Hownd In The News
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Hownd and Intercard Announce Promo Redemption Integration
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- November 15th, 2021
Hownd and Intercard, the world leader in cashless technology for the Amusements & Attractions industry, have announced new integration that makes it easy for consumers to redeem Hownd promos on Intercard self-service kiosks and point-of-sale (POS) systems.
Hownd and Hearst Newspapers Announce Joint Marketing Agreement
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- October 11th, 2021
The joint pilot will include an innovative combination of platforms that bridges print and digital advertising. For example, consumers may first learn of a merchant’s promotion via print advertising in Hearst publications and then complete their visit on the Hownd platform, connecting print and digital worlds and providing merchants with trackable advertising across media types.
Hownd Acquires Australian Guest WiFi Platform PoweredLocal
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- March 23rd, 2021
The acquisition adds new capabilities to the Hownd platform, increases the company’s customer base of local merchants, and accelerates its expansion into markets around the world. For local merchants, customers often visit but leave no trace, which means the business has no way to convert that one-time visitor into a loyal customer. To solve this challenge, the PoweredLocal Guest WiFi solutions will be rebranded as MyHownd WiFi and fully integrated into the Hownd software platform.
Phoenix Business Journal Article: A Valley collective, federal rule adjustments and a dead applicant: How PPP looks in Arizona
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- February 23rd, 2021
“Business Warrior is working with Hownd and elev8 Advisors Group,a foot-traffic generation software company in Tempe and afinancial services consulting company in Mesa, respectively. Theyhave set up multiple websites in an effort to help business ownerscomplete PPP loan paperwork and, if they’d like, this partnershipcan connect them with lenders through what Brandon Willey,founder and CEO of Hownd, called a ‘white glove service.'”
Hownd Helping Deploy PPP Loans to Underserved Brick & Mortar Merchants at Risk of Not Receiving Funds
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- January 25th, 2021
We Also partnered with Business Warrior to offer value-add marketing services at reduced fees to small businesses. The company’s partnership with Elev8 Advisors Group and Business Warrior is focused on underserved business owners at risk of not receiving funds due to banks prioritizing larger businesses and their own customers first.
Hownd Forms Partnership with Business Warrior
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- January 22nd, 2021
We’re excited to partner with Business Warrior in a common goal to bring you more customers! Business Warrior helps small business owners simplify and prioritize daily decisions to improve profitability.
Hownd Forms Partnership with Town of Gilbert, AZ
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- November 17th, 2020
The partnership is aligned with the #GilbertTogether Business Recovery Program to support local businesses during the pandemic and beyond by accelerating their successful reopenings with more customers and revenue.
Hownd Launches Holiday Shopping Campaign Throughout Arizona to Deliver Consumers Compelling Promotional Offers from Local Businesses
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- November 11th, 2020
Hownd has launched its “Hownd for the Holidays” campaign in partnership with a number of municipalities in the East Valley, southern Arizona, and other communities throughout the state.
The campaign is designed to drive more customers and revenue to local businesses while making it easy for residents of each community and other nearby consumers to discover enticing promotional offers and staycation opportunities this holiday season available from local merchants.
Hownd Forms Partnership with Talking Stick Entertainment District
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- October 20th, 2020
Hownd’s partnership with Winter Garden is part of the city’s “Love Local” program designed to support its businesses during the pandemic by stimulating awareness and increasing customer foot traffic.
Hownd Forms Partnership with the City of Winter Garden, FL
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- September 29th, 2020
Hownd’s partnership with Winter Garden is part of the city’s “Love Local” program designed to support its businesses during the pandemic by stimulating awareness and increasing customer foot traffic.
Hownd Forms Partnership with the City of Mesa
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- August 26th, 2020
Known as “Shop Mesa,” this is the latest in a series of economic development partnerships formed by Hownd and other municipalities to help local businesses survive the pandemic and accelerate their successful reopenings.
Hownd Forms Partnership with the Town of Queen Creek
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- July 20th, 2020
Hownd’s partnership with the Town of Queen Creek is part of the municipality’s “Shop Queen Creek” initiative designed to stimulate the success of local businesses and demonstrate the Town’s commitment to its merchants.
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- July 5th, 2020
As Tucson businesses work to adjust to a COVID-19 world, local organizers, the city and Pima County are stepping up to provide support.
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- July 3rd, 2020
The City of Tucson and Pima County have teamed up with Hownd, a Tempe based foot-traffic phone application company, to help local businesses recover from the shutdown by kickstarting sales while offering customers fantastic deals.
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- June 16, 2020
The City of Tucson which is the second largest city in Arizona, and Pima County, the second largest county in Arizona and includes Tucson and its broader metropolitan area, have joined forces with Hownd to launch the “Shop Our Local Deals” initiative. The program is largely based on the successful first-of-its-kind municipality partnership Hownd developed early on during the pandemic with the City of Tempe in Arizona, where the company is based.
Shortly after COVID-19 began forcing closures, Hownd quickly adjusted its usual distribution of local merchants’ promotional offers and created its Buy Now, Visit Later Support Voucher program. These are essentially non-expiring gift cards consumers easily purchase from their favorite local merchants through several digital channels, including the MyHownd mobile app.
To help generate immediate cash for local brick & mortar merchants during the pandemic, today Hownd announced that their merchants have received more than $1.5 million in proceeds from the purchase of vouchers by consumers.
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- April 13, 2020
As part of the company’s sweeping initiative to support local businesses, Hownd has launched a private-public partnership with the City of Tempe in Arizona, and is in the process of forming partnerships with other local governments to support their merchants through sales of “Buy Now, Visit Later Support Vouchers.”
To support local, The City of Tempe is generously covering the “Pay-Per-Visit” fees for the anticipated $250,000 in revenue that will be generated for Tempe small businesses over the next few weeks as more merchants participate in the program and more consumers purchase Support Vouchers.
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- March 27, 2020
Hownd has announced several immediate changes designed to help local brick & mortar merchants weather the impact of COVID-19 by offering Buy Now, Visit Later Support Vouchers; permanently eliminating monthly subscription fees for its Hownd platform to help local merchants conserve their precious cash; and temporarily doubling the standard service range around each merchant’s location to 10 miles which means 4x more consumers will be exposed to their gift card promotions via the MyHownd™ consumer mobile app, which broadens the opportunity for more immediate revenue.
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- January 5, 2020
Greater Phoenix is an emerging tech market. The region is sought after for its talent, collaborative environment, business-friendly culture and quality of life. Emerging tech companies choose Greater Phoenix to establish their footprints, test their technologies and scale.
We’re proud that the report features Hownd as one of the city’s expanding and new-to-market companies based on our projected growth.
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- January 2, 2020
The Greater Phoenix Economic Council has selected four local software-as-a-service companies to help grow their business globally, using the United Kingdom as a starting point into Europe.
“We’re creating a strategy for them to enter into the UK market, and we need some time to do that,” Soberanes said. “We want to support the local ecosystem with companies who are based in the Phoenix metro area, operating profitably and who are willing to work closely with us to continue growing this ecosystem.”
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- December 17, 2019
Through the partnership, BBB Pacific Southwest’s Accredited Businesses can sign up for a free, zero-risk Hownd® account to create their first promotion in less than five minutes, and they only pay when Hownd brings customers through their entrance. Accredited Businesses can also upgrade and get a 10% BBB discount on Hownd’s Essentials and Plus plans that include additional features designed to further increase a member’s data collection, foot traffic, and profitable revenue.
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- December 10, 2019
As the Title Sponsor, Hownd® is making Phoestivus vendors’ promotions available to consumers on both evenings. Consumers who have downloaded the free MyHowndTM mobile app from the App Store or Google Play can redeem an exhibitor’s special offers at the event.
Featuring hand-crafted gifts from more than 200 small businesses, the Phoestivus Public Market showcases a variety of jewelry, home goods, clothing, and decorations by Arizona artists, as well as many farmer’s market vendors of locally grown and prepared foods.
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- December 3, 2019
Hownd® has received $1.8 million in seed round funding from SunChase Capital as its lead investor as well as an additional $1.2 million in capital from Phoenix-area angels. Hownd, will use the funds primarily for targeted domestic expansion through its Affinity Programs, channel partners, and direct sales, as well as international expansion through its Latin American and European partners.
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- Phoenix Business Journal
- November 27, 2019
Tempe-based Hownd Inc. has raised $3 million to expand its foot traffic generation software for local merchants. Hownd® closed on its seed round Tuesday after receiving $1.8 million from Scottsdale-based SunChase Capital Inc. The remaining $1.2 million came in during the past year from seven Phoenix-area angel investors who wish to remain anonymous, said Hownd CEO and founder Brandon Willey.
- Podcast
- The Naked Truth
- November 18, 2019
Host Lori Corrigan (a.k.a. The Snake Charmer) invited Hownd’s Chief Brand Officer, Mike Carrillo, and advisor Eric Keosky-Smith to discuss how local businesses can stay competitive. The trio also covered the importance of practicing Conscious Capitalism in today’s business climate and the challenges of doing a complete brand, platform, and product overhaul.
- Press Release
- November 21, 2019
Hownd® has partnered with Local First Arizona to make their members’ promotions available to consumers throughout the state as part of the Hownd for the Holidays™ campaign. Consumers who have the MyHownd™ mobile app can easily claim and redeem Local First members’ holiday offers.
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- November 13, 2019
Hownd® (formerly FetchRev), a foot traffic generation platform that helps local businesses attract new and returning customers, and Virtuix, developer of the Omni Arena virtual reality esports attraction, have announced a partnership to drive incremental player traffic to Omni Arena operators.
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- October 29, 2019
Hownd® has announced its new inaugural Affinity Partnership with the Tempe Chamber of Commerce to bring its patent-pending Effortless Foot Traffic™ generation platform to the chamber’s members.
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- October 18, 2019
Hownd® is providing the organization’s members with advantageous pricing and is also making members’ promotions available to consumers at the Local First Arizona Fall Festival held on Nov. 2 at Hance Park in downtown Phoenix. The festival (#AZFallFest) is free to attend for all ages.
