Phone Technology - Advanced Convenience for Consumers

With an ever growing number of consumers owning smartphones, it is becoming easier to purchase products and services anywhere at any time making it even more important for business owners to be on the cutting edge of technology.

Smartphone update

Apple was the largest smartphone manufacturer in the United States in the three-month period ending in December 2012. Apple held a 36.3 percent market share, with Samsung coming in second with 21 percent, and HTC finishing third at 10.2 percent. The comScore digital research company released the figures.

Google Android was the top smartphone platform in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2012, with a market share of 53.4 percent. Second was Apple with 36.3 percent, and Blackberry was third with 6.4 percent.
More than 125 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones at the end of 2012, an increase of 5 percent from September.

By the end of 2013, there will be about 1.4 billion smartphones in use around the world, an increase of 44 percent from a year earlier, according to a new report by ABI Research.

About 798 million of smartphones will run the Android operating system, 294 million will be based on the Apple iOS, and 45 million will run Windows Phone.

While Android and Apple continue to dominate the smartphone market, analysts predicted that Windows Phone and Blackberry will make significant gains in 2013.

The company also forecast there will be 268 million tablet computers in use by 2014. About 62 percent will use iOS, and 28 percent will be based on Android.

Did you know?

About 40 percent of smartphone users research their purchases with their device, and about 46 percent of tablet owners do the same, according to recent research by search engine giant Google.

Surprising Stats from SBA.

Here are some interesting new numbers from the U.S. Small Business Administration:

• Small businesses create 43 percent of the nation’s high-tech employment.
• More than 50 percent of small businesses are run out of a home.
• Women own more than 7.8 million small businesses, and veterans own about 3.7 million.
• Small businesses that are engaged in high-patenting activity produce 16 times more patents per worker than large patenting companies.

Small Business Update

More than half of small business owners in the United States reported in a recent survey by Wells Fargo and Gallup that they struggle to find qualified employees.

About 24 percent of small business owners said their business has been hurt in the last 12 months due to difficulty hiring qualified workers. About 17 percent of small business owners said they want to hire more employees. Of this group, 70 percent said they wanted to add staff because of increased demand for their product or service.

Two-thirds of owners said they find new employees via word of mouth, 47 percent rely on employee referrals, 15 percent use the Internet, and 9 percent place newspaper advertisements.

Words and Terms to Know

SERP – Search Engine Results Page
The SERP is the page that returns the results of an inquiry by a user of a search engine.
The top search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing usually display three types of listings on their SERPs.

1. The first type of result are those that have been indexed by the search engine’s spider or webcrawler, which is a program that searches the Internet to retrieve Web sites that users want to see.
2. The second type are results that have been selected for the search engine’s directory by a human being employed by the search engine.
3. And the third type of result are those that have been paid for by a person, business or other organization, and placed on the SERP by the search engine.

Job & Opportunity Statistics – What are Your Options?

Last Friday, Bureau of Labor Statistics reported “payroll employment increased by 195,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.6 percent”. These numbers have become the norm which are not positive numbers for millions searching for employment. Here are some very important statistics and facts with which to help people in making corrective changes for their future. 

Last Month Statistics:

• 58.7% of the civilian adult population of 245 million was working last month
• Only 47% of all Americans, not just the labor force, were employed in full-time jobs
• Of the 144 million Americans employed, only 116 million were in full-time jobs.
• The majority of those "increased" Part-time jobs were government sector jobs. 

For those who do not have full-time jobs, they are finding it increasingly difficult in getting one. What is even more troubling is where some of the jobs are coming from and the types of positions, full- or part-time.

Going back over the past 10 years of these reports, it becomes painfully obvious people who are unemployed today are finding it harder and harder to find jobs – we have “lost” nine million jobs; that means fewer businesses and fewer positions to find. Those are lost jobs; opportunities which no longer exist. That is the state of our current economy.  

When it comes to the unemployment rate, how accurate are those numbers? In just the past 12 months, two million Americans have left the labor force; they are no longer looking for a job… they have given up. What does that mean? They are no longer counted in the unemployment rate which means the unemployment numbers have become distorted and actually are no longer reliable.

It is impossible to have a growing economy when the majority of the population are not in full-time jobs and as such reduces the opportunity for finding a stable career. What makes it even more difficult in finding a career is the fact that many companies are being forced to convert employment from full-time to part-time in order to save money because of Obamacare mandates. How many part-time career opportunities do you think exists where one can climb the ladder of success?

The #1 and 2 employers in America today is Wal-Mart and Kelly Services. Kelly Services provides temporary workers for companies looking for part-time workers. What a stark distinction over opportunities of the past. In the 60’s, all but 3 of the top employers in the country produced things as compared to today where only 3 of the top 15 employers produce things, goods, and products. The rest provide services like Wal-Mart. So what opportunities are there?

How many times in our history have we seen Americans create prosperity in the face of adversity? 

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” ---- William James

There are opportunities everywhere... stay alert, keep your options open (even if you have a full-time job), and fully investigate all opportunities… don’t just jump in. Look for businesses opportunities that provide an internship program where you are not paying for developing a new business or career.

Never ever give up… this is America, we are Americans and we must and will get back to what made us the greatest Nation on Earth.

Share this information with anyone owning a business or has an opportunity where individuals can fully explore what is possible with little or no risk involved. Let's make America Great Again!