If you work for a company, they might have an Exchange Server where you get your e-mail from through Outlook, and maybe even use a Blackberry...or do you?

Setting up your own company is hard enough, so utilizing technology to maximize what you do – on a budget – is key. With a laptop, an internet connection, and a Smartphone or Blackberry, you can run a business almost anywhere - with your own e-mail account as well. We are now in a 24-7 business environment and the need to be there for a client has become a necessity to survive in this economy. No matter what product, or service, you offer, people want to know that you are there for them, even on the weekends or holidays. Potential clients are e-mailing from all over the world, in time zones that are earlier or later than yours, and you have to be able to answer their questions, and develop business from it.

Are you scanning business cards into your Contact Manager (Outlook, Goldmine, or Act) to manage who you meet, and what potential businesses you could be marketing to? CardScan makes the most utilized scanners that you can buy for a very reasonable price to expedite the entry of information into your computer contact manager software. Once there, you can migrate this information from your desktop or laptop to your phone to carry with you.

So many people are attending Networking events and the amount of business cards being generated from them are piling up on people's desks because they do not have the time to enter them into the computer for an e-mail follow up, or they do not realize that they are missing potential prospects from this disconnect. Having this information in a Smartphone, or Blackberry allows you to catch up with all your contacts while in the field by sending them stored Word or Adobe Documents in your phone that advertise your company.

Remember, it's not only the technology, but it's the communication materials that you send that advertise who you are and what you do to potential clients.

By: Robert Seitz
www.mysupportservicesgroup.com

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