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The “Forbidden Industries”
As a consumer, if you have a job, a consistent bank balance, and a decent credit score, you can usually work with a number of financial institutions and receive financing for a car. However, your cash-flow positive, profitable business with the same credit score can easily be turned down for a much smaller loan amount.…
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3 Ways to Watch the US Belgium World Cup Match at Work
So the US has made it to the knockout rounds of the World Cup, but you’ve got a problem. They play at 4:00 pm ET today. It seems that the World Cup scheduling committee doesn’t even care that you’ve got to work when the games are going on. You’ve explained this terrible predicament to your…
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Bluefin Payment Systems Partners with GoSmallBiz to Provide Quickswipe Mobile Payments
Bluefin Payment Systems, the leading provider of security and payment technology to retailers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), has partnered with GoSmallBiz.com to provide Bluefin’s QuickSwipe mobile point-of-sale system to GoSmallBiz.com clients. GoSmallBiz.com already provides business consulting, mentoring, tools and services for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Adding this mobile payment processing solution gives on-the-go…
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Selecting the Right Payment Processing Solution
Consumers want a variety of ways to pay. But choosing the best payment processing solution for your business can be confusing, because there are so many payment options and merchant account providers. Here are five easy steps to follow when researching which payment and processing solutions are best for your business—and your customers: 1. Evaluate…
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Choosing the Right Processing Equipment for Your Business
The primary categorizations of business are Retail, MOTO, and E-commerce. Each business type will require different types of “equipment” to process transactions. Retail On a basic level, retail transactions will require the following equipment: Swipe terminal. The swipe terminal reads the magnetic stripe on the credit or debit card. The stripe contains information about the…
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4 Small Business Lessons from The Walking Dead
I can’t be the only one out there who is slightly groggy from staying up late to watch Walking Dead last night. First, an aside—yes the show does air at 9 pm EST and yes I did say “staying up late” to watch it, but I have a 3 year old boy, so I was…
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Sales Tax on Internet Transactions
Contrary to popular belief, goods that you purchase over the Internet are just as subject to tax as if you purchased them at the local mall. The confusion arises because stores in the local mall are required to collect the tax from you, the customer, while virtual stores with no physical presence in your state…
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Benefits of a Payment Gateway
A payment gateway authorizes payments for retailers in all business categorizations. They ensure that sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, entered into a virtual terminal or on an E-commerce website, are passed securely from the customer to the merchant and from the merchant to the payment processor through the use of encryption. Traditionally, merchant…
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Dealing with Failure
In business, you have to constantly try new things, because most of the things you try won’t work. It doesn’t mean they weren’t worth the attempt; it just means that the small business world is impossible to predict. Because none of us know beforehand what will work, we have to try many things that fail…
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Finding Customers
The first step in the search for your next customer involves understanding who your ideal customer is. Look to understand their pains and their problems, then make sure you understand exactly how your solution will meet their needs—then you’ll be able to find the right customers. TJ Muehleman and Jared Malan of We&Co focused on…
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