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9 Transactional Emails to Help You Close the Deal
By Jamie Johnson | August 07, 2024
These nine transactional emails can help you drive new sales and improve the customer's experience with your brand.
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What Is Overhead Rate and Why Should Your Business Be Tracking It?
By Dock David Treece | August 05, 2024
Overhead rate is a measure of a company's indirect costs relative to another input or metric. Learn how to calculate your overhead rate.
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Have a Seasonal Business? Tips for Year-Round Profitability
By Saige Driver | August 05, 2024
A seasonal business doesn't have to mean limited profits. Learn strategies for managing expenses and keeping your seasonal business afloat all year long.
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Technology Terms Every Entrepreneur Should Know
By Neil Cumins | August 02, 2024
Even if you're not running a tech company, you should know these ubiquitous tech terms you'll encounter in your business setup.
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12 Collaboration Tools for Small Businesses
By Andreas Rivera | August 01, 2024
This article includes some of the best collaboration tools for remote teams to use to stay productive no matter where they work.
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How to Calculate a Running Total in Excel
By Sean Peek | August 01, 2024
Learn to create cumulative sums in Microsoft Excel with these step-by-step instructions and screenshots.
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Instagram for Business: Everything You Need to Know
By Max Freedman | July 30, 2024
Instagram can be a powerful business marketing tool and online shopping platform. Learn about the Shop tool, audience insights and more.
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How to Calculate Compound Interest
By Erica Sandberg | July 30, 2024
This guide explains what compound interest is and how to calculate it for your small business.
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What Is the Cost Principle?
By Dock David Treece | July 30, 2024
Cost accounting makes it easy to track the value of large assets on your books. Learn when to use it for your small business.
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4 Tips for Making Your Remarketing Campaign a Success
By Mark Fairlie | July 30, 2024
Remarketing gives online businesses multiple chances to sell to the same consumer, even if they visited once and left. Learn how remarketing works. 
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How to Drive Sales Using Sound
By Matt D’Angelo | July 29, 2024
This guide explains how to use sound to bolster your sales and marketing efforts, and to cultivate your desired brand reputation.
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Google Calendar: 11 Hidden Tips and Tricks
By Max Freedman | July 29, 2024
Google Calendar is already among the easiest calendar apps to use. With these tips and tricks, you'll find it even easier.
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10 Ways to Attract and Retain the Best Employees
By Skye Schooley | July 23, 2024
Companies will go to great lengths to attract highly skilled workers, research has found. Use these 10 strategies to attract and retain skilled workers.
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The Benefits of Medical Speech-to-Text
By Max Freedman | July 22, 2024
Medical speech-to-text allows you to dictate your medical notes instead of typing them. Learn more about all of the software's benefits.
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Customer Service Lessons From Luxury Brands
By Kiely Kuligowski | July 19, 2024
Luxury brands offer quality products and follow it up with excellent customer service. Learn how to implement high-end service practices in your business.
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Workers’ Compensation Insurance: What SMBs Need to Know
By Katharine Paljug | July 16, 2024
Workers' compensation insurance is a necessity for any business with employees. Learn why you need workers' comp, what it covers, and how to handle claims.
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How to Improve Your Hiring and Recruitment Process
By Skye Schooley | July 15, 2024
Searching for new talent? Follow these hiring tips to improve your employee recruitment efforts.
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What Is Telematics?
By David Gargaro | July 12, 2024
Telematics software offers several benefits to businesses that operate a fleet of vehicles. Here is how telematics can benefit your fleet.
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PEOs and Risk Management
By Max Freedman | July 10, 2024
PEOs can help you manage all of your business's risk management. Learn more about the help they provide.
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How to Write Better Job Descriptions
By Sammi Caramela | July 09, 2024
Learn how to write better job descriptions that attract the right talent for your business.
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Is the Internet of Things Bad for Your Business?
By Mark Fairlie | July 05, 2024
Connected devices are everywhere, but could they pose a threat to your business?
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What is BYOD?
By Jeremy Bender | July 05, 2024
BYOD (bring your own device) is an office policy that lets employees use personal devices to do company work. Learn the benefits and downsides.
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Do You Need an App for Your Small Business?
By Sean Peek | July 05, 2024
With mobile apps gaining traction as retail and marketing tools, should you invest in an app for your business? See if you need an app.
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14 Beloved Brands Gone Forever
By Chad Brooks | July 03, 2024
Learn which of your former favorite companies are no longer around.
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Presale Strategy: How to Set Up a Successful Presale
By Natalie Hamingson | July 03, 2024
A presale is when you sell products you haven't yet created as a way to gauge customer interest. Learn what's involved in a successful presale.
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How to Create Alexa for Business Skills Without Coding Experience
By Chad Brooks | July 02, 2024
This how-to guide explains how you can create useful Alexa for Business skills without the need for programming knowledge.
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What Is Greenwashing?
By Carlyann Edwards | July 02, 2024
Greenwashing might sound clean, but it's a dirty business practice. Here's everything you need to know about greenwashing.
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What Is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
By Donna Fuscaldo | June 27, 2024
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or the Dow, is an index that shows how 30 companies have traded in the stock market.
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How Salesforce Essentials Differs From Other Salesforce Plans
By Max Freedman | June 27, 2024
Salesforce Essentials is a CRM best suited for extremely small businesses with limited resources. Here is how it can benefit your small business.
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How Salesforce Starter Suite Can Serve Your Business
By Shayna Waltower | June 27, 2024
Salesforce Starter Suite is a CRM best suited for small businesses with limited resources. Learn how it can benefit your company.