Technology Can Improve
Your Business Now
Technology can not only mitigate risks, but it can also help businesses grow. Using technology can create greater efficiencies, improve productivity and customer service, market to your target audience, plus streamline your team and financial management.
Here are 20 ways to use technology in your business:
| Financial management | |
|---|---|
| 1. | Use an online budget tool to track your cash flow |
| 2. | Use accounting software to streamline your businesses finances – invoicing, share digital files with your accountant or bookkeeper and payroll management |
| 3. | Collect payments using an online payment gateway |
| Productivity | |
| 4. | Use an integrated job management system to forecast and schedule work, manage contacts and projects, and monitor and approve timesheets |
| 5. | Create a digital filing system to save, find and share documents in the cloud |
| 6. | Use cloud-based productivity tracking software for back-office business management |
| Customer service | |
| 7. | Set up an online live webchat to discuss customer queries |
| 8. | Allow customers to schedule appointments with an online appointment scheduler |
| 9. | Set up an online help desk or ticketing system to log and follow up customer issues |
| 10. | Use an online survey to seek customer feedback |
| Marketing | |
| 11. | Promote your business with a mobile enabled website |
| 12. | Create and update your free Google My Business profile so users can discover your products or services |
| 13. | Use social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest |
| 14. | Build a database of potential customers and collect emails through an opt-in form and start using the power of email marketing |
| 15. | Start a blog related to your business and target audience |
| Mobile working and communications | |
| 16. | Conduct teleconference calls with your team in different locations |
| 17. | Communicate through team messaging |
| 18. | Use your smartphone and tablet with select apps that sync with the cloud |
| 19. | Use remote desktop applications to access data when you are out of the office |
| 20. | Choose a low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for calls to mobile and landline phones |
By using the right suite of technology, businesses can gain efficiencies and unlock insights needed to make decisions that will support them in growing their business.
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