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[The Philippines] Harnessing Apps To Tackle Traffic

YoungUpstarts

Trip Barker , a community-based trip planner for mass transit systems through which users can share real-time weather, traffic, and events with their community, won the Best App Award and P100,000.00 Sakay.ph , a web- and SMS-based app that gives commuters printable transit directions for.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Pivot They’re Making in Their Business in 2020

Hearpreneur

Here’s the pivot other entrepreneurs are making next year: #1- SMS marketing. What we realized is that SMS marketing campaigns are significantly more effective for us than email campaigns when qualifying the interest of new potential customers. They view our SMS communication and marketing at that point to be spammy.

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Cannabis Marketing Without Paid Ads: How to Do it Right

Up and Running

Text or Short Message Service (SMS) Marketing. Do some volunteer work or community service. SMS or Text Message Marketing. If you’re a dispensary owner , doctor, or retailer, text message or Short Message Service (SMS) marketing is definitely something you should consider incorporating into your cannabis marketing plan.

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Retail Reimagined: 9 Trends for the Future of Physical Retail

ConversionXL

Small retailers are the bedrock of our communities, and consumers will still choose to shop retail when the experience is worth it. Local delivery has also been a saving grace for a lot of retailers with close ties to their community. A community connection, and as Troy Burch puts it, a much needed reminder of their WHY.

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PSI Pay Offering Alternative Payment Solutions To The Business Community

YoungUpstarts

The PSI-Pay Company started being functional in the year 2007 as it helped the business community in the world. People who use the payment rings can be able to manage funds, switch their rings on and off, they can as well make NFC payments and finally, they can also receive transaction alert via SMS or even their app.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

We’re hopeful that by sharing our story, others in the tech and philanthropic world can get some ideas for ways they can use lean principles to help their communities through this trying time. As soon as Eric and the Lawsons had agreed to tackle the problem, Eric began talking to people in the tech community who were willing to help.

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Why We Invested in The Nudge

View from Seed

A personal digital lifestyle advisor which sends SMS-based ideas about things to do (with a link to an detailed entire plan to make it easier to follow through). Activities range from a night out at SF’s best Secret Bar , to an exclusive “Date Night at the SF Ballet ,” to the top day hikes suggested by the Nudge community.

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