Find Business Everywhere

IBA GomelIryna ZhuravaKeeping log of business relationships is not only the concern of a salesperson but also of everyone who has to work with clients, vendors or suppliers. It is not a newsflash that with the evolved technology there is no more need for long paper forms, notebooks, and business card holders and everything can be stored in a mobile device.People from different divisions within IBA Group were looking for a mobile application that is easy to use, can store safely business information of a contact person and a summary of the conversation, can get more information about the interlocutor’s company form social media, can be useful in one-on-one meetings and trade fairs, and has other advantages. There are mobile applications that do that stuff, but not all of them together.Our developers took the challenge and came up with a mobile application for iPhone and iPad called Marketing Application for Leads at Events (IBA.MALE). This application provides a solution for the following requirements:• Use at events: upload a list of possible persons who will be at that event• Capture and store interlocutor’s business information:o by scanning of a business card and recognition of the text on ito by scanning and recognition of a barcode or QR code and matching these with the person’s data in the pre-uploaded listo by manual entry of information• Receive online information on interlocutor’s company. The application allows for retrieving information on the contact person from LinkedIn online. It takes less than a minute• Log the conversation summary• Easy search of contacts by name, title, location or interests• Export of contacts via email or Bluetooth.With an existing free version of the application IBA.MALE Light you can check most capabilities of the application and decide whether to buy a full version of the application.