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May 14 2013

Adotas

4 Steps To Long-Term Engagement With Incentive Programs

We know that a little nudge can stimulate customers to take action.

May 13 2013

Business Insider

Who Wields Real Influence On Social Media?

We know moms are some of the most active Facebook users. So how do brands leverage them as influencers?

May 13 2013

Marketing Charts

A Range of Rewards Will Incentivize Brand Engagement From Moms

81% of mothers will engage more with a brand if they are offered a reward, details PunchTab in new survey results, with mothers likely to respond to a variety of reward options in several different ways.

May 13 2013

Website Magazine

Marketing to Moms: Rewards Required

Moms are a valuable customer segment, as they tend to make the majority of a family’s purchasing decisions. But what motivates this influential customer segment to engage with brands online and make purchases?

May 13 2013

BizReport

Survey: How to get Moms to engage

Mother's Day has passed but that doesn't mean advertisers need to give up on engaging moms for the next 365 days. New data out from PunchTab offers insight into how brands can do a better job of engaging moms, even without the holiday.

May 10 2013

AllFacebook

STUDY: Moms On Facebook Respond To Rewards

One-half of mothers on Facebook said they would share brands’ content on the social network in exchange for rewards, while 57 percent said they would like brands’ pages, according to the results of a survey of 647 moms across the U.S. by brand loyalty and engagement platform PunchTab.

May 10 2013

Adotas

STUDY: What Motivates Moms To Engage, Share And Make Purchases?

Moms influence $2.4 trillion in annual spend, and word-of-mouth from Moms can make or break a product. The question is, how do you motivate them to take action?

May 1 2013

MediaPost

When Money Is No Object, How Do You Entice Users To Take Action?

Offering incentives has proven be an effective motivator for attracting new customers and activating existing audiences who may be less than engaged.

April 22 2013

BizReport

Release to gamify Android apps

Gamification, or offering consumers rewards, virtual or physical goods, in exchange for some type of interaction is growing in popularity.

April 19 2013

Adotas

AFAIK: The Weather Company, Digitas, [X+1], Velti, PunchTab

Loyalty and engagement platform PunchTab has released a free Android SDK that will allow Android developers to attract and retain more users by adding customized loyalty and reward programs to any mobile application.

April 5 2013

MediaPost

4 Ways To Run An Effective Incentives Program On A Budget

There’s no question that offering incentives can be a powerful way to get your customers and prospects to take the actions you want.

Mar 1 2013

Digital Innovation Gazette

Mobile Technology Soutions for Customer Loyalty Programs

A range of enterprises -- from restaurants to retailers -- use customer loyalty initiatives to encourage repeat business. Customers might receive a free item based on a certain amount of visits and purchases, for example

Feb 27 2013

Website Magazine

Green Day Comes Around With PunchTab

Brands like Arby’s, eBay and the band Green Day understand the importance of increasing consumer engagement via incentives and loyalty programs.

Feb 25 2013

Examiner.com

Social Media Week Rocked NYC: Social for Business, Brands & Music

Social Media week ended in NYC on Friday. The panels, events and classes taught everything from content creation to using social media for governance.

Feb 22 2013

Pandodaily

Startups are disrupting the loyalty industry

The loyalty industry is tough to size, but it touches almost everyone. American consumers maintain more than 2 billion loyalty program memberships, an average of 18 per household.

Feb 7 2013

BizReport

Platforms use social, loyalty space to improve reach

First up, from Optimal, the Optimal Expander, a tool set up to help businesses better utilize the social space.

Feb 7 2013

CMSWire

Engage, Reward, Build Customer Loyalty with PunchTab

Last month we talked about the ways that companies can engage customers after a purchase, and while optimized customer service can help keep customers satisfied should they have questions or need assistance, many companies are also experimenting with rewards programs in an attempt to win customer loyalty.

Feb 6 2013

AdOps

PunchTab Now Powering 15,000 Loyalty Programs as Brands See Value in Rewarding Engagement

PunchTab, the engagement and on-demand loyalty platform leader, today announced that is now powering nearly 15,000 active loyalty programs that reach over 22 million consumers every month.

Feb 4 2013

MediaPost

Super Bowl Ads On Mobile Don't Encourage Brand Interaction

The majority of consumers watching the Super Bowl would like to take action on their mobile devices, based on television commercials -- but most didn't, according to findings released Monday by the Mobile Marketing Association and Session M.

TechVibes
48 Adventure-filled Hours in the Valley

November 21, 2012

Little did I realize that my 48-hour adventure in Silicon Valley would begin with a run for the border.

The Agency Post
Tech Profile: PunchTab

11/8/2012

PunchTab is an engagement and on-demand incentives platform powering loyalty and reward programs, giveaways, sweepstakes and customized campaigns for marketing and advertising agencies.

iMediaConnection
3 signs you're not ready for gamification

November 5, 2012

By now you've heard the talk about gamification.

Forbes
3 Ways to Prioritize Your Startup To-Do List

October 30, 2012

I’m asked all the time about how to prioritize tasks when starting a company. 

Business Software
PunchTab Encourages Social Media Engagement through Gamification

October 26, 2012

As social media becomes an ever more integral part of marketing and customer interactions, businesses must find ways to encourage their users to show their love on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites.

GeNYU
GenY's Social Marketing Obsession

October 23, 2012

Carolyn Balk readily admits that she has an addiction to cupcakes, specifically Georgetown Cupcakes, the trendy popular dessert chain, with a sparkling shop in SoHo. T

Gamification.com
PunchTab's Social Loyalty Platform is Going Mobile with Giveaways

October 18, 2012

Social loyalty platform provider PunchTab is leading the pack of its kind, supporting any social media platform you can think of- including Pinterest, Instagram, and SoundCloud.

Tech Crunch
Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Heads To Mobile: Debuts Giveaways App For iPhone

October 11, 2012

PunchTab, a social loyalty and rewards platform now backed by $5.25 million in venture funding, is expanding its platform to mobile.

Toronto Star
New opportunities online

September 25, 2012

Today more than ever, the Internet provides many opportunities to small businesses that embrace it, and conversely, tremendous threats to those that avoid it.

Billboard
How Green Day, Warner Bros., MAC, Nokia, AT&T Teamed Up for Social Campaign With Potential Audience of 144 Million

September 18, 2012

Green Day hit New York City's Irving Plaza to help Nokia and AT&T launch Nokia Music in the U.S. with a performance to a packed crowd Saturday night (Sept. 15).

Forbes
3 Ways Your Startup Can Work Smarter

August 31, 2012

It took the founding of two companies for me to figure out what “work smarter, not harder” means for startups.

Forbes
Why Everyone Should Do Customer Support

July 23, 2012

Several years ago at my first startup, YouSendIt, we made the decision to provide 24 hour customer support to all of our free and paid customers.

Forbes
3 Ways To Build Enterprise Sales With Free Products

July 3, 2012

The two companies I’ve started both spent very little on outbound marketing.

Forbes
Build Your Startup Team Like The Wu-Tang Clan

June 23, 2012

During my first year in college a strange hip hop group burst onto the scene wielding flying guillotines, rhyming about Shaolin monks, and generally dominating the airwaves.

Forbes
It's The Little Things That Make Your Business Real

June 15, 2012

The first time I started a company I spent the early days working on what are commonly accepted as the important parts of any business: the product, the market, the business model, funding etc.

Forbes
How To Raise Money Off Of A PowerPoint Presentation

June 6, 2012

The first time I heard about a company “raising off of a PowerPoint” was in early 2005 during my first venture fundraising effort.

Forbes
Build A Better Company By Risking Public Humiliation

May 25, 2012

My co-founder Mehdi runs marathons. Okay, he runs *marathon* (posting an impressive time of 3:25 in his first and last race last year, though if you ask him he’ll say it he ran a 2:25).

Forbes
How Will Mark Zuckerberg's Hoodie Affect the Facebook IPO?

May 16, 2012

So much has already been said about Facebook‘s highly anticipated IPO that the only real news last week called out Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie.

Forbes
Founders: Beware of Revenue Projections

May 10, 2012

You know that slide. It’s the one near the end of your investor presentation showing revenue scaling from zero today to a zillion dollars in five years.

Read Write Web
From Founder to Alchemist, Why Titles Aren't Trivial

May 9, 2012

Ranjith Kumaran, founder and CEO of PunchTab (which creates instant loyalty platforms), and co-founder of YouSendIt, where he was the Chief Technology Officer (he’s still on the board) acknowledges the “topic of unique, creative and alternative titles keeps coming up as of late.”

TechCrunch
Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Launches Agency Platform; Touts Customers Like eBay & Arby’s

May 8, 2012

Social loyalty platform PunchTab, which raised its $4.4 million Series A in November, is rolling out its new platform for agencies, allowing them to run customized incentives campaigns to promote customers’ brands on any social network.

Business Insider
Why Fun and Profits Go Hand In Hand

April 9, 2012

PunchTab lets you give incentives to your online audience to award them for various actions they take – such as how many times they Tweet or some other action.

Smallbiztech.com
You Must Use Incentives & Great Content To Engage Your Audience: PunchTab Makes It Easy & Fun

March 29, 2012

Over the past few days I’ve been looking at PunchTab’s easy to use and feature rich incentive and engagement platform. You can incentivize your audience to return to your web site, email, Tweet, visit your Facebook page or more

Inc Magazine
Four Cool Tools to Engage Customers Online

February 28, 2012

PunchTab's loyalty program lets you reward people for coming to your website every day, making comments, and sharing your content on social networks.

Xconomy.com
Yelp, Invensense, Cloudera, PunchTab: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers

November 9, 2011

A Series A investment for PunchTab, a Palo Alto-based “instant loyalty platform” that lets businesses create customized points-based rewards programs.

BizJournals.com
PunchTab raises $4.4M led by MDV

November 8, 2011

PunchTab Inc. said Tuesday it raised $4.4 million in Series A funding.

TechCrunch.com
Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Raises $4.4 Million

November 8, 2011

PunchTab, a startup that offers a social loyalty platform for consumers, publishers, and businesses, has raised $4.4 million in Series A financing, led by Mohr Davidow Ventures.

MercuryNews.com
PunchTab, new startup by YouSendIt founder, nabs $4.4 million

November 8, 2011

On Tuesday, a Palo Alto startup that bills itself as a smarter alternative for small businesses looking to woo customers announced its first round of venture capital.

CNET.com
PunchTab gets $4.4M to pile on gifts

November 8, 2011

PunchTab, a startup creating loyalty programs for bloggers and businesses, today announced it raised $4.4 million from Mohr Davidow Ventures.

AllFacebook.com
Facebook Brand Loyalty Platform PunchTab Goes Mobile

October 19, 2011

PunchTab is adding a new-school mobile component to its old-school approach to consumer loyalty.

TechCrunch.com
Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Releases New iOS App PunchTab Local

October 19, 2011

PunchTab, a startup that offers a social loyalty platform for consumers, publishers, and businesses, is debuting PunchBowl, a free mobile application that provides local merchants with a way to offer in-store giveaways...

SmallBusinessAdvocate.com
Do you have a customer loyalty strategy?

September 8, 2011

What are you doing to encourage customer loyalty?

MarketingTechBlog.com
PunchTab: Social Rewards and Loyalty for Any Site

September 2, 2011

A couple weeks ago I was testing a new platform called PunchTab.

OpenForum.com
Give Users Incentives For Online Action

July 22, 2011

Small businesses who drive sales with local foot traffic know that coupons and deals help drive traffic through the door.

FoxBusiness.com
PunchTab Looks to Spur Customer Loyalty

July 8, 2011

Daily deal offerings get customers in the door, but that doesn’t always translate into repeat business, which is bad news for small businesses.

GigaOm.com
PunchTab Wants to be a Blogger's Best Friend

June 2, 2011

Here on the internet, just because you build it, it doesn’t mean anyone will actually come.

TechCrunch.com
Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Raises $850K

May 31, 2011

PunchTab, a startup that offers a social loyalty platform for consumers and publishers, has raised $850,000 in seed funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures, Embarcadero Ventures, and angels Venky Harinarayan, Anand Rajaraman, and Nick Sturiale.

ThisWeekInStartups.com
Ranjith Kumaran of PunchTab on This Week in Startups

May 4, 2011

Are you a blogger, website publisher or just a reader who loves rewards? Then put PunchTab on your radar.