Benefits of superfast and day in life buy with confidence - plymouth 29.10
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Superfast broadband provides several benefits for businesses including cost savings through more effective marketing using social media, increased flexibility for remote and mobile work, improved geographic reach by accessing customers anywhere, and opportunities for innovation through easier collaboration and file sharing. It also improves reliability and security with cloud backup of data and systems. A support service called "Get Up to Speed" helps businesses and communities improve digital skills and adopt faster broadband.
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- 1. Superfast Broadband for Business Nina Goodwin @GUTS_SW @Cosmic_UK
- 2. Business Benefits of Superfast Broadband
- 3. 1. Cost savings 2. Increased flexibility 3. Increased reach 4. Easier disaster recovery 5. Improved opportunities for innovation
- 5. Cost savings • More effective marketing • More efficient use of resources • Increased efficiency • Improved employee mobility • Freed current IT staff to be more innovative • Reduced IT operating costs
- 6. Meadow Lakes Caravan Christine Mottram – Marketing Manager Oaktree Parks ‘I’ve had my budget cut from budget cut from £90,000 to £30,000. This was such a huge drop, so I eliminated what wasn’t working, which was magazine ads, expensive memberships. I then looked at was working and continued with the FREE things like Facebook and twitter. I use Facebook boosts which I pay between £18 and £30 to get to 20,000 viewers, this has raised our profile immensely. This approach has saved me £10,000 this year. 9 Residential retirement parks & owner occupied holiday parks across South West ‘We now get about 45% of sales through Facebook’
- 7. Cloud
- 8. Reduction in Capital Investment • Cloud based systems change cost model from capital to revenue systems; • Don’t have to buy software; • Reduction in office space - no need for offices; • No need for server infrastructure; • No heavy investment in private networks LANs and WANs; • Revenue driven, flexible and always up to date
- 9. Cloud • Anytime anywhere access to – Files – Email – Staff communications – Customer communications
- 10. Pick and Mix Approach…..
- 12. Cloud Example • Environmental consultancy based in Devon and Manchester (7 staff) • Needed to move to server architecture • Shared access to files, emails etc • Cost for 5 years – Traditional £10,400 – Cloud (365) £8,400 • Didn’t need IT support to set it up or maintain it • Didn’t have to find the capital up front - £250
- 14. • Flexible location, flexible communication – True anywhere, anytime working; – One number for landline & mobile; – Robust VOIP systems enable working at home on work phone system.
- 15. Flexible Approach to Staffing • More options for partnerships & collaboration – Flexible staff – anywhere in the world – Freelancers – crowdsourcing – File sharing – Collaboration space and rooms – Less face to face needs – Uploading of large files so much easier, no need for private networks
- 17. 3. Increase Geographic Reach
- 18. • Able to set up new offices in locations without expensive networks in place; • More Superfast Connections – demand for more interactive websites & more interactive experiences • Includes new richer features like – Web chat, increases conversion (10 -25%) – Video increases spend and time on site (M&S customers stay twice a long and boost basket by 25%)
- 19. #journorequest
- 20. 4. Improved Reliability, Security and DR
- 21. • Cloud as a backup to PCs /server/data • Levels of redundancy in place • Security of data – not held locally on laptops • Less reliance on local infrastructure and fire, floods, theft
- 22. Beverly Clarke – CARE – White goods repair service Working on spreadsheets, on one computer and had to work in the office. A simple CRM system was the best approach and Dad can update it when he is with a client. And cloud back up of systems in place and remote access to files.
- 23. 5. Innovation
- 24. • Quicker, easier start-up • More innovative with funds - don’t need offices or capital costs • Easier to grow • Easier to take risks and change direction • Don’t need to move to City • Don’t need to be big innovations…
- 25. Innovation The Western Inn, St Austell Malcolm Putko Customers free wifi Back office – stock control, Suppliers Skyping from US, Backed up through Cloud Malcolm says: "Superfast broadband has given us the confidence to introduce some more exciting innovations, giving our customers of all ages an even better experience - we are now offering free superfast Wi-Fi access and live music events are streamed onto the website and used for marketing purposes.”
- 26. Do you want to Get up to Speed? ‘Get up to Speed’ is a support service designed to help businesses and communities improve their IT skills and knowledge, as well as encourage the take up of the new faster broadband service as it rolls out across the counties. • Showcase new technologies • Hands-on Workshops • Gadget shows • Seminars • Briefings • Taster sessions • Signposting to other services
- 27. A day in the life of my mobile (nearly) @GUTS_SW
- 29. Smart Start …. • Records your sleep cycles • Parameters for waking time • Wakes at optimum time • With lovely sounds….
- 30. What’s the Plan? • Calendars 5 • Natural language input • Integrate to-do lists • Integrate home and family calendars from outlook and Gmail • Easy to read
- 31. Scan the Social • Flipboard; • Social Discovery; • Social Networking; • Personal magazine; • Learning opportunities; • Really visual; • Follow news agencies.
- 32. Plan the social • Klout • Check and track your online influence • Recommends articles that will interest your following • Social discovery and networking • Schedule your content • Identify online trends
- 33. Check my Heart Rate? • Real-time heart rate • Resting, active, wake up rate • Improve your awareness • Built into Apple Health and Android Lollipop
- 34. Start the Journey • TripLog • Click to start (auto) • Click to stop • Categorise mileage • End of month – Spreadsheet • Photograph parking tickets and receipts Price: Free
- 35. 1st meeting – Breakfast Presentation • Evernote • Present straight from Evernote on my phone • Write notes in my pad? Scan notes in • Meet new people? Scan their cards • Connect to LinkedIn
- 36. What’s next? • Google Now • Cards • Predictive notes • Reminders • Location history • Google voice for next location Google Now Apple: Google App Android: Built in Price: Free
- 37. 2nd meeting - Sales meeting • Skitch • Photograph anything • Annotate over image • Save to Evernote • Load and annotate maps • Email to client/office
- 38. Web Sales Form Filling Google Forms • Set up your own booking forms, enquiry forms, surveys and feedback forms Forms App • Forms is a client of Google Forms (Google Docs). The Form you created on your PC can be viewed in the most suitable layout for iPhone/iPad. Works offine and sends when online • Save to Google Drive
- 39. Take a payment? • Create invoice with Xero • Check on client payments • Take payment with PayPal Here • Chip and Pin
- 40. Next.. lunch • Wikitude App • Where’s the nearest café? • Nearest restaurant/café • What does your reputation look like?
- 41. Create Some Social Impact WordSwag • Typo Engine • Create beautifully custom text layouts that would normally take hours - with just a tap • Use your own photos • Add text from a choice of fonts • Share in social media Apple Android Price:£2.99
- 42. Drive home Google Now • See my reminders Information you need • Traffic updates & appointments • Manage your day • Listen to my book • Audible- download Audible
- 43. Gone shopping • Healthy shopping • Scan bar code • Shows healthier alternatives • Food or Salt swap options
- 44. Need a New Recipe? Blippar • Augmented reality • Turn your phone into a magic lens • Interact with the world around you • Kraft, Cadbury’s, Nestle, Unilever, IBM Price: Free
- 45. At home • Dulux Visualizer • Colour picker and visualizer • Select from Dulux colours • View colour on the walls • Mask areas of the walls Apple Android Price: Free:
- 46. New Makeup? • L'Oreal Makeup Genius • Virtual make up tester • Instantly apply makeup to suit you • Or just for fun…!
- 47. Check my heart rate? • Real-time heart rate • Resting, active, wake up rate • Improve your awareness • Built into Apple Health and Android Lollipop
- 48. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- Superfast broadband opens up a whole raft of leading-edge software and applications that could benefit your business, allowing you to work more efficiently, work when and where you want, expand your offering and connect with customers and colleagues all over the world.
- Areas we are going to look at today………….
- Digital Marketing
- More efficient Marketing – North Somerset. Oaktree Parks Ltd. is a family business that has over fifty years experience in running quality residential retirement parks and owner
- Flexible – as a business, might just If buying a server – capital costs/expendutre Flex it up and down Flexibile up and down resources
- Wide area networks or local area networks.
- Working with insurance companies and local companies Small business – turnover £150k without any admin help 5 part time Contract staff Using mobile not about superfast broadband? On average we use 0.27GB data on 3G and 2.3GB data on wifi – factor of 10 difference Invoicing from his phone – photographs all receipts goes straight into Xero. Takes payments with PayPal and PingIt. Uses Skitch and Kuler to check colours and show clients notes. Ping it – up to £300 Skitch
- #journorequest – Country Living, Small Business Sunday, Great Interior Design Challenge Selling all over the world Now most of stock sold on Facebook
- Disaster Recovery
- Carbonite $250 a year unlimted computers 250GB, Crashplan - £2.99 a month for 10GB
- CARE was founded over 10 years ago by a father and daughter team based in Exmouth, Devon, to provide repairs and servicing of electrical appliances for the domestic and commercial market.
- Get into the Cloud CRM systems Intro to Social media Advanced social media Emarketing Future of digital business
- https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/smart-alarm-clock-hd-sleep/id580768807?mt=8 Smart Alarm clock HD Apple Android – Offers in App Purchase Price: £2.29
- Calendars 5 Apple Android Price: £4.99 What makes Calendars 5 great in use: Interface focused on events Elegant and easy to use interface makes it super simple to get a quick overview of the upcoming events and tasks. You always keep your focus on what's important; there is nothing to distract you. Day, Week, Month and List views of your events. Calendars 5 illustrates your Day, Week and Month on a small iPhone screen the best possible way. Depending on the situation, select the view that conveniently unveils your schedule. Works online and offline Create, edit and delete events or tasks whenever you need it. All changes will be synced back to your account once you are online. All the features you love Create custom recurring events (yoga every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday), get reminders or set custom alerts, invite people to your events and more. Act as you feel it Intuitively create events with just one tap in your calendar. Drag and Drop tasks and events, swipe to switch between days and weeks, return to your ‘Today’ schedule with one tap
- Free on both IOS and Android
- Klout Apple Android Price: Free
- Place the tip of your index finger on the iPhone’s camera, and in a couple of seconds, your pulse will be shown! * Instant Heart Rate detects a color change in your finger tip each time your heart beats and uses an advanced algorithm to show you your heart rate. * A real-time chart will show you every heartbeat, similar to pulse oximeters used in hospital
- Various in App purchases…..
- http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/02/evernotes-ceo-siri-and-wearables-are-doing-it-wrong/ One less reason to start yet another email chain Write – make notes, Collect – harvest information Find – even hand written notes Present – straight from evernote Context, the new Evernote feature that fetches articles related to your work "I want to be Superman. I don't want to be a child, I don't want to have an assistant. I want to do it myself and it should just come very easily.“
- See helpful cards with information that you need throughout your day, before you even ask Manage your day Stay on top of what’s happening in your life every day, including what you need to do, where you need to go and how to get around. Stay connected Keep up with your interests, news and vital information while you’re on the go
- Get your point across with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas become reality faster