1. Wi-Fi and Social Media—the perfect mix?
So we have had a bit of a social theme going on these past couple weeks and today we are talking about the idea of wi fi and social media

2. Why offer Wi-Fi?
But to start we want to answer the question of why wi-fi is even important. It is a technology that has been around for a fair amount of time now. So what are some of the general benefits of wifi.

3. Customers Spend More Time
Customers are more likely to spend time at a business if there is free wifi

4. Customers Spend More Time
Customers are more likely to spend time at a business if there is free wifi

5. Customers Spend More Time
This photo illustrates the difference between someone sitting alone at a cafe or restaurant rather than sitting along with a mobile device. People feel more comfortable because it takes away the stigma.

6. Money Customers Spend More
There have been studies done that show that 62% of customer spent more when free WiFi was available, 50% percent said this was based on time alone.
Customers can check reviews and browse products

7. Wi-Fi is becoming an expectation
It can actually have the reverse effect of providing wifi, if a business doesn’t offer wifi, people may outright leave

8. People Search for Wi-Fi
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All of this means increased foot traffic to your business.

9. Mobile Data

10. Social Media can enhance Wi-Fi
And give you something in return for it.

11. Marketing
Something I often hear from agencies is, how get I find their information, we even had that question on the webinar last week, and if agencies have trouble getting that information. Business owners can too, adding a social element to your Wi-Fi enables you to get addresses of people, and some services even offer s that get set out based on a specific set of triggers. Carrot for sharing information

12. Customer Tracking
Once that information gets acquired, you can find out a lot about the people coming into your store

13. Improved Customer Service
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