ShareSquare Opens to the World
What a ride.
Some three short months ago we launched ShareSquare in private beta. Since then thousands of artists, agencies and advertisers have used the platform to connect offline audiences with the bands & brands they love, using the QR code’s immediate call-to-action and a rich experience on the mobile web. A few, like SHIROCK, are already running NATIONWIDE campaigns. Amazing. Here’s what Chuck, SHIROCK’S studly frontman has to say:
“As a band, one of our main goals is to continuously find creative ways to better connect directly with our fans. QR codes bridge the gap between our traditional ‘street’ marketing, and our digital efforts. Using ShareSquare, we’re able to know where fans are scanning SHIROCK QR codes, and we can track in what circumstance they are most effective. With ShareSquare we’re able to provide a fully functional and integrated mobile web app right there on their mobile device, the second they scan the QR code…we can offer exclusive content, have links to our social sites, music videos, and more. All of this serves to help us move closer to our end goal…to bridge the gap between us and our fans.”
We love hearing that. And we’ve been hearing a lot of it. So after an awesomesauce SXSW, where nearly 100 of our ShareSquare creators competed to become Austin’s “Most Scanned Band“, we’re making the ShareSquare platform available to everybody.
And because we’ve gotten so much interest from management companies, agencies and even brands, we’ve created ShareSquare Pro and ShareSquare Enterprise. For those of you who need a robust central location to manage LOTS of ShareSquare campaigns, here are the new plans:
Free
Anyone can use the self-serve CMS to create, deploy and track in real-time up to five unique ShareSquare mobile web apps & their corresponding QR codes, with full access to HTML5 modules like Video, Downloads, Instant Win and more for unlimited monthly visits & QR code scans.
Pro
All the features of Free for up to 25 unique ShareSquare mobile web apps & their corresponding QR codes, in addition to Pro features such as: custom domains and the ability to redirect an existing website’s smartphone traffic to the ShareSquare mobile web app.
Enterprise
All the features of Pro for up to 100 unique ShareSquare mobile web apps & their corresponding QR codes, in addition to Enterprise features such as: removing & customizing banners and injecting your own Admob/Adsense Publisher IDs to generate revenue.
Full feature & plan list available here. More technical info in the FAQ.
And congrats to our Top 5 “Most Scanned Bands” from SXSW, you’ve won a free year of ShareSquare Enterprise!
- Sargent House - http://sargenthouse.com/
- Evie Evan - http://www.evieevan.com/ (not a band but a beauty shop!)
- SHIROCK - http://shirock.net/
- Bamm - http://www.bamm.tv/
- Jessie and The Toy Boys - http://jessieandthetoyboys.com/
Click here to see the winners’ ShareSquare mobile web apps and the full SXSW counts.
We look forward to adding all the features everyone keeps asking us for (like the ability to purchase tickets, merch & albums right on the spot) and continuing to provide the best offline-to-online experience there is. A hearty thanks to everyone who’s joined us for the ride, it’s about to get awesomesauce-r.