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Meredith Wood

Meredith Wood is Editor-in-Chief and VP of Marketing at Fundera, a marketplace for small business financial solutions. Specializing in financial advice for small business owners, Meredith is a current and past contributor to Yahoo!, Amex OPEN Forum, Fox Business, SCORE, AllBusiness and more.

5 Best Practices for Turning New Customers into Loyal Customers

Apr 1, 2019 By Meredith Wood

If you asked them, most small business owners would say that they’re focused on the “lifetime value” of their customers—but that’s probably because they think they’re supposed to. Despite claiming to keep this metric top-of-mind, many owners don’t position their business to focus on how to keep their existing customers. According to Invesp, it costs […]

Filed Under: Sales Activities, Sales and Marketing Tagged With: Customer Acquisition, Customer Loyalty, Presentations

13 Entrepreneurs on Their Biggest Business Mistakes

Jan 28, 2019 By Meredith Wood

If entrepreneurship was easy, everyone would do it. Unfortunately, the reality is that half of all startups close within five years, which means you’re just as likely to fail as succeed. Sometimes failure is out of your control—disaster strikes, or a competitor gets an unexpected boost. But often, the reason is a little more depressing: […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Leadership, Mistakes, Planning

Anatomy of the Perfect Instagram Small Business Profile

Dec 5, 2018 By Meredith Wood

If you’re a small business that hasn’t considered social media strategy as a crucial part of marketing your brand, it’s time to get on board. There are now almost 3 billion social media users around the world, so connecting with your customers in the digital space is absolutely necessary to tell your brand’s story and […]

Filed Under: Online Marketing Tagged With: Instagram, Social Media

10 Biggest Holiday Office Party Mistakes Your Business Should Avoid

Nov 27, 2018 By Meredith Wood

As we approach this holiday season, business owners, human resources teams, and anyone brave enough to join a party-planning committee are hard at work organizing yet another office holiday party. Throwing a good holiday party means walking a fine line between letting people have fun and keeping things professional. It’s not an easy task—there are […]

Filed Under: Open Culture Tagged With: Events, Holidays, Mistakes

How to Keep a Good BBB Rating (and Why It Matters)

Nov 7, 2018 By Meredith Wood

The Better Business Bureau is the go-to resource for verifying a business’s credibility. They receive complaints about accredited businesses from consumers, and a business’s ability and willingness to respond to those complaints is factored greatly an accompanying score. That’s called a BBB Rating. Therefore, just joining the BBB’s roster of recognized businesses isn’t enough to […]

Filed Under: Customer Service Tagged With: BBB, Customer Service, Solving Problems

Starting a Business? Here are the First 3 Steps You Need to Take

Aug 8, 2018 By Meredith Wood

The beauty of becoming an entrepreneur is that no matter what your interests are, there’s probably a way you can turn that passion into a business. And chasing your entrepreneurial dreams can be a truly rewarding experience. But ideas are one thing—executing that idea and making it a reality is something else entirely. If you’re […]

Filed Under: Personal Readiness Tagged With: Financing, Getting Started, Startups

Prepayment Penalties: When the Early Bird Doesn’t Get the Worm

Jun 20, 2018 By Meredith Wood

It’s every small business owner’s dream: you took out a business loan to start or expand your small business, and it really paid off. Business is booming, cash is flowing, and you suddenly find yourself in the coveted position of being able to pay off your loan far before you anticipated. While you’ve always wanted […]

Filed Under: Working with Lenders Tagged With: Business Credit, Business Loans, Cash Flow

What is a Credit Inquiry and Why is it Important?

Jan 22, 2018 By Meredith Wood

There are a lot of factors that go into determining your credit score. While you’re likely aware that being tardy in repayments or declaring bankruptcy are the kinds of things that can damage your credit score, are you aware of the impact that a credit inquiry can have on your score? Below we’ll take a […]

Filed Under: Working with Lenders Tagged With: Business Credit, Credit Score

9 Reasons You Were Denied a Small Business Loan

Jan 12, 2018 By Meredith Wood

If you’ve just been denied a small business loan and find yourself asking why, the answer might lie in one of the nine reasons below. We can’t supply a cure-all for fixing your loan application so that it has an approval guarantee, but we can help you identify weaknesses in your application and help prepare […]

Filed Under: Working with Lenders Tagged With: Business Loans, Lenders, Mistakes

Is Your Brilliant Idea a Viable Business? 6 Ways to Find Out

Dec 7, 2017 By Meredith Wood

Every great business started out as a great business idea. Maybe you have a thought or two about the kind of company you’d like to start but you’re not sure if your idea has the strength to go from concept to reality. Read on as we take a look at the steps any budding entrepreneur […]

Filed Under: Creating a Plan Tagged With: Developing an Idea, Differentiation, Getting Started

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