Sales
Growth Comes from Entrepreneurship
There is no country in the world where the culture of entrepreneurship is more central to life for millions of people than the United States. Think of the greatest innovations of the past century, and beyond. How many of them came from the United States? The Atlantic Magazine surveyed scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and technology historians…
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What Are You Afraid Of Anyway?
“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” -Dale Carnegie Have you ever built something up in your mind, only to find that when it happens, you stand back and say, “Wow—you know what, that wasn’t…
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Why We Miss Our Goals
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar. You know exactly what you want to do. You have it all figured out. And then somewhere along the line, something happens. You’re not even sure what it was—all you know is the end result: whatever it was you were planning, it didn’t get done. This problem is…
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What Do I Need to Know About Sales Tax?
Sales tax is a tax on retail sales transactions. Sales taxes are set up by each individual state and local jurisdiction, and can be administered in a variety of ways. Some sales taxes are on the retailer directly, while others are on the consumer, but collected by the retailer. Exemptions to the tax are also…
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Simple Sales
Sometimes we make things harder than they need to be. When it comes to sales, we often think we have to be the flashiest, the funniest, the pushiest or the most eloquent in order to close the deal. But it’s actually a lot simpler than that. Find out what a person wants, needs, or desires…
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Lowering Online Fraud to Lower Transaction Fees
Fraud is undoubtedly the biggest problem facing merchants processing payments online. Fraud costs merchants and consumers millions of dollars every year in goods, services, fees, and penalties, and all merchants must be diligent about fraud protection to ensure happy customers—and good rates. Merchant processors will assess your fraud risk exposure based on a number of…
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7 Reasons Not to Take Your Small Business Public
When in need of cash to fund your business expansion, you might consider initiating contact with an investment bank to discuss your options for an Initial Public Offering (IPO). While many entrepreneurs decide to go public for the enticing financial incentives, I’d like to discuss a few reasons why many small businesses choose to hold…
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How do VoIP and Mobile Work Together?
For the small business, VoIP services can work in conjunction with an existing Smart Phone or mobile phone in several different ways. Because VoIP relies on the Internet connection rather than a physical wire from the telephone company, it is important to configure or set up the VoIP service for redundancy. This means programming the…
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The Role of Interchange
Interchange is the fee that the card issuer or the debit network charges the merchant to process a payment. Interchange is designed to compensate card-issuing institutions, such as banks, for the risk and the expense they incur to process transactions; interchange is included in the transaction fee that your payment processor charges. Credit card interchange…
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What is Involved in Implementing a VoIP Solution?
For a small business, there are several factors that go into the implementation of an Internet Telephony (aka, VoIP) solution. This presumes that an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) has already been selected. Implementation factors include the following: Number of users, extensions, and telephones required Existing telephone service (if any) Telephone number porting and number…
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