If you want to make more money in your business, you need to balance energy spent on acquiring new customers versus retaining existing customers. Often, retention gets lost in the flurry of trying to get new customers. Don’t make that mistake! You can boost your bottom line by retaining the customers you already have. You […]

Brick-and-Mortor Businesses Must Claim Their Google Places Listing
Now that smartphones and tablet computers are everywhere, your business needs to be everywhere, including Google Places. What is Google Places, and why is it important to be proactive with your Google Places listing? Google Places makes your brick-and-mortar business or office show up on a potential customer’s screen when they search using Google or […]
Payment Processing Solutions – How to Know it’s Time
Maybe you’ve been using your current payment processor or wireless credit card terminal for years, and are reluctant to admit it’s time to change. Maybe your customers get frustrated because you’re limited in the types of payments you can accept. Whatever the reason you’re considering switching Payment Processing Solutions, the best thing you can do […]
ACH Safer than Paper Checks?
AutoPay via ACH or credit card versus writing a paper check: Which is safer for consumers? Many consumers now pay via some sort of AutoPay whereby their checking account or credit card is debited automatically for payment. Some consumers still write a paper check possibly for concern over the safety of electronic payments. So which […]

Website Payment Solutions
Client Guest Blog Post by Mark Scheibach, Aloha Golf Card. When we started looking for a service to integrate credit card processing into our website, we needed to make sure we would have minimal problems for our growing company. Operating a company in cyberspace where purchases can come from anyone and from anywhere presents some unique […]
3 Steps to a More Organized Business Life
Get Your Business Life Organized The fiber of our business being is our ability to multitask to the point of strain and exhaustion. But in trying to “do more” are we’re really just “doing less”? Studies show a correlation between multitasking, high stress and stunted potential – leading to a scattered and unfulfilled business mind. […]

Online Calls to Action – Translate To Offline Sales
Your Online Calls To Action All businesses need an online storefront that shifts visitors into customers with a decisive call to action. A call to action shakes your site visitor from a passive web surfer to an active participant interested in your business. And with online shopping positioned as one of 2011’s market success stories, […]

3 Reasons Why Email Marketing Helps Grow Your Business
Sending the right emails at the right time to your opt-in list is one of the best ways to grow your business. No matter what other marketing you are doing — print, radio, TV, social media, Facebook, Twitter, SMS text marketing, phone calls, direct mail, brochures, networking, business cards, word-of-mouth — email marketing has an […]

Athletic League Payments
Running a sports league can present some time consuming tasks, and one such on-going task was the collection of league fees, the depositing of the payments and the reconciliation for accounting purposes. Reducing time spent on redundant tasks frees us of man hours spent on these tasks and allows us to focus on things that are more […]

Systems and Automation
Systems and Automation: Business Building Essentials I have 3 dogs and picking up after them is not a fun job. I have thrown in the towel and called a local dog waste removal service. The owner had returned home after being in the Army for 2 years and could not find a job so he […]