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22 Reasons Why Your Business or Blog Needs An iPhone App

22 Reasons Why Your Business or Blog Needs An iPhone App

There is a lot more traffic coming from mobile platforms lately and it seems that the iPhone (or Internet in your hand) is something that can’t be ignored. iPhone and SmartPhone Mobile AppsThe growth in the market share of the iPhone as well as the continual replacement of the traditional mobile phones with Internet enabled phones like the Android and the Blackberry are driving traffic to sites at an increasing rate.

Here are some numbers:

Comscore announced that 45.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones in an average month during the December to February period, 2010

This is up 21 percent from the three months ending November 2009.

  • The iPhone will continue to be the leading app platform, with a database of over 200,000 applications offering niche and localized content from developers like AppzDev
  • Apple iPhone downloads have exceeded 3 Billion at the start of 2010
  • ABI Research reported that just under six billion mobile applications will be downloaded in 2010
  • Smartphone OS-based phones will grow at more than a 30% compound annual growth rate for the next five years globally

At CeBit this week and  there was a presentation by a “Mobile App” specialist and he opened my eyes to the increasingly omnipresent mobile market and how bloggers and corporate website owners cannot continue to ignore the smartphone app markets compelling growth.

One of the case studies mentioned was about the pizza  chain “Dominos” which after lanching its mobile app drove over $2 million in sales to its stores in just 3 months.  With the Domino’s Mobile App you can:

  • View the full Domino’s menu
  • See your current order
  • Track your order
  • View other information such as surcharges and the company’s privacy policy

So what is a “Mobile App”?

A mobile app is a small program that sits on your mobile phone and does something for you. With the power of today’s phones, apps can do some really great things – from letting you know what’s going on in your area, to calculating exchange rates, movie times, social media interactions, alerting you to traffic information, providing entertainment and letting you know about special offers. There are over 200,000 mobile applications out there today performing a huge range of tasks.

So what should you should keep in mind before ignoring the constant knocking on your door of an opportunity whose time has come.

  • If you have AppzDev LLC develop an App for mobile let everyone know about it through email, website, SMS  and Twitter
  • Add mobile value by including content and functionality that are location based or time sensitive
  • Just like social media don’t sell but provide content that adds value to people’s lives such as weather reports for bike riders that are location driven
  • AppzDev develops a Mobile App that becomes a part of the persons daily lives and hopefully becomes indispensable
  • Remember that with iPhone or mobile app your webiste or blog presence is just one or two slides or touches away on that persons phone anywhere anytime,
  • It’s about convenience
  • Mobile apps have broad reach  so develop apps that can viewed on as many mobile platforms as possible including, iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia and Android
  • You can use the App to drive traffic to your bricks and mortar store
  • Announce “Specials” to your readers (online shoppers love a bargain)
  • You can announce an “Event”
  • The mobile internet market is growing at a much faster rate than fixed internet
  • The developing world’s connection to the internet is much more mobile centric than the Western world’s fixed line communications infrastructure
  • 75% of our planet is still not connected to the Internet so the potential over the coming decades is substantial
  • It will differentiate you from your competition
  • You create deeper engagement
  • Drive more loyalty
  • You get to put your branding on your customers phones
  • Your business is provided with great feedback
  • It is going to drive more revenue and ultimately more profits
  • It enables easy sharing of your content between mobile users
  • Reduce costs to your business through automation
  • It could even stop you getting a speeding fine and keep your licence… Trapster.com app tells you when there is a speed camera nearby.

Click here for more information contact AppzDev iPhone Development to do your business iPhone app!

Thanks to Jeff Bullas for the incredible article! 

3 Main Benefits of Developing iPhone Applications for Your Business

3 Main Benefits of AppzDev developing iPhone Applications for Your Business

There’s been a sensation about Apple’s iPhone recently, and much speculation as for to buy iPhone or not, its advantages and disadvantages, usefulness of developing iPhone applications and so on. Apple itself has recently begun an advertising campaign and a TV commercial featuring a dozen free and paid business apps with the tagline “Helping you run your small business one app at a time.”

Why is it beneficial to have your own iPhone application developed by AppzDev?

1. iPhone applications give employees the opportunity to access information easily from anywhere where they have access to the internet. Every week even more businesses are realizing the benefits of mobile applications and web-based access. Besides increasing overall employee productivity, mobile applications boost efficiency and internal revenues by unifying communications with entire business structure.

There are two ways of using iPhone applications: they can be your business, or they can be made to help your business.

2. The iPhone market is still in the early stages and growing quickly, which makes it even more attractive for business owners. That is the reason why the popularity of iPhone applications within corporations is growing. Apple is trying to do its best to support business apps development, and the next version of iPhone software is announced to be released in June. It’ll allow the developers to sell additional services within applications, and buyers – use these new features to create a better and more distinctive application.

Being an innovative first-generation device, iPhone captured hearts of a vast majority of people. Apple has reported that over five hundred million applications were downloaded and about a billion dollars was gained only in apps this year. Apple’s counterparts, Google (Android), RIM (Blackberry), Microsoft (Windows Mobile), and Qualcomm (Palm) have announced launching app stores as well. Running application business is at the height of its fame.

3. An iPhone application is a product that can be used to promote your business or it can be sold as a consumer product. A mobile application is a good way both to produce and invest at the present time.

3 Main Benefits of AppzDev developing iPhone Applications for Your Business

There’s been a sensation about Apple’s iPhone recently, and much speculation as for to buy iPhone or not, its advantages and disadvantages, usefulness of developing iPhone applications and so on. Apple itself has recently begun an advertising campaign and a TV commercial featuring a dozen free and paid business apps with the tagline “Helping you run your small business one app at a time.”

Why is it beneficial to have your own iPhone application developed by AppzDev?

1. iPhone applications give employees the opportunity to access information easily from anywhere where they have access to the internet. Every week even more businesses are realizing the benefits of mobile applications and web-based access. Besides increasing overall employee productivity, mobile applications boost efficiency and internal revenues by unifying communications with entire business structure.

There are two ways of using iPhone applications: they can be your business, or they can be made to help your business.

2. The iPhone market is still in the early stages and growing quickly, which makes it even more attractive for business owners. That is the reason why the popularity of iPhone applications within corporations is growing. Apple is trying to do its best to support business apps development, and the next version of iPhone software is announced to be released in June. It’ll allow the developers to sell additional services within applications, and buyers – use these new features to create a better and more distinctive application.

Being an innovative first-generation device, iPhone captured hearts of a vast majority of people. Apple has reported that over five hundred million applications were downloaded and about a billion dollars was gained only in apps this year. Apple’s counterparts, Google (Android), RIM (Blackberry), Microsoft (Windows Mobile), and Qualcomm (Palm) have announced launching app stores as well. Running application business is at the height of its fame.

3. An iPhone application is a product that can be used to promote your business or it can be sold as a consumer product. A mobile application is a good way both to produce and invest at the present time.

Free Advertising Up To $10 Million For U.S. Businesses from Facebook

Facebook Free AdvertisingFacebook has teamed up with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in an effort it claims will help grow American small businesses and create jobs. Starting in January 2012, Facebook will give businesses up to $10 million in free Facebook advertising in the form of ad credits. The goal is to provide 200,000 businesses in the U.S. with a $50 boost.

Meanwhile, Facebook, NFIB and the U.S. Chamber will provide businesses with webinars, collateral, case studies and tips educating business owners on how reach new customers on Facebook.

“Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and we believe that Facebook can be a tremendous tool to fuel their growth and success,”  Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook Chief Operating Officer, says.

Of course, Facebook is clearly helping itself here, too, hoping to incentivize business owners to move more of their advertising dollars away from search engines like Google and into Facebook’s own network. That said, with Facebook’s now 800 million active users, it’s not exactly a bad move for small business owners to become more educated on how to use the network’s tools to connect with their customers.

The training will include details on using Facebook’s free offerings, like Facebook Pages (essentially, the social network’s business listing service) as well as the Facebook Platform, Facebook Ads and Sponsored Stories.

The outreach effort will also involve a roadshow coordinated with state and local chambers of commerce and regional NFIB offices. At the events, experts will train local business owners how to use Facebook to reach customers.

More information about program is being made available on www.facebook.com/smallbusinessboost. This page will detail how to receive the free advertising credits and will list the dates and locations of the upcoming events.

Facebook Free Advertising for Businesses

Why your business should have an iPhone App

  1. Evolution: It is important to continue evolving your business with the current trends and be prepared to adapt to the next thing. Adding mobile marketing and brand recognition to your marketing strategy is very cost-effective for small businesses and reaches out to a target market that you could be missing out on – the millions with an iphone.
  2. Builds Relationships: Mobile devices provide a personal connection between businesses and consumers. When your business goes mobile with its own app and on the App Store, your consumers can download your app and literally carry you around with them. By enhancing your brand with an iPhone application, you differentiate yourself from your competitors while offering another outlet to communicate with your customers.
  3. Push notifications: Allow you to reach consumers anytime and anywhere. They are similar to text messages in the way that they alert those who have downloaded your app. You can send messages about upcoming events, special deals, or updates about what’s going on with your company to anyone who has your app downloaded.
  4. Entertainment/engagement: Applications are the fun part about smart phones that have the ability to engage and entertain consumers. When waiting for an appointment, passing time in between class, or just curing boredom, smart phone users are always looking for new apps to check out.
  5. Integration: AppzDev LLC. can design the app for your business so it integrates your blog and social media sites. These sites can be accessed through your app in two touches.


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