Technology is supposed to help us save time in our lives. It should make it easier to go about your day and it should help you be more efficient so that you can concentrate on the important things in your business and your family. Am I the only one that seems to get the opposite result from new technology?
Phones and computers are stressful purchases. My philosophy is that when you shop, you save time and money knowing exactly what you want. Here is what is want: A phone where it is easy to hear my conversation, and a calendar. The basic premise of a phone is that you use it to talk to someone, right? So I'm not asking for much. I bought a "nice" phone almost two years ago to help my business. It was a "smart phone", and I thought that was good. It seems that its all or nothing with the phones today. Your choice is a phone that will break in a month (or sooner if my daughter gets a hold of it) or a phone that can launch the Space Shuttle. I chose the latter and figured I could just use it simply...but it sucks you in! I tried to link up my email, I tried to work with the Internet, but nothing every seemed to function properly. My conversations were difficult to hear, and I had plenty of dropped calls. I had countless error messages and spent hours on the phone with the company because the store that sold it to me couldn't help. Very efficient and good for my business, right? After two non-functioning phones over the 2 years I finally lost it and was forced to get a new one.
So yesterday I got a new "Blackerry" and I'm back to square one. New software, etc. So now I am spending my time trying to link my contacts and numbers. Add this to the fact that I just got Top Producer, and I am spending a significant amount of time with this technology issue. What do you do? How do you juggle your business in a non-complicated manner. What phone, combo is the best? I am stuck with PC-based products because of our RMLS, so don't even mention the Mac.
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