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5 More Ways Mobile Devices Can Grow Your Business

Posted in Synergy Suggestions on 30.07.14 by John Meloche

Shopping woman texting on her phoneWe all want to promote our businesses. And we all want to save money doing it. Good thing you have the Synergy Marketing Blog to continually give you excellent cost-cutting ideas for how you can grow your business without going over budget, right? We’re pretty proud of the fact that we have been able to help Canadian business owners grow their businesses without breaking the bank for many years.

And, of course, it isn’t just our informative blogs that help to do the trick. Our amazing promotional products are both cost-efficient and very effective in helping business owners grow their reach. But, as we’ve been highlighting in our past two blogs, there are inventive mobile marketing techniques that can be employed to help take your business to a whole new level. And, it’s a very “smart” idea to use them.

On SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com, Melinda Emerson writes that there are several ways to take advantage of the world’s fascination with smartphones. Nearly all of us have them. And those that don’t, generally have some type of mobile devices that can be used to gain further access to your brand. So what can you do, as a business owner, to encourage shoppers to pull out their phones and connect with you?

1. Use Mobile Directories. Suggests Emerson: “Get on the ‘mobile map’ by joining a few mobile directories. Make sure that all of your directory listings include a simple description of your services, hours of operation, phone number, address and a link to your website. Sample directories include Google+ Local and Yelp.com.” It’s no different than setting your business up with online directories. These, however, are specific to mobile devices.

2. Mobile Customer Service. Emerson writes that you can actually “use your smartphone to track payment processing and shipping details and to respond to any customer service or new business inquiries on the go.” Arguably, your mobile phone is the best way to keep in contact with all of your important clients, colleagues and suppliers considering that it is generally on your person at all times. No need to wait to get to a landline or desktop computer anymore!

3. Social Media Marketing. It’s rare to read a list of helpful business tips on the Synergy Marketing Blog and not find a tip that promotes the use of Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. Emerson concurs, except she reminds us that we all need to keep our profiles up to date from our smartphones. Again, you don’t have to wait to get to a desktop computer to jump online.

4. Offer Text Bonuses. This particular tip is one that we’re adding to the list ourselves. In Monday’s blog, we commented upon the fact that one of our reps received a 20 per cent discount from a store that she visited over the weekend, simply by sending a text to a number that was posted on an in-store advertisement. Why not employ this exact same concept? Our rep is proof that it works. She can’t wait to get back to this store!

5. Offer Promotional Products. Okay, so how does this suggestion even make the list? It’s all about being creative. At Synergy Marketing, we offer the best promotional products in the business. But we know that the creative ways in which they are given out to customers is what really helps for business owners to grow their respective brands. The next time one of your customers sends you a text, reply with a message confirming that he or she has “won” a prize.

Call Synergy Marketing at 1-877-748-9884 to order those fantastic prizes today!

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