Flon Solutions

22/11/2013

50 years ago today, John F. Kennedy was on the way to a luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart. Here's a Passbook invitation for that luncheon .. http://flon.co/jfk

04/10/2013

Had enough Infographics?

http://xkcd.com/1273/

Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

18/09/2013

Today you can update your iPhone to iOS7. Check out the new features for Passbook!

http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/software-technology/16173.html

Many of the enhancements available in iOS 7 point to how Apple is addressing mobile wallets as enhancing the shopping experience with offers and in-store information rather than by enabling payments, where adoption has been slow.

26/06/2013

http://gigaom.com/2013/06/25/four-reasons-why-apples-passbook-is-growing-on-retailers/

14/06/2013

Passbook developers @ Apple's WWDC conference in San Francisco: Ben Ku (PassSource), Nick Murray (PassKit) & Andrew Phillips (Flon Solutions)

03/06/2013

Apple just sent a Passbook event ticket for WWDC 2013 in San Francisco next week - looking forward to seeing what's new for Passbook with iOS7 !

23/05/2013

Are you in Zürich this weekend? Looking for a great place to watch the Champions League Final?

Check out this Passbook promotion for Nelson Pub - Free Heineken!

Click here for a Pass:
http://tiny.cc/np250513

23/05/2013

Here's some useful statistics about teenage social media usage: 94% use Facebook. Twitter (26%) and Instagram (11%) are growing fast. Tumblr is quite low (5%). Google+ & Pinterest are nowhere:

http://marketingland.com/pew-the-average-teenager-has-425-4-facebook-friends-44847

Teenagers use Facebook by far more than any other social media site and have over 400 friends on it. But Twitter and Instagram have massively increased their usage in the past year, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, together with Harvard’s Berkman Center. The n...

20/05/2013

Flon Solutions uses Tableau Software's great products to provide rich, interactive analytics for Passbook promotions.

Great to see their increasing success following a strong NYSE IPO last week: http://youtu.be/mO0qYif4PT4

Seattle, WA-based Tableau Software, Inc., a provider of business analytics software, will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Friday, May 17 to celeb...

09/04/2013

http://www.visualead.com/blog/2013/04/why-visual-qr-codes-and-passbook-a-mobile-match-made-in-heaven/

By: Andrew Phillips Founder and Director of Flon Solutions Visual QR Code + Passbook = Mobile Marketing Success Advertising is a strategy to grab the attention of potential clients. When using traditional offline ads it is necessary to appeal so strongly to consumers that they’ll later remember to a...

12/03/2013

Check out this Transaction Trends Magazine article on Electronic Payments trends in 2013 - including a section on Passbook from Flon Solutions ..

The Official Publication of the Electronic Transactions Association

04/02/2013

QR codes have a poor reputation among marketers - but that's because they're used wrongly (Iin-flight magazines? No coverage!). When they're applied effectively, they are a great way to easily connect customers with compelling Passbook offers

http://www.visualead.com/blog/2013/02/twitter-and-qr-codes-both-were-pronounced-dead-while-their-numbers-skyrocketed/

If there is one technology that seems to be getting a bad rap, it’s QR Codes. While QR Code generation has been on a constant rise as is the number of people scanning them, there are endless posts and tweets talking about the death and the ineffectiveness of QR Code mobile engaging technology. The r...