Mobile Monday: Gratafy, the app to gift your friends drinks, dinner & more

Recently launched in the Los Angeles area is the app Gratafy. The Seattle based company is a social gifting platform for iPhone and Android that lets anyone send friends, clients, and coworkers actual drinks, dinner, desserts and a whole lot more from anywhere, anytime.

Why use Gratafy? It comes in handy if you cannot make a birthday celebration, a friends recently got engaged, or you want to thank your client for their recent business. Linked through your Facebook account or email, you select the recipient, menu item from the list of participating restaurant and bars, add the perfect message and you are set. Gratafy instantly notifies your friend of the awesome gift you just bought.

If you are lucky to receive a Gratafy, redeeming is just as easy. Just order the gift you were sent and when the bill arrives you use the Gratafy app on your smart phone to show the server the personal gift code- simple as that.

Gratafy is now working with Los Angeles restaurants like Jones Hollywood, Seven Grand LA , and El Carmen and continuously growing.

We at PMBC Group, a technology PR firm,  are always looking for the next best app on the market that can save us time or connect us with others when we cannot physically be there. With Gratafy you can celebrate your friends, coworkers and clients with gifts from trendy bars and restaurants in your city.

As the company states, and we agree, “gift outside the box”.

Champagne and oysters anyone?

PMBC group is a multi-level PR firm based in Los Angeles, specializing in Corporate PR and Tech PR. Visit us at http://www.pmbcgroup.com.

Red Bull’s Long-Awaited Instagram Video Crushes Competition

After the highly anticipated stratosphere jump on YouTube, most people would agree that Red Bull knows marketing, specially in video format. Therefore it comes as a surprise that they have only posted one video on Instagram since the launch of the social media platform’s video service in June.

That is until yesterday when they showed how engagement is done in true fashion with an adrenaline-pumping clip of Valery Rozov.

He might not be jumping from space, but jumping from Mount Everest is close enough. The daredevil act got over 29.000 likes in its first 12 hours on Instagram, without even being a new video. The video has in fact been on YouTube in a longer format since May.

Here at PMBC Group, a Los Angeles based Technology PR firm, we think this shows the enormous potential for brands already on YouTube to increase engagement by simply re-posting highlights onto Instagram. Why not do something of the sort on a “Throwback Thursday” like Red Bull did.

Do you post videos on Instagram?

PMBC group is a multi-level PR firm based in Los Angeles, specializing in Corporate PR and Tech PR. Visit us at http://www.pmbcgroup.com.

Wedding Wednesday: Upgrade your Wedding

Wedding season is in full swing! From keeping the wedding party in the loop to announcing guest news, technology and social media continue to play a huge role.

Here at PMBC Group, a Los Angeles based Technology PR firm, we are amazed by how helpful technology can be to planning the wedding of your dreams. Here are some tips on how to make the most of your wedding by implementing technology:

1. Set up a live stream: In the event a family member or friend can’t make it to your big day, livestreaming your wedding allows loved ones to watch it anywhere there is internet access. They can watch form anywhere in the world!

2. Ask guests to use a special hashtag for wedding posts, tweets and pictures: Create a special hashtag for your wedding and tag everything wedding-related with it. Make sure to tell all of your guests to use the specific hashtag so you can easily look up all of the social media buzz about your big day.

3. Create a private Pinterest board: Pinterest is chalked full of great ideas for your wedding, but by keeping a private board of your wedding plan,s the specifics of your big day won’t be spoiled for your fellow-pinners.

4. Stash a GoPro in the bouquet: GoPro cameras are wearable cameras meant to capture high-definition adventure footage. Placing a hidden camera in the bouquet will help capture special, up-close memories the photographers aren’t always around for.

What wedding technology are you planning to use or have used for the big day?

PMBC group is a multi-level PR firm based in Los Angeles, specializing in Corporate PR and Tech PR. Visit us at http://www.pmbcgroup.com.