Shifts in technology often occur first in large organizations and trickle their way down to small businesses years later. During the Internet boom of the mid-to-late 1990s, most small businesses avoided having a Web presence. In the early-to-mid 2000s, while these companies finally ventured into the Web, the overwhelming majority didn’t offer e-commerce solutions to push their goods and services. And now, in the early 2010s, small business is hesitant to adopt mobile. But the truth is, every company—large, medium, and especially small—should be actively embracing mobility.
First off, let’s take a look at the word “mobility.” While the word is now synonymous with smartphones and tablets, there are a few who will remember that pagers, laptops, and netbooks were also once referred to as mobile as well. How the times change.
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