Becoming mobile ready means more than owning a smartphone as a business owner. Technology is changing fast and the ways that consumers access information is also changing. Jumping aboard the mobile bandwagon does not require a huge investment of time or money. Preparing for the future means learning as much as possible about how mobile can affect the business industry. More than 300 million contract cell ph ...

So you have a mobile app - that's great. Is it making money? It's relatively easy to learn how to create mobile apps. It is learning how to monetize mobile apps that can be hard for some to grasp. More than one billion apps have been downloaded from the Apple app store. The growth in this area continues to rise annually. Those that know how to make money from a developed application could reach new heights ...

Why mobile? Over 969 million mobile subscriptions now exist in the United States according to the International Telecommunications Union. There are 286 active mobile broadband subscriptions out of the nearly 1 billion mobile users now in the U.S. The growth and usage of mobile communications can no longer be ignored by business owners. Mobile marketing is one area of business that is catching steam and thos ...

Hey MBB family, Bernard here.  I wanted to share with you one of my methods of staying on top of internet trends.  Surprisingly, it did not include sitting behind my dual monitors at the home office.  It was by attending a different kind of networking event, a hack-a-thon. I spent last weekend at AngelHack 2012, a 48 hour hack-a-thon where marketers, entrepreneurs, programmers and hackers get together and c ...

In the 1800s, the light bulb was considered a breakthrough for humankind. In the 1940s, commercial air travel changed the transportation industry. In the 1990s, the Internet changed business as we once knew it forever. The 21st century is here and so is mobile. Cell phone companies know a secret that most business owners do not. Over 650 million smartphones have been sold as of 2012 worldwide. Mobile is the ...

Quick Response (QR) codes are nothing new. These little square bar codes are used in all aspects of modern marketing. From packaging to billboards, apparel to food, qr codes are still on the rise and bridging a gap towards a more augmented reality in advertising. Modern marketers and designers are utilizing qr codes to spread their reach, promote their business, and attract more customers.  It is a cost eff ...

You might have heard about mobile applications or apps as they are known to mobile users. You might even be thinking to yourself why your business would need an app if you already have a website. What you may be unaware of is the growing number of Internet users that depend on mobile phones for more than just conversations. The Importance of Mobile Apps for Your Business Mobile apps are big business. We're ...