We’ve all had that boss, the helicopter of the office, looking over every shoulder. Do you have them in your mind’s eye? We’re willing to bet that even the memory of them is a bit annoying. That being… Read More
Volano’s Rod Smith and Don Stavneak: “Don’t undervalue your product” June 9, 2015 Ryan Pendell Silicon Prairie News In 2007, Rod Smith and Don Stavneak started Volano Software, a custom software development company. In 2012, they developed their first stand-alone product,Steelwool. They learned a lot from the experience. “One of… Read More
Field management can be a very fulfilling career, but at times it can be very difficult. Finding the right balance in authority and friendliness often poses a challenge. We’ve come up with five behaviors that field managers can exhibit to add value to their business. Think business. Field managers should… Read More
Providing feedback during your site visits. Four Questions to Ask Yourself During my days as a field compliance auditor and then onto district management, I had a lot riding on my shoulders. Traveling store to store, completing evaluations, relaying that information to senior management and monitoring progress was quite the… Read More
A bicycle can’t stand alone because it is two-tired… Get it? Hey, Charlie from Action Card here. Hope you all enjoy clever, but completely irrelevant jokes – I know I do. What I really want to discuss with you is the latest and greatest from Action Card, aka our newest… Read More
Action Card is excited to announce the addition of Charlie Nunn, who will fill the role of Client Success Manager. Charlie will be assisting customers to expand their usage and adoption of Action Card, providing resources to answer questions, identifying needs for customization, and ensuring customers are satisfied and expectations… Read More
Checklists, Oh My! As most multi-unit operators can attest – we have mountains of data, spreadsheets, checklists, forms, documents, planograms, 3-ring binders (I could go on and on!) to help in the day to day management of our businesses. Each of these have their purpose and are quite important to… Read More
Action Card is excited to announce the hiring of Tim Schuman, who will oversee Action Card sales and customer success management. We asked him a few questions recently. We’re excited to leverage Tim’s experience to both grow Action Card and help our clients maximize the app and their field personnel. … Read More
Marketing a product or service in general can get pretty hectic but Saas product can be even more complicated. Learning about marketing and selling Action Card has been an education and we thought we’d share some takeaways. Saas stands for Software as a Service. This is a relatively newer model… Read More
Holding a virtual meeting can get pretty difficult. They can be noisy, glitchy and disorganized. With Action Card holding a Virtual Meeting on Field Management next week, we thought it would be a good idea to see how to make the most of it and how to avoid some of… Read More