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July 24 , 2012

Is it Time to Future-Proof Your Business? (POLL)

by Tonia Zampieri

“Future Proof” – I”ve been hearing that phrase thrown around quite a bit these days.  As a wanna-be futurist, not all that shocking, but get’s me to wondering what are the rest of you out there thinking?  Is your start-up or existing business ready to take on this new breed of business that’s emerging – or today’s consumer expectations?

Surely My Business is Safe!

Whether you sell ice to Eskimos, save the Eskimos habitat or make highly sophisticated training manuals for the Eskimos of the world – there’s no avoiding the fact that building and maintaining a successful business requires use, discipline and mastering of  technology.  Today’s technology.

A decade, heck even 5 years ago, having a great website to support well managed organizations that prided themselves on excellent customer satisfaction could go pretty far.  That was when sales calls were still “calls” – right?

Today’s Businesses Face a New Reality

Today’s technology has advanced to where websites should more aptly be called “Platforms” – where engagement with brands and with each other online is the new normal – even in business.  Where screen size (PC, tablet, mobile) is a huge fat question mark – yet you’d better be ready to have your business play nice with any of them.

Just  launching your own start-up (Congrats!)?
Perhaps Mr. Boss appointed you to handle strategy for mobile, social or website overhaul?

-I’d love to hear where your biggest priorities are as we blaze through the remainder of 2012.
I will share results of the poll in early August.
It will also help shape Atlantic BT marketing efforts, supporting our existing and future clients – clients we like to consider our business partners.


If you have all these areas covered, please make a comment below so we can connect.
I’d love to highlight your success and help others.

About the Author

Tonia is founder of iHeart Charity and creator of the iTunes app Tap-n-Give. Current events junkie, charity lover, animal lover, adventurer and Mobile Strategist at Atlantic BT.

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