By Akram Mondal
Technology can be an absolute goldmine to a savvy and entrepreneurial business, so long as you make sure that you are integrating it effectively and responsibly within your company.
This article aims to outline a quick guide to four of the most important tech skills that you should develop before trying to integrate anything too intense into your business.
1. Programming
First and foremost, if you’re going to start working with the more complicated forms of technology, you should make sure you understand how it works. That’s where programming comes in. After all, if you want to understand how computers work, then you need to learn the basics. You need to learn how to code.
You don’t necessarily need to become an expert in programming to fully benefit from this, but even a basic understanding of how computer code works can help you to better understand what can and cannot be done.
2. Working with APIs
Integrating technology within your business can be a difficult process at best, which is why it is important that you make full use of the range of technology and tools available to you. One of the most important tools that you can make use of when it comes to integrating new tech are APIs, which are so fundamental to integration that they literally have it in their name.
By utilizing APIs, you can help to protect your servers, your customers, and your business, all while working to provide your customers with the smoothest service possible. However, you will want to make sure that you understand exactly what it is you are using APIs for, whether you are using API gateway microservices or something far more robust.
3. Understanding and Implementing Feedback
When it comes to customer feedback in business, almost everyone knows the infamous phrase “the customer is always right”, and while this is – at best – a misguided philosophy, it does help to outline an incredibly important element of running a business: the importance of customer feedback.
The customer is – obviously – not always right; however, they are the ultimate expert when it comes to the experience they have received. Nobody is going to be able to give you a better insight into the customer’s experience in dealing with your business than the customer.
So learning how to deal with customers and their feedback can be an essential skill for running a business, particularly when you are dealing with eCommerce and other tech integrations into your business.
In fact, learning how to effectively and swiftly respond to feedback on your company’s tech integrations is an essential element of ensuring that your business is able to fully make use of the potentially massive benefits that such tech integration could provide.
4. Utilizing Tech Tools
Finally, one of the most important and impactful skills that you can develop while working with technology is the ability to recognize and utilize important tech tools. There are plenty of easily accessible tools that can work to make technology so much more effective, but few people make full use of the range of tools available to them.
If you could ensure that you and your entire staff are making full use of the range of tools that are available to you, it could be amazingly beneficial to your business. In fact, the potential bump to productivity is one of the most compelling and profitable reasons why you should spend your time finding and mastering these tools.
Additionals:
