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Having systems in place for your commonplace operating tasks allows you to manage your time and your workload more wisely, function more efficiently, and provide a smoother and more professional experience for your clients.

As online shopping increases, many businesses are setting up digital shops to accept payments online and capture more sales. To be successful, businesses need to incorporate streamlined online payment processing. Before you get started, it's important to know the "three P's": Players, Payments, and Pricing. 

As a small business owner, the way you manage your time affects your earning potential, your income, your productivity, and new product development. It can also dictate your client acquisition, retention, and how quickly and aggressively you can grow your small business. 

Hiring your first employee is a significant milestone on the road to small-business success. It also comes with a whole new set of responsibilities. Luckily, there are tools that can help you meet these challenges and set you up for success.

There are many perks to being a business owner, but the tendency to work at all hours probably isn't one of them. So, how do you find a balance between your work life and home life?

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

Holiday sales sometimes account for as much two-thirds of the annual profits for a small business.  But does this have to be the case? Maybe not if you’re thinking about how you can be leveraging the work done during the holidays to generate lots of more work all throughout the year.

Money. Technology. Marketing. It’s all important for ensuring holiday success. But let’s agree that nothing’s going to get done unless you’ve got the people to do it. Here are a few ideas to find and motivate good people during the holidays.

Keeping customers happy can be your secret weapon for sustaining and building your small business. But unless you have a dedicated customer-service staff, it can be easy to forget day-to-day customer cultivation when you already have a lot on your plate.