When I was a kid, cartoon detective Dick Tracy had a watch that did more than told them time. It was a two way transmitter of ever-increasing levels of information! Years later, I checked out the bag phone for remotes so we were not dependent on a land-line; and when I got the phone installed in my car, the relative immediacy of talking to clients while not tethered at the station was so technologically advanced!

Fast forward. The 2 ½ year old in my life grabs my phone and can find the aps she wants, deftly navigating with her swiping finger. Phone are email devices, cameras, rolodexes (a device that  stored all your contacts on little paper cards, young ‘uns…), gaming devices, juke boxes (those machines with those round vinyl discs that played songs!), clocks, compasses, newspapers, weather stations, maps, dictionaries, encyclopedias…and that is just what  I am thinking of off the top of my head. At an Efficio meeting I asked our IT  President what is next, so my team and I can learn and be prepared. He said he didn’t know, and perhaps with the speed of technology today, it may not have been thought of yet!

So we have to focus on what we have today, while keeping an eye on tomorrow. In a software company, this can be tricky. It has turned tablets are generally not being used for phone calls, meaning people still have phones. It seems there in an optimal size….too small and we lose them in our pockets and purses, too big and we don’t want to be the person holding them up to our ears to hear. That means, that, where we are today, many of you have tablets and use them for business, but that phone is still our handy dandy do-it-all device.

For you who are CRM users, we have one question – what CRM information is most important for you to capture most easily? The follow up question is how often do you  input or access that information?

So we are asking you to wave your magic wand – Tell us how you use your phone to manage your media sales business. We really want to know, because, while we can’t be ahead of the game because we don’t yet know what the game IS, we can help you win today’s game.

Click here to let us know how you use mobile for business, and how we can make it better!