Small Business Loves Mobile Technology

PAYCHEX BUILD MYBIZ SMALL BUSINESSES LOVE ♡ MOBILE TECHNOLOGY Recent trends reveal that small businesses are using mobile technology more than ever to save time and increase productivity. SMALL BUSINESSES LOVE SAVING TIME 78 78% of small business owners believe mobile apps save them time. PERCENT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE SAVED TIME (BY EMPLOYEE COUNT) AVERAGE HOURS SAVED Single Person Businesses 100% 5.6 EMPLOYER HOURS 2-5 Employee 88% PER WEEK Businesses 6-10 Employee Businesses 11.33 65% EMPLOYEE HOURS PER WEEK 10+ Employee Businesses That's 880.36 hours saved per year, (or the equivilent of 22 full work weeks.) 74% SMALL BUSINESSES LOVE PRODUCTIVITY 85% of small businesses report using smartphones for their operations, more than double the usage five years ago. 85 PERCENT MOBILE NECESSITY SMALL BUSINESSES ON-THE-GO Business owners who use their mobile device as the primary 42% contact number for their business. Business owners who check email Of the small businesses using mobile technology, 50% say they could not survive – or it would be a major challenge to survive – without mobile apps. via their smartphone multiple times a day. 54% Business owners who use their mobile device to access the 36% Internet multiple times a day. PAYCHEX BUILD MYBIZ PAYCHEX Sources: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council: "Saving Time and Money with Mobile Applications.a Small Business 'app'ortunity," 2011. Enterprise Council on Small Business: "Mobile Hardware and Apps - Leveraging new mobile technology to target small business," 2011. AT&T Small Business and Technology Poll, 2011. AT&T Small Business Tech Poll, 2012. www.BuildMyBiz.com blog.BuildMyBiz.com facebook.com/BuildMyBiz twitter.com/BuildMyBiz © 2012 Paychex, Inc. All Rights Reserved.