I recently picked up an iPhone, and I love it.
Don't get me wrong, I think Blackberries are great.
But I love my iPhone.
The big news on Tuesday was the news of the iPhone 3.0 OS. So after dreaming about all the possibilities that peer-to-peer bluetooth connectivity and copy-and-paste will bring (Gizmodo published an excellent summary of some of the great features that are coming in OS 3.0 ), I think I'm going to take the time to show some love to the iPhone and show you something cool that you can do with your iPhone (or any other mobile device with an internet browser) and Maximizer Wireless Access.
I remember getting a pep-talk a while back from somebody about mobile CRM. They laid out the following scenario:
You are meeting with a potential customer and the meeting goes well. They want to see some more documentation and a draft contract. What do you do? You whip out your (BlackBerry/iPhone/Windows Mobile Device/some newer incarnations of a Palm device) find the document and send an e-mail instantly to your potential client who is standing/sitting right in front of you. He quickly browses through the documents, signs the contract, and closes the deal.
How great is that? Sooner or later, laptops will go the way of the abacus and many chiropractors will be out of a job because you will no longer have to awkwardly carry a 5 to 10 pound laptop on one shoulder and throw off your posture. But that's another discussion for another day... or click here.
So here's how you would do this:
- If you have it setup, browse to your Wireless Access portal. Sorry Entrepreneur customers, this is only available in Group, Professional, and Enterprise editions of Maximizer.
- Go to the Company Library. This is generally where your fliers, promotional documentation, and generic contracts are stored, or should I say, should be stored.
- Select the documents you want to email out.
- In the Actions drop down, select Email Document, and click GO.
- Fill in who to send the email to, write as much or as little of an email that you want, and hit send.
Voila. Deal is one step closer to being closed and you are one step closer to cashing in that commission cheque.