Many business owners rely on credit ─ to get up and running, for working capital, and to fund growth. And in some ways, business credit reports are like personal credit reports. Credit bureaus use a variety of metrics to determine the risk associated with providing financing based on your business credit history.

One of the biggest challenges facing small businesses is responsible and secure handling of customer data and payment transactions.

Create a simple, professional invoice with our basic invoice template. In a few steps, you’ll add your company’s logo and contact information, list the services or products you provided, choose how you want to bill, and even set up partial payments or give your customer the option to tip.

Ready or not, the holiday shopping season has begun. And whether you’ve been planning for months, for weeks, or (uh-oh!) not at all, there’s one thing you should be doing now to help close those holiday sales – delivering a great customer experience. 

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Whether you want to bill hourly or by flat amounts, provide the option to be tipped, or enable partial payments, you can download this professional, free consultant invoice template to meet your needs.

Want to get things done this year?  Learn how with tips from other small businesses.

Being a small business owner is the very definition of “wearing many hats.” On any given day (or even within the same hour), you’re the marketing guru, the IT director, the office manager, the customer service rep … and the list goes on.

Launching a successful marketing campaign requires a number of decisions to be made. In fact, there are so many things to consider that it’s virtually impossible to launch a successful campaign without some formal planning.