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©2012 Alton Harewood - All rights reserved Time to get down to brass tacks: How has your customer base changed? How are you handling this in a down economy What will help you succeed? ROI includes INVESTMENT Economy difficult globally
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©2012 Alton Harewood - All rights reserved BY 2016, Technology Strategy International forecasts that almost 80 per cent of the smartphones in Canada will be NFC- enabled. Story and Pictrue Credits: CNW NewsWire Nov & GSM Arena Forecasts for mobile commerce suggest that it will become a significant method of payment in just the next few years. “NFC” Near-Field Communications IE Market Research forecasts total mobile payments in Canada will reach $14.2B. 1 st NFC mobile transaction
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©2012 Alton Harewood - All rights reserved COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE EXAMPLE Leveraging Mobile Technologies To Reduce Inbound Contact Volumes SPECIFIC We will deliver an interactive mobile application MEASURABLE This will deliver profile/account information and timely updates based on the top 5 reasons a customer contacts us to reduce contact loads by 5-10% ACHIEVABLE We will integrate only elements of what have been delivered on the web site at first pass REALISTIC The application can be downloaded via the mobile web site or the mobile marketplace for the iOS and Android markets, Windows Mobile will follow as a second phase TIME MANAGED The application will be delivered to market by January 2013 SMARTSMART
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©2012 Alton Harewood - All rights reserved ACT! EXAMPLE: Granular Steps for Mobile Application Action Plan SPECIFIC What is the purpose of the application? What does the business need the app to do? What is its mission and value back to the organization, by when? What are the specific objectives? (i.e. encourage and facilitate inquiries) MEASURABLE What are the measures of success? How do we know the app is “delivering” what the business needs? ACHIEVABLE Are the app capabilities repeated on a web site? How do you want to handle the content/authoring process (i.e. expiration, metadata, SEO terms, workflows, etc.)? What is included in “multilingual”? How is this supported? REALISTIC How does this app fit in your broader strategy? Who is the audience? What’s their experience? TIME MANAGED What metrics do you want to track? What reporting do you need? When does this application need to be “live”? SMARTSMART
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