Friday, September 24, 2010

Advances In Computer Applications

Advances are going to help you get ahead where others fall be the wayside. If you don't make improvements during these tough times, your offerings will get stale and your organization will have a harder and harder time differentiating itself from the crowd. But, by doing something new which shows off what an innovative organization you have, it can give you the online image that you are a hip, smart, and with-it organization that is going to keep improving over time. But, how do you do this when you don't want to spend a ton of money and time on R&D on products that may not earn more then they took to develop. Well, until the time comes to unroll your big advancement, you can opt for small innovative gestures that show your customers you really are on the forefront. For that, Internet and social networking applications can be a simple way to get noticed without too much in depth research or commitment.

Online Applications

Even if you don't decide to develop your own, there are plenty of online applications you can use on your own website to give the impression that you are technologically savvy and innovative. For instance, if you have a stock market website, why not include some stock quote applications? And, if you are a mortgage lender, mortgage calculators can be ideal tools to add to your website because they help your buyers determine how much they can afford.

You can even hire someone to create special applications for your website to further promote some product. For instance, recently, a website call Telonu.com which offers reviews of employers also created an application that tracks the layoffs in the different companies. People who go to the site cannot only get an idea of how good they are to work for, but whether they are stable, innovative companies or not.

Social Networking Applications

There are a lot og applications on social networking sites, such as on Facebook. But, there's always room for more, if it is genuinely an innovative and engaging application. These make an excellent way to introduce new customers to your business and to interact in a manner that is non-threatening and friendly. Different examples of popular applications on Facebook are L'il Green which gets environmentally conscious people to build virtual gardens and save rain forest while they're doing it. If an application is well accepted, it can spread across Facebook very fast, landing you in practically everyone's inbox.

You can contract someone to design and write a Facebook application or you can do it yourself. Basic ones are usually only a collection of images that are used to provide exposure for some concept and which are fun to send as presents to others on the same social media platform. Just downloading one application will often get you a link to create your own, should the mood suit you and you have a firm concept that promotes your organization niche too. Don't just go willy-nilly. Use the application to help promote for some area within your organization which is targeting a specific market niche.

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Rodger C Bailey, MS has degrees in Social Science and Counseling. He uses Network Marketing for selling health self care products. Moms Make Money Home Business