As a salesperson, you spend a lot of time on the road. Instead of spending money on separate devices to manage your day-to-day sales needs, smartphones can provide you with apps that consolidate all your tools in one device. This not only saves you money, but also lightens your load and simplify your tools. There are countless apps and add-ons that can assist you in all dimensions of your work day, and bring extra efficiency without the extra baggage.

Communication
Whether you’re calling your clients or collaborating with your sales team members, it’s crucial to stay connected during the day. It’s useful to call customers in advance to confirm appointments, leave voicemails, follow up on any progress, or communicate any changes with meetings. Apart from sending emails and text messages to your clients, your mobile device gives you access to apps that facilitates collaboration among your team members. Group messaging apps like Slack or HipChat are great for updating your team members, sharing documents, and assigning tasks among one another. With these apps, you can join multiple groups for your different teams and keep everyone on the same page.

Mapping
To be a successful salesperson, it’s important to know how to reach all your clients. There is a wide variety of navigation systems available outside of your car’s built-in GPS system. The basics, like Google Maps and Waze, are good apps for navigation with extra features such as live traffic updates and road information. As a salesperson, you probably have more than one client per day. Inputting multiple addresses into your navigation system everyday can get tiring, tedious, and time-consuming. Mobile apps can let you manage your multiple addresses seamlessly, and some even provide a way to connect your route to your GPS system. Other apps add on features that are geared toward sales people and keeping track of your clients throughout the day. Apps like Badger Maps and GeoPointe are built around maps while including data entry options similar to a CRM.

Transactions
There’s no worse way to end a successful sale than to have a complicated transaction process. For most industries, it’s unreasonable to assume that your customers will have cash on them at all times. In fact, it’s safer and more convenient to use credit card or debit card transactions when managing your customer transactions. Today, credit and debit card transactions can be made easily with your smartphone and a card-reader. Apps like Square Point of Sale and PayPal Here pair up with a card-reader that attaches to your smartphone. This provides you with fast and convenient transactions without investing in additional expensive technology.

It’s time to rethink your sales tools and get the most out of your smartphone. With all the new apps continually being developed and improved, you’ll definitely want to be up-to-date with these advantageous opportunities.

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