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Reasons why smartphones are new business locations

The definition of marketing is changed the we use to see nearly two decades back. While the distance of the market has decreased from miles to just few clicks from the device in your hand, the span has increased from local customers to global reach. This changed has been witnessed since the inception of smartphones. Smartphones are becoming the integral part of many lives and gaining the span at a faster pace. From checking time, playing games, connecting with people socially to buying, paying bills and looking for information, people are dependent on these small screens more than they look at PCs now. It has not only changed the life of the consumers but also plays a vital role in digital marketing strategy of any business available online.

Being a pocket size device this has overruled the importance of desktops and laptops for searching information. People are free to search any information at their ease of time. They look for information while they are on the way, free time during office or even at their leisure time at any time of the day. It is popular amongst all age groups who gets benefits from it depending on the nature of the work. From studies to finding destination of travel, they don't have to sit at one designated place for anything. 

This has also resulted in multiform increase in the searches made every second. More than half of the traffic is due to the searches made through smartphones. This has also benefited business in multiple ways. The businesses are more often searched, which assist them with getting greater and more extensive market. They are not only considered a medium to sell, but has also helped businesses to make the marketing strategies according to the tastes and preferences of the buyers. 

The introduction of responsive websites has helped business to give a better experience to customers while they explore the websites on the screen which otherwise leads to higher bounced rates. 

Also, the option to pay online through links to banks, or other means like payment, wallet or so has given users a convenience to shop anytime with security. The trend of having a personalized mobile apps and links to social media has benefited business to gain loyalty of the customers with data around their location, age group, preferences. This has also helped them to provide personalized promotional options to customers to retain their attention and revisits.

The links to social media on the smartphones has given the opportunity to the businesses and consumers to interact and gain benefit out of the communication. The frequent queries helps the business to understand the requirements of the consumers and solution of the queries brings the consumer closer to the products. The businesses have grown remarkably by adapting to smartphones. While being connected to the users all the time, they are gaining their loyalty and revisits have opened avenues for revenue generation.

How you may get a Digital India option to pay utilities, mobile phone bills

Government of India has given a nod for empowering Common Services Centers (CSCs) to act as a bill payment operating unit for accepting payments for utility bills, including electricity, water, and for prepaid top-ups for mobile phones. This will bridge the gap of connecting India digitally and generate jobs.

Credits:http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/companies/how-you-may-get-a-digital-india-option-to-pay-utilities-mobile-phone-bills/286556/

Social media: a modern style marketing

Until some time back, marketing was a monologue system where the marketers involve multiple sources like print, billboard, TV commercials to promote their products. Now the world is changing. The development in the technology has brought in the changes we look at marketing. It has now changed from monologue to dialogue. Mass media plays its role but in a different way. 

The social media has changed the definition of marketing. Today it is everyone's job. The customer is no longer separated from the product. They don't differentiate online stores from in-store experience. It is the experience. The shift is good but challenging. 

Social media has provided the platform to people to search for information before actual purchase. The availability of content related to product or services to engage individuals acts  as authentic brand ambassador to win the prospective customer. In fact, billboards alongside the roads, TV commercials for working class or print media is struggling to gain the attention of the prospects who are absorbed in the screens of their smartphones and tabs. Social media has made customers more empowered, critical, demanding, price sensitive. They are hunting around blogs, social network, forums and other to quench their thirst for information. They prefer window shopping on screens rather physically visiting the stores. The brands who care for them are forming the relationship with them. In short, the avenues for interactions between customers and companies have multiplied.

How companies are adapting to change?

With the change in customers behavior towards marketing, the businesses need to amend their marketing strategies to accommodate in the market. Marketing is not confined to a team or a group of people. It is now a role of everybody which means that as more employees are engaged in the job means trusting more people who are not trained, marketers. Businesses have to change their organisational models to empower the employees by social training and increase access to  branding and product  information. The regular input provided to the employees and support can help to gain the confidence of the employees and loyalty of the customers.

Other than training the employees, they are focusing on responsive websites, tapping all relevant tools of interacting the customers, prompt responses to queries and providing informational content to the customers.

It is now vital for the businesses to adapt to the changes for their existence in the market. Although it may seem challenging but the rewards are overwhelming. 

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