UPshow Press + Digital Signage News

Last Friday, UPshow co-founder and CEO, Adam Hirsen, visited with the LIVE for Yourself podcast: a show that discusses all aspects of personal development and the pursuit of health, wealth, and happiness.

Host Benjamin Ritter sat down with Hirsen to talk shop about the future of advertising, the transformation of ideas into hobbies into businesses, and how leading a business ends up being less about the day-to-day and more about how to manage your relationships and your team.

Click below to hear the whole conversation:Business, entrepreneurship, and leadership with Adam HirsenLive for Yourself Podcast 

EVP of Operations and Strategy, Eric Olson, sat down with Helpware last week to share the UPshow story. In addition to discussing the company's recipe for success, Olson looks to the future of the platform and what scaling measures will be taken in order to keep up with UPshow's rapidly expanding customer base.

Watch the entire interview below:

UPshow co-founder and CEO Adam Hirsen was interviewed this week live on Cheddar. Cheddar is a leading post-cable news, media, and entertainment company. Anchors spoke with Hirsen about digital out-of-home advertising and entertainment, and how UPshow's Social TV platform is becoming a pioneer in the field.

Watch the full interview on Cheddar

We are happy to have BeerBoard as a part of the UPshow partners roster!

BeerBoard is an Integrated Beer Management and Guest Display System that helps bars and restaurants understand their performance. By tracking beer sales and pours in real time, venues are better able to analyze and optimize their business.

BeerBoard users can manage, update and sync their digital menu boards and taps directly from their phone, and have access to a database of insights pulled from the entire BeerBoard network to stay informed about industry trends.

We are always looking to maximize the ways in which venues can create a great UPshow experience, and are looking forward to seeing BeerBoard on our screens!

Want Social TV that features BeerBoard? Call us at 855-7UPSHOW or email Tom Fluegel at tom@upshow.tv (Current customers - contact your UPshow account manager).

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Have you ever taken a step back from your work, and only then did you realize how far you've come?

Well, that's what happened to the UPshow team this week. After more than 3 years of striving to be our best, we tallied up some numbers and saw just how big of an impact we've had on our partners:

We'd like to thank all of our partners and supporters for helping us reach this point, and will continue to work hard to make a difference. Here's to the next million and billion!

From the sandwich shop with a graffiti wall to the gym with custom equipment, many businesses have a way to make their in-venue experience unique and memorable. You can put a lot of time, money and effort into creating these details, but if that experience only gets seen by current customers, is it really giving you the best ROI?

UPshow CEO Adam Hirsen, shares his solution for spreading your business's brand story beyond a brick-and-mortar location. Click the link below to read the full article on Forbes.com.

The Storytelling Power of People: How To Treat All Customers Like Influencers

Total Food Service, an outlet for the latest national foodservice news on restaurants, industry trends, commercial kitchen products, and more, recently published an article written by UPshow co-founder and CMO Matt Gibbs. In the article Gibbs breaks down the science of why user-generated content (UGC), also known as customer-generated content (CGC) is such a powerful force when it comes to engaging, informing, and selling to customers. 

Read the full article here:

The Psychology Behind Why Consumers Love UCG

Our co-founder and CMO Matt Gibbs was featured this week on Sixteen:Nine's podcast. Sixteen:Nine is a leading digital signage publication, and spoke with Gibbs about the phenomenon that is social TV and how UPshow came to be pioneer in the field.

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We are happy to announce the newest addition to the UPshow partner roster: BillFixers!

As the cord cutting trend grows amongst businesses, one thing that holds some of them back is making the call to cancel their cable. This phone call can be intimidating and tedious, requiring business owners to spend valuable time navigating the red tape of ending the relationship with their cable provider.

BillFixers is a team of experts dedicated to lowering your monthly bills from big companies like tv and internet providers. Instead of you having to wade through red tape, complicated billing statements and long hold times, BillFixers will negotiate lower bills on your behalf. BillFixers’ partnership with UPshow now makes it easier than ever for you to transition from cable to social TV by cancelling your cable bill for free. No hassle, no stress, and absolutely no hours wasted on the phone instead of making your business better.

UPshow customers will have special access to this service as soon as they sign up.

We are always looking for ways to improve the UPshow experience, and are looking forward to an even smoother transition process with BillFixers!

Want Social TV and your cable cancelled for you? Call us at 855-7-UPSHOW or email Tom Fluegel at tom@upshow.tv

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UPshow is pleased to announce our exciting partnership with MicroFantasy!

MicroFantasy is the leader in real-time predictive fantasy sports, transforming the sports viewing experience in bars and restaurants with live prediction contests for baseball, football, basketball, and more.

How it Works:

MicroFantasy’s integration into the UPshow platform will allow for the MicroFantasy experience to appear on UPshow TVs during a live sporting event, prompting guests to join in the game. From there, they simply use their phone to go to the website listed on screen, type in their name, and begin playing. Each participant predicts the result of the next play. Correct predictions receive the number of points listed next to each option. Results are displayed on the leaderboard, and the participant with the most points at the end is declared MicroFantasy Champion. The winner is then directed to an employee to receive their prize.

By hosting competitive games that further engage fans as they watch at venues, business owners will be able to increase the time each guest spends in their venue, build customer loyalty through rewards, and make the game-time experience something special.

We are always looking for ways to maximize the ways in which venues can create a great UPshow experience, and are looking forward to seeing MicroFantasy content on our screens!

Want Social TV that features MicroFantasy? Call us at 855-7-UPSHOW or email Tom Fluegel at tom@upshow.tv (Current customers - contact your UPshow account manager).

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We are happy to announce the newest addition to the UPshow partners roster: ScoreStream! 

ScoreStream is the first and leading crowdsourcing platform for live local sports. ScoreStream's integration into the UPshow platform will allow for screens to showcase up-to-the-second scores from local high school games, as well as pro and college sports scores.

UPshow customers will easily be able to feature these dynamic scores on their screens, and will also have access to ScoreStream’s premium content that includes real-time photos, highlights and Plays of the Week reels. ScoreStream’s imagery is moderated for quality and updates within minutes of capture, delivering in-game action to your screen.

We are always looking for ways to maximize the ways in which venues can create a great UPshow experience, and are looking forward to seeing ScoreStream content on our screens!

Want Social TV that features ScoreStream? Call us at 855-7UPSHOW or email Tom Fluegel at tom@upshow.tv (Current customers - contact your UPshow account manager).

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UPshow was named one of the 50 Chicago startups to watch in Built In Chicago's annual report for 2018. The feature acknowledged UPshow's leading Social TV platform, as well as its prominent investors.

The comprehensive list features the top startups in the city that are set to make a major impact in 2018. We are thrilled to be recognized and can't wait for the big year ahead!

Take a look at the full list here, or learn how UPshow can make your business thrive.