Five top tips to show how connectivity can drive business success
February 15, 2024
Snehal Bhudia is Director of Business Propositions & Go To Market at Three Business, and has shared her experience with The Telegraph online on how connectivity can boost all aspects of your enterprise.
Here’s a summary of her 5 top tips on growing your business:
1. Remember that the playing field has been levelled
Almost everything in business can be done with a smartphone, meaning that entrepreneurs can work from anywhere and be efficient with their time. It also gives small businesses an opportunity to enable their workforce to work flexibly and improve their employee experience – all while increasing productivity.
2. Think again about needing an office
Businesses shouldn’t feel that they need an office as a measure of success or credibility. Managing a virtual business, where employees stay connected remotely, is far less of a gamble.
“If you think that you need an office, think again. And I have worked with a lot of very successful entrepreneurs who will give you exactly the same advice.”
3. Digitise early to outpace bigger rivals
As a business driven by mobile connectivity, you often have a key advantage over bigger businesses – being digital-first.
“If you’re starting a business, make sure to digitise and automate everything you can. You’ll be a leaner, more streamlined, business. You can respond quicker to market changes, and your customer experience will be superior to less digitised rivals.”
4. Use technology to help you only pay for what you use
Fixed costs such as landline or fibre broadband can hit seasonal businesses such as tourism or festival retailers hard. Businesses can be paying bills for months of unused services when it’s not necessary.
Choosing a 5G-based broadband that can travel with you will ensure you’re not paying for fixed-line services at multiple locations, even when your business doesn’t need it.
5. Use connectivity to find a better work/life balance
Technology can help business leaders find the right balance in life, and to ‘buy back’ hours to spend with family and friends.
“I do everything from my phone. I travel for work and no longer need to take my laptop. I don’t get home at 8pm from a trip and feel like I have to fire up my PC or catch up on what I might have missed.”
This is a shortened version of an article produced by and published on Telegraph.co.uk – read the full article here.