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Technology to
Your Business
Challenges
jācapps develops custom software applications including mobile apps, web applications, and other digital technologies
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Discover
and Define
We work with you to discover your business needs and define the project scope
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Design
and Plan
We combine skill and strategy to make sure your apps look great and are easy to use
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Develop
and Build
Our development teams bring your application to life
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Deploy
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moody
Applying Technology to Your Business Challenges

jācapps develops custom software applications including mobile apps, web applications, and other digital technologies

big fm
Discover and Define

We work with you to discover your business needs and define the project scope

town crier wire
Design and Plan

We combine skill and strategy to make sure your apps look great and are easy to use

michigan public
Develop and Build

Our development teams bring your application to life

podmn
Deploy and Support

Once deployed, we continue to provide support for anything regarding your app

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Our highly collaborative, four-step process results in outstanding custom apps. We discover, design, develop and deploy. We work with you to find the inspiration to move forward and to determine what your needs are. Because we are dedicated to your success, we keep a close eye on the apps once they’ve been launched for any potential problems and to help you navigate the inevitable new devices and software updates.

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With A Name Like Smucker’s…

By Fred Jacobs | December 10, 2024

Even companies on the brink of bankruptcy may be just an idea away from salvation. Innovation takes many forms and can come from unpredictable sources. Today’s blog post is a case in point. It tells the story of an unlikely pivot from a 100 year-old company that fortunately was open to embracing “the next big thing.” Would your company have the foresight and intelligence to seize a similar moment?

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What’s Your Radio Station’s McRib?

By Fred Jacobs | December 9, 2024

Smart marketers and savvy brand managers use a little trick that ensures they’ll earn a usage increase when they need it most. McDonald’s is a prime example of this technique with their McRib limited availability strategy. But great radio stations use similar devices to drive cume and awareness, as well as buzz. Can your station (or show) pass the test? What’s your station’s McRib?

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OpenAI Gives Twelve Days of Treats This December

By Fred Jacobs | December 6, 2024

Last week, Sam Altman of OpenAI announced a radio-esque promotion with the “12 Days of OpenAI.”  After being pretty quiet over the last couple months, the…

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An American Radio Horror Story

By Fred Jacobs | December 6, 2024

What are those transmitters and towers worth today? And if there still a market for radio stations in the U.S.? Last week, we saw a high profile radio owner simplly walk away from his cluster of stations. In today’s post, we try to figure it out.

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Radio, Beware the Sushi Menu Approach to Digital Sales

By Fred Jacobs | December 5, 2024

Radio stations now offer so many digital services that for clients, the choices can feel as overwhelming as a sushi restaurant. Today’s #TBT post from 2018 illustrates the age-old problems of sales training, education, and achieving buy-in.

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Hey Radio: Go BIG Or Go Home!

By Fred Jacobs | February 21, 2025

If we’ve learned anything from just 30 days of Trump 2.0, big, bold moves are what get noticed. Today’s post looks at well-known brands that have stepped up the energy and are proactively taking risks. They might not all pay off, but they’re sure getting noticed. From Delta Airlines to Guitar Center, more and more companies and brands seem willing to throw the dice and THINK BIG!

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Why Small Businesses Matter…To Radio

By Fred Jacobs | February 20, 2025

Back in 2016, a small independent coffee company rocked the world with a powerful TV commercial in Super Bowl 50 they managed to get for FREE. The powerful story of Death Wish Coffee Company endures nine years later. Hopefully, it’s inspirational to all those small broadcasters, fighting the good fight year after year over the AM and FM airwaves.

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Hey Radio: Go BIG Or Go Home!

February 21, 2025

If we’ve learned anything from just 30 days of Trump 2.0, big, bold moves are what get noticed. Today’s post looks at well-known brands that have stepped up the energy and are proactively taking risks. They might not all pay off, but they’re sure getting noticed. From Delta Airlines to Guitar Center, more and more companies and brands seem willing to throw the dice and THINK BIG!

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Why Small Businesses Matter…To Radio

February 20, 2025

Back in 2016, a small independent coffee company rocked the world with a powerful TV commercial in Super Bowl 50 they managed to get for FREE. The powerful story of Death Wish Coffee Company endures nine years later. Hopefully, it’s inspirational to all those small broadcasters, fighting the good fight year after year over the AM and FM airwaves.

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Will Consumers Ever Embrace AI?

February 19, 2025

One of the Super Bowl ads that had its work cut out for it was the ChatGPT commercial. It was designed to demystify AI and make this new technology the logical next phase in the time-honored history of technological progress. Whether you saw it or not, today’s post discusses the challenge of making new tech feel comfortable for consumers rather than making them fearful and angst-ridden. Was it effective and could it be the foundation for AI acceptability OR like so many other Super Bowl ads, was it too obtuse and conceptual? You be the judge.

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