companies from over 80 countries around the world with an additional 450 journalists from around 300 different media outlets. The conference gives music professionals a chance to network with potential business partners and dedicated events. Engage with key music industry players throughout the year using the MIDEMWorld online community.
This year, they’ve taken the action to the next step with an iPhone app from Mobile Roadie. That’s right, we’re proud to announce the launch of the official Midem Conference iPhone app. Some of the features you will find on the app include:
* All the latest tweets from Midem, including the official hash tag #midem. Catch the buzz from around the web.
* The complete conference program
* A complete list of the 8,000+ attending
* Fan wall to talk about the event
* Maps to help you find your way around the convention hall
* Artist photos and bios of those who are performing at Midem
* Speaker photos and bios of all speakers at the event
* Much, much more … including videos, photos and links
So whether you’re attending in person on just want to keep up with what’s happening during the conference, be sure and pick up your Midem Conference app today!
Here is our walkthrough of the app:
EL Media Group To Give Away Mobile Roadie Apps
posted by Michael Arcand
EL Media Group provides custom background music as well as audio and video design and installation to some of the world’s top retailers, restaurants and hotel chains. They are, by definition, a high-end company providing a top quality service to their customers. So what do they have to do with Mobile Roadie, you ask?
They are currently sponsoring a talent competition over on Sonicbids where three winners will receive their very own Mobile Roadie iPhone app and one talented winner will get 15 hours of recording time in the studio with Grammy nominated Ernie Lake in New York City. The contest is open to musical artists in a variety of genres, with everything from Acoustic to Soul and R&B.
As if that wasn’t incentive enough, between now and February 28th, any Sonicbids artists can get $50 off the price of their own Mobile Roadie iPhone app simply by entering the promo code “sonicbids” during checkout. In addition, two runner-ups will be awarded a free iPhone app in the Pop/Rock and Hip Hop/R&B categories.
The submission deadline for the contest is February 25, 2010, so don’t delay in getting your entry submitted. While it does cost $10 to join Sonicbids and submit your entry, you are guaranteed to get a response from EL Medial Group by March 25, 2010, or you get your money back. So why the fee in the first place? Sonicbids considers it something akin to quality control. By putting a few bucks where your mouth is (in this case, your music), they can filter out hundreds of entrants who are not serious about the contest. This way provides money for the music community on Sonicbids and helps to connect promoters with artists who are serious about their work and genre.
