WhatsApp for Business

So... you need to get word out quickly to your staff and you don't want to send emails or text messages to their phones. Have no fear! WhatsApp has come to the rescue.

Step 1
Go to WhatsApp on your phone, if you don't have, Google and install it on your phone. The software will go through your Contacts, quickly showing you, those that use the app already.
Click on the "Menu Button" as shown in the photo.

This reveals the menu as shown in the photo below. Select "WhatsApp Web" enclosed in the red rectangle.

Clicking it, reveals  a page as shown below in the photo, which happens to be a QR scanner to scan QR code on WhatsApp website.

Step 2
Go to your web browser and type in "https://www.whatsapp.com/" in the urlbar, which takes you to the webpage as shown below.

Click on "WHATSAPP WEB" just like you did on the phone, which takes you to the page as shown below, which shows the QR code that you will scan with your phone to get connected.

Scan the code to connect.

Step 3
Voila!!, we are connected, as shown in the photo below.

The magic weapon is the "New group" function as shown in the photo below.

With this function, you can create groups and add contacts that you wish to be part of the group. As an example, for a minicab business, there can be a group called "All Drivers" to send a job out to everyone. There can be a group called "East" for everyone that lives east of town. Sending message is done by clicking on contact and typing in the textbox ( like the regular WhatsApp on the phone) , just happens to be done on a computer this time instead of a mobile phone.

Getting word out about offers and new products is another good use of this app. One can attach scanned copies of flyers and send out customers. The constraint of typing  on a mobile phone keyboard has been taken out and there is no limit to what can be done with software.

Enjoy  using WhatsApp for your business.