“Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you – you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period. All right?”
– Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Starting a new business is always difficult. Forming the idea is the easiest part, but the execution is the hard part. It takes hard work, determination, courage, planning, analysis, and lots of finance to set up a business. We know it.
Setting up the technical infrastructure is also imperative to any new business. It is also one of the most important pillars that support and ensures the smooth functioning of the company going forward.
How do you select the technology? What technology do you need? What is the purpose of each application? How can technology help your business?
We are sure that you have a basic knowledge and idea of what technology you need. Let us help you with what technology you can’t ignore when establishing your tech infrastructure for the new business.
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CRM Solutions
Customer is the business. You need customers to grow and expand no matter what the business is. A dedicated platform that can handle customer-related queries, information, data collection, insight analysis, communications, digital marketing content, etc can keep things together on the customer front.
CRM solutions also offer other services including,
- Customer growth and retention
- Lead conversion
- Increase business revenue
- Optimization of marketing costs
- Project management
- Integrates applications and solutions like Google apps, emails, Office 365, etc.
Map Integration
Location access for any business helps the customers understand your whereabouts in a place. The more advanced and diverse the business world grows; the more customers expect brands to be available locally. Integrate your business locations with maps of the area so that they can reach out to you personally in less time.
Location-based tools can help new businesses to think globally and act locally, providing products or services before the competition. Social media platforms, Yelp, CitySearch, or Yellow Pages can help you list your presence in an area.
Cloud Storage
Data storage is one of the primary concerns of any business. From employee information to client data and top-secret industrial analysis reports, data security and storage facility should not be lax.
Cloud storage is the latest trend where data is stored in the internet cloud online. One only needs the access rights to gain information from anywhere, round the clock. Cloud storage can help increase business efficiency, improve inside communication, data sharing, and tighten cybersecurity for data.
For any new business, the above-mentioned three points – CRM solution, map integration, and cloud storage – are vital. Before selecting, however, consider what the business’s requirements are and how they can be tackled. Getting the best technology in the market may work in the short term but can backfire in the long term.
So, pause, think, and wisely select only what the business need.
