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How Mobile Apps help Boost your Business

Times have changed and it is important to keep pace with the latest developments. This is more

applicable to technology adoption among small/medium businesses, who, in order to succeed,

have to keep pace with the latest Internet technologies. Businesses, whether small, medium or

large, are becoming more mobile and it has become important for business owners and

freelancers to take advantage of the applications available for mobile devices. If you want to

increase the productivity of your business and remain competitive, you need to have mobile

applications that will help you conduct business as though you were in office. Let’s take a look at

how mobile apps can help boost your business.

• Use Mobile Apps to brand your business - Branding is an important aspect of any type of

business. Ask your application developer to include your business logo of the app window. You

can also have the mission and vision statement of your business displayed prominently. This will

ensure that the users of the application will know about your company and the products/services

the company deals with.

• You can access your files and folders while on move - If you have to make frequent business

travels, it is wise to synchronize your smart phone with your desktop. This will enable you to

retrieve the required documents, task lists and the calendars. Synchronizing your smart phone

with the database will enable you to manage your customers better. There are CRM apps for

mobile devices which will make it easy for you to link calls, emails and to keep in constant touch

with your customers when you are outside your office.

• Mobile Apps makes it easy to process payments - For the freelancers, who work from

anywhere at any time, and those who sell goods/services without a traditional storefront, smart

phones will make it easy to process the bills and invoices. They can process their debit/credit

card payments from their mobile device directly and send it to their clients in no time. Using a

portable printer, you can also get the printout of receipts.

• Monitor billable time - Installing apps which will report and track the duration of emails or

calls, and also automatically assigning the client and project code will enable you to bill your

client.

• Mobile Apps help to keep in touch with your customers/clients - The success of your

business depends on your customers. Therefore it is always a good idea to keep in constant touch

with them either through emails or mailers. When you send a seasonal greetings or birthday

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wishes from your mobile apps, he/she will know what you care about him/her. Whenever you

send him regular updates of your products and services, he/she will realize that you care for

his/her experience with the application. In the long run, the customer will be your loyal client.

• Helps in data collection - There are a wide range of industry specific survey forms available

for mobile applications. As a small business owner, if you want to conduct a business survey,

you can ask your employee to collect the accurate data by filling out the forms in their mobile

devices. There are forms which will even allow you to add photos and geographic location of the

information. Once thedata is collected, it can be emailed to the department concerned from the

mobile device.

Remember that the world has become one small global village and the economy we live in is an

"anywhere economy". In this type of economy, the smart phones help in increasing the

productivity of your business because of the flexible web access.

Mobile devices and its applications are here to stay. Therefore make use of this technology to

propel your business ahead.

Share your success story on how Mobile Apps helped your business grow. We look forward to your valuable

comments and feedback.