You would have the idea that, except for certain groups, technlogy is, to a certain extend, common property to anyone now.

But a Dutch survey says that 50 percent of the small- and middle scale business seem not to understand that there are big advantages to be taken from using different kind of new technologies, like making a call over internet (voip) or even teleconferencing over the internet.
Now lots of bussiness men and -women are driving around to meet.

Of course personal contact is important. But more important is to learn to judge when you want that personal contact and when you really don’t need to go there personally.
Even the use of instant messengers, like ICQ, Yahoo, Google Talk or if it must be MSN Messenger in a bussiness environment doesn’t come to their minds here in Europe.
If you are having a lot of phone calls with an important supplier, why don’t you think about instant messaging (IM). It is fast, and cheap.

Communication in business could be that simple…

(And yes, I know about some (big) companies that use IM internally. These guys did think about it!)

LINK [dutch only] : Nu.nl

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