Small business owners bring a passion to everything they do in creating an inviting, pleasing atmosphere for their customers. Great care is taken to build the perfect mix of products and services to turn the heads of potential customers and inspire loyalty in existing ones. Putting this all together requires time, patience, data, and…
Small business owners are quickly discovering just how many benefits are being provided by having a POS infrastructure built around iPads. The sleek and sophisticated feeling that an iPad-based register can present to a customer makes a lasting positive impression of your business. And, this only grows when you also take advantage of POS…
It’s hard work running a small business, but the excitement of doing it helps you push through. You’d take a tough day at your office as an entrepreneur over working at someone else’s company any day of the week. At least, that’s what you tell yourself when your workload—and your stress level—are bursting at…
Tablets mean business. It’s difficult to understate the impact tablets have had on the way companies operate. TechRadar states that tablets have become “an essential business tool for communication and productivity,” and retailers know very well how important tablets have become in their efforts to improve customer service and make business processes more efficient.…
Nobody knows the value of a dollar like a small business owner. Yet small business owners also appreciate technology that makes their operations more efficient and increases sales. That’s why it’s surprising to learn that 56 percent of single-store retailers still have no POS system in place, according to a survey conducted by Software…
Your business is the structure you build around your ideas. It’s something you assemble piece by piece as you move along: trusted staff members; suppliers with the good stuff at a great price; a loyalty program unique to your products. So when you find an accounting program that works for you it’s understandable that…
The basic features of any product define what it can do for you. If you have a specific solution in mind, all you need do is match what you want with a brief snapshot of what’s on offer. That’s all good when you’re dealing with consumer-grade stuff with few differences, like coffee makers—do I…
Sitting at any point of the day is a rare luxury for the owners and staff of a bustling salon. Whether it is running to the storeroom for more product or the intricate dance of maneuvering customers to the appropriate stations, you and your staff don’t have time to be sitting behind a desk.…