Saturday, January 22, 2011

Mobile Apps to Empower Your Growing SME

Mobile is the way to go. The future of communication and engagement is changing with the mobile technology making a whole new space, with new forms of communication emerging even as we speak!

But there are so many apps available, how does it help my business?
Technology is changing the way businesses operate today. The mobile technology has affected everything from productivity to Travel, Networking to the way you keep yourself updated and also how you communicate better and faster with your teams.

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Here we present to you some of the most interesting apps for business users:
Travel:
Traveling for business executives is a part of their profile. Traveling may involve client visits, exhibitions/ events etc. What is you would have had a travel planner which shows you who all are your friends who are at the same place where you are traveling, which you can connect with!

TripIt does the job for you!
Platforms available on: BlackBerry, iPhone, Android
USP: it allows you to explore connects with people/ friends/ business connects while you are traveling in any part of the world.

Productivity:
Do we need to stress on how crucial is productivity for the businesses of today? A simple example in case is sales teams in organisations and also customer service teams in various organisations. Their productivity directly affects the operational and delivery capability of the business.

Evernote lets you be productive on the go!
Platforms available on: BlackBerry, iPhone, Android
Evernote allows you to snap a photo, take a screenshot, type in text, or speak your note to capture information on the go. And once you’ve captured the information, it helps you organize and find it by making all of the information in your photos or notes searchable.

Business Networking:
Your network is everything. Every business owner/ senior executive will agree to this. Networking is one of the strongest and critical most part for any SME and what better than networking while on the move?!

LinkedIn for mobile enables you to keep in touch and be updated with what is happening in your professional network at all times.
But there may be times, when its about networking and exploring opportunities with friends and family, which are generally present on facebook. The facebook for mobile app lets you do just that!

News on the go:
Many people today access information on the go. They want to keep themselves updated with what's happening in and around their business ecosystem. Sometimes just getting a hang of the latest news in the circuit can help you take critical business decisions, win deals at times, come up with pro-active pitches and the rest.
The Business Week mobile app makes all the information available at your fingertips LIVE!
Platform available on: iPhone, BlackBerry

For business which want to keep track of International news in their respective domains, The Wall Street Journal Mobile App paves way for LIVE information throughout the day, keeping you abreast of happenings all around.

There are many more mobile applications which are coming in by dozens for business users on platforms like BlackBerry, iPhone and Android etc. These are changing the way business is conducted globally and giving a sharp edge to the executives over their competition.

To know more about how you can develop a business app for your own SME (monitor sales) etc. drop in a comment and our team of experts will get back to you!

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