SehMobile is Live

What a great day!

SehMobile is officially launched and underway.

For months we have had a team of as many as 7 people working on our new service which lets you create and customize a phone app for your agency.

But the work never ends. Now we get to build out new features to grow this service so it is the most valuable tool your agency has for connecting with customers and prospects.

One thing I have learned in the process - mobile and apps are not just the future of software, computers and communications. Mobiles apps are the present.

If you thought the world wide web happened in a hurry, you haven't seen anything yet. Mobile will build out 5 times as fast.

The good news is, you now have a very affordable tool to get onto the mobile platforms with your customers.

Let me know what you think.

Top Ranked Insurance Phone Apps

Ever wonder what the top ranked mobile phone apps for insurance are? Maybe not, because maybe you didn't think mobile apps were used much.

According to Mobclix the top ranked paid app in the iPhone App store on Jan 4th, 2011 was Angry Birds. The top ranked free app was Pimple Popper Lite. No wonder you don't think of mobile apps as a place for your business.

But look what the reality is. Here are the top 6 ranked insurance apps in the iPhone App Store on Jan 4th, 2011:

1. State Farm Pocket Agent ranks 75th
2. GEICO GloveBox ranks 92nd
3. iFarmers ranks 245th
4. Progressive ranks 263rd
5. Allstate Mobile ranks 421
6. eSurance Mobile ranks 644

There are over 300,000 apps in the Apple App Store. Those rankings are pretty impressive to me. Obviously the customers of these companies think these apps are important enough to take the time to download them to their phones.

A few agencies have apps. They rank fairly well also.

1. Drescher Insurance Agency ranks 6017th
2. The Insurance Dude ranks 2247th
3. TCP Insurance ranks 2896th
4. Treutel Insurance ranks 5009th

In the next week or so our SehMobile service will be launching a very affordable way for you and your agency to have its very own mobile app.

I hope you will take a look at it and give it some serious consideration. Based on the rankings above I have to believe your customers would appreciate it.

2010 Mobile Apps

Mobile apps have made a spectacular rise in 2010. Mobclix has a post of IDC's predicitions for Mobile Apps in 2011.

Here are the highlights:

1. In-App Purchasing, Enabling a New Economy
2. Apps aren't a One Trick Pony
3. It Pays to be Pushy
4. Apps Are Everywhere

According to this study 3 out of 5 people use an app before they will go to the web for search.

Also, amazing to me, the average smartphone user spends 2.8 hours a day using apps.

We all need to be thinking not if we need a mobile app, but what that app is going to do.

2010 - the Year of Mobile

Great video on 2010 as the year of mobile...

How We Use Cell Phones

Interesting look at cell phone use. Three out of ten in U.S. used them in 1999. Nine of ten in U.S. use them today. Click on image to see larger view.

Our Latest Development Project

Sometime in Dec of 2010 we will be releasing our first mobile app.

Here is an idea of the benefits we think it will provide you.



After the first release we will be adding functions such as claims reporting, request a change, self service Proof of Auto Liability Insurance and self service Certificates of Insurance.

These functions are all for you to provide to your customers and prospects. 

Still later we will be releasing an app for our Cap Dat ACORD users to manage and work with their Cap Dat ACORD accounts.

The world is changing and it is going to be a great year.

Introducing SehMobile

I am really thrilled to announce a new product line we are in the advanced stages of development on.

SehMobile is our soon to be family of Mobile Apps for the general insurance agent and as an additional front end to our Cap Dat ACORD and SehHey online services.

The way we communicate with customers has changed dramatically. Your Internet presence is more than your web site.

We will do our best to provide you with the tools you need to extend your contact and communication with your customers to devices of their choosing.

The business with the most choices wins.