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Product Update: Website Reskin

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Quick Summary

  • Yapp announces a website refresh designed to improve the brand and user experience.
  • A cleaner, updated web presence helps visitors understand the product more easily and navigate the site better.
  • Users following Yapp’s product and brand evolution will benefit most from this update.

If you’ve visited Yapp in the past few hours, you’ve probably noticed a brand new look. We reskinned our Dashboard and Editor pages for a cleaner, more modern experience.

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Functionality remains the same on most all pages. We’ve made it easier to add Twitter handles and/or hashtags as well as videos to their respective pages. It’s still the same simple-to-use platform you’ve been using and loving since Day 1.

For a more in depth guide into the look and feel changes for each page, check out our FAQs.

So what’s next? We’ll be updating our blog to match the new design, working on adding more functionality to the app pages available, and continuing to listen to your feedback to make all steps in the process exactly how you want them.

Give us your thoughts by Tweeting us, posting on Facebook, or sending us an email at support@yapp.us.

Product Update: New Sports Themes!

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  • Yapp introduces new sports themes to make app customization more fun and event-specific.
  • Theme options help creators match their app visuals to the audience or occasion with less effort.
  • Users building sports-related or school-themed apps will benefit most from this update.

    After working hard all summer, our stellar tech intern Irvin has released a batch of sports themes for our Yappers. Volleyball, soccer, track, baseball, and more have joined the ranks of football and basketball. If you don’t see what you need, let us know!

    Check out the new themes in the Yapp editor, or below.

    Yapper Monday: Week of Welcome

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    • Yapp features a Week of Welcome use case as part of its Yapper Monday series.
    • The story shows how a custom app can organize schedules and improve communication for orientation-style events.
    • Schools and campus teams planning welcome programs will benefit most from this example.

    On college campuses everywhere, students new and old are flooding the quads, lofting beds and cramming into dorms. Freshman aren’t the only newbies this fall — Yapp is going back to college as well.

    Take a look at these Week of Welcome apps from all sorts of colleges and, if you’re a student, come join our ambassador program!

    Fort Lewis College in Colorado is getting ready for their welcome week in early September, sharing a schedule of events for new students and returning ones. Plenty of freebies await.

    Acadia University’s welcome week includes plenty of meeting and greeting, as well as a crash course in surviving all things college.

    UVa’s College at Wise has a one-stop spot for all things student activities in their app. From fairs and festivals to games and movies, it’s everything a Wise student needs.

    Missouri Western State University’s Griffon Edge program is a jump-starting orientation for new and transfer students. Their app is all about getting to know the school, their classmates, and their future at MWSU.

    Don’t forget! Apply to join our college ambassador program if you’re a student on campus this fall: http://www.nycreativeinterns.com/jobs/view/yapp-campus-brand-manager

    Yapper Mondays: Corporate Events

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    • Yapp features a corporate events use case as part of its Yapper Mondays series.
    • The story shows how apps can improve communication and coordination for business gatherings.
    • Corporate event teams looking for practical inspiration will benefit most from this example.

    Recently, a new user at WorldVentures created an app for a corporate training bootcamp. The app skyrocketed to the top of our most downloaded list, with more than 2,000 users.

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    The awesomely simple app — which was shared on Twitter by WorldVentures and attendees, as well as publicized at the event — is a perfect showcase of how simple Yapp can be to ease internal communications.

    “[We’re] trying to take a real-life experience and take it mobile,” one of the WorldVentures organizers explained. With Yapp, they were able to do just that.

    Are you part of an organization with internal events, conferences, or training sessions? Check out what WorldVentures did and give us a try! http://yapp.us

    Yapper Monday: Networking 101

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    Quick Summary

    • Yapp features a networking-focused use case in its Yapper Monday series.
    • The post highlights how apps can support connections and shared information in social or professional settings.
    • Readers interested in networking event ideas and app inspiration will benefit most from this feature.

    We’ve featured college campus apps on our blog before, but this time, we’re bringing you a crash course on awesome Yapps made by job seekers and college-centric orgs alike to get to networking.

    Are you in college? Looking for a way to get some awesome startup experience + sweet freebies on your campus this fall? Apply to be a Campus Brand Manager with Yapp! http://bit.ly/1bgEy1G

    NYCreative Interns aims to help college students and recent grads network and find suitable entry-level jobs and internships. The org uses Yapp for a variety of networking events each year, including their upcoming Summer Opportunity Mixer. The app lists all the different organizations present + the company’s representatives to make following up easy.

    (P.S. — If you’re internship-hunting in NYC, come to the mixer and meet some Yappers!)

    Her Campus is an online magazine essential for female college students. Their national intercollegiate conference brought followers, bloggers, and big-time editors together for a stellar learning experience. The HerConference Yapp connected students and mentors with clear schedules, easy directions, and engaging news feeds.

    On the other side of the equation is the job seeker. One of our users recently tweeted out her resume app, complete with a gallery portfolio of work, a quick list of her best qualities, and a space for viewers to leave notes and recommendations.

    Product Update: New Template Pages!

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    Quick Summary

    • Yapp introduces new template pages to help creators build apps faster with less manual setup.
    • Templates make it easier to launch useful, organized app experiences for repeatable use cases.
    • New users and creators who want quicker app setup will benefit most from this update.

    On the same day that the Royal Baby might be born, we’ve got a few new additions to the Yapp creator family to announce ourselves.

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    We’ve split our old News Feed page to make it easier for you to show off your Twitter page and encourage conversation. Now, the News Feed page is just for users of the app to post in comments, questions, updates and photos. There is a separate Twitter page (complete with the iconic bird icon) just for your accounts and hashtags to rest in.

    And we’ve added a page for your videos! A highly requested feature, the videos page will embed videos from YouTube and Vimeo links right into your app page. We can’t wait to see how you use ‘em.


    Keep looking for more exciting product updates to come!

    Yapper Monday: Church Gone Mobile

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    Quick Summary

    • Yapp features a church community using an app as part of its Yapper Monday series.
    • The story shows how mobile communication can support faith-based groups with events and updates in one place.
    • Churches and community organizations looking for practical app inspiration will benefit most from this example.

    Church isn’t just for Sundays any more. We found a bunch of users creating apps for their parishes, youth groups, mission trips and more. Their Yapps are helping connect the Sunday community all through the week with tons of different events and gatherings.

    Inspired? Take your youth group, parish, choir — anything! — mobile with your own super cool Yapp: http://yapp.us

    Yapp is great tool for bringing large communities together. The Body of Christ Church has over 60 users that are connecting and sharing through Yapp.

    The Berkeley Baptist Church has an avid youth group who do community service, travel and explore together. Youth members use Yapp to keep in touch with newsfeed updates and access Bible verses and prayer requests.

    Trevecca Nazareth University is using Yapp to help keep organized during their Mission Nashville trip with a full schedule and contact list.

    The Mt. Zion AME Church of New York City uses Yapp to keep their congregation informed about their choir. Mt Zion AME is able to share schedules for performances and rehearsals, lyrics and photos making it easy for the whole community to rejoice!

    Festival Fixtures

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    Quick Summary

    • Yapp highlights festival-related ideas or examples that show how mobile tools fit live event experiences.
    • The post adds inspiration around organizing and enhancing festival communication with apps.
    • Festival planners and event teams looking for mobile ideas will benefit most from this feature.

    Yapp make a great tool for eclectic events, showcasing different people and different activities all in one convenient place. We’ve had all sorts of festivals create one-time apps, but these three have made us a part of their yearly routine.

    The Boulder Jewish Festival was one of Yapp’s first conference users back in spring of 2012. The organization revamped their app for this year’s festival, featuring new music acts and plenty of community artists.

    The Dark Sky Festival is a late-winter star gazing extravaganza. The organizers created an app for the 10th annual festival last December, and are using the Yapp again for winter 2014.

    The Midnight Light Tango Festival’s first app was for an event just last week, but they’ve already got their new app available for next year’s tango fest.