Winedrip An SMS – Based Mobile Marketing Application using Ruby on Rails

1. Winedrip
An SMS – Based Mobile Marketing
Application using Ruby on Rails

2. Magento eCommerce
SaaS Applications
Video Streaming Portals
Rich Internet Apps
Custom Development
250+ team with experience in
managing offshore, distributed
development.
Neev Technologies established
in Jan ’05
VC Funding in 2009 By Basil
Partners
Part of Publicis Groupe
Member of NASSCOM.
Development Centers in
Bangalore and Pune.
Offices at Bangalore, USA,
Delhi, Pune, Singapore and
Stockholm.
Key Company Highlights
iPhone
Android
Windows Phone 7
HTML5 Apps
Web
User Interface Design and User Experience Design
Performance Consulting Practices
Quality Assurance & Testing
AWS Consulting Partner
Rackspace
Joyent
Heroku
Google App Engine
Mobile Cloud
About Neev
Outsourced Product Development

3. • Neev created an SMS-based Mobile Marketing application for a US-
based company.
• The application works on short codes gathering information about
customers based on a set of questions.
• With the help of this application, the client is now able to provide a
communication channel for its customers and launch promotions
and contests.
• Neev also extends support and maintenance services to this
application.
An SMS – Based Mobile Marketing Application using Ruby
on Rails

4. • Winedrip, a New York based company, is an information gathering
website for wines.
• The web - based platform helps build lists, launch
promotions, engage at live events, share information instantly and
increase sales conversions between brands and audience.
• Winedrip believes that communicating with the audience when and
where it matters most creates loyal customers and channel for
amazing service.
• This also makes it easy for brands and agencies to interact and
engage the audience leveraging mobile phones and text messages.
The Client

5. • Windedrip approached Neev Technologies with an idea to launch an
SMS-based mobile marketing application using a popular concept
called “short code” for its customers.
• This helps companies leverage the power of mobile and text
messaging to build lasting relationships with their audience.
• The application was to be designed as a means of gathering
information based on a set of questions using which the customers
of Windedrip could get a better understanding of their end
customers.
• Due to strict rules and regulations on sending SMS in the US, the
application had to comply with the guidelines of the Mobile
Marketing Association (MMA).
Business Need

6. • Neev with its expertise in ROR carried out the project.
• The application was integrated such that the messages are scanned before sending.
There was a strong focus on UI owing to a demand for high quality.
• Any customer can send an SMS to a short code (the number 94637 which is derived
from the word WINES) for the subscription of a program associated with the key
word.
• The short code is followed by a series of questions to get some information about
the customer.
Neev Solution

7. • The application was designed to generate reports from time-to-time to measure
the effectiveness of the campaigns.
• Neev made use of Agile methodology to handle changing project requirements.
• Use of Agile development tool reduced the cost, improved the quality and added
the advantage of accepting change requests at any point of time.
• Neev also extends support and maintenance services to this application.
Neev Solution (Contd…)

8. • Winedrip enabled its clients to launch
campaigns, contests, promotions and communicate with their
end customers.
• Rich User-Interface.
• Reduction in down time.
• Indexing done periodically to increase speed.
• Supports lengthy messages while maintaining their speed and
quality.
• Can generate reports to measure the effectiveness of the
campaign.
Top Features

9. • RoR
• AJAX
• AGILE
• MYSQL
• APACHE
• FUSION CHARTS
• MONGREL WEB SERVER
• APTANA STUDIO
Technology Footprint

10. Since the company is based in the US which has strict
rules and regulations pertaining to sending SMS to
customers using short codes, the application had to be
designed to comply with the rules and regulations and
follow Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) guidelines.
Top Challenges

11. Clients

12. Partnerships

13. India - Bangalore USA Sweden
The Estate, # 121,6th Floor,
Dickenson Road
Bangalore-560042
Phone :+91 80 25594416
Neev Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
1121 Boyce Rd Ste 1400,
Pittsburgh PA 15241
Phone : +1 888-979-7860
Neev AB, Birger Jarlsgatan
53, 6tr,
11145, Stockholm
Phone: +46723250723
sales@neevtech.com
India - Pune
#13 L’Square, 3rd Floor
Parihar Chowk, Aundh,
Pune – 411007.
Phone : +91-64103338
Singapore
#08-03 SGX Centre 2, 4
Shenton Way,
Singapore 068807
Phone: +65 6435 1961
For more info on our offerings, visit www.neevtech.com