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]]> One of our best clients told me about what would have otherwise been a mundane event: Replacement of floor tiles by their local “Tile Guy”. However, this turned out to be pretty exciting. Let me share with you this (slightly dramatized) story: It was a dark and stormy night, and the “Tile Guy” only works at night…

The tile guy assured the company that, even though all floor tiles will be replaced with new ones, the desks and everything else would stay right where they are on the floor. He can “magically” install the floor tiles without needing to lift or move anything in the office. Not the desks. Not printers. Not anything. “Everything will still be exactly where you left it”, he proclaimed to the stunned employees and executives alike. Some of them murmured, “Maybe Santa Clause helps him…”

The IT professionals – shaking their heads in disbelief – asked the tile guy, “Are you sure you don’t at least want us to move the computers and wires from everyone’s desk?” There was a hint of concern in their voice. Even though the datacenter was locked and “off limits” to the tile guy, he could still cause problems by moving the cables, etc.

The tile guy told them that there was no need to move even the computers. He can make the old tiles go away and the new tiles appear in their place without moving a thing.

The IT Professionals, being the intellectual types we are, scratched their heads. This “magic tile replacement” needs some investigation.

At the end of the day, the IT guys headed out the door with everyone else, the tile guy waving goodbye from inside the building. Then, surreptitiously, the IT guys came back into the office, to learn what was really going on.

Note: The only reason I’m telling you this guy’s secret methods he uses at work is that your business can benefit from knowing…

Peeking around a corner, they witnessed the tile guy kneeling down on the floor inside a cubicle, phone in hand, turning slowly in a circle. He was using the camera feature to record a panoramic picture of where everything in that office was located. The panoramic photo would show position, angle, and every detail. He moved on to the next desk and did the same thing, and so on.

So that’s how he knew how to put everything back in place as if it had never moved!

The IT guys snuck back out of the office, undetected, and acted appropriately shocked the next day when everything was neatly perfectly in place on top of the brand new tiles.

We thought that is a pretty clever use of a smartphone, in a work environment, to create “magic” for his customers.

Here is the “so what:” What magic do you do now, or could you do, using your smartphone to “wow” your customers? Post your own stories…

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]]> Lighten Your Load–78 Items your Smartphone replaces https://fosterinstitute.com/items-your-smartphone-replaces/ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:00:24 +0000 https://fosterinstitute.com/blog//?p=1258 Perhaps you want to lighten your load. Perhaps you want to save money. Perhaps you want to make the most of your investment in your iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, etc. Brainstorming with CEOs, other senior level executives, and owners resulted in the following list of 78 items your device can replace. 411 information / Yellow […]

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]]> Perhaps you want to lighten your load. Perhaps you want to save money. Perhaps you want to make the most of your investment in your iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, etc. Brainstorming with CEOs, other senior level executives, and owners resulted in the following list of 78 items your device can replace.

411 information / Yellow Pages / Phone books
Airline boarding pass
Airline Status
Alarm Clock
Backup (happens in cloud now)
Bank tellers – depending on the task
Bar code scanner
Bill Pay
Books / Magazines
Bookstore
Bug Spray
Business Cards (use NFC)
Calculator
Calorie counters by scanning food barcode labels
Camcorder
Camera
Carpenter’s Bubble Level / plumb bob
Compass
Contacts List
Cookbooks
Credit Card Machines
Credit Cards
Dedicated music players
Dials an stay on hold for you (App is named Fast Customer)
Dictionary
Document Scanner
Dog Whistle
DVD movies
Employees
Encyclopedia
Expense Reports
Expensive video conferencing tools
Expert Advice
Flatbed Scanner
Games
Garage Door Opener
GPS Directions & Traffic
Home phone
Keys
Language Translation
Laptop Computer – especially: Web browsing, Email, Presenting
Library
Light Switch
Loyalty Cards
Magnifying Glass
Maps
Mirror
Mouse
Music CD’s
Newspapers
Pager
Paper tablet on which to take notes
Paper based tools commonly referred to as “planners”
Pen
Photo Albums
Portable DVD Players
Post-It ® notes
Price checking
Radio
Really long arms – LogMeIn etc.
Research materials
Restaurant reservations
Restaurant Reviews
Retail Stores – use Amazon etc. now
Ruler
Secretary
Smart Boards ®
Speedometer
Spell Checker
Starbuck’s ® Card
String on your finger
Teacher
Thesaurus
TV
TV Remote Control
Voice Mail
Watch
Weather

 

Can you add more items to the list?

Please post your comments, and other items not on this list, on this blog.

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