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Business text, etc. And because these programs and the
apps off ered can encompass everything from
marketing to sales, customer service, report an-
alytics, digital community building, cloud in-
Easily start your own home based tegration, live chats, and more, they can grow
business documenting personal with your business.
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property, full or part-time
Burton Kelso, a technology expert and owner
Our industry leading start-up kit
makes it easy to get started
with no experience necessary.
onsite computer repair company based in Kan-
sas City, encourages mobile businesses to consid-
er using the services of a virtual assistant (VA).
Our system includes:

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online store,” Kelso said. “Since you don’t have a
pects of your business when you are unavail- options there as well. “Take the example of an
able,” he said. traditional storefront, you need something that
is easy to build like Shopify or Etsy. You can also
A highly skilled home-based or company-affi l-
use Wix and set it up to deliver too.”
iated virtual assistant can off er entrepreneurs,
companies and other businesses administrative If you are an accountant, attorney, or IT profes-
support and services including receiving and sional, for example, with billable services, remote
making calls, appointment scheduling, book- desktop soft ware should be able to handle the
keeping, data entry, customer service, writing bulk of the tasks necessary to keep your busi-
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Last but certainly not least, it’s important to have
Why Your Business Needs a Mobile App the right Information Technology (IT) support
for your needs. Establishing a relationship with
Here are the top reasons why your business needs a mobile app and a technology services company is a good fi rst
all of the amazing benefits that you will experience from it. step, but you want to be sure they can provide
Stay Visible you with global tech support. If you are based
No matter where you are in the world, people are increasingly spending out of a certain city, a lot of tech support compa-
more and more time on their mobile phones. If you are a small to medium-
sized business, you will get constant visibility. nies only operate within a certain region. So be
sure that whomever you choose can reach you
Improve Your Customer Experience
You can massively increase your customers' user experience with an app. whenever you need them — whether for routine
If your app can make it easier for people to buy your services or goods, or emergency assistance.
this will then generate more traffic to your business and conversions!
Additionally, although you might not have thought
Use It for Free Promotion
After your initial investment, you can then essentially start promoting your business free about it this way, IT can also include the services
of charge! What’s more, if you want to offset the initial costs, you can always take web of a cloud storage tool. Carbonite, DropBox, Goo-
development courses to help you understand the process of building an app, such as gle Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive are among the
–with Red Academy (https://redacademy.com).
many cloud storage systems that allow access to
Go Global your fi les anytime, anywhere.
If you think your business could sell its goods or products worldwide then a mobile app
is the perfect way to expand your market without having to make any major investments. Th e Future Is Now
Mobile apps and the web have provided a platform that allows small businesses to become As technology continues to advance, so does the
a global success overnight.
wide range of mobile business opportunities and
Integrate All Your Business Channels technological advances to support them, creating
An app can easily become the main business channel and it can work as the main hub for
all your channels. This can provide your business with amazing branding, better business increasingly more global entrepreneurs. Th ese
processes and a customer-centric marketing campaign. “Mobile Warriors” are not only embracing but
Beat Out Your Competitors rewriting the rules of the face of entrepreneur-
For many small businesses, you can gain a huge lead over your competitors by providing ship, leaving an indelible mark upon the global
a mobile app. Whilst your app will be up and running and making lots of big sales, your marketplace.
competitors are most likely still going to be debating whether or not an app is a good
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