CONTENT
Since having the kiosk device is only half the equation, it is only logical to talk about some of the ways that data can be linked and what content can be display on the TV.
The ways in which the data can be displayed or linked, are through URLs web pages which include dashboards and through HTML image tags to put slideshows together.
URL Links
Web pages, news sites, weather, dashboards, etc
HTML Image Tags
Slideshows residing on JB Digital's or customer's website.
There are several online companies that allow you to create content, this content can then be funneled into a dashboard through a generated URL to show on your TV. The URL is used in the kiosk's configuration; to learn more what all is needed to get going, click on the KIOSK TV SETUP link.
Creating a slideshow of pictures is another type of content that can be harnessed to enhance your business. This can be done through a set of images hosted on your own website or on JB Digital's website, the images can range from products to inspirational quotes and much more.
OPERATION
The JB Digital Kiosk is a computer device switches URL screens or Images in a loop mode at specific time intervals, you simply provides us with the URLs or Images/Locations and we'll configure the device to begin displaying your dashboard or slideshow on your TV.
On this page you'll learn more about the process of getting your data into dashboards or spreadsheets from online services, most of them do not provide the computer hardware (we do); you can then bring it all together by clicking on the KIOSK TV SETUP link, we're also here to help!
DASHBOARD MAKERS
For this we recommend you to list the elements you cannot do without when selecting an online company, for instance, you may require a full screen dashboard, or a cell phone form that can send data to the dashboard, or for the form to have the ability to capture a customer signature, etc.
After doing some reasearch about the basic needs of most companies, the one thing that always comes to the surface is collaboration, it really is the ingredient to make a company blossom. This collaboration of information is critical for a business to catch up and even remain in proactive mode. So how does JB Digital see this in practical ways?
Perhaps the most basic way of collecting information from different contributors is the spreadsheet, where each cell represents an answered question, from cell to cell. Our research found two companies that fit the requirement, Spreadsheet.com and Zoho forms, each allows a company to have a spreadsheet where a cell phone submitted form can be recorded and then shown through a dashboard.
The two solutions mentioned above are not perfect, they lack some things here and there, but they seem to be above many of their competitors in terms of fulfilling the requirement of being able to enter data through a cell phone form and then capturing this info to be presented on a TV kiosk dashboard. We recommend you to explore their plans before you commit, we're not officially endorsing either.
Here's a short list of dashboard providers:
Spreadsheet.com
Zoho Form
Monday.com
Bloo.io
Ntaskmanager.com
Clickup.com
Prontoforms.com
Smartsheets.com
Geckoboard.com
Once your data is securely available online through one of the online services mentioned above, though there are many more online, we simply take the URL and make it a Kiosk ready solution for you. Now let's take a look a many other different solutions, ideas of what can be shown on a TV.
URL BASED CONTENT
Dashboard Data Collection
Say you have 7 people that go places to acomplish specific tasks, and you have questions about certain details of each task, coud be for training purposes, to figure out where money is going, to pinpoint areas of improvement or just to know when a delivery took place, etc.
You want answers on a spreadsheet so that you can analyze the data and have it displayed on a TV dynamically, meaning that if one of your people completed a task, the information would update your spreadsheet and appear on your TV almost immediately, you can then create a graph with the data.
Customer Waiting Slideshow
This solution is a mix of different screens of customer interest, ideal for lobbies or waiting rooms; for instance, the following slideshows may work well for a waiting room.
* building/company images
* product images
* images of services provided
* past or future events
* nature images with Bible verses
IMAGE BASED CONTENT
Image Slideshow - (Online)
With this solution, images reside on our website (JB Digital)
The adventage of this solution is that you may instruct us to add or remove a picture, or perhaps show a different group of images every now and then, for instance a restaurant menu.
Solutions we offer: Restaurant Linear Kiosk
Image Slideshow - (USB Based)
With this solution, the customer has a folder with images on his own company website, these images are sequentially named and have a preset quantity, this allows us to configure the JB Digital Kiosk in such a way that you as the customer will be able to replace any of the images any time, or have an inhouse automatic image updating system.
Solutions we offer: Restaurant Parallel Kiosk
Business Cards Slideshow
There are many restaurants where their counters are the landing pad for business cards which in many cases never get to be seen; the idea here is for the restaurant to serve as a channel for business cards to be displayed on the restaurant's TV. Restaurant may choose to charge a fee for business card advertising instead, it is up to the restaurant.
Solutions we offer: Restaurant Linear Kiosk
Corporate Cafeteria Menus
Your cafeteria may not have an in-house food service, but a TV can be placed to show the food menu of nearby restaurants; as a service to your employees. The menus would be stored as images, and they can reside either on the corporation's website or on JB Digital's website.
Solutions we offer: Restaurant Linear Kiosk
Feel free to drop us an email, whether it be one or ten questions, we'll try to answer them all, and help you get your JB Digital Kiosk going.
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