At Superfast Business Wales we often hear people say that online technology changes so fast that they don’t know where to start. Admittedly, it’s not so much our younger clients who have grown up with it. It’s the rest of us. There’s just something about the word ‘technology’ that brings out the fear.
I’m not technical but…
It’s not entirely rational though is it? Imagine how impossible it would be ‘not’ to use technology. It’s everywhere.
Online banking anyone? That’ll be the Cloud. Checking out the best restaurant on Google? SEO and websites. An email with a special offer for your favourite brand? …that’s got Customer Relationship Management (CRM) written all over it. What about an online software subscription? Well, that’s Software as a Service (SaaS) – or to you and me; pay as you go.
I get it. The fear isn’t entirely rational. But so many of us are stacked. Trying to run our own business or helping someone grow theirs, balancing that with family life - or simply getting to have a life. There’s just no time. It’s not like we don’t intellectually understand that we could see impressive and positive changes. It’s just that we’re just not ‘technical’… and who’s not already frantic running their day to day?
I have a cunning plan!
You’ve probably heard the old adage, ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’. Well, clichés aside, that’s exactly what we do. We talk to you about your business, get to understand your ambitions and challenges, and then we help. We’ll give you real life examples and uses of specific online technology at a workshop designed for small and medium sized business. Then one of our expert Business Advisers will meet with your and mentor you through decision making and technology changes that are realistic and achievable for your business.
What are you waiting for?
Just look at what these Welsh businesses have already achieved and imagine what you could do.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a farm that is diversifying and wants to drive a head turning £1m turnover. Or a mum who doesn’t want to sacrifice time with her kids but still had big ambitions (such as increasing international sales by 20%!). Not your bag? What about a brewery that got it bang on with digital to break even in just a few months or maybe you’d rather find out how an environmental consultancy saved £300,000 a year in running costs and increase productivity by 50%?