A recent Strategy Analytics forecast posted on Mashable that says that the mobile business app industry will hit $50 billion in 2017.
This growth is not necessarily where many would think at first blush. We aren’t just talking about B2C apps for consumers to use. We’re also talking about a massive and expanding segment of the mobile market: small business apps.
Business operatives are demanding access to data from devices, they’re making decisions and implementing them through devices, and they are, of course, communicating like mad using their mobiles to their customers!
“The consumer mobile experience has taught mobile workers to expect, even demand, access to information and applications from anywhere using mobile devices,” said Mark Levitt, director of business cloud strategies at Strategy Analytics.
As businesses of all sizes get more comfortable incorporating mobile devices into their various functions, expect to see mobile development demand increase as people prime their minds to spot mobile opportunities and reach out to developers to make them happen. The work from home trend, if it continues upward, will also add another angle from which mobile functionality demand will increase.
If you’re in school and you like computers, here’s an idea: take a few classes on mobile development. You might just find yourself with a job after graduation.
Another way to get involved in the mobile industry is to check out the Bizness Apps mobile app resale program — where you can start your own mobile marketing company reselling mobile apps and mobile websites to small businesses!
