The HootBoard Blog
Ideas on community displays, wayfinding, smart cities, and the road to better visitor engagement.
Nov 25, 2020·Bryan
Using Multilevel Collections to Build a Kiosk App – Food Specials
In this demonstration, we show you a creative way to use our multilevel collections hashtag feature. It's a great way to organize content with a hierarchal structure. It can be used in many ways, but in this example we're going to show you how to organize your content by creating food specials for your visitors. […]
Oct 15, 2020·Bryan
The Touch Screen Kiosk Software Solution for You
Creating a visually pleasing kiosk terminal with dependable hardware can only be fully appreciated if useful touch screen kiosk software accommodates the unit. That's where HootBoard comes in! Our skilled software developers create best in class software solutions to enhance your usability and create a great experience for enterprise and other end users. HootBoard is […]
Oct 8, 2020·Bryan
What to Ask Before You Buy an Outdoor Kiosk
Outdoor touch screen kiosks are an exciting way to engage your visitors. They provide interactive information that helps guide users in the local area. It’s no mystery why localities are investing in their Smart City planning and updating their messaging delivery systems with outdoor digital touch screen kiosks. Before you buy an outdoor kiosk, it […]
Oct 1, 2020·HootBoard
Why partnering with HootBoard is an investment in the local community?
HootBoard typically works with Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs or Travel bureaus) to provide information to and engage visitors coming into their regions. However, the DMO and local government leaders often fail to realize the value HootBoard kiosks bring to their local community. So here I attempt to list some of these benefits. Citizen Information What […]
Sep 25, 2020·Bryan
New Hootboard Features You Should Know About
1. Improved access to your favorite collections Experience a more convenient way to organize your favorite content. Collections group relevant hashtags together in order to streamline the content you want to see. You can add and remove collections with one click. The collections will also suggest other collections that you may want to view. Discover […]
Jun 4, 2020·HootBoard
5 Best Apps for Your Visitor Information Kiosk OR Visitor Directory
We recently published the destination marketing & visitor information Kiosk demo video (embedded below) and highlighted a few good apps for tourism information that we really like. We wanted to take the time to dig deeper into some of these apps and services that can make your visitor's information finding experience worthwhile and interesting. All […]
Jun 3, 2020·HootBoard
New HootBoard Branding to Reflect Our Core Values
If you are one of the regular users of HootBoard, you might have noticed some branding changes recently. It was about time! HootBoard started as a digital bulletin board for organizations and has since evolved to become an in-real-life (#irl) information distribution platform focusing on easy to deploy information kiosks. HootBoard based kiosks have come […]
Nov 11, 2019·HootBoard
Bring Your Region to Life Using In-Destination Engagement
In our last blog post we talked about the challenge of controlling your region’s message in today’s ever-connected world with a population of travelers that are less and less likely likely to plan ahead – but it’s not as easy just controlling the message. When it comes to your region, you want to tell a […]
Oct 8, 2019·HootBoard
Going Beyond Google: Controlling the Message to Destination Visitors
We already know that today's traveller is becoming less likely to plan their trips in advance and more likely to make decisions on the fly. Couple that with our ever-present connection to information (via our smart-phones) and today's DMO is faced with new challenges when it comes to sharing information with today's visitors. These challenges call […]
Sep 10, 2019·HootBoard
Building a Better Visitor Experience Through In-Destination Information
In case you missed our recent blog post, the HootBoard team had the pleasure of attending and exhibiting at the Destinations International conference back in July and we were able to learn quite a bit about the trends impacting both destination marketing organizations (DMOs) and the tourism industry as a whole. In the month plus […]