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appstack.com</description><title>AppStack</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @goappstack)</generator><link>http://blog.appstack.com/</link><item><title>Looking for the path to success?  Follow this infographic and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mej4lvSpVS1rpzknjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looking for the path to success?  Follow this infographic and you’ll be on your way!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/37217274999</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/37217274999</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:15:30 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>AppStack Sponsors ILM West 2012</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hey AppStackers! We&amp;#8217;ll be in LA next week sponsoring &lt;a href="http://www.biakelsey.com/ilmwest2012/index.asp" title="http://www.biakelsey.com/ilmwest2012/index.asp"&gt;ILM West&lt;/a&gt; Dec. 4th - 6th. Join us to hear the latest in interactive local media! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/36676912649</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/36676912649</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:56:09 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Extra, Extra: AppStack’s Press Page is Now Live!
Are you a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdr97diSpE1rpzknjo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extra, Extra: AppStack’s Press Page is Now Live!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you a writer, reporter, blogger, tech-enthusiast or anything in-between? Check out &lt;a href="http://appstack.com/press" target="_self"&gt;AppStack’s new Press Page&lt;/a&gt;! Any inquiries, just ask. We’re happy to help.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/36090072964</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/36090072964</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:02:01 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Small Business Saturday: 11/24</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We &amp;lt;3 SMBs which is why we want to spread the word about Small Business Saturday happening November 24th.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shop local, shop smart, and shop small on 11/24 and bring more business to your community!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#8217;re a small business, learn more about how you can take part in Small Business Saturday &lt;a href="https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/Shop-Small/" title="small biz" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35855919394</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35855919394</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:02:12 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Meet The Team - Pete Ricci: COO
AppStack is proud to welcome...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdhpz6zjkV1rpzknjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meet The Team - Pete Ricci: COO&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AppStack is proud to welcome Pete Ricci! This former Army officer, fitness buff, and self-declared wine snob has come to us from Google with the intention to make AppStack a billion dollar business. With his experience managing operations, sales, and marketing, we’re sure he’s up for the task. After two tours of duty in Iraq and a few years in northern California, Pete is happy to be back home in San Diego and excited to be a member of the growing AppStack team!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35714631339</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35714631339</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:28:00 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Mobile + Holiday Shopping</title><description>&lt;p&gt;What does the 2012 Holiday Shopping Season have in store? We put together some of Google&amp;#8217;s latest findings to help you get your business ready. *Hint* MOBILE is key!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="auto" src="http://www.smore.com/nzmr-mobile-holiday-shopping?embed=1" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35346144208</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35346144208</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:57:06 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>GOING MOBILE JUST GOT EASIER!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="auto" src="http://www.smore.com/dt8r-appstack?embed=1" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35284605110</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35284605110</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:51:35 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The Original Mobile #throwbackthursday</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6ndnUoOk1rpzknjo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Original Mobile #throwbackthursday&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35281908345</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35281908345</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:58:35 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>We &lt;3 SMBs! AppStack Core Values!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1gvearzh1rpzknjo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;3 SMBs! AppStack Core Values!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35087594773</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35087594773</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:50:02 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>New AppStack swag is in! Comment to win a FREE AppStack t-shirt!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1ev4mXOc1rpzknjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;New AppStack swag is in! Comment to win a FREE AppStack t-shirt!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35084254141</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/35084254141</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:06:40 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Learn More About AppStack and Spread The Word</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="auto" src="http://www.smore.com/00bm-appstack?embed=1" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/34847213597</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/34847213597</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:09:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>AppStack at the Local Social Summit 2012</title><description>&lt;p&gt;AppStack&amp;#8217;s co-founder and COO, John Zdanowski, or &amp;#8216;Z&amp;#8217; as we like to call him, will be speaking at the Fourth Annual Local Social Summit in London on November 13th. If you&amp;#8217;ll be attending, stop by the panel he&amp;#8217;ll be featured in called &amp;#8220;SoLoMo is a Massive Challenge for SMBs&amp;#8221; and say hello. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Learn more about the event and buy your tickets &lt;a href="http://lss2012.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/34571452737</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/34571452737</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:40:18 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>AdWords All-Stars!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks to all the small businesses signing up with AppStack, we&amp;#8217;ve been named a winner of the Google Engage All-Star Competition!  We truly enjoy our partnership with Google and we&amp;#8217;re excited about our future collaborations with such an innovative company.  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/34262502767</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/34262502767</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:58:05 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>How important is Mobile Search? Just ask Google. 
Mobile Search...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbovucc1Wf1rpzknjo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;How important is Mobile Search? Just ask Google. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mobile Search Ads now make up 34% of Google’s stock price estimate according to &lt;a href="http://www.trefis.com/company?hm=GOOG.trefis&amp;from=widget%3Aforecast&amp;ovd_urlid=548949#" title="http://www.trefis.com/company?hm=GOOG.trefis&amp;from=widget%3Aforecast&amp;ovd_urlid=548949#"&gt;Trefis&lt;/a&gt;. That makes it the most important division for Google!  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/33307811892</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/33307811892</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:11:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Client Spotlight:  Melvin Whitlock of “Melvin’s On The Spot...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbles7oNH01rpzknjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.9173169015015896"&gt;Client Spotlight:  Melvin Whitlock of “Melvin’s On The Spot Carwash”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.9173169015015896"&gt;It’s our goal to help your business thrive.  So it’s always exciting to have a client like Melvin Whitlock of “Melvin’s On The Spot Carwarsh” in Florence Alabama contact us about the success his business has seen since signing up with AppStack.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;“Totally awesome with a capital T! I wish I would have done this 20 years ago. Julie is Tops, you all are tops! I can’t even describe it, you guys are awesome. Anybody who doesn’t have this service, doesn’t know what they’re missing. Whatever you do don’t let me go! I’ll be holding on to you all!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;- Melvin Whitlock of “Melvin’s On the Spot Carwash”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thanks, Melvin!   We love your enthusiasm and we’re so glad to hear you are doing well.  We think you’re tops too! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Above is a peek at the app Melvin personalized to attract mobile customers to his carwash.  Excellent customization job, Melvin.  Sounds like it paid off!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/33183903774</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/33183903774</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:09:43 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>We Got A Face-Lift!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We’re looking better than ever! Our new and improved website isn&amp;#8217;t just better looking, it’s also smarter. It’s packed with new features and content that make it easy to see what goodies you get when you sign up with AppStack. Enter your business phone number to check out our new &lt;a href="http://appstack.com/" title="http://appstack.com/"&gt;pricing page&lt;/a&gt; and find the best package for your business. Jump over to our &lt;a href="http://appstack.com/team" title="http://appstack.com/team"&gt;team page&lt;/a&gt; to see who runs the show here at AppStack. Or take a gander at examples of our &lt;a href="http://appstack.com/themes-features" title="http://appstack.com/themes-features"&gt;stylin’ app themes&lt;/a&gt; for a sneak peek of what your new mobile website could look like. Most importantly, ENJOY!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/32812397840</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/32812397840</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:37:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>AppStack Nominated For Impact Zone Award</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We are stoked to be nominated for The Impact Zone Award at this year&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="http://www.siemer.com/silicon-beach-summit-2012/" title="http://www.siemer.com/silicon-beach-summit-2012/"&gt;Siemer Silicon Beach Summit&lt;/a&gt;!  It&amp;#8217;s an honor to be included in such a notable Summit with so many industry leaders.   &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/32277972030</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/32277972030</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:08:15 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Local Small Businesses: Mobile &gt; Desktop 
Notice that 40% of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_max3aldwzg1rpzknjo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Local Small Businesses: Mobile &gt; Desktop &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notice that 40% of mobile searches are local while only 20% of desktop searches are local and that the average response time for a mobile search is 1 HOUR as apposed to 1 WEEK for a desktop search.  A mobile optimized website will bring your small business tons of local customers looking to act now.  It’s a no-brainer! &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/32271209059</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/32271209059</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:59:09 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>If you’re still holding out on entering the mobile ad...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_makh3hNTWB1rpzknjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you’re still holding out on entering the mobile ad game….&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;consider the stats in this nifty infographic from Web.com. It looks like over the next year you’ll be seeing a lot more competition for mobile ad space. The time to act is now!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/31820479779</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/31820479779</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:28:29 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Meet The Team- Rebecca Pandit: Vice President of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma7e8mfuxI1rpzknjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.9248068039117703"&gt;Meet The Team- Rebecca Pandit: Vice President of Partnerships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.9248068039117703"&gt;Rebecca Pandit hails from New Orleans and is our delightful new addition to the AppStack team.  When she’s not cheering on her LSU Tigers and New Orleans Saints she likes to play volleyball, travel, and contribute to her thoroughly entertaining (and informative!) blog, &lt;a href="http://techinreallife.com/"&gt;Tech In Real Life&lt;/a&gt;.  With 5 years of experience at Google’s Mountain View, Chicago, and London offices, she’s now joined the exciting start-up world with AppStack.  She’s expanding our partnership program across the US and internationally to ensure no small business is left behind in the mobile age.  We’re so glad to have Rebecca as part of our team!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.appstack.com/post/31353449114</link><guid>http://blog.appstack.com/post/31353449114</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:57:58 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
