Skilled Migrant Professionals February 2015 | Page 43
A staggering
94% of small businesses are using smart phones and other devices
to conduct their business. Switching to smart phones are saving businesses billions
every year.
According to a survey done by AT&T and the Small Business &
Entrepreneurship Council, over the past year, small businesses have saved
$67.5
billion by using mobile apps, tablets, smart phones and other devices to conduct their everyday business. Smart phones alone saved business owners $32.3
billion last year. The survey also showed that smart phones save business owners a lot of time. Business owners saved 1.24 billion hours last
year by conducting their business via smart phones.
Tablets are also huge
754.2 hours and $19.6 billion
for business owners. Mobile apps saved business owners 599.5 million
hours and around $15.6 billion last year. SBE Council Pres-
time and money savers, saving
ident and CEO Karen Kerrigan said: “Clearly, we are at a point where entrepreneurs
now look first to communications technologies and innovations for solutions to improve
productivity, cut costs and better manage and engage with customers.
Technology
a SMART decision
“That
is time and money that can go back into driving sales and innovating the marketplace.”
More than half of the small businesses surveyed said that they use mobile apps,
91% of them saying that it saves them time. The same businesses estimated
that they are saving at least $500 a month (up to $ ذ