{"id":8617,"date":"2014-11-14T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=8617"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:22:10","slug":"weekly-recap-why-your-business-needs-a-mobile-app-how-to-go-from-analytics-to-outcomes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/weekly-recap-why-your-business-needs-a-mobile-app-how-to-go-from-analytics-to-outcomes-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: Why your business needs a mobile app, how to go from analytics to outcomes, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn a few reasons why mobile apps aren&#8217;t just for the big businesses, how the cloud levels the playing field for small companies, a few ways to get more out of your data, and more.<br \/><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20141111\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">7 reasons why your business needs a mobile app<\/span><br \/>\nIf you think that mobile apps are solely for big name brands, you are wrong. Learn why small and midsize businesses are following the mobile trend, and the <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Extend systems to mobile']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/3-ways-businesses-are-extending-their-systems-to-mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">advantages that mobile will give your business<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20141114_WhyBusinessNeedsMobile_SMBAdoptCloud']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/daniel-marcus\/save-scale-secure-why-sma_b_6116402.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why small businesses should adopt the cloud<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nIn the past, small business were at a disadvantage when competing with larger companies. Learn how the cloud levels the playing field, and helps small businesses succeed.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20141114_WhyBusinessNeedsMobile_MobileCost']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/groupthink\/2014\/11\/11\/the-true-cost-of-building-a-mobile-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">The true cost of building a mobile app<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nMany <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Mobile Myths']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/7-common-mobile-app-development-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">myths still surround mobile app development<\/span><\/a>. One of the most common: Mobile apps are less expensive than traditional apps. Learn why that\u2019s false, and what goes into building a mobile business app.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20141114_WhyBusinessNeedsMobile_Analytics']); \" href=\"http:\/\/forbesindia.com\/blog\/business-strategy\/six-ways-to-go-from-analytics-to-outcomes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">6 ways to go from analytics to outcomes<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhile Business Intelligence and analytics can improve your bottom line, data by itself doesn\u2019t drive business change. You must act on that data, and follow a <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Get most out of data']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/5-steps-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">few simple principles<\/span><\/a>. Learn how to ensure that your BI efforts don\u2019t go to waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn a few reasons why mobile apps aren&#8217;t just for the big businesses, how the cloud levels the playing field for small companies, a few ways to get more out of your data, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly Recap: Why your business needs a mobile app, how to go from analytics to outcomes, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn a few reasons why mobile apps aren't just for the big businesses, how the cloud levels the playing field for s"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13999,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8617\/revisions\/13999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}