How to Use Technology To make your Business Better in Kenya

Use Technology to make your Business Better in Kenya

The world is now driven by technology and it can be leveraged in smarter and more effective ways to improve performance by providing better solutions to the many problems in business today.

So to reap the benefits of technology in your business in Kenya, you may need to integrate some tech solutions or make some adjustments if you have already applied them in your business activities.

The benefits of technology in business outweigh the short-lived challenges faced while integrating the technology, once new and advanced technologies come into existence.

So where and how you can use the technology? Here are the following ways:

To Increase Productivity

1. Time Tracking Software – You can use this tool to map out how much time is spent where and by whom. This analysis can be used for accountability, productivity, and development of new work strategies.
2. Digital Dictation – This can be done to streamline your work processes so that all the respective individuals remain on the same page to drive towards the common goal of the business.
3. Management tools – With the help of management tools you can manage your projects and tasks in hand to stay with your daily business responsibilities
4. Digital Filing System – Sorting, saving, sharing and finding documents are made easy with the digital filing system.
5. Email management – An efficient technologically enabled email management process makes it easier to stay updated with the formal communication that rolls out to every individual involved in the business.

Financial Management

1. Online Invoicing – Reduces the cost of collecting payments from clients and customers.
2. Online budget tracking – Be up to date with the receipts and payments and manage the expenses accordingly.
3. Online Tax Filling System – Efficient and hassle-free process of filing the taxes.
4. E-Commerce – Reach to more people and generate more income by selling products online.
5. Accounting software – Handles the inflow and outflow of the business finances.
6. Digital Bookkeeping – Easy and safe way to store the records of transactions with your bookkeeper or accountant.
7. Open-source applications – To replace the cost incurred in using “name brands”.

Marketing and Branding

1. Digital Marketing  – To promote, update, and share your products and services to the clients out there.
2. Social Media – The best way to promote your business, products, and services in this digital world are to use social media handles like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, etc.
3. Blogging – The millennial are more into reading digitally. Inform about your business through blogs and reach a greater target audience.
4. Email Marketing – Utilize the power of email marketing by collecting email addresses through an opt-in form.
5. Live Streaming– People get more attracted to what they see. Videos are an innovative way to publicize your business among the youth.
6. Website – If you do not own a website for your business, you are likely to lose a lot for your business. Having a business website is considered to be a basic requirement these days. It acts as your digital office.

Training and Collaboration

1. Teleconference calls – Helps in ensuring the proper communication between team members located n different locations.
2. Webinars/Web Conferences – Travel free way to keep everyone in the loop, that too face-to-face.
3. Online Business Training – Share your knowledge and experience with your team and empower them to perform better through online training.
4. Cloud computing – For safer and quicker sharing of files and data.
5. Intranet – For moving files locally and internally.
6. Team messaging – For communicating quickly and clearly with all your team members at once or individually.

Customer Service

1. Through social media
2. Online help desk or ticketing system
3. Appointment scheduling at clients’ and customers’ own convenience
4. Online feedback through surveys and questionnaires
5. Advanced Chatbots for FAQs

Mobile Working and Telecommuting

1. Mobile Office App – Lets you work productively from anywhere.
2. Remote Desktop App – Let you access files on your office computer.
3. Go paperless – Saves expenses on supplies and storage in your office. Plus, it is environmentally safe.
4. Smartphone and Apps – Synchronization with the cloud let you stay connected on the go.

Confused with so many uses of technology in your business?

Interested in making the best use of tech to simplify your business activities?

We are here for you!

At Inceptor Kenya, we help you with all kinds of technological solutions in all the aspects of your business, be it productivity, Financial Solutions, Digital Marketing, Software Development, Training, Cyber Security and mobile app development.

From website development to online marketing, from creating customized mobile apps to custom software development, our expert team of highly motivated and skilled developers focus on the making the best utilization of the technologies to deliver the required solutions for your business.

We help you chase your dreams by helping you pass through all these technological hurdles.

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