Better, faster, easier. All of these new gadgets hitting store shelves aren’t just for playing Farmville or checking Facebook status updates at ritualistic intervals. These toys do more than just store your favorite music and at E2 Marketing we can show you how to take technology that you already use, and some that you’ve been waiting to try, and make it perform for your business. Get ready to embrace the future, because it’s here.
What’s a cell-phone? Smartphones are the new cell-phone. Send and receive e-mails, record voice memos, and even control PowerPoint or Keynote slideshows right from your palm. There’s even a business use for that massive mega-pixel camera that it comes with. Snap a picture to instantly scan documents into your phone and convert them to PDF format with appropriate apps. And of course all the hype surrounding the iPhone 4′s FaceTime functions translate very well into virtual meetings with clients who are on the other side of the country. If your mobile phone cannot do one or more of these things, upgrade, immediately.
Forget flash drives. It’s that useful little stick that holds data on your keychain, right? Wrong. Dropbox has that covered. Simply create an account and instantly access or share any file you put into your public folder. With a mighty 2 Gigs of free storage, Dropbox works just like that little stick you’re always losing. The best part? You can even recover files you have deleted in the past. Oh yeah, and there’s also a Dropbox app for iPhones and iPads. Other sites such as Adobe’s Buzzword, also allow you to create and share documents with clients, coworkers, bosses, secretaries, even that guy who delivers the bagels.
Embrace the iPad. It does everything your laptop does, only sexier. Share photographs, videos, product demos and presentations with a tablet that clients can hold in their hands, and then tap the screen to let them sign the contract electronically. Forget paper. 3G services allow you to take the internet with you wherever you roam. And with handy, powerful applications such as Keynote, Pages, and Numbers you can even create or edit professional presentations on the fly right before you walk in for the big meeting. Classy, huh?
Take another look at the tools you’re already using and ask yourself if they can do more. Technology is expanding at exponential rates and it is becoming increasingly flexible. More than likely, whatever your needs, there’s an app for that and E2 Marketing can show you what’s possible with today’s technology as well as what to look forward to in the future.
