Another year (almost) complete! Some things have multiplied – we kept eating, thinking about, and...
As another year wraps up, it’s a great time to reflect on what’s changed and what’s stayed the same. Some things have certainly multiplied – like our undying love for donuts. But more importantly, our software has continued to evolve. Becoming even more powerful, dynamic and user-friendly.
And what about our 'stayed the same' part? Well that's our commitment to you. Our goal (from day one) has been to provide the easiest, most useful, and affordable digital signage software. And that mission is stronger than ever as we move into the new year.
Alright then – now all that cuteness is out of the way, let's take a look at the shit we got done this year. Fair warning – we lied about getting all the cuteness out of the way. There is a bunch more.
our team kept growing 🌱
It's been yet another year of internal growth. Starting off with Saeed – a man of software engineering and world travel. Followed by Avi – a man of all-round support, customer success and going on toddler-themed adventures with his daughter.
And last, but not least, but certainly the smallest – Baby Boy Ingram. Emily and James welcomed their second child and first boy into this wonderful world in October. He already has a knack for digital signage software, so we've put him under Hallie's wing in Human Resources. More on Baby Boy's achievements soon. 💙
our first (and coolest) stand at integrate
It was our 8th glorious year as Integrate's Premier Software Partner. So we thought it was about time to shake things up a bit. We kept all the good stuff as it was (like filling Integrate's screens with dazzling content for all to see), but we also decided to do something new. Our very first stand. 💙
Our planning began on the 8th October, 2023. It was an enquiry about donuts (of course). From there, it was hours and hours of planning, organising, brainstorming, creating, and donut tasting. Read more about what we accomplished here.
you met the google sheets widget
And you had some feedback 👀
A handy and dynamic addition to the Fusion Signage Designer – allowing you to link a Google Sheets page to your content. This meant updating your content without having to re-publish or update your screens. A seriously huge time-saver. 😎
A week or so after this feature release, Leif from Esem Projects got in touch.
"This capability is great! It would be great if were able to add hyperlinks of google images into google sheets to populate image fields."
So we did exactly that! Thanks to Leif, we grew the capabilities of our Google Sheets widget and you can now insert a link to a chosen image. Think menu items, logos, latest house on the market, decorative imagery – how handy is that?!
and you met the tagging system
All the way back in July (time flies when you're having digital signage fun) we released our highly anticipated tagging system. A feature built to simplify the delivery of content to your digital signage network (while saving you a bunch of time). Before the tagging system, if you have a bunch of screens (let’s say 20+) and you want to display different content on each – you would need to create separate playlists for each. This is doable for 20, but what if you had 200? Or 2000? Too much! 😮💨
Tagging can manage thousands of screens from one single playlist. All based on the rules you create for your media. Click here to keep reading all about it.
We were really chuffed with the feature release. We hope you were too. 💙
our active licence count grew
From 11,000 to over 14,000 🙌
Do our eyes deceive us? A 3000+ jump in active licences? No deception here. Only a dedicated team of over-achievers (who actually care about you and your digital signage needs), paired with the best Reseller network a software business could ask for.
Yet to join the Fusion Signage Family? Try it for free here.
over 1000 engineering tickets closed off
When the Marketing team asked the Engineering team what they'd want included in this year's wrap up blog – they not only gave us a list, they gave us a catchy sub-heading too. Rather than paraphrase in our market-y way – here's exactly what they had to say for themselves. 👇
There are quite a number of technical improvements that may be worth covering under one subheading, but it could be summarised as something like "over 1000 engineering tickets closed off" perhaps mentioning that they cover areas like:
- New website on Hubspot
- Synchronisation (not publicly released yet, stay tuned?)
- Security improvements
- Bandwidth optimisations (saves you money)
- Video processing improvements (we do the heavy lifting)
- Bug fixes to locations, zones, designer widgets, media search, SCIM, heaps more tbh
- CMS load time improvements
- Player stability improvements
we started counting our steps 👟
2024 was the year the Fusion Signage team discovered something (not so) surprising – we’re all ruthless competitors. From June, we kicked off our first health challenge – tracking our daily steps. And that (of course) quickly escalated into a full-blown rivalry. Casual lunchtime strolls turned into marathon sessions, and pacing around the kitchen during huddles became a legitimate strategy. Forget friendly competition – this was all-out war for the top spot on the leaderboard. By the end, we were counting every single step like it was gold.
James was particularly loud about his 10k daily streak, until it all came crashing down on day 76 due to illness. The team was less than sympathetic to see that reign come to an end. 😂
the marketplace was freed
As of a few months ago, every single professionally-made Marketplace template trickled down to exactly $0. And that (lack of) price is here to stay. 💙
The Marketplace was released alongside the Designer back in 2022. It was created to make your life easier – offering hundreds of professionally designed, customisable templates for every industry. There was a small fee to incur with each individual purchase (to cover the extra work from our in-house designers, Elle and Will), but after 2 years, we decided it was time to wave said fee and let the Marketplace be free. We hope you're enjoying it. 🍃
we welcomed 2467 new brands
We said it last year and we'll say it again – hot diggity dog!
A massive shout-out to our incredible network of Resellers for making all of this happen. By pairing Fusion Signage with their top-tier hardware and installation services, they’ve created a simple, all-in-one digital signage solution. And we’re all about that. 😎
While we’ve welcomed 2467 new brands to the Fusion Signage family, here are a few more feel-good stats to celebrate:
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- 235,430 total content uploads
- 4TB of media uploaded
- 185 new Resellers
- 96 one-on-one demos
- Top 8 industries: retail, hospitality, restaurants & QSR, education, health & fitness, advertising, government, automotive.
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chillfest
Back in June, the Fusion Signage team (minus Saeed) got together for Chillfest. A (now annual?) get together for our WFH team to run around and play like big kids. There were drinks on arrival, we mapped out our Integrate stand with training markers, we competed against each other in game-like battles. The green team won (hail the green team). We built a fire, we ate like kings, and we played so much ping pong that our smart watches were like, “Woah what’s with all the increased activity? And why are you drinking so much liquid that isn’t water? You need water.”
Hush now, smart watches. 🤫
let's take a peek into 2025
We feel like we got a bunch done this year, but boy-oh-boy do we have some plans for 2025. Believe us when we say "the list goes on" – because this one truly does. Let's take a peek at the highlight reel of the Fusion Signage roadmap. 👀
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- Interrupts
- Triggers
- PowerBI integration
- Improved onboarding
- Application rebuild
- Apps (more integrations)
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Have any other ideas / wants / desires for the Fusion Signage platform? Let us know! 💙
hugs and donuts for all
Well, that's a wrap on 2024 for Fusion Signage. Can we be feeling a simultaneous sigh of relief and a buzz of anticipation for next year? As always, we're humbled and chuffed to have you a part of the Fusion Signage family. Catch you all in the new year.
More from us soon,
The Fusion Signage Team. 💙
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