Do you have a mobile friendly business?
Now is the time to make sure you have a mobile friendly business. Just as in 10 years ago everyone needed a website to promote their business, your business now needs to have a mobile website and smartphone apps to communicate with your potential and existing clients.
Most of search on the internet starts with someone performing a local search. Smartphone users are the most drawn to local search. When using a smart device your business needs to be ready to provide the information they need on their device or they will simply go elsewhere.
How important is it to make sure you have a mobile friendly business?
Did you know that 21.8 percent of the Black Friday sales last year were through a mobile device?
Tablets accounted for 14.4 percent of the sales and smartphones 7.2 percent. It is predicted that by 2015, 25% percent of the global Internet traffic will be on mobile devices. Smartphones will be used more and more for actual transactions, not just researching and then making the transaction on a tablet or desktop.
It is time to Make Your Business Mobile Friendly recent information for Google indicates 48 percent of research was on a mobile device.Nearly 55 percent of those mobile searchers made a purchase within one hour. Do you want that purchase to be with you? Or with your competitors?
The mobile user is looking for accurate information in order to a quick decision. You need to make sure your business is catering to these mobile users.