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RSS Feeds

When one is looking to streamline communication, the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed is a way to do so without you having to perform extra effort if necessary.  There are a number of stories on a particular subject that are available to the reader.  You merely enter the subject.

There are a number of advantages that RSS feeds offer.  If you are simply looking to add a feed on a particular subject, doing so will mean that you no longer need to continually do research and stories.  The feed will do this for you automatically thus saving you time that is your goal. 

For individuals who produce content regularly, you can benefit in a number of ways.   The first one is exposure.  There are a good number of websites and directories that can pick up on the information, thus leading to greater exposure.  The exposure can lead to new visitors to your website.  Additionally, RSS feeds can lead to back linking.  If you’re not familiar with this process, it is websites that link to your own website.  Both will lead to higher search engine rankings. 

The individual reader is also given the ability to curate information in a way that is not overloading to them as well.  They are able to quickly scan and read further if they choose to to so. 

What types of material can be added for an RSS feed? There are feeds available for anything that you can think of.  They are easy to categorize by topic.  There found on major news websites.  You can do an internet search and find one as well.   

To add an RSS feed, I’d simply suggest you search for a particular subject with “RSS” on your favorite search engine.  You should see the  and click it.  The web address should display what it is.  Copy and paste and you are now done.  The result is one of the simplest ways to save time for you and for your readers. 

 

 

 

Here’s one sample for food: http://feeds.feedburner.com/EatingwellBlogs-AllBlogPosts?format=xml

With that in mind, this feature type is native to the Mobile App Maker Pro software.  If you’ve not done so, we’re looking forward to having you join our members area so that you can utilize this feature and many others creating unlimited apps monthly at one low price with the simplest mobile app development app builder.

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How To Quickly Make An App

The first thing that we will need is mobile source code.  The easiest way to get mobile source code is to use an app on your mobile device.  This will allow you to put in a web address and obtain the source code specifically sized for mobile devices. 

From here, copy it and add it into the HTML page app feature.  Voila, you have integrated an entire website in a matter of moments. 

As you can see, the end result is an app that contains everything the overall website does.  From there, what you can do is add in contact pages or other applicable types of information. 

If you are looking at this app from Google Play go here

The Apple App Store version is here

With that in mind, if you are looking to make apps for your clients as quickly as possible, this is one method.  The Mobile App Maker app builder platform will require you to utilize four types of pages.  Look at the video below for how to quickly make a mobile app. 

 

 

 

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Mobile Devices and eCommerce

How often do you utilize your mobile device for shopping and ordering?  There are a number of big name businesses such as Amazon were amongst the big name early mobile app adopters.  Other big name retailers such as Wal-Mart are now mixing the physical space with the electronic one.  This is now being extended down to the medium and small business level. 

Similar to mobile device popularity, e-commerce promotes one thing-customer convenience.  This convenience has been used to fuel a rapid rise in sales.  This article from Forbes says that approximately, “half of all mobile commerce will be mobile by 2017.”  What does this mean?  If your organization is one that sells products, you should be looking to incorporate mobile commerce into a mobile app if you are not already.   

Incorporation of an e-commerce solution works for the business and the customer.  The simple way that customers benefit was already stated, ordering convenience.  Since customers at times do price comparisons, this will help the customer select the lowest price possible. 

Looking at the benefits for the business, there are a number of ways a business can benefit.   When it comes to customer retention, keeping customers coming back is done through continual ways of adding value. Adding value is how a business continues to keep customers coming back.  It comes to getting new customers, they are looking for ways that a business can stand out. If there to read retailers to sit side-by-side, the one that has a mobile presence is the one that would most likely be the one that benefits from the new customer.  The business also benefits from boosting the brand awareness. The Visibility allow new customers to become more familiar with your brand. Along with that this will help to drive conversions and sales. Having a app present on the mobile device at all times encourages them to shop more often as opposed to getting wanted Internet search engine and try to find a comfortable place.

When it comes to the operations of the business, incorporation of a mobile app e-commerce solution is one way that a business can save. This is going to be depending upon the type of product that the business cells however. For a business that relies on just in time order fulfillment, and this benefits of the business more than having a large stock on hand and having to wait for products to be sold. 

When it comes to incorporation of e-commerce into your businesses mobile app below are a list of related selections within the Mobile App Maker Pro app builder:

  • Magento
  • Prestashop
  • Shopify
  • Volusion
  • WooCommerce

If your or another business does not utilize one of the above mentioned solutions, you could simply insert a page from your website into the app itself. If you go this route however, you need to ensure the website is mobile responsive. The last thing that you wish to see is and a page added that will not be useful for the consumer.  What is mobile responsive?  It is a website that resizes to mobile devices if necessary.  Within the Mobile App Maker Pro Members' Area, we discuss a platform that will be mobile responsive with no extra effort on your part. 

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Push Notification Benefits

When one is looking for a differentiation factor, look no further than the push notifications.  They can be used as a method to locate people nearby.  Emergency updates can be delivered immediately.  Last but not least, it can be integrated for other special messages such as sales. 

There are a number of social media applications that utilize push.  When enabled, people that are contacts with one another are alerted when they come within a certain vicinity of one another.  The devices essentially recognize and alert each user.  This is useful when people are in a crowded area such as large venue such as an amusement park or a shopping center.   

The emergency update is one that is used primarily by government entities.  They are limited to AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) and Emergency, focused on weather alerts.  The AMBER alert as you may well know is focused on children who are missing.  This alert gives all people an immediate notification to look out for children. This is useful when they are abducted and being transported. More information for the AMBER alert is here.

The weather alert is useful obviously when there is impending dangerous weather conditions.  One scenario given by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on their website gives a hypothetical scenario that it is used to prevent a person from driving into a tornado.  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/wea.html

The business environment can benefit from having push notifications involved in a number of ways.  Looking internally first, the business can have it’s own internal app that informs employees of an activity that needs to be done when scheduled in advance.  This gives the employees the opportunity to know of any activity that needs to be done immediately. 

Looking at customers the most significant benefit is delivering information to them immediately of a special that is to occur.  Mobile marketing is now a reality without any technical knowledge needed.  The inclusion of this is very simple within the Mobile App Maker Pro app creator.  Here’s the steps:

  • Include a title and a message.  Select one of the following
    • Open an app feature page, custom URL, or HTML source code
  • Send to no specific location or those within a certain radius
  • Send to all users or those with a specific topic
  • Send immediately or schedule a time/date

So here’s a few things to expound upon.  If you have a special of some sort that is occurring, you can have all items that are on special located on one specific webpage.  This allows you to add all information in one centralized place for customers to view.  Form there, you can make this location based.  If there are customers in a specific location you wish to focus on, you can do this.  This is useful if there are customers in a certain area that buy a certain type of product.  If you wish to have all of a client base have equal access, you can make it available to all people. 

If you utilize topics from within your mobile app, perhaps you wish to send to just certain individuals.  You can do that as well knowing there is a higher chance of action. 

Lastly, you can quickly add this feature quickly and send it immediately or on a schedule.  Either way, we are looking forward to helping you develop your app at Mobile App Maker Pro Members Area.