“Service Sales” as a business model has always been a good revenue earner, but the “uncertainties of business” and “depleting service revenues” have made companies look for something that assures them a return… thus reasons for Product Development and marketing!

Some of the pre-requisites that anyone who steps into Product Development understands (or may be should do, if they don’t) are  (1) they have to make revenue out of it (read it as continued revenue), (2) their product should have a target (should be sizeable) audience and (3) the product should have a long shelf life (should have a long term vision).

As more and more service companies move to product development – we decided to investigate, if SMART AIMS too could tread a similar path!

Before that though, we decided on a quick research to find out, if Product Companies are successful and if this model is just right for all. Results were eye-opening to say the least!

• Off every 100 Product Ideas that are shortlisted and put on the development table… just 2 see the end of a successful development phase and are released…
• Off a 100 products that are released, just 1 (one) makes for a positive ROI and the others are just lost and do not even make to the tables for the targets they were thought for!

With all these facts and ideas in the bag, we decided to place the following question to all our friends, partners and clients who have helped us be SMART AIMS.

Is a ‘SMART Product” the Future for SMART AIMS and how do we say that the product idea that we have (we do have more than one though) is the way to go?

Please take a moment to help us make the next move, do write in your suggestions and send us your comments and feedback to info@smartaims.com .

We wish all Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year, and assure you to be back older and matured with 2011.

Bidding adieu to 2010 and wishing that 2011 helps SMART AIMS grow and be more visible, we thank all for their continued support and cooperation.

The Good news is.. we are BACK.. and we are still there.. Surviving the changes both technology and resources wise, and making slow but steady progress. We have been busy with too many things including planning for the year 2010.. apart from working on projects/clients, structuring the workforce and adding key people to the organisation.. and thats been keeping us busy.. but we promise you to update of whats up with us from now.. at regular intervals.

SMART AIMS has been adding technology expertise and we are now working more and more with Open Source applications/tools like Joomla, Wordpress, Zencart apart from the still going strong PHP. Open source development is the mantra for us in 2010.. and we will be adding technologies and expertise and ofcourse resources as and when we grow! You have a requirement that needs a dedicated and sincere team.. wait no further and get in touch with us right away. Our clients vouch for our excellent support and deliverables.. feel free to ask for references!

Mobile application development is another avenue that we at SMART AIMS have been exploring, Windows Mobile was always there, but we are now moving towards Symbian and Android development, both of which are expected to nose us ahead of competition.

Our web designs have always been a class apart and have been openly accepted by our clients… but thats not where we stop.. we are now moving ahead to make our client websites more sale able.. adding Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation expertise.. that will allow us to serve our client better and be a One Stop Web Solution company. We look to constantly innovate and upgrade ourselves to give our clients the best in class solutions!

Product development is another avenue that we have forayed and it adds an important dimension to our portfolio.. We intend to develop secured and easy to deploy products.. more on it in times to come!

Being an organisation that has grown from the society, we decide to do our bit for the society.. and in this endevor of ours we are being supported by none other than the mighty Microsoft..  after being Microsoft BizSpark members, we are now trying to contribute and work with Microsoft on the S2B  (Students to business Initiative), and contribute in whatever extent we can to the community.

Keep checking our blog for the latest happenings in SMART AIMS and the progress we have made!