LogoIncluded: Mobile Ordering in Action!

By Phil Talbot – go to guy | mobile ordering | saavi

This mobile ordering app is not for everybody. But if you work in company engagement (holding parties, outings, outreach, and other activities for companies), LogoIncluded is a must-have mobile ordering app.

LogiIncluded is your very own mobile connection to Logo Included, a company that makes custom-branded and styled company promotion items that contain technology in them (they’re not your ordinary company branded pens and mugs). Also known as technology promotional products, or technology ad-specialty items, these are:

• USB flash drives
• Flash pen (with real ink) drives
• Accessories for iPhones and other mobile phones
• Wireless pointers and presenters
• Optical mice
• Web keys
• Mobile batteries and emergency chargers
• USB hubs
• Digital photo frames
• MP3/MP4 players
• Executive kits (kits containing all or some of the above)
• Tool kits
• Screen cleaners
• SD cards and readers
• Stylus for iPads and other tablets
• Assorted packaging and tech accessories

In short, company branded mass-produced gizmos for giveaways. And you are not limited to Logo Included’s available designs either. You can also design your own giveaway (as long as it’s along the lines of the products above) and Logo Included will create a mockup for you for free.

More on the App:

Developed by SAAVI, LogoIncluded is your one stop app not just for mobile ordering but for getting the latest business tips, product and mobile app news, and the latest promos.

As a mobile ordering app, LogoIncluded gives you access to these features:

 

Access to Entire Product Catalog

Touch the ‘Products’ button and you can browse through LogoIncluded’s entire product catalogue containing high-quality photos of all the tech-promo products available. There’s also a ‘Find Products’ button at the bottom so you can search for particular products and features.

When you need to show your boss or your customers what the product looks like, just whip out your iPhone or iPad and show them detailed information on the product—pictures, available colors, gadget and print dimensions, features, packaging, accessories and options—even production times. Bookmark your favorite products for instant access or download PDF files on featured products (you can find your favorites on the Favorites section).

Real-Time & Personalized Pricing

Up-to-the-minute pricing on all products is always on the products section (there is even an ‘Update All’ button at the lower right of the main menu so you can be sure all info and pricing on all products are at their latest). And not only that, if you’re logged in as a registered LogoIncluded distributor, prices listed will change from being coded [R] to Personalized Net Pricing that’s tailored for you and which you can use to advantage.

Up To Date News And Specials

Touch the ‘News’ icon, and you’ll see the latest mobile ordering news, business tips (in relation to technology promotional products), and info about Logo Included’s current product promos.

You’ll always be informed on specials and lowered pricing by touching the ‘Specials’ button. The ‘Specials’ area is where you can access all the details of featured products. Featured Products have links to PDF and email. Use these features to download PDF documents on featured products or conveniently email these to others.

Services, Factory Tour and Company Info

These can all be accessed with the middle row buttons. The ‘Services’ button is where you can learn about Logo Included’s free mockup services—in which you can send in artwork (logos, pictures, etc) of your design ideas and Logo Included’s designers will place these in a digital mockup so you can see a high-quality rendering of what your order will look like.

The ‘Our Factory’ button takes you to a video tour of LogoIncluded’s China factory. Touch the ‘About Us’ button and you’ll learn more about the company and its commitment to social accountability and the environment.

So, as a tool for company engagement officers—and those who wish to make money as a distributor, Logo Included’s LogoIncluded app is a great convenience. Whenever people need that personal touch in a company giveaway, blow them away with LogoIncluded.

Phil Talbot is founder of SAAVI – the food ordering specialists and the resident expert in mobile ordering systems. You can follow SAAVI on facebook.

McDonalds Australia testing mobile ordering

By Phil Talbot - go to guy | mobile ordering | saavi

Even the world's “most popular fast-food store” is doing it.

In Australia, McDonald's has joined the growing number of fast food businesses that are rolling out mobile ordering apps.

McDonalds is currently testing its new mobile ordering system in two of its Australian family restaurants. If it rakes in more profits than what they are having now from over-the-counter orders alone, McDonalds Australia could make mobile ordering available in all of its stores. Provided no one else beats them to it, McDonalds Australia could be the first (McDonalds country) to be in the mobile ordering game.

Mobile ordering app game heats up

Ordering fast-food through mobile is really nothing new. Even before the days of touch-screen smartphones, simple short messaging service (text-based) ordering systems were available in some cities in the US. With the explosive growth of mobile app platforms (iOS, Android, and Windows mobile), coupled with the dramatic rise in smartphone ownership and use, mobile ordering apps have increasingly become common — thanks to the increased profits realised by those who were early at the game, and the faster and easier making of apps due to newer technologies developed especially for app creation.

This makes businesses — especially in the fast food sector, more competitive.

Apps not for everyone

Not all businesses have rushed to making apps. Those that benefit the most from apps tend to be large, hugely popular businesses selling products consumed by many people daily — fast food businesses are ideal. Also popular coffee brands like Starbucks.

But that is not to say establishments with a more relaxed way of conducting business don't benefit from mobile apps.

Fine dining restaurants, for example, may not have taken much to developing their own apps because they don't depend on the hurried up way fast food restaurants earn profit — by bulk selling food on the go. But even if fine dining restaurants do not use apps much for mobile ordering, they use them to showcase their menu for customers and for making dinner reservations — easier, faster, and more convenient.

Mobile app competitors up the ante

More competitive businesses due to apps also means more competitive app development businesses. This is why there are more and more app development vendors offering their services.

Competition makes acquiring your own mobile app more affordable. Like in many increasingly popular trends, early-comers to the app (and app development) game become big players. McDonalds is not an early comer to offering mobile ordering apps but is one of the biggest in its industry (next to Subway).

Pick the best

Big isn't necessarily the best. What's best is the mobile app (and developers) that actually meet your needs in the most cost effective way.

While it is not yet too late to roll out your own mobile app for your business, it is essential that you pick the right technologies and the right people to develop your app. Choose app developers with the proven track record in delivering beautiful, efficient apps on time and on budget.

By the way, there are fears that mobile ordering apps from fast food restaurants may accelerate and worsen the obesity pandemic (and its attendant diseases). When that happens, here's hoping “there is an app for that.”

Phil Talbot is founder of SAAVI – the mobile ordering system specialists and the resident expert in mobile ordering systems. You can follow SAAVI on Facebook.