chrisbrogan.com» apps http://www.chrisbrogan.com Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dunkin Run- Coffee Lovers Are Served http://www.chrisbrogan.com/dunkin-run-coffee-lovers-are-served/ http://www.chrisbrogan.com/dunkin-run-coffee-lovers-are-served/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:37:48 +0000 ceb http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=3955 dunkinrunlogo I just love apps that are useful instead of pure marketing. Maybe this has happened to you: you announce to your office mates that you’re heading out for coffee, and you volunteer to pick them up something. Now, you’re the easiest order in there: ‘large black coffee,’ and so you presume they’ll be the same. Only not. They want a medium iced french vanilla with one splenda and two squirts of applesauce or whatever, and suddenly, you’re grinding your teeth for offering to go.

Dunkin Donuts just built a site and an iPhone app to make it easier. Introducing Dunkin Run. (By the way, I’m not working with Dunkin Donuts at all. I just like this kind of useful-but-simple tech.) The tool is just a simple ordering and setup tool that lets you email or text your friends, tell them when you’re leaving, and give them the option of ordering stuff from Dunkin Donuts.

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Simple, eh? And useful, and a clever move by Dunkin’s, as it means that people will order appropriately, and maybe even a bit more than they normally would order.

I just love simple apps that add value to an interaction with an offline company.

What’s your take?

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