The Apple iPhone is an incredible expansion of the individual’s ability to communicate. While some may dismiss it as an electronic leisure item merely designed to appeal to the nation’s lust for high tech toys, the fact is that any communicative device, especially one as ingenious and versatile as the iPhone, can be a great asset in business, including Internet marketing.
With a device like the iPhone, which combines separate and once bulky capabilities into a single compact package, your improvement in efficiency can be nothing less than dramatic. Any business needs to move quickly in order to maximize its profits. Anything that might contribute to lag time or a slowing down of its ability to conduct business will keep it from devoting its resources to generating maximum income.
Whether you’re managing your time, projects or clients, the iPhone makes the perfect business partner. FaceTime makes video calling a reality, so you can see who you’re talking to. The Retina Display offers the highest resolution screen ever on the phone, and multitasking allows you to give everything your undivided attention. Plus, HD video recording gives you a great opportunity to share what you’re seeing with others on the spot.
The vast array of business apps available for the iPhone make it an indispensable tool. The LinkedIn app gives you instant access to your professional network. You can add new contacts on the spot and appraise others of your work with your own status updates.
Want more? The OnlyWire app allows you to update your status and post bookmarks on over 40 social bookmarking sites with one click.
Apple’s own database program, Bento, helps you manage everything from to do lists to event planning and business contacts, while Salesforce Mobile (a subscription-based service) gives you instant access to business and client data wherever you may be. You can log sales, access charts and graphs, and respond to new leads right from your phone.
FedEx Mobile for iPhone lets you track all of your shipments. Simply enter your tracking number to check up on the status of a delivery, or auto track them all with a handy watch list.
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center allows you to participate in meetings and interact in real time over either WiFi or 3G.
If you work with clients, iTimeSheet can help you track your time by client as well as your activity reports and create invoices. Plus, you can export the data to Microsoft Excel, so you’ll never forget what you did for whom.
As for keeping track of all these passwords, you’re all set here as well. 1Password remembers them, along with credit card numbers and other sensitive information so you don’t have to do so, and it uses multilayer security and powerful encryption to keep your data safe.
Consider how tremendous has been the impact of the advent of communications devices. In the 1860s, people had to wait to learn of the Lincoln Douglas debates until word of it reached the newspapers. Now people use their cell phones to tweet about historic events as they happen.
Business has been similarly revolutionized, and with the iPhone, you can carry your office with you in an enclosure that’s a mere 9.3 millimeters thin.
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Guest Author: Timothy Arends
