How Can SMBs Compete with Big Businesses?

For small and medium companies - sometimes just starting up - it is hard to compete with big businesses. As the old saying goes: "You must spend money to make money". Larger businesses, therefore, have more resources to invest and typically can reap larger benefits from their investments in machinery, technology, personnel, etc.

Mobile field force automation, for instance, used to be a dream for small and medium-sized business owners due to the heavy investment needed not only on system technology, but especially on equipment.

The widespread use of smartphones and tablets, however, combined with the recent advent of Cloud computing and SaaS (software as a service), dramatically brought down the initial costs of implementing a mobile field force automation solution. After all, all that is needed now is for sales reps to install a mobile app on their existing smartphone or tablet and field force automation will be mostly up and running.

Small and medium-sized businesses looking for sophisticated solutions with affordability will be pleasantly surprised at the features offered by mobile field force automation SaaS solutions.

VisitBasis is a state-of-the-art mobile field force automation solution that offer big-business features at SMB budget. These features include GPS tracking of field reps, route optimization, customizable forms, automatic notifications, free and unlimited app downloads, among others.

Ready to reap the benefits of mobile field force automation? Sign up today at www.visitbasis.com for a free trial, or book a free online demo and let us show you how it works.

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