Does your insurance agency or small business need a mobile app? Think you can’t afford it? I think you can’t afford NOT to have at least one. The world of phone apps started with the opening of the Apple App Store on July 11, 2008. Three hundred million apps were downloaded to smartphone in 2009. In 2010, the number of apps downloaded reached five billion. Sixteen billion apps are expected to be downloaded in 2011, and that number will increase to 77 billion by 2014. If this isn’t enough to convince you, here are 10 reasons why smartphone apps are a great idea.
Reasons to Build an App Things Your Customers Will Do When They Have YOUR App
10 By the end of 2011, over 50% of American will have some type of smartphone 10 Take a picture, send it to you, and have it to into your database, al in one step.
9 Over 50% of small business owners already have a smartphone. 9 If they are in a car accident, your phone app will help them know what to do next.
8 Three out of five smartphone users will use a phone app before they use Web search. 8 Communicate and work with you when they are on the move using the push-to-call, push-to-text, or -push-to-email features of your app.
7 Phone apps run much faster than mobile Web pages. 7 Get an interactive map and turn-by-tur directions to your office.
6 A phone app keeps you and your business visually in front of your clients. 6 Read notices or news updates from you.
5 Contacting through a phone app is faster and easier than contacting through the contact list on your phone. 5 Get a copy of their proof of automobile liability insurance ID card anytime they need it.
4 Phone apps can provide 24/7 customer service. 4 Get a self-service certificate of insurance.
3 Who do you know that is ever without their mobile phone? 3 Send you a request for a policy change.
2 The average smartphone user spends 2.8 hours a day using phone apps. 2 Make an online payment.
1 They are just so cool! And your clients will use it. 1 Stay with your agency because you are so each so work with.
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