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Invite Friends with Custom Referrals

Feb 28, 2019
1 min

Invite Friends with Custom Referrals

We added an Invite Friends option to our sidebar menu, so you can share a personalized referral link without leaving the app. If you know someone who could use Promota, send a custom invite in a few quick taps. How to Invite Friends to Promota 1. Tap and select the menu icon ≡ at the top left corner of the app. 2. From the menu, select Invite Friends. 3. A referral page will appear. Choose from five sharing options: Text, Email, Facebook, Copy Link, and More Ways to Share. We

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10 Reasons Why Small Businesses Need Digital Signage

Aug 22, 2018
5 min

10 Reasons Why Small Businesses Need Digital Signage

How much do you spend on promotions, advertising, and marketing? This is a tough question for a businesses of any size. Of course all companies want the biggest bang for their buck, but it's even trickier for small businesses that have limited resources. Small business owners want to bring in customers and generate sales, but often can't afford to invest much in case a strategy doesn't work. Enter digital signage. No matter what industry you're in, advertising displays can ge

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Aug 6, 2018
3 min

How to Add an Action Button to Your Instagram Business Profile

Your customers and clients can now book, reserve, order and buy from you on Instagram. Here's how you can set up Instagram action buttons to let customers and clients do business with you, without ever leaving the platform. What Options Are New? Besides the previously available Email, Text, Call and Directions buttons, you can now pick from 4 new actions: 1. Book 2. Buy Tickets 3. Start Order 4. Reserve The action button you get is integrated with the third-party app you sele

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When's the best time to launch a promotion?

Jul 25, 2018
2 min

When's the best time to launch a promotion?

Would your promotion would get a better response if you launched it at a different time or day? Fivestars examined this question by studying over 7 million promotions. With these findings, you can decide what experiments to run with your own business. When's the best day of the week? According to the study, Monday and Tuesdays are when customers claim the most promotions. It drops bit by bit every day after that, and reaches the lowest levels on Saturdays and Sundays. The rea

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Go Chromecast-free with LG Smart TV

Jun 22, 2018
1 min

Go Chromecast-free with LG Smart TV

No Chromecast? No problem. Cast directly from your mobile device to any LG Smart TV with webOS. To use Promota on your webOS TV, you'll need to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Follow these steps to get set up. To begin, you must have: - LG webOS Smart TV - Your mobile device (with Promota installed) - Stable Wi-Fi Step 1: On your remote, press the Smart home button. At the top right of the TV screen, press the Settings button. Step 2: After opening Settings, a menu will appear at

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Cast to Multiple Displays at Once

May 1, 2018
2 min

Cast to Multiple Displays at Once

By popular request, Promota now supports casting to multiple displays. Here's how to do it. Connect a Chromecast to Each Display In order to cast, each display must be connected to its own Chromecast. Ie: if you have three displays, you'll need three Chromecasts. Through the Google Home app, connect each Chromecast to your mobile device. For detailed instructions, check our support article on how to set up a Chromecast. Note: For the setup process, make sure that your Chromec

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New Templates for Social Media and Customer Content

Apr 4, 2018
2 min

New Templates for Social Media and Customer Content

To highlight the best of your business's reputation and image, we added a new type of template. With 94% of small businesses using social media as a marketing tool, we found a way to display social posts in-store as well as online. Besides your own pictures, you can add in customer photos from Instagram and reviews from Yelp. It's a quick and easy solution create a testimonials, give recommendations, and build trust with your clientele. Using the Template 1. Find the template

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