Robin Outrilla

Is your CRM ready for the landscape interface in 5.5 inches?

Apple confirmed that your apps will work with the new iOS 8 the first day.  But this is a great opportunity for the CRM Software Industry to be able to run apps with an iPad-like user interface in landscape mode.

Obviously the 5.5 inches will demonstrate a whole new dimension and will help users to be more productive.

iPhone 6 Plus, 5.5-Inch benefits for your CRM :

- More productive workspace with dual-panes - Show more content at once - Design a complete Month view in the calendar - Display Longer list of Contacts, Events - Create a better navigation pane - Enhance your Analytical graph or report

When I saw Jibo for the first time, I understood that the rules will change soon.

This World’s First Family Robot has an Impressive Tech & Design that you cannot surrender.

The last years have been influenced by the great Steeve Jobs mind and his Apple products but there is a new outsider coming named Cynthia Breazeal from MIT's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab and her fantastic JIBO robot endowed with artificial intelligence.  Her crowd funding project goal was $ 100,000 but JIBO Inc. already raised 1,854% with around $ 1,850,000 and 4,375 funders.

It's not a surprise that JIBO enrolled everybody with his emotional connector.

Even if the first target is family audience, I cannot stop thinking that JIBO will be more than this thanks to the Developer Edition that will come with a full SDK.

JIBO can see, hear, speak, learn, help and relate but also can be connected toMobile devices, Personal computers and other JIBOs.

So why can`t we suppose for one moment that JIBO will become our best Personal & CRM Assistant with new features to facilitate and solve daily tasks for professional purpose too.

JIBO as your Personal Assistant:

Take your phone calls

Take your messages

Take your appointments

Organize your meetings

Book your travels & accommodations

Take dictation and minutes

JIBO as your Customer Relationship Management Assistant:

Segment and organize your customers

Manage your activities & calendar

Read & Write your Emails & messages

Organize your events

Create milestones, pipelines and tasks for Projects

Capture your deals

Track your sales activities

Recommend new opportunities

Obviously this wonderful robot will be more than something and become "someone"part of our life. We will need to wait one more year to adopt JIBO and get him at home. If you want to be the first you still have 2 weeks left.

Get more information about Jibo in http://www.myjibo.com and follow him in twitter@JiboRobot

A small ring used to control all sorts of devices! No more mouse, keyboard, or trackpad.

Sales Representatives might prefer Gesture control instead Touch screens offered in the last years by the iPad, Iphone, Androïd or Surface tablets. Nod is the most advanced gesture control ring. Nod allows you to engage objects with your movements as if by magic. Nod is a universal controller, allowing effortless communication with all of the smart devices in your connected life, including phones, tablets, Google Glass, watches, home appliances, TVs, computers and more. Nod revolutionizes the way you speak to your devices - no new symbols to learn, and no air typing to master, just point and gesture naturally. Nod responds to the simple movements you make that convey intent. For example, rotate your hand to adjust the temperature on a smart thermostat, point in the direction of the TV to turn it on, or gently glide and bring up a custom gesture keyboard to search for your favorite show.   How Nod can change your CRM experience?

Control your presentations with only one finger

Navigate into your CRM with appropriate gestures

Access quickly any command with your thumb

Review your BI Analysis and Reporting just turning your hand

and much more to come

Passbook keeps things like airline boarding passes, movie tickets, and gift cards all in one place, letting you scan your iPhone or iPod touch to check in for a flight, get into a movie, redeem a coupon, and more. How can you use Passbook to boost your Customer Relationship Management? You can add passes to Passbook in several ways, such as:

Passbook-enabled apps: When you buy tickets, check in for a flight, or add a card through an iOS app, the app will offer or prompt you to add a pass to Passbook. To view a list of featured Passbook-enabled apps on your device, select the Welcome pass in Passbook and tap "Apps for Passbook". You can also click or tap this link to view the list in the iTunes Store: http://itunes.com/passbookapps.

Mail or Messages: Passes can be sent as attachments or links through email or Messages, and you can add them to Passbook by tapping or clicking on them. Example: An email confirming your flight could include your boarding pass as a Passbook-enabled attachment.

Web browser: Websites or webmail can also include passes as attachments or links. You can click or tap these links to add them to Passbook.

Barcode scanner*: You can add a pass by scanning a barcode with your camera. Tap Scan Code on the Passbook pass and point your camera at the barcode. Note: Passbook can scan only 2D barcodes that contain pass information.

Share Passes*: You can share a pass using Messages, Email, and AirDrop by tapping the share icon on the pass.

5 nice ideas to use Passbook with your CRM :

Manage your Events: Just send a mail or a message to invite your customers for your Events.

Manage your Meetings: Inform your customer about your next Date, Place and Hour of your next meeting.

Manage your Coupons: Keep your customers updated with your new product discounts and launch coupons campaign with a maximum of profit.

Manage your Gift: Launch a gift campaign for capturing new customers and scheduling new meetings.

Manage Fidelity Loyalty Card : Use your CRM to improve your fidelity Loyalty card.

  How to start with Passbook?

PassSource : Create Passbook passes and Manage your own custom Apple iOS 6 Passbook passes for Pass Kit for free for your iPhone

  PassK.It : Mobile Wallet Cloud Solution. Create, Distribute, Manage passes to Apple Passbook, Samsung Wallet, Google Wallet, Pass Wallet, major mobile platform native browsers.

  Passdock : Passdock is the faster way to create customizable Passbook passes, the new digital wallet by Apple.

This week Apple launch CarPlay, the best iPhone Experience on four wheels. Only few developers were allowed to work with CarPlay and adapt their Apps with Voice, Touch, Knobs and Controls features. But don't be afraid, CarPlay will support other apps on your iPhone and CRM could take an important place in the daily Sales Rep life.

CRM Software companies will get the opportunity to drive Sales Rep in the correct road with :

Relevant Customer Information

Activities follow-up

Sales and Analysis

Quick Call with Phone Integration

GPS connection

and much more...

How Google Glass will Revolutionize CRM Industries - #1 All representatives will be able to grab videos or take photos of their interactions with physicians or visits in hospitals or pharmacies using the new software of Google Glass. Today this information is not so critical because nobody is dedicated to study and analyze it. But this will change soon, thank to the photos or videos that can be taken with this new technology.

 New first features with Glass: - Take photos - Record Videos - Share any content