Buying Custom Software: 8 Tips for Project Success

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Want to make sure that your custom software project actually meets your expectations and deadline?  Here are 8 tips to help you avoid the complications which are so common in software development projects!   1. Research developers like crazy: Don’t just research the company.  Also do research on the developers behind the company.   2. Pick a development company on experience with similar projects, not what they promise in their bid.   3. Storyboard your idea: Use Read More...

How to Tell if a Software Development Company is Worth Its Salt

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The failure rate of custom software projects is 68%! To make sure your project beats the odds, you better make sure that you are hiring a good development team!  Here are 6 ways to tell if a software development company is worth its salt. Team has been together for a long time It doesn’t matter so much if the development company is newly-formed, but the developers at the company should have been working together for a long time.  For example, the app development company Fifty Three was still Read More...

The Developers Behind the Most Successful Apps of 2012

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There are over 1 billion Smartphones in the world – and many of these are loaded with apps.   So, it is no great surprise that the Apple Store can boast having more than 25 million app downloads since its inception in 2008. With how hot apps are, your app should be a big hit – right? According to statistics though, apps are a lot more likely to fail than they are to take off.  According to a study by Cambridge: 80% of paid apps are downloaded less than 100 times Only 0.2% of paid Read More...

Making an App for Branding Your Business

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We generally think of “branding” as the process of creating a unique image for a business.  But branding is not something that happens when you make a logo or write a social media post.  Branding occurs when our customers come in contact with our business and formulate an emotional response. It is with this concept of branding in mind that many businesses have developed apps. One of my personal favorite apps is from Charmin.  It is called the “Sit or Squat” and it helps users find Read More...

11 Questions to Ask a Software Developer before You Hire

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Hiring a software developer is a huge decision.  It is also incredibly difficult if you don’t know much about the tech world.  So, here are the questions you should ask software developers before hiring.   1. What open source projects have you worked on? Developers who work in open source tend to be very enthusiastic about what they do.  They are also very flexible and are great at fixing problems.  Plus, if they’ve worked on open source, then you can see examples of their coding.   2. Read More...

5 Smart Tips for Hiring Freelance Software Developers

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If you have a large software development project, then you will probably want to avoid using freelancers like the plague.  Freelancers have a much higher failure rate than agencies (more on this here). However, if you’ve got a small project and are on a limited budget, then freelance software developers can be your best friend.   Over the years, I’ve hired a lot of freelancers.  Not surprisingly, I had a lot of TERRIBLE experiences when I first got started. Here are some tips that Read More...

Is Your Software Developer Outsourcing Your Project?

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You just spent countless hours and resources making sure that you hired the right software developer for your project.   So, you’d probably be outraged to find that the developer just went and outsourced the project to some cheap third-world developer who doesn’t know jack about code.   While this doesn’t happen often, outsourcing projects certainly isn’t unheard of.  Just last week there was an article in the Daily Mail about a developer earning a 6-figure salary  who got Read More...

5 Creative Ways Hotels are Using Custom Software

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Even the smallest B&B now uses some sort of software to manage reservations.  But there are many more applications for hotel software than just reservation management.  Here are some cool ways that hotels are putting software to use.   Customer Loyalty Software Loyalty programs are a great incentive to get guests to return to a hotel.  Custom software programs make it possible for hotels to offer advanced loyalty programs specifically tailored to their guests.  Loyalty software Read More...

4 Ways that Custom Software is Helping the Medical Industry

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When it comes to technology, the medical industry is usually at the forefront of innovation.  So, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that the medical industry has found some of the most creative and inspiring uses for custom software.  Here are just some of the amazing ways software is being put to use. Scheduling Software One of the most elementary ways that software is helping doctors improve their practices is through scheduling.  Software programs have long aided in scheduling so there Read More...

App Development: Hire Local or Go Abroad?

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Thanks to the wonderful world of the web and online banking systems, you now can hire people living in the far corners of the world – often at a much cheaper price.  But it doesn’t always make sense to hire a cheap freelancer abroad over a local. If you want a custom app, you will find a huge selection of developers stepping up for the job – including ones located in the far corners of the world.   It doesn’t always make sense to hire a ddevelooper from abroad though.  Here we’ll Read More...