Mobile Devices Mean Mobile Business

Mobile devices are making inroads every day in areas of business only dreamed of, even 10 years ago. 

Clearly, the mobile phone is firmly established as the salesperson and manager's power tool.  But, mobile is cheap, easy and now well beyond phone-only functionality.  Mobile is moving to the call center, the factory, the lab, and even the retail floor.

Some examples:

• Data logging and sharing - Utilities invested millions to read the first meter.  Today, nearly every General Contractor can email photos of inspection defects to subs and juggle schedules on-site.
• Customer Service - Call centers can be easily virtualized.  Route calls to on-duty staff at their desk, or on a plane.
• Point of Sale - What if the checkout lane in your store walked with your floor staff?  What if a sale on the floor updated stocking levels in your web store?
• Delivery Services - UPS invested millions on brown signature pads.  Today, an iPhone or Droid might provide GPS, delivery instructions, proof of delivery via signature or photo to your pizza delivery driver.
• Time and Attendance - Bluetooth proximity sensing and in-meeting time accounting apps can trigger invoices or log time to projects automatically.
• Inventory - Cameras built into a modern phone can act as an always available bar code scanner for "always on" inventory management or competitive price comparisons.
• Marketing - Why not publish a coupon in Google Local that appears only to people that are looking at maps, walking, or driving in your area?

What are some of the things that your business could do better, faster, more effectively if it was mobile-enabled? 

Knowledge is power.  Come to our first mobile business class at noon on Friday.

Back to top

Friday Workshops for Nov 20th

The schedule for this Friday, November 20th:

• Introduction to WordPress at Alpine (10 to 11am) - Brian will be covering the basics of small site building and blogging using the world famous WordPress. What, Why, and How is a blog made? Learn about the difference between a post and a page, upload images, and especially, how to write for the web.
   
• WordPress Search Engine Optimization (11 to noon) - Auz will be going over the basics of optimizing WordPress for search engines.  He'll review plugins and offer a series of tips and best practices to ensure your content is highly accessible to all visitors, human and otherwise.
   
• Smart Phone Business Productivity (noon to 1pm) - Learn about tools, applications and services available now for smart phones today and how they are integrated with everyday business.  Smart phones (used well) can maximize productivity, availability, and accountability.  We'll share some simple but effective tips that can dramatically improve customer service and response time.  Overview, demonstration, and discussion will be led by Morgan and Brian.
   
• Center Stage Content Management Basics (1pm to 2pm) - Has it been a while?  You really just want a refresher on Center Stage?  Come in and learn how to easily manage page content, sidebars, folders, redirects, and optimize your content for human visitors and search engines.

Remember, we have a new address at 790 SW Industrial >

Back to top