2021 was a big year for cryptocurrency. But what’s next in 2022? We’ve seen Bitcoin hit multiple new all-time high prices over the past year — followed by big drops — and more institutional buy-in from major companies. Ethereum, the second-biggest cryptocurrency, notched its own new...
At the start of the pandemic, businesses around the globe found themselves exposed to an unexpected boost in digitalization. Those who promised to keep the wheels turning were given carte blanche to do whatever it took to keep a company running. But as many now...
The hospitality industry struggled in 2021 to make a comeback after the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. As 2022 and COVID’s third year begin—heralded by another new variant, omicron—the testing will continue. Creativity, combined with a sharpened focus on risk management, will be key for...
It comes as absolutely no surprise with an industry as large as the global gambling industry that there have been some serious tech-based shake-ups. If we’re right in our thinking, there will be plenty more in the next few years. Frankly, it’s a wonder there...
There’s no denying that 2021 was the year that cryptocurrency went mainstream. Even with a couple of bad busts to counter the booms, Bitcoin gained acceptance as a financial asset rather than some far-out, libertarian fantasy money project. Cryptocurrency came into its own, showing governments,...
Digital transformation is as much about people as technology. As you focus your digital initiatives in the coming year, consider how these pivotal groups of people can support your progress. Is digital transformation dead? Overhyped? Still just a buzzword? Not by a long shot. Forrester says organizations will...
Thanks to 4.0 technology that provides smart applications, guests staying at the SOJO hotel chain can book, open the door with a digital key, pull the curtain and send items with just a few touch buttons on the smartphones. In the room, they can adjust...
It’s a well-known fact that retaining an existing customer is way cheaper than attracting a new one. In today’s ever-competitive landscape, loyalty programs can prove a useful strategy: 62% of customers participating in paid loyalty programs are more likely to spend more on a brand. But...
Every technology leader knows that transformation is difficult, and digital transformation is especially so. While nearly all IT leaders (93 percent) recently surveyed by Hanover Research said that their enterprises are undergoing some kind of digital transformation, almost half of them (42 percent) indicated that they are struggling to...
The digital age is in full swing, and new technologies are popping up every day, everywhere. Hell, Jeff Bezos made it to outer space! CEO, entrepreneur… born in 1964… Jeffrey… Jeffrey Bezos 🚀 When the times are changing so rapidly, it’s important to stay on top of...
SMG PaySoko is partnering with Truist Bank to provide merchant services for its customers. This partnership extends the merchant services integration options available to SMG PaySoko’s U.S. ecommerce customers. Offering our customers multiple payment methods facilitates financial services collaboration among the various businesses in our...
We’re past the point where utilizing the latest technology is confined to big businesses with budgets to spare. The pandemic with its accompanying mandated lockdowns and changes in the demands and requirements of customers and markets are forcing companies to adapt to digital transformation. Put bluntly,...
The Covid-19 pandemic made access to mobile phones and mobile internet more important. Yet the gender gap for mobile phone ownership and mobile internet use in sub-Saharan Africa remained largely unchanged in the past year. Compared to 2019, women in sub-Saharan Africa were just as...
The Mentor Method has added several high-profile team members recently What Janice Omadeke started a few years ago with a PDF and a dream has evolved into a business at the forefront of diversity in tech and one of fewer than 100 startups led by Black women...
SMG AND GATES FOUNDATION PROJECTS Since the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched an open source banking code project, Mojaloop, at Swift’s Sibos conference in Toronto in 2017, adoption has been rather slow. Orange Group, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators and MTN Group, Africa’s leading...
Mojaloop (PI-10) Open Source Convening Recap Last week’s Mojaloop Community Event represented exciting milestones for the community and its mission of supporting inclusive financial services. A growing number of friendly faces. Exciting updates and presentations from various teams. A unifying sense of camaraderie and teamwork....
Using Mojaloop to process payments with multiple payers, payees or currencies. WHAT THEY WANT Ssnapp wants to expand to East Africa but needed to understand the different ways it could integrate into East African payment systems, first. They joined our bootcamp to explore what Mojaloop...
Have you ever wondered what makes a bank a 21st-century bank? A small hint; it isn’t the ginormous rigid and extremely expensive mainframes, it isn’t the systems that have to shut down every night for maintenance, and it definitely isn’t the glued-by-hope hollowed-out cores. The...
The rise of the Internet and the spread of smartphones is, together, perhaps the single most powerful force of economic change ever at any point in history. Not only are millions of people getting connected to the wider world for the first time, but also...
Another revolution is coming for the financial sector and this one could change the way that consumers and businesses conduct themselves forever. We’re talking about biometric technologies and payments innovations like it that are focused on robust security and point-of-sale simplicity. Moving beyond the PIN...
The pandemic is pushing contactless payment and mobile wallets into the mainstream, setting up a cascade of implication Back in April when we identified the COVID-19 pandemic as a trend accelerator, one of the developments that we recognized was the uptick in contactless payment usage. Now, a few...
Digital Payment in Healthcare Market to Surpass $9.62 Bn by 2024 Market Highlights The global market report on digital payment in the healthcare market is expected to surpass a valuation worth USD 9.62 billion by 2024. Market Research Future (MRFR) announced that this growth could...
The new Analytics adds AI-powered insights, tracks users across devices and provides more granular data controls. The latest iteration of Google’s web analytics platform, dubbed Google Analytics 4, is now available. The new property type includes expanded predictive insights, deeper integration with Google Ads, cross-device...
The greatest promise of the cloud has always been freedom. Internet of Things (IoT) startups all over the world benefit from the flexibility that large cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) give their customers. In fact, it is hard to imagine how a young cellular IoT...
The quest to build the ultimate computer has taken a big step forward following breakthroughs in ensuring its answers can be trusted. Known as a quantum computer, such a machine exploits bizarre effects in the sub-atomic world to perform calculations beyond the reach of conventional...
12 of the Best Marketing Techniques for 2020 When content marketing was gaining steam, there were really only a few techniques you could leverage. On a typical day, you’d write a blog post, hope it ranked on Google, send it to your email subscribers, and...
E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly forked out more than $1.2 billion to buy the self-driving startup Zoox. On Friday, both companies announced they had signed a “definitive merger agreement” under which Amazon will acquire Zoox. The deal will give Amazon control of the California-based company that has been...
During the Covid-19 response, the amount of fiscal and monetary response has been extraordinary. As unemployment approaches highs not seen since the Great Depression, governments have rushed to bridge the gap. As per NBC News, the IRS has sent out over 159 million stimulus checks, representing...
Google is cleared to build $600 million data center in Henderson Google on Thursday received a green light to develop a $600 million data center in Henderson, according to the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The 64-acre location is on two parcels...
Harvard Business Review Full article here By Rob Markey The true purpose of a business, Peter Drucker said, is to create and keep customers. Most managers understand this, but few behave as if they do. Under relentless earnings pressure, they often feel cornered, obliged to...
Social Media Gateways, Inc. Provides Support Services for Service Industry Businesses Affected By COVID-19 Social Media Gateways, Inc., launches SSNAPP Cares, a community stimulus loyalty program, to aid service industry businesses affected by the COVID-19 lockdown. SSNAPP Cares provides immediate economic relief to local...
What is the future of banking technology in 2020 Bobsguide Just like the previous year, Auriga kick-starts the new year with a list of 2020 trends, which we anticipate will define the banking sector in the upcoming 12 months. 1. Bank branches remain a necessity Bank branches...
Digital Stadiums: Winning the game with technology By John Kim Livestreaming has become the mainstream strategy for sports media, and because organizations have taken that leap, a new world of opportunities now exists. With the advance of software solutions for online and mobile consumption,...
Cities Must Brace for Automation In February, FedEx unveiled its SameDay Bot, a robot capable of replacing a pizza delivery driver by bringing food right to your door. That same month, PepsiCo announced a major restructuring that will lead to employee layoffs as the company...
What is Blockchain? Blockchain can do for business what the internet did for communication Every second of every day, businesses exchange value with suppliers, partners, customers and others. By value, we mean goods, services, money, data and more. Each exchange of value is...
Micro-Influencer Marketing: What’s All The Buzz About? If we strip influencer marketing down to its most basic form, we could say it’s to drive a brand’s message to its target audience in a more authentic way. But there is one key factor that...
Sephora Boosts Perks For High-End Loyalty Shoppers Sephora is enhancing its Beauty Insider loyalty program with additional gift offerings and perks for higher-tier members. The new benefits build on a previous expansion that was announced in August 2018. The Beauty Insider program has...
Google is cleared to build $600 million data center in Henderson Google on Thursday received a green light to develop a $600 million data center in Henderson, according to the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The 64-acre location is on two parcels...
Prairie Band Casino & Resort Brings Home Gold, Leveraging SSNAPP Engagement Solutions, and Winning The 2018 Casino Journal Romero Awards! Every year the booming global hospitality and gaming markets showcase some of the most advanced guest experience programs and highly innovative engaging experiences. The...
Blockchain in Africa: the next frontier An interview with John Kamara on how Africa has embraced Blockchain technology What kind of solutions can blockchain technology offer the continent? Is Africa on the road to becoming a blockchain hub? Africa is rising and technology is...
Brands Embrace the Future All brands are adjusting to the rapid pace of digital relevance to their operations, products and growth. Many brands have found competitors have invested in more diverse strategies and content marketing and now outrank their companies. There are many motivators...
The Ultimate Content Marketing Guide: 20 Actionable Tips From The Experts Digital technology has transformed how people communicate, and it has impacted every aspect of the relationship between consumers and the businesses they patronize. Traditional advertising campaigns that rely on a few attractive...
Integrating Technology With Social Media Channels By Anthony “Bert” Bertino “Reaching capacity of your facility is always the goal of your organization… Having the appropriate information as to what your customers want and how they wish to have their experiences delivered is a huge...
The SSNAPP secure digital social marketing, couponing, and redemption platform closes the marketing-sales-analytics loop with direct POS/PMS integration at Prairie Band Casino & Resort LAS VEGAS, NV— Social Media Gateways, Inc. announces the immediate availability of its SSNAPP POS interface for all Agilysys customers...
The Casino Journal community has spoken and the Platinum, Gold and Silver winners of the first-ever GameChangers Marketing Awards have been determined GOLD AWARD: SSNAPP CASINO Provider: Social Media Gateways Operator: Prairie Band Casino & Resort, Mayetta, Kan. SSNAPP is the first platform that provides social intelligence,...
Dynamic Minds Consulting (DMC), a Las Vegas based leader in enterprise Point-of-Sale (POS) professional services and SMG the developer of SSNAPP, a POS integrated digital and social loyalty rewards platform, have partnered together to provide a full service solution to power the relationship between brands...
Prairie Band Casino & Resort Launches Social Media Engagement Strategy Powered by SSNAPP. Prairie Band Casino & Resort, a hotel and entertainment complex owned by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, has selected SSNAPP to support their ongoing social media marketing strategy. The SSNAPP platform has...
SSNAPP Wins Prestigious Top 20 Innovative Technology Award At The Casino Marketing & Technology Conference Social Media Intelligence Platform SSNAPP Wins Prestigious Top 20 Innovative Technology Award For Gaming Industry LAS VEGAS, NV (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 – SSNAPP, the social media intelligence platform, today announced it...
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 30, 2015 — Just in time for the holidays, the Smart # Hashtag is here. Brands can now take advantage of the new smart hashtag technology, powered by Social Media Gateways, Inc. and SSNAPP, to discover, engage and recognize customers and employees this...
ssnapp Marketing Technology goes beyond “likes” and “shares” at Borgata’s new Festival Park. Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 14, 2015 — SMG announced today a strategic marketing agreement with one of the East Coast’s leading casino-resort destinations, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. SMG will deploy...
Big Brands Continue to Use ssnapp for the Marketing Edge Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) June 03, 2014 — Marketers know that a major challenge facing their bottom lines these days is making marketing work efficiently for them, in particular social media marketing. With 49% unable...
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) October 02, 2013 — Social Media Gateways, Inc. (SMG) company principals were featured last week showcasing their revolutionary social commerce platform, sSnapp! at two mega industry conferences, Silicon Valley’s C2SV (Creative Convergence 2013) and Las Vegas’ G2E (Global Gaming Expo). SMG’s...
SSNAPP Social Commerce Platform to be Showcased at Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas Marketers Amplify Traditional Marketing Channels by Tapping Existing Customers’ Social Networks Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) September 18, 2013 — Social Media Gateways, Inc. (SMG) will be showcasing SSNAPP, the newest technology in social media...
Herschel Walker’s Famous 34 Pub & Grill Grows Their Business Using The Revolutionary SSNAPP Social Commerce Platform New social commerce platform sSnapp! helps launch Herschel Walker’s Famous 34 Pub & Grill by doubling their traditional marketing reach. LAS VEGAS, NV. (PRWEB) March 05, 2013 —...
With the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) about to begin, there is a need to view what is new to social media and what will be introduced. Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Instagram, SSNAPP and Trip Advisor along with the other 150 differing outlets are standard in...
Principal Marketing Concept: Social Media Gateways, Inc. is the developer of SSNAPP Casino & social intelligence solutions. SSNAPP won the most recent Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products Awards at The Casino Marketing & Technology Conference in 2016. SSNAPP is the first platform that...
Well, you’ve made it through winter, the holiday season and Spring, but have you considered giving your social media strategy a shake-up? With July 4th holiday right around the corner, the clock is ticking and summer is the perfect opportunity to rethink your social strategy...
Overview: Understanding social networking analysis and behavioral motivation as it relates to our digital world is key to enabling true transformation in the industry. Many market experts seek to make sense of the many offered solutions and seek actionable data. ssnapp is the leading platform...
Exclusive circles exist in social media, like on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! You can reward your socially savvy customers with special announcements and exclusive promotions, and just be available to help and answer questions. You can also create a system for earning and using social...
Exchanging Social Influence for Currency Is Key Driving Force Behind “Advocacy Marketing” and SSNAPP Marketing Platform In recent months, ssnapp, the preferred platform for social engagement automation, produces conversions of up to 4x industry standards with leading brands. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) August 15, 2014...
“Everyone wants to be innovative, but most of the innovators in the gaming industry have utilized minimal budgets to find the one or two projects that will take their enterprise to the next level…” There are many ways to make chili or to smoke salmon,...
