Innovate Utah: NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

Persnickety Prints, an Orem-based digital printing service that primarily serves the scrapbooking industry, has introduced the Persnickety Prints Box app. The new app is a subscription service that provides photo prints of digital pictures from a customer’s smartphone. The product is available from most app sources for both Apple IOS and Android phones.

“I have always been passionate about memories and storytelling as we live through this journey we call life,” said Chari Pack, Persnickety Prints founder and CEO. “Printed photos take us out of a possible digital dark age. We are not backing photos or trusting social media accounts to store them while possibly compressing the quality of them.”{mprestriction ids="1,3"}

The Persnickety Prints Box app gives customers the ability to swipe across photos stored on their phones, which then sends them to be printed. Once 30 photos have been ordered, Persnickety Prints turns them into studio-quality paper prints and sends them to the subscribers in a “keepsake” box suitable for storage.

Customers can choose how the photos are grouped, many choosing to select a months’ worth at a time or choosing to group pictures from a single event. Duplicate boxed photo sets can be ordered for friends or family. Sold as a monthly subscription, the Persnickety Prints Box service costs $19.95 per 30-print order.

Power Selling Pros, a customer service and call handling training company based in South Jordan, has introduced a new show for broadcast on YouTube and Facebook named “This Call May Be Recorded.” During the show, Zac Garside, Power Selling Pros head of marketing, listens to customer service calls and discusses how the rep fielding the call could have improved the experience to help improve customer service for contractors. “Customer service calls provide a great opportunity to create repeat business, but oftentimes contractors don’t emphasize or realize its importance,” said Garside. “We want to change how home service contractors think about customer service because it can be a difference-maker when it comes to growing their business.” “This Call May Be Recorded” airs live every Friday at 11 a.m. MST on YouTube and Facebook.

Avetta, an Orem-based provider of supply chain risk management software, has launched Workforce Management, an application for companies to onboard, profile, verify, train and manage site access for supply chain workers. The solution integrates the capabilities of recently acquired company Pegasus into the Avetta One platform,the company’s supply chain management software. “The new Avetta One platform will enable a step-change improvement in our client’s supply chain risk programs by extending our compliance and access management solutions to the individual worker or contractor,” said Taylor Allis, Avetta’s chief product officer. “Contractors represent a significant portion of the workforce, and a robust training and verification solution can reduce incidents by up to 50 percent. The digitation of worker compliance is also critical to ensure continual business operations and supply chain resilience.” 

American Fork-based portable power supplier Lion Energy has begun marketing a new portable power bank, the Lion Eclipse. Capable of delivering 27,000 milliamp hours of power, it is approved for air travel by the TSA. The power pack wirelessly charges Qi-enabled smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, laptops and portable gaming units with two USB-A slots and one USB-C slot. “Being able to safely and effectively charge all of your personal electronic devices can make or break a business trip or vacation, which is why the Lion Eclipse is designed to go much farther than other portable chargers,” said Tyler Hortin, president at Lion Energy. “Lion Eclipse redefines the meaning of a portable charger well beyond simply charging a handheld device and includes the ability to completely charge your laptop or other similar devices.”

Reading Horizons, a Kaysville-based reading curriculum provider, has launched a new podcast, “Literacy Talks,” hosted by three literacy experts: Stacy Hurst, an assistant professor at Southern Utah University and chief academic officer at Reading Horizons; Donell Pons, a nationally recognized dyslexia specialist and speaker; and Lindsay Kemeny, a second-grade teacher who holds a Structured Literacy Classroom Teacher Certification from the Center for Effective Reading Instruction. Each episode features candid conversations about applying reading science to successful classroom practice. “Literacy Talks has been an exciting and fascinating project to be involved in. Reading Horizons’ new podcast is a conversation among friends,” said Hurst. “We bring our own unique brand of humor, hope and humanity as we share practical strategies and powerful tips driven by our passion for teachers and students alike.”

Ogden-based TAB Bank has introduced a new online and mobile banking platform. The bank said the product represents in a new era of customer experience and future capabilities for businesses and consumers. The external interface and back-end platform create a consistent experience between mobile and online banking. “With this new platform, TAB Bank is moving forward with bold solutions that will help our customers track and leverage their money to greater financial success,” said Curt Queyrouze, CEO and president of TAB Bank. “It enables TAB Bank’s vision of banking as a service. In the coming months and years, the bank will unveil new products and features that will provide access to financial success for both small businesses and consumers. We know we will be successful as we help our customers succeed financially.”

TCN Inc., a provider of a call center platform located in St. George, has released an e-book titled “The Ultimate Guide to Reg F: Everything Your Collections Agency Call Center Needs to Know.” The guide outlines what Regulation F, a set of debt collection rules issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, means for collection agencies, details its potential impact and provides guidance on how to navigate the changes. “The reality is that change is not coming; it’s here,” said McKay Bird, marketing director at TCN. “At TCN, we’re dedicated to helping our industry community navigate the series of changes that have been put in place by Reg F. This eook is one of many resources that are demonstrative of that promise along with a library of compliance guides and best practices.”

The HealthTree Foundation, a patient-driven, Lehi-based nonprofit organization that helps patients at each step of multiple myeloma disease journey, has launched its new fitness app, HealthTree Moves. The app enables users to join fitness challenges, keep track of daily activity and overall fitness goals and engage with a supportive community of peers for accountability and camaraderie. The app is HealthTree’s ninth software tool created for patients. “Fitness is critical for myeloma patients who may not qualify for a given treatment based on their fitness status,” said Jenny Ahlstrom, founder and CEO of the HealthTree Foundation. “It behooves patients to stay as fit as possible so that they have the maximum number of options available. We’ve built the app to be inclusive for all, regardless of their age or fitness level.”{/mprestriction}