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Offline Credit Card Processing
Most Americans own a credit card. That means a majority of the customers, clients, vendors and contractors vital to your business hold the power to pay with plastic. What’s more, credit and debit cards are by far the preferred payment method for over half of Americans today, relegating cash as the go-to practice for... Continue reading→
Quick Books
Small business owners have a friend in QuickBooks if you are willing to take the time to learn the ins and outs of this highly useful accounting software. It can help you with a wide range of financial and bookkeeping needs from dealing with payroll and payments processing to organizing your expenses, maximizing your tax... Continue reading→
Why A Food Truck Is Beneficial To Restaurant Owners
Are you working on starting a restaurant business, or considering ways to branch out and find new customers for the restaurant you currently run? One of the most common bits of advice is, “Get a food truck!” But a food truck or food cart is much more complex than just loading a car with... Continue reading→
Restaurant Apps For Your POS System
Do you use Clover for your POS System at your restaurant, food truck, or other food-serving business? Then you should take advantage of the latest Clover POS apps designed to help growing restaurants find more efficient, data-friendly and mobile ways to engage with customers while completing transactions. We encourage you to find which apps... Continue reading→
Cleaning Your Clover POS System
If you’ve recently invested in a point-of-sale (POS) system like the Clover Duo or Clover Mini for your business, you’re likely already enjoying the speed and organization Clover can provide –from logging and categorizing daily sales to automatically batching credit card payments and helping you generate a wide variety of sales and inventory reports.... Continue reading→
Cloud Based POS Systems
Small business owners are required to wear many hats in the course of a day. Using cloud based POS systems is a smart way to delegate many of the responsibilities that weigh you down every day, such as taxes, marketing, inventory, and even managing your business website. This allows you set priorities outside of... Continue reading→
How To Improve Customer Retention Rates
As a business owner, you know how important it can be to keep your customer or client base satisfied. In fact, a 2011 survey revealed that a whopping 89 percent of customers would refuse to return to a business after a bad experience, and this percentage continues to climb each year as social media makes... Continue reading→
Reviewing Your Credit Card Processing Services
Running a small business can seemingly require you to become an overnight expert in a number of diverse areas, from tax accounting to flat rate merchant services to online merchandising agreements. As a result, you may find your business is inadvertently slow to adapt to changes in the marketplace when it comes to its credit... Continue reading→
Taxes for Small Business
No business owners wants to pay more small business taxes than are necessary. On the flip side of the coin, you do not want to find yourself in a position where you are facing fines, fees, and penalties for paying an inadequate amount either. The better you understand your obligations when it comes to taxes... Continue reading→
How to protect your business from identity theft
Christmas is coming! While many businesses are busy decking halls and fa-la-la-ing all the way to the bank, this is the time of year when you should turn your thoughts to the very real risk of identity theft, how it effects your customers, and steps you can take to reduce their risks. Businesses today have... Continue reading→