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Acquisitions (Details Narrative) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Oct. 17, 2014	Aug. 15, 2014	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016
Treasury stock, value					$ 84,000			$ 84,000
Common Stock [Member]
Earn out liability					4,000,000
Cash [Member]
Earn out liability					$ 1,000,000
Sharp Spring LLC [Member]
Acquisition date					Aug. 15, 2014
Business acquisition cash payment		$ 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
Business acquisition transaction cost				$ 99,000		$ 222,000
Sharp Spring LLC [Member] \| Stock [Member]
Percentage of acquire of equity interest owned		40.00%
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
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
Business acquisition transaction cost						2,527
Earn out consideration paid in cash			$ 175,970			415,858
Shares issued in lieu of cash to settle additional earn out, shares			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	20,000		20,000
Treasury stock, value			$ 84,000	$ 84,000		$ 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