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🎉 BIG NEWS!! 🎉 We are excited to announce that we have acquired Business Builders Marketing, a full-service digital marketing firm based in Bloomington, IL!  With this acquisition, SPARK is expanding our talented team and service offerings. We look forward to working together to ensure the continued success and growth of our clients! Full announcement details here: https://lnkd.in/gBJsfYeY

Come join the SPARK team! 🚀 SPARK is seeking a passionate and talented Digital Advertising Strategist ready to take their career to the next level! This job will give you a chance to take the reigns of our advertising strategy, execution, and optimization across platforms like Google, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. You'll have the chance to shape the success of our clients online! Do you think you'll be a great fit for the SPARK Team? Apply on our website and tell us why! #OpenJobs #Hiring #DigitalAdvertising #Advertising

Come join the SPARK team! 🚀 SPARK is seeking a passionate and talented Digital Advertising Strategist ready to take their career to the next level! This job will give you a chance to take the reigns of our advertising strategy, execution, and optimization across platforms like Google, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. You'll have the chance to shape the success of our clients online! Do you think you'll be a great fit for the SPARK Team? Apply on our website and tell us why! #OpenJobs #Hiring #DigitalAdvertising #Advertising

We're ready for a full day of planning, celebration, and fun! Thank you to all our teammates who traveled this week for the 2024 SPARK Symposium. #SPARKIgnitors #LoveWhatYouDo

Ignitors, start your engines! 🏎 Next week, the SPARK team is gathering for a few days of workshops, celebration, and fun. We can't wait to share more!

This month we're celebrating three SPARK Ignitors on their SPARK anniversaries! ⚡ George Joshua, 4 years ⚡ Sara Bowlin, 2 years ⚡ Keshav Joshi, 1 year Thank you all for your hard work and commitment to our organization and clients. Congrats! 💐 #SPARKiversary #EmployeeWins #SPARKIgnitors

Want to build an app-like experience but without the high cost and maintenance of a mobile app? Then, a progressive web app (PWA) might be a good fit for your business. A PWA is a web application that provides an app-like experience to users, while still being delivered through the web browser. Here are some of the reasons why our team might recommend building a PWA over a mobile app: ✔ Cost-effectiveness: Uses a single codebase across multiple platforms saving development and maintenance costs ✔ Responsive: PWAs are designed to work on any device, with any screen size, and provide a consistent user experience. ✔ Offline functionality: Continues to function even when users are offline or have a poor connection - talk about reliability! ✔ Improved SEO: Indexed by search engines for better discoverability. ✔ Accessibility: Designed to be more accessible for users with disabilities. ✔ Faster time-to-market: Deploy and update more quickly than native apps - no lengthy app store approval process! Which one should you build? It all comes down to your specific business requirements and needs. But for some, building a PWA can save money and time, and deliver the best experience for your end users. Reach out to the SPARK team and learn more from our developers! We can talk through your project and help you determine the best approach. #ProgressiveWebApp #MobileApp #PWA

Don't miss the next GRWebDev: Grand Rapids Web Development Group event on October 28th! SPARK software engineer Noah Jahn will be leading a workshop all about Docker. It's a hybrid event, so join whatever way you can! RSVP below. #Docker #GrandRapids #WebDevelopment

👷♀️ Recently, SPARK had the opportunity to work with general contractor Farris Construction Company to integrate their financial systems, Procore and ComputerEase. Leveraging SPARK's PCE Sync Tool, the PMs at Farris Construction can now: 💥 Easily compare Subcontracts for Change Orders 💥 Eliminate hard keying of Direct Costs into Procore 💥 Quickly compare project Budgets in both Procore and ComputerEase 💥 Only approve Subcontractor Invoices in one system Here's what their team had to say about working with SPARK: “The SPARK team has been amazing! They are always trying to improve SPARK to make it better based on our needs as a customer. They have been the best IT/Program company that I’ve had to communicate with." The ability to sync project data between both of their systems has been a game-changer for Farris Construction. They no longer worry about double entering data or making costly mistakes. 💪 Check out the full story below! #Procore #ComputerEase #ConstructionTech #PCESyncTool

We work with A LOT of companies that need support modernizing their legacy systems. When it comes to these projects, one of the main challenges is that the legacy system is usually VERY ingrained in the company’s processes. This means that we can't simply rebuild a new system and cut over to it. It's way TOO disruptive to the business. ❌ That's why we work with our clients to develop a phased-approach roadmap. This allows them to take small, intentional steps toward replacing their legacy system. Some main benefits of a phased approach to system modernization: ✔ Prioritize phases based on the project's overall budget, timeline, and scope consideration. ✔ Build new functionality, while still supporting existing processes and systems. ✔ Minimize disruptions to the business during the rebuilding process. There is no reason why modernizing your legacy software has to be so daunting – just ask us how we do it here at SPARK! #legacysoftware #softwaremodernization #legacysystemupgrades