Mobile Technology: What You Need to Know
Your small business is probably based on a lot of up-front decision making as to which service or product niche to offer. The amount of time, energy and money you put in has paid off, but just how to grow your business to the next level seems to be elusive. According to Forbes Magazine:
- Small & medium enterprises (SMEs) that adopt mobile technologies to connect with customers are growing two times faster and creating eight times the number of jobs than SMEs who do not adopt mobile technologies
- SMEs that lead their respective industries in mobile adoption are also seeing 50% of web searches for their business start on mobile devices
- Mobile content and apps generated $530B in global revenue in 2014
- The majority of consumers WORLDWIDE would be willing to give up luxuries for a year in order to keep their mobile phones
Do you need more convincing? Are you ready to “up your game” in mobile technology? Below are some great applications and technologies that SMEs should consider for 2016:
- Square is for the small business that has a limited budget for payment systems. By attaching a small card reader to your smart phone or tablet, you can process credit card payments from anywhere! Start your small business right from a neighborhood mall kiosk.
- Brease can make storing your data on the cloud even more affordable by creating your own cloud. Compatible
with Android, iOS, Mac and Windows, attach your device, assign an encrypted master key and upload your data. You can then access your data from anywhere in the world, as long as you possess the authentication master key. This data will be imperative to driving your marketing campaigns, especially as your business grows. Don’t wait to get data!
- Evernote is your electronic notebook that makes managing your business from your smartphone or tablet simple by keeping team collaboration up to-date with built in annotation tools. Save clips from the web, manage contacts, meeting notes or client and project schedules; everything is synced on all your devices, and shared with your team.
- HootSuite is growing fast in popularity among business owners because it is a hub for engaging your customers across all social media platforms. Schedule outgoing posts for up to one hundred social media outlets and gauge your ROI with up to ten analytic reports that can show you just how many click-throughs (which are sales leads!) you are generating.
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