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October 3, 2016

More small busineses now ‘mobile-first’

  • GreenPal’s lawn care customers get bids, make appointments and pay using GreenPal’s mobile site or app.
    • By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — GreenPal CEO Bryan Clayton came to realize he had to scrap his company’s $90,000 website.

    The business aims to link homeowners with lawn care companies, but its software wasn’t equipped to easily handle requests from mobile users, and 85 percent of visitors using those devices left without a transaction.


     
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