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Score Points with Your Clients by Throwing Them a Party

This hack works for B2B and B2C businesses alike. Customers enjoy mingling with each other and appreciate your business going out of the way to spoil them. Not only will you get valuable face time with key clients, but you can also score points by making mutually-beneficial introductions among your clients. Many small-business owners think […]

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Cut IT Costs by Keeping Peripherals

When replacing old equipment, look at items it may make sense to keep. Many businesses choose to replace a desktop computer but keep the monitor, for instance. You can store a few extra monitors to replace any which malfunction. Instead of purchasing both a desktop and laptop for your in-office employees who sometimes travel, consider docking ...

Sales & Marketing

Simply Asking Customers to Review Your Business Can Boost Your Online Reputation

Showing customers you value their reviews can help motivate them to write one. Brick and mortar businesses have a number of options for this in their physical space. For instance, window stickers showing you’re on TripAdvisor or Yelp, existing customer reviews posted around your store or call-outs at the bottom of receipts. And of course, ...

Financing

Improve Your Cash Flow by Making Batch Payments

Good cash flow management means knowing what’s coming in and what’s going out and an organized system for paying bills all at once can be a huge help. Start by checking your calendar to see when your expenses or suppliers are due to be paid each month. Then, look at your accounts receivable to see ...

Sales & Marketing

Use the 3 C’s to Grow Your Email List – Coupons, Content and Contests

One of the fastest way to grow your email list is to offer potential customers something of value in exchange for signing up. The “right” offer will vary depending on your business, but a popular offer is an instantly-redeemable coupon, or IRC. For example, you might offer 15% off, a fixed-dollar-amount discount, or free shipping ...

Financing

When You Need Financing, Lower the Amount You Need to Borrow by Asking Clients for a Down Payment

We’re all used to the idea that companies must get their products on the shelves in order to make sales and hence generate profits. But what if you could ask for a chunk of the cash before you even broke a sweat? It does happen. Automotive pioneer Henry Ford (founder of Ford Motor) did this ...

Operations

Use Expensify to Reconcile Travel Expenses Faster

One of the biggest time sucks for employees in the modern era is filling out expense reports. This task can be painful if it involves finding receipts, photocopying them, and taping them onto a piece of paper. Expensify can be an excellent solution to solve this problem. It lets you scan receipts with its app and allows employers ...