What You Need to Know About Merchant Cash Advances
Depending on what kind of business you have, you might not be able to turn to a bank for money. For those for whom a traditional bank is not a viable source of capital, a merchant cash advance can be the answer.
Read More How to Set Up a Chart of Accounts
Now that you know how to set up your accounting system and how to hire a bookkeeper, its time to learn about some bookkeeping basics. You may have been avoiding this for a long time, but its easier than you think!
Read More Dig Into the Customer Experience Before Launching New Products
I’ll bet that most smaller businesses and nonprofits launch products, services, and programs without ever digging into the expected customer or user experience. They may or may not do the due diligence by researching their market’s reactions to names, descriptions, and visuals.
Read More 10 Tips for Selecting the Ideal Virtual Terminal for Your Business
Virtual terminals are necessary for phone, fax, and mail orders, when you don’t physically have the customer’s credit card in order to swipe it. You can process credit cards from any computer with internet access. Since the terminal is browser-based, no additional equipment is necessary.
Read More The 4 C’s of Social Media
The 4 P’s have been transformed to the 4 C’s: Content, Conversation, Community, Connections. If your target market includes Tech Buyers, then you’ll want to take a look at this infographic from for some key social media insights.
Read More Osmosis Streamlines Projects into More Billable Work
Work without pay? Unless you’re a masochist or working for charity, nothing could be worse. Yet professionals put in a lot of effort all the time drafting proposals, dealing with projects run amok, and battling to collect payment, with nothing extra to show for their energy spent. Just part of the job? No. There’s a better way to do things.
Read More Is there possibly a good source that is relatively inexpensive, possibly free that leads to customers who would be interested in my product?
Sales associates have different strengths. Some do better cold calling, some do better setting up appointments over the phone and some do fine with either. The key is to determine which method is most effective for you.
5 Things to Know About Payroll Taxes
“Making payroll”—that is, managing a small business so that paychecks are delivered on time even when the unexpected occurs—can be one of the hardest parts of a small business owner’s job. One thing certain to make that job even harder is a payroll tax mistake that can lead to IRS problems.
Read More Create a Value Proposition by Knowing Your Target Audience
The next step in writing a value proposition is to identify your target audience and craft your message to them. Too many companies attempt to define their value proposition only in terms of their product. A product on its own, though, holds no value.
Read More Motivate Contribution
There are plenty of people who want to make a difference, but haven’t put their vision into action. Contribution is tied to action. You have to actually do something to get anything done.
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