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We were nearing dinner time on a long day of installing LifeShare devices, and I’ll admit I was tired. I love getting to know the residents I meet, but I was hungry and knew I had another hour of installs until we could eat a late dinner. What happened when I walked through the door…

As you sit back and reflect on 2015, what song accompanies your montage of memories? Is it a catchy pop song that you could never get out of your head? An upbeat dance track that always lifted your mood? Or a slow, love song that pulled at your heartstrings? Music impacts the way we act,…

Retail digital signage has become one of the most popular technologies that stores are implementing today. From improving customer engagement to driving more foot traffic into stores, savvy businesses are reaping the benefits of retail digital signage. In May, International Data Corp forecasted that retail digital signage will grow to $27.5 billion by 2018 from $6 billion 2013.…

Digital Signage is a powerful tool for influencing customer behavior. But leveraging it isn’t as simple as waving your fingers and performing a Jedi mind trick. You may have an awesome in-store experience in mind, but if you don’t know how to execute it, what do you really have? Take Drone Nerds for example. Drone…

When an organization and its employees aren’t on the same page, problems can quickly arise. From errors in performance and lower production levels to decreases in employee engagement and increases in on-the-job accidents, the results of poor communication can substantially impact an organization. Finding solutions to internal communication problems needs to be a high priority…

Are you struggling with turning one-time customers into repeat customers? Are you stuck with a stagnant client list that just won’t grow? And are you ready to increase your client base and grow your business?   Digital signs educate, engage, and even add additional revenue streams for a business. They use videos, graphics, and animations…

She has more than 25 years of broadcasting and voicing experience, and she’s a published author, volunteer non-profit director, reading tutor, wife and mom. But Spectrio voice talent Sarah Woodard says, it all just evolved. “Starting out, I majored in sociology. I really didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up,” she…

The Holiday Inn in Century City, Los Angeles has a prime location: the hotel is a short walk from Beverly Hills and a brief drive from hotspots like Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and the Santa Monica Pier. For General Manager Richard Taylor and his team, however, having a great location is just the beginning of…

“The holiday season is upon us.” To most, that sentence is exciting and invokes warm feelings of family, friends, food, and decorations. To some business owners however, it heralds the season of stress, anxiety, and number crunching.  It’s a constant reminder that you’re about to have a hectic couple of months. It’s time to de-stress.…

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Spectrio. We hope you get an opportunity to relax this holiday season, appreciate what you have to be thankful for, and spend some time with those you’re closest to. And as the calendar turns, and we head into the busiest season for retailers and businesses, we’ll be…

We all have parts of our business or work that we don’t enjoy as much as other parts. But creating digital signage content shouldn’t never be one of them. Creating content for digital signage should never feel like a burden or obligation that you and your team want to avoid. If it is and you…

DigitalOcean is simplifying cloud infrastructure to empower the next generation of startups. They’ve been tremendously successful: in just over 2 ½ years, DigitalOcean has become the second-largest hosting company in the world in terms of web-facing computers, and their team has seen explosive growth.  We sat down for an exclusive interview with Matt Hoffman, DigitalOcean’s…