Would you believe the goal of LOCAL Biz is for you to feel a little bit smarter after you read each issue? Looking back at the classic television series Get Smart, Maxwell Smart was ahead of his time. Technology has yet to give us a shoe phone or a cone of silence. What this Smart Stuff section will provide your business are tools, tips and resources that are tactical and more practical than a shoe phone and will help you bring order to Kaos (Smart’s nemesis organization).
The should do’s, must do’s and nice-to-do’s
2020 pretty much sucked. While there is no eloquent way to describe last year, there was at least one silver lining that emerged from an otherwise dismal year. Technology adoption accelerated. If you haven’t already jumped on the technology bandwagon, you better do it now or you will be left in the dust.
McKinsey’s research shows a shocking rate of adoption of digital technologies in the past three years equal to 10 years of e-commerce adoption. And it’s no secret that technology adoption in the past 10 months was even more rapid as consumers who were once luddites moved quickly to online meal ordering, online homeschooling and even online medical consultations.
To say there is no time like the present to up your technology game is an understatement. Read More
