Press Releases

Tetherball Serves Up Spicy Hot Mobile Loyalty Program Results for Qdoba Mexican Grill!!11/10/09
The results we’ve seen since launching our mobile rewards program in early July are greater than even our most optimistic projections,” said Brent Higgins, Director of Marketing for Aztec Partners LLC, one of the largest Qdoba franchisees in the nation.
Tetherball Teams with ViVOtech to Accelerate Mass Adoption of Mobile Loyalty Programs through Contactless Redemption11/03/09
This alliance bodes well for Tetherball, ViVOtech and the mobile marketing industry as a whole. Tetherball’s solution, combined with our mobile contactless technology for existing handsets, paves the way for brands to quickly and efficiently add mobile loyalty to their marketing mix,” said Mohammad Khan, President and Founder of ViVOtech Inc.
Think Mobile Marketing Results Can’t Be Measured? Think Again...09/22/09
Patent Pending Mobile Loyalty Reporting and Analytics Platform Closes the Loop in Measuring Mobile Marketing Performance
Tetherball Springboards Mobile Loyalty Program for Qdoba 07/02/09
More than Twenty Percent Try Out Mobile Loyalty at First Public Debut.
First-of-its Kind Technology Platform Advances Dairy Queen®’s Mobile Rewards Program to the Next Level06/02/09
“This groundbreaking technology platform, which has been in the making for more than two years, will truly revolutionize the mobile marketing arena”
HotBox Pizza Partners with Tetherball to Invigorate Mobile Marketing Program 05/27/09
Members of the HotBox Pizza mobile loyalty program receive discounts and notifications on their mobile phones that highlight menu items, special deals, and upcoming community events in which HotBox Pizza will be involved.
Mobile Marketing Veteran Takes Top Role at Tetherball 04/28/09
"I am very excited to join a team that truly understands the mobile marketing space and has client deployments up and running for national brands that are delivering groundbreaking results”
Tetherball Launches Ground Breaking MMS & Redemption Pilot 02/23/09
Strategic Partnership with Dairy Queen and WEconectIt Closes the Loop Allowing Realtime Redemption
Tetherball Launches Patent-Pending Mobiquitous™ Reporting Platform 10/14/08
In addition to real time web based reporting, Mobiquitous is extremely flexible and supports both standard reporting, as well as fully customizable on-the-fly reporting to deliver better visibility and analytics around specific program performance.

Press Coverage

Create Text-Alert Programs that Connect with College Students: 4 Strategies 1/5/2010 MarketingSherpa
When the team sends discount offers via text messaging, they see average redemption rates that are 15 to 20 percent higher in areas near colleges.

"Within ten minutes of sending that out, we basically doubled our volume at the store level at the given moment," Higgins says.
Mobile loyalty program keeps retailers tethered to customers 1/1/2010 Stores Marketing
To enroll a customer, a store employee merely passes the sticker across a contactless payments reader. The customer will immediately begin receiving messages (like coupons or details on sweepstakes) on her mobile device.
Blaze, Tetherball partner to let consumers buy via mobile12/28/09 Mobile Commerce Daily - Database/CRM
Fast food franchises have been testing mobile loyalty rewards and advertising programs for a few years, now. But soon, that system could know a lot more about your eating habits through radio frequency identification tag stickers on your cell phone.
A radio frequency ID tag with those fries, please11/13/09 Pitch - Kansas City Food Blog
Fast food franchises have been testing mobile loyalty rewards and advertising programs for a few years, now. But soon, that system could know a lot more about your eating habits through radio frequency identification tag stickers on your cell phone.
McDonalds, Arby’s, Qdoba, Dairy Queen and Dunkin’ Donuts testing Tetherball’s mobile loyalty system11/12/09 Near Field Communications Logo
The proof is in the numbers — redemption rates for our mobile loyalty program are averaging 16% and, incredibly, we've seen specific campaign redemption rates at our university locations as high as 40%! No matter how strong the offer, we've never seen these kinds of redemption rates with paper or online coupons.
Mobile Loyalty Provider Reports Success With Qdoba11/11/09 Mobile Marketing Made Easy - Restaurant News - QSR Magazine
The results we're achieving with Qdoba offer further validation of what we've been saying all along: mobile loyalty works, it's the way our on-the-go society likes to communicate. And because mobile loyalty programs are permission based, users get to decide who they want to hear from and get offers from trusted sources only
Qdoba mobile loyalty program sees 16 percent redemption rate11/11/09 Mobile Commerce Daily - Database/CRM
Clients such as Qdoba can access real-time analytics and reporting on program performance and redemption through Mobiquitous, Tetherball’s Web-based analytics platform.
Tetherball and ViVOtech Promote RFID Mobile Loyalty Programs11/06/09 Internet2Go - An Opus Research Advisory Service
One of the challenges of the old system that Tetherball was using was the need to install the kiosk/readers at the POS. Now through this partnership they've got access to an existing infrastructure.
Mobile Marketing Made Easy11/06/09 Mobile Marketing Made Easy - Restaurant News - QSR Magazine
Offers are redeemed electronically using existing in‐store contactless point-of-sale terminals or stand‐alone contactless kiosks provided by Tetherball.
Tetherball, Vivotech partner on contactless mobile loyalty programs11/04/09 Mobile Marketer Logo
The concept is to close the loop by letting consumers redeem rewards and help retailers validate them in real time via a RFID-based mobile loyalty program that is simple and easy to use, with no downloading of apps necessary.
Vivotech teams up with Tetherball and with Zapa Technology to offer mobile loyalty solutions to retailers11/04/09 Near Field Communications Logo
To date, 140,000 locations across the US have deployed more than 500,000 of Vivotech's contactless POS terminals. A further 50,000 terminals have also been installed overseas and the new collaborative alliance between the two companies means that these retailers can all now add Tetherball's loyalty solution without making any changes to their point-of-sale equipment.
Dairy Queen Adds RFID to Mobile Rewards Program10/01/09 In-Store Marketing Logo
This simple solution is text-message based, works on any mobile phone, eliminates fraud and allows clients to measure the performance of their campaigns with 100% pinpoint accuracy via real-time validation and reporting
Tetherball launches new customer loyalty program software09/28/09 Mobile Marketer Logo
Mobiquitous 2.0 gives clients and brands the ability to make a direct one-to-one connection to their customer base and begin to market to them at a much more relevant and intimate way.
Tetherball Offers Real-Time Loyalty Reporting09/23/09 Local Mobile Search Logo
Mobiquitous 2.0 provides detailed reporting at virtually any level required by clients – whether at a specific campaign level, geographic level or even for a specific time of day.
Mobile loyalty gets hot metrics injection from Tetherball update09/22/09 GoMo News Logo
Mobiquitous 2.0 platform, which adds a layer of comprehensive metrics and reporting
When it comes to mobile marketing think loyalty, not coupons09/04/09 Mobile Marketer Logo
In today's iPhone crazy market, taking the position that a sexy iPhone application is not the answer for mobile loyalty may not be very fashionable or trendy given all the hype.
Mobile coupons: ideal tool for consumer acquisition, retention07/10/09 Mobile Marketer Logo
One of the main challenges with mobile coupons is tracking redemption rates. However, panelists made it clear that solutions are under way, including the RFID service from Tetherball.
Qdoba Expands Loyalty Program with the Addition of a Mobile Option 07/09/09 Hospitality Technology
Tetherball's fully customizable permission-based text messaging mobile marketing platform allows brands to intimately interact with customers through their mobile phones and allows loyal customers to benefit instantly from offers.
Qdoba adds mobile to loyalty efforts07/07/09 DM News Logo
“With our new mobile loyalty program, activation is easier than ever; customers just text on their mobile phones and can then start immediately enjoying great offers from Qdoba”
Tetherball teams with Qdoba on mobile rewards program07/06/09 Fierce Mobile Logo
The Qdoba Mobile Rewards initiative launched at a recent Indianapolis-area market festival--according to Qdoba, nearly 20 percent of festival attendees engaged the program.
Taking coupons into digital era07/03/09 Brand Week Logo
Carmel tech firm Tetherball tests RFID system that lets users get discounts with cell phones
Qdoba spices up loyalty program with mobile rewards07/02/09 Mobile Marketer Logo
The restaurant chain tapped Tetherball, which specializes in mobile loyalty and rewards services, for the launch of Qdoba Mobile Rewards.
QSR Chain Qdoba Does Mobile Rewards with Tetherball07/02/09 Local Mobile Search Logo
Qdoba is the latest "quick service" restaurant to push into mobile.
RFID chips turn cell phones into coupons06/29/09 National Restaurant Logo
Operators using the tool say redemption is both trackable in real time and fraud-proof.
Dairy Queen Launches Mobile Loyalty Program06/10/09 Brand Week Logo
If there were an “Evolution of Mobile Marketing” chart, Tetherball would want to be known as the missing link.
Dairy Queen invests more in mobile marketing, with RFID customer loyalty scheme06/09/09 GoMo News Logo
It’s often the case - brands who see how powerful mobile can be tend to come back for more. Using RFID for loyalty schemes is a great implementation of that technology as well. It’s a very simple service that RFID can handle very well.
Dairy Queen Pilots RFID-Based Mobile Marketing Platform06/08/09 RFID Update Logo
Using the system, the restaurants can offer coupons to specific customers based on past purchases, and track the success of their promotions.
Beyond Ice Cream And Hamburgers06/05/09 CBS News Logo
For the last two weeks, consumers walking into the Dairy Queen in Rochester, Indiana, have been offered something beyond ice cream and hamburgers: A pile of identical tiny RFID tags, each with peel-off adhesive strips, sitting right next to the waffle cones.
Dairy Queen Serves Up Personal Discounts With RFID06/03/09 RFID Journal Logo
A Tetherball system allows the restaurant's customers to receive text-message coupons and use a passive high-frequency tag to redeem them.
Tetherball Brings RFID to Mobile Couponing06/02/09 Local Mobile Search Logo
Mobile loyalty marketer Tetherball has just introduced something unique in the US market: RFID-based mobile loyalty/couponing. There's some complexity here but the system is very interesting.
Dairy Queen launches RFID-based mobile loyalty program06/02/09 Mobile Marketer Logo
The quick-serve restaurant giant tapped NFC specialist Vivotech Inc. and Tetherball's new RFID-based mobile marketing platform to deliver targeted offers to mobile consumers.
Dairy Queen taps mobile tech for loyalty06/02/09 DMNews Logo
Dairy Queen has signed on to use a new radio frequency identification (RFID)-based mobile loyalty platform from mobile marketing company Tetherball.
Hotbox Pizza debuts mobile loyalty program06/01/09 DMNews Logo
Indiana-based HotBox Pizza has found the second time the charm for its mobile loyalty and rewards program. After only a month in test drive, the new program, which is being powered by mobile services firm Tetherball, has already seen a 24% redemption rate from the opt-in offer and a 10% redemption rate on the proceeding coupons.
HotBox Pizza runs mobile loyalty program05/28/09 DMNews Logo
In its second attempt at a mobile loyalty program, HotBox Pizza turned out better results with the help of mobile marketing company Tetherball.