It can take a while for a small business to establish a credit rating and even longer to improve one. But make no mistake, your credit rating is an essential element when you seek credit or a loan. It also helps get you approved by landlords, suppliers, and vendors. Business credit scores are available from […]
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Shipping can either make or break new eCommerce businesses. Massive corporations like Walmart and Amazon have shipping down to an exact science, with order fulfillment centers all over the country. Amazon already accounts for around 40 percent of all online sales. To compete, small businesses need to find a way to get their products to
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Instagram is a leading video- and photo-sharing platform that belongs to Facebook. It includes many business-friendly features, including ads, analytics, business profiles, tagged products, purchase page links, shopping lists, support for e-commerce purchases, and more. Instagram is characterized by more engagement and less competition than other social media titans such as Twitter or Facebook. That
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The buzz word for increasing sales and conversions for any website is traffic, traffic, traffic. As a small business owner, one of the most significant digital assets you have is your website. When it comes to driving quality traffic to your small business website, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. There is also no single set-it-and-forget-it tool that is capable
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As we ease into the next tax year, it’s the right time to assess what’s new for businesses: Minimum wages: They went up in 13 states. You’ll need to refigure the withholding and deductions on affected employees. W-4 forms: They’re new for 2020, reflecting the removal of allowances for calculating paycheck withholdings. Overtime rules: About
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For new and experienced business owners, balancing income and expenditures is never as easy as it seems. There is a qualitative cost to every decision made, and extreme cost-saving measures can make it hard to attract employees. Spending too little on marketing can cause a business to become invisible to potential customers, too. Short-term profits
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Small business owners trying to grow their businesses need sufficient capital (i.e., money) to pay for inventory, marketing, equipment, and other vendor-related items. But owners must also have enough capital to pay for operational expenses like rent, utilities, and labor. And let’s not forget about the owner’s salary or draw. After all, most owners rely
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More than ever, when it comes to your marketing emails, content is king. That is, you can (and should) make your emails look attractive, but if they’re lacking compelling content, you can bet recipients will shuffle them off to the spam folder. Now, that doesn’t mean you need to be a Hemingway to create effective
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Leads are great, but only to the extent that you convert them to customers. It’s not rocket science, but you do need some smarts about motivating leads to purchase your goods or services. In this article, we’ll give you some tips on how to qualify and convert leads, thereby increasing your sales and growing your
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Tax accountants do much more than only handle your tax return. They advise on legislation that could affect your business. They oversee and prepare your company’s tax compliance reports. And they give feedback about budgetary concerns. If you’re running a business without a tax accountant, you can probably already see why adding one to your
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