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Four Steps to Get Back to Work and End the Year Strong
As summer starts to wind down and vacation season nears it’s end, it’s a great time to start thinking about the second half of the year, along with the strategies and tactics you’ll employ [...]
Important Small Business Financial Metrics You Need to Know
I don’t think I’m alone when I suggest, that like many small business owners, I didn’t jump into business ownership because I was really excited about small business bookkeeping or [...]
4 Things Every Business Owner Needs to Run a Thriving Business
Small business owners come from different backgrounds and, many times, different skill sets. Regardless of whether your background is in sales, marketing, or a technical background [...]
How to Launch Your First Content Marketing Campaign
Content marketing has become an indispensable asset to many companies. In 2016, marketing teams in the U.S. spent $12 billion on content, while $40 billion was spent globally, estimates [...]
Building a Virtual Sales Team from the Ground Up
In today’s mobile economy, workforces are increasingly deployed remotely, and sales teams are becoming increasingly virtual. By 2020, half of full-time employees are expected to [...]
The Account-Based Sales Strategy
Despite global and local uncertainty, sales were up across the board in 2016, from food and retail to consumer holiday spending. And as noted by CMO, B2B spending is also on the rise as [...]
Strategies to Motivate Your Sales Team
There’s nothing really easy about being on the sales team. They need to convince new clients — often through cold calls — that your product or service is the best for them. It requires [...]
Online Applications for Small Business Loans
Technology is changing everything. From the way we make travel arrangements, shop at the department store, hail a cab—and even the way business owners apply for a small business [...]
Short-Term Business Loans
When most people think of a small business loan, they think of the traditional five- or 10-year term loans available from the bank, the credit union, or an SBA-guaranteed loan. When [...]
What You Need to Know About a Business Line of Credit
A business line of credit can be a valuable tool for small businesses that take a strategic approach to making sure they have access to the resources they require to meet [...]
Small Business Loans for Women
Women-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurs in the United States and account for roughly 40 percent of the small businesses in our country. And [...]
Working Capital Financing
If you’ve ever heard the phrase, cash flow is king, it’s talking about the working capital requirements of a small business. It’s not uncommon for businesses, large and [...]
Small Business Loans: The Complete Guide
Although traditional business lending has rebounded since the start of the great recession, the recovery has not been as robust for the smallest small businesses [...]
Understanding Equipment Financing and Leasing
To understand equipment financing and leasing, it’s important to understand what is considered “equipment”. In terms of equipment financing, any tangible asset, other than [...]
What is a Merchant Cash Advance?
A merchant cash advance allows a business owner who accepts credit card payments or has other payment or receivables streams to obtain an advance of the funds regularly [...]