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Acquisitions (Details Narrative) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Oct. 17, 2014	Aug. 15, 2014	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016
Treasury stock, value					$ 84,000
Sharp Spring LLC [Member]
Acquisition date					Aug. 15, 2014
Business acquisition cash payment		$ 5,000,000			$ 5,000,000	5,000,000
Business acquisition including potential earn out consideration		$ 10,000,000
Internal rate of return, percentage					18.90%
Earn out liability					$ 6,963,000	6,963,000
Goodwill					8,407,227
Business combination additional charges					$ 222,000	2,133,000
Sharp Spring LLC [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Acquired intangible assets, useful life					5 years
Sharp Spring LLC [Member] \| Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Acquired intangible assets, useful life					11 years
Sharp Spring LLC [Member] \| Stock [Member]
Percentage of acquire of equity interest owned		40.00%
Sharp Spring LLC [Member] \| Cash [Member]
Remaining earn out payment amount							$ 1,000,000
Sharp Spring LLC [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Remaining earn out payment amount							$ 4,000,000
Sharp Spring LLC [Member] \| Cash [Member]
Percentage of acquire of equity interest owned		60.00%
GraphicMail [Member]
Acquisition date					Oct. 17, 2014
Business acquisition cash payment	$ 5,300,000					2,636,830
Business acquisition including potential earn out consideration	$ 800,000
Percentage of acquire of equity interest owned	100.00%
Internal rate of return, percentage					29.80%
Earn out liability	$ 800,000				$ 36,000	36,000
Business combination additional charges					2,527	$ 422,649
Earn out consideration paid in cash			$ 175,970	$ 415,858
Shares issued in lieu of cash to settle additional earn out, shares			20,000	53,924
Shares issued in lieu of cash to settle additional earn out			$ 84,000
Gain in other income (expense)					$ 259,970
Treasury stock, shares					20,000
Treasury stock, value					$ 84,000
GraphicMail [Member] \| Stock [Member]
Business acquisition cash payment	$ 2,700,000
Percentage of acquire of equity interest owned	50.00%
GraphicMail [Member] \| Cash [Member]
Business acquisition cash payment	$ 2,600,000
Percentage of acquire of equity interest owned	50.00%
Earn out consideration paid in cash				$ 207,929