Advertising Sales Executive

Job Type: Full-time

The position is on-site, applicants must be willing to commute or relocate. We are currently seeking Advertising Sales Executives in Des Moines (IA), Cedar Rapids (IA), Rockford (IL), Peoria (IL), Topeka (KS) & Oklahoma City (OK).

TapOnIt is a leader in message tech and we are ramping up for exponential growth. The primary responsibility of a TapOnIt Advertising Sales Executive is to increase revenue through client visits, cold calls, and overall revenue-driving activities. This position directly impacts and is responsible for achieving or exceeding their revenue goal in the market. A base is provided, in addition to an aggressive, uncapped commission plan.

Our organization has been built with individuals from various backgrounds, many of whom did not have previous sales or advertising experience. Experience is not a requirement, but a plus.

Benefits include health insurance, advancement opportunities, employee units, expense reimbursement, paid personal time off, and paid time off for major holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
If you want to join our startup’s fast-paced environment, collaborate with our team and be a part of a culture that values employees’ unique skills, talents, and desire to advance their career, send us your resume.

TapOnIt is an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status

Inside Sales Executive

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Davenport, Iowa

Position is in-house, applicants must be willing to commute or relocate.

If you’re a dynamic Inside Sales Executive looking to join a fast-growing tech startup then this may be the right opportunity for you!

TapOnIt is a leader in the mobile advertising and marketing industry. Our unique text messaging platform drives awareness and traffic to local businesses while making it easy for consumers to save money. We have a constantly growing database of local users that have opted in to receive offers and promotions from local businesses via text.

Driven by an entrepreneur with expertise in digital advertising and building user opt-in databases, the company is experiencing significant growth and is looking for an experienced inside sales executive to join our expanding team.

Position Objective

The primary responsibility of a TapOnIt Inside Sales Executive is to increase revenue through cold calls, account management and overall revenue driving activities. This position directly impacts and is responsible for achieving or exceeding their revenue goal in the market.

Cold calling; making multiple outbound calls to potential clients
Understanding client needs and offering solutions and support
Researching potential leads from business directories, web searches, or digital resources
Qualifying leads from digital campaigns, conferences, references, tradeshows, etc
Creating and maintaining a list/database of prospect clients
Presenting and delivering information to potential clients
Answering potential client questions and follow-up call questions
Working with sales team when closing sale
Tracking weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance and sales metrics
Maintaining database (CRM, Excel, etc.) of prospective client information
Closing sales and working with client through closing process

Minimum qualifications:

Degree in Sales, Marketing or Business preferred; or equivalent work experience in media related business.
Sales experience, preferably in an inside sales environment
Prior experience in digital marketing sales
Ability to work in a fast paced and rapidly growing start up, managing multiple priorities in a deadline-oriented environment
Authorization to work in the United States

Preferred qualifications:

Knowledge of the mobile industry and text messaging
Knowledge of competitive media landscape; use for new business development and sales analysis
Highly motivated, self-starting individual with initiative and drive to succeed
Ability to close new business and exceed sales targets
Experience cold calling and other prospecting techniques
Successful track record of pushing past rejection and achieving results
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build and deliver effective presentations
Strong networking and community involvement skills
Eagerness to learn, continually seeking to improve sales skills
Strong time management and follow up skills
Computer and software experience with MS Office programs including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

What we offer:

A startup environment that is fast-paced, agile and collaborative with few rigid boundaries
Competitive compensation package with bonus opportunities
Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
A company culture that values employees’ unique skills and allows them to grow
Equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status

Data Scientist

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Davenport, IA. Position is in-house, applicants must be willing to commute or relocate.

What we do:
TapOnIt is revolutionizing the way businesses attract and connect with customers via their powerful messaging platform. A female-founded company launched in April 2015 by Katie Castillo-Wilson and her sister Sara Castillo, TapOnIt has quickly emerged as a leader in message tech space and is ramping up for exponential growth.

How? We leverage direct messages (SMS / MMS) and a rich mobile web interface to deliver meaningful communications to targeted & smart audiences. With text messages having a 99% open-rate – including 90% opened within three minutes of being received – TapOnIt technology delivers immediate visibility and results for brands at a fraction of the cost of traditional forms of advertising. Our tech has continued to evolve over the last five years, and our branded product, TapOnIt Deals, has provided valuable insight and a proven record of success.

You’ll spend time on:

Maintaining data warehouse
Performing quality control tests
Developing external web services
Utilizing REST APIs to integrate with 3rd party systems
Being part of a highly motivated team working with agile methodologies
Working in an innovative and fast moving environment

Minimum qualifications:

BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning or similar quantitative discipline
2-3 years of experience in a Data Engineering or similar role
Working experience in SQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
Familiarity with Linux systems will be considered as a plus

Preferred qualifications:

Knowledge of the mobile industry and text messaging
Able to work in an agile environment
Excellent oral and written English communication skills, willing to work and coordinate with multiple teams for solution delivery
Excellent leadership skills and ability to drive solutions, take initiative, meet deadlines and deliver results.

What we offer:

A startup environment that is fast-paced, agile and collaborative with few rigid boundaries
Meaningful, hi-tech projects that make a difference
Competitive compensation package with bonus opportunities
Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
Training according to your desired path and development needs
Free coffee, snacks & company swag
Casual dress code, because we want you to feel comfortable
Hypoallergenic office dog:)
A company culture that values employees’ unique skills and allows them to grow
Equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

TapOnIt, LLC Privacy Policy

Effective as of April 10, 2020
This “Privacy Policy” describes the privacy practices of TapOnIt, LLC and our subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “TapOnIt”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) in connection with the taponitdeals.com, taponittech.com, m.tap82928.com, shop.taponitdeals.com, taponitshop.com and taponitdeals.com/egifts/ websites (the “Service”), and the rights and choices available to individuals with respect to their information.

Personal Information We Collect

Information you provide to us. Personal information you provide to us through the Service or otherwise includes:

Business and personal contact information, such as your first and last name, email address, billing address, mailing addresses, phone number, professional title and company name.
Registration information, such as information that may be related to a service, an account or an event you register for, including username and password.
Demographic information, such as your city, state, country of residence, postal code, and age.
Transaction information, such as information about payments to and from you and other details of e-gift cards, products or services you have purchased using our Service.
Usage information, such as information about how you use the Service and interact with us, including information associated with any content you upload to the websites or otherwise submit to us, and information you provide when you use any interactive features of the Service.
Marketing information, such as your preferences for receiving communications about our activities, events, and publications, and details about how you engage with our communications.
Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Information we obtain from social media platforms. We may maintain pages for TapOnIt on social media platforms, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Instagram, and other third-party platforms. When you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider’s privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through the platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information we obtain from other third parties. We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources. For example, a business partner may share your contact information with us if you have expressed interest in learning specifically about our products or services, or the types of products or services we offer. We may obtain your personal information from other third parties, such as marketing partners, publicly-available sources and data providers.

Cookies and Other Information Collected by Automated Means
We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and activity occurring on or through the Service, including but not limited, your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, device identifier (such as the Google Advertising ID or Apple ID for Advertising), browser type, screen resolution, IP address, the website you visited before browsing to our website, general location information such as city, state or geographic area; information about your use of and actions on the Service, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and length of access; and other personal information. Our service providers and business partners may collect this type of information over time and across third-party websites and mobile applications. On our webpages, this information is collected using cookies, browser web storage (also known as locally stored objects, or “LSOs”), web beacons, and similar technologies, and our emails may also contain web beacons. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. Browser web storage, or LSOs, are used for similar purposes as cookies. Browser web storage enables the storage of a larger amount of data than cookies. A “web beacon,” also known as a pixel tag or clear GIF, is typically used to demonstrate that a webpage was accessed or that certain content was viewed, typically to measure the success of our marketing campaigns or engagement with our emails and to compile statistics about usage of our websites. Web browsers may offer users of our websites or mobile apps the ability to disable receiving certain types of cookies; however, if cookies are disabled, some features or functionality of our websites may not function correctly. Please see the “Targeted online advertising” section for information about how to exercise choice regarding the use of browsing behavior for purposes of targeted advertising.

Referrals
Users of the Service may have the opportunity to refer friends or other contacts to us. If you are an existing user, you may only submit a referral if you have permission to provide the referral’s contact information to us so that we may contact them.

How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

To operate the Service. We use your personal information to:

Fulfill any orders placed through the Service, including arranging for shipping and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations
Fulfill gift card orders placed through the Service
Provide, operate and improve the Service
Provide information about products and services offered on our Service
Establish and maintain your user profile on the Service
Communicate with you about the Service, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages
Communicate with you about events or contests in which you participate
Understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Service and our communications
Provide support and maintenance for the Service
To respond to your requests, questions and feedback

For research and development. We analyze use of the Service to analyze and improve the Service and to develop new products and services, including by studying user demographics and use of the Service.

To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may send you TapOnIt-related marketing communications as permitted by law. You will have the ability to opt-out of our marketing and promotional communications as described in the Opt-out of marketing section below.

To display advertisements. We work with advertising partners to display advertisements on the Service or elsewhere online, including through social media partners. These advertisements are delivered by our advertising partners and may be targeted based on your use of the Service or your activity elsewhere online. To learn more about your choices in connection with advertisements, please see the section below titled “Targeted online advertising.”

To comply with law. We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.

For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and (c) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.

With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law.

To create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data. We may create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and promote our business.

How We Share your Personal Information
We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances or as described in this Privacy Policy:

Vendors Offering Goods and Services on Our Service. We may share your personal information with the vendors that offer goods and services on our Service, including for purposes of fulfilling the goods and/or service that you ordered (including processing payment/refund information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). We do not control the third party’s use of your personal information.

Vendors Offering e-Gifts on Our Service. We may share your personal information with the vendors that offer e-gifts on our Service, including for purposes of fulfilling the gift card that you ordered (including processing payment/refund information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). We do not control the third party’s use of your personal information.

Service providers, including Shopify, Stripe, Lightrail, Blackhawk Network, Google Analytics and Twilio. We may share your personal information with third party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Service (such as payment processors, customer support, hosting, analytics, email delivery, marketing, and database management services). These third parties may use your personal information only as directed or authorized by us and in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy, and are prohibited from using or disclosing your information for any other purpose. We use Shopify to power our online store - you can read more about how Shopify uses your personal information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. For some transactions, including e-gifts, we use Stripe as our payment processor. Stripe uses and processes your complete payment information in accordance with Stripe’s privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy. We use Lightrail to power our e-gift services. Lightrail uses your data in accordance with its privacy policy available at https://www.lightrail.com/terms-and-privacy. For our community gift card program, Blackhawk Network provides connections, you can find their privacy policy at https://blackhawknetwork.com/privacy-policy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Service -- you can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. We use Twilio to help us send text messages to users of our Service – you can read more about how Twilio uses your personal information here https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy.

Third-party platforms and social media networks. We may share your personal information with third-party platforms and social media networks for advertising and marketing related purposes.

Professional advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

For compliance, fraud prevention and safety. We may share your personal information for the compliance, fraud prevention and safety purposes described above.

Business transfers. We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business transaction (or potential business transaction) such as a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy or dissolution.

Your Choices
In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.

Opt-out of marketing communications. You may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us at taponit@taponitdeals.com. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails. If you receive marketing text messages from us, you may opt-out of receiving further marketing text messages from us by replying STOP to our marketing message. You may also text STOP to 82928.

Cookies & Browser Web Storage. We may allow service providers and other third parties to use cookies and similar technologies to track your browsing activity over time and across the Service and third-party websites. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Sites may not work properly. Similarly, your browser settings may allow you to clear your browser web storage.

Targeted online advertising. Some of the business partners that collect information about users’ activities on or through the Service may be members of organizations or programs that provide choices to individuals regarding the use of their browsing behavior or mobile application usage for purposes of targeted advertising. Users may opt-out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the Network Advertising Initiative by clicking here or the Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here. Please note that we also may work with companies that offer their own opt-out mechanisms and may not participate in the opt-out mechanisms that we linked above. In addition, your mobile device settings may provide the functionality to limit our, or our partners’, ability to engage in ad tracking or targeted advertising using the Google Advertising ID or Apple ID for Advertising associated with your mobile device. If you choose to opt-out of targeted advertisements, you will still see advertisements online, but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to opt out, not all companies that serve online behavioral advertising are included in this list, so you may still receive some cookies and tailored advertisements from companies that are not listed.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Choosing not to share your personal information. Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need your personal information in order to provide the Service to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with our services. We will tell you what information you must provide to receive the Service by designating it as required at the time of collection or through other appropriate means.

Other sites, mobile applications and services
The Service may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third-party websites, mobile applications or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites, mobile applications and services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

Security practices
The security of your personal information is important to us. We employ a number of organizational, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International data transfers
We are headquartered in the United States and have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations outside of your state, province, or country where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

Children
As a general rule, children are not allowed to use the Service, and we do not collect personal information from them. We define "children" as anyone under 13 years old. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian, we will delete it. We encourage parents with concerns to contact us.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service. We may, and if required by law will, also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via e-mail (if you have an account where we have your contact information) or another manner through the Service. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Service (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Service after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the terms of the modified Privacy Policy.

How to Contact Us
Please direct any questions or comments about this Policy or privacy practices to support@taponitdeals.com. You may also write to us via postal mail at:
TapOnIt
Attn: Legal/Privacy
1105 Christie St., Suite C
Davenport IA 52803, United States

Your California Privacy Rights
Under California Civil Code section 1798.83, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice identifying the categories of personal customer information which we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes, and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to us via email at 1105 Christie St., Suite C. Davenport, IA 52803. You must put the statement "Your California Privacy Rights" in your request and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or do not have complete information.

Your European Privacy Rights
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information above. Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

Updated November 6, 2020

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