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How to Make Your CRM Your Company’s Most Flexible Tool
By Mark Fairlie | April 18, 2024

Learn how to choose and implement flexible CRM software for your small business and which systems might work best for your company.

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5 Ways to Influence Your Subscribers With Relevant Content
By Jennifer Dublino | April 18, 2024

Customer and prospect engagement is crucial in email marketing campaigns. Learn how to influence and impact subscribers with timely, relevant content.

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Pipedrive vs. HubSpot Comparison
By Mark Fairlie | April 18, 2024

Pipedrive and Hubspot are user-friendly, full-featured CRM platforms for small businesses. Learn how their features, functionality and pricing compare.

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HubSpot vs. monday Comparison
By Mark Fairlie | April 18, 2024

HubSpot and monday Sales CRM can help your business handle leads, marketing, reporting and more. Learn how these top CRM software packages compare.

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Pipedrive vs. monday sales CRM
By Mark Fairlie | April 18, 2024

Pipedrive and monday sales CRM are full-featured customer relationship management platforms that can improve sales and marketing. Here's how they compare.

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Salesforce vs. monday Comparison
By Sean Peek | April 18, 2024

Salesforce and monday are user-friendly, full-featured CRM platforms for small businesses. Learn how their features, functionality and pricing compare.

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Square Review and Pricing
By Mike Berner | April 18, 2024

Square is a top credit card processor with no fees, low rates and pay-as-you-go terms. Learn why Square is the best credit card processor for startups.

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PayPal vs. Merchant Account: What’s the Difference?
By Jennifer Dublino | April 18, 2024

As you expand the types of payment options available at your business, here are the pros and cons of two popular ways for customers to pay.

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Stripe vs Stax Comparison
By Mike Berner | April 18, 2024

Stripe and Stax are two popular credit card processors for small businesses. Here is how they compare.

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15 Free Tools to Learn the Basics of Coding
By Scott Gerber | April 18, 2024

Coding might seem like a daunting, time-consuming and expensive skill to learn, but these entrepreneurs have learned the essentials with free tools.

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The Best PayPal Alternatives
By Jennifer Dublino | April 18, 2024

PayPal is a popular payment facilitator. However, several alternatives may be better suited to your business. Learn about the best PayPal alternatives.

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How the Cloud Can Help Grow Your Business
By Mark Fairlie | April 18, 2024

The cloud can help your business grow. Learn what the cloud is, the benefits of cloud services and software, and how much cloud services cost.

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Stripe vs. Square
By Jennifer Dublino | April 18, 2024

Stripe and Square give merchants an easy and convenient way to accept credit cards. Learn how their features, plans, pricing and integrations compare.

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Open for Business: 5 Options for Setting Up an Online Store
By Jennifer Dublino | April 18, 2024

There are various ways to open an e-commerce store and start selling online. Learn your online store options and their pros and cons.

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Website Design Tips for Small Businesses
By Jennifer Dublino | April 18, 2024

Website design is a crucial marketing element, representing your business to customers and prospects. Learn how to plan and design an effective website.

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Want to Invest in Digital Real Estate? How to Get Started
By Sean Peek | April 18, 2024

Everyone's familiar with real estate investment. It's as easy as buying a house or land to rent or sell for profit. Digital real estate works the same way.

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QuickBooks Online Review and Pricing
By Mike Berner | April 18, 2024

QuickBooks Online is an excellent small business accounting package. Learn about QuickBooks Online's features, like automation, security and integrations.

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How Social Selling Can Improve Your Sales Process
By Julie Thompson | April 18, 2024

Learn how connecting with prospects on social media can improve your lead-generation efforts.

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CRM Adoption, Market Size, and Usage
By Chad Brooks | April 18, 2024
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How Photoshop Has Maintained Market Dominance
By Sean Peek | April 18, 2024

Photoshop remains supreme among editing software for photos, graphics and videos. Here's how and why to use Photoshop for your business.

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What Your Wheels Say: The Top 10 Cars for CEOs
By Sean Peek | April 17, 2024

Check out our list of the top 10 cars for CEOs and what these cars say about your personality.

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Looking for Business Insurance? 10 Questions to Ask a Prospective Broker
By Kimberlee Leonard | April 17, 2024

Business insurance is critical – and complex. Learn how to vet a reputable broker who can help you decide which risks to insure against and for how much.

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Who Are You Hiring? The Shocking Cost of Resume Fraud
By Skye Schooley | April 17, 2024

Find out what resume fraud is, how it may impact your small business, and how to spot it.

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The Management Theory of Frederick Taylor
By Sean Peek | April 17, 2024

Make your business more efficient by using Frederick Taylor's scientific principles for employee management.

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Purchasing a Copier? Here’s What You Need to Know
By Sean Peek | April 17, 2024

Even with a reduction in workplace paper usage, office copiers are an essential operational tool. Learn the features and costs of top copiers.

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From COVID-19 to Hurricane Season: Disaster Preparedness for Small Business
By Skye Schooley | April 17, 2024

If you have a strong plan in place, it'll take more than a natural disaster like COVID-19 to sink your company.

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‘Bad’ Business Ideas That Made Bank
By Sean Peek | April 17, 2024

Does your business idea seem ridiculous on the surface? Take inspiration from these 10 businesses that found success despite starting with a "bad" idea.

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10 Signs a Customer Is Not Worth Your Time
By Jennifer Dublino | April 17, 2024

The customer isn't always right. Some customers are toxic or consume too many of your resources. Here's how to identify when to part ways.

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Ways to Prepare for a Gen Z Workplace
By Jennifer Dublino | April 16, 2024

Generation Z is flooding the workplace. Here is how you can prepare to meet the needs of this demographic and their unique perspective.

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With Power Comes Pain: The Downsides of Being the Boss
By Jennifer Post | April 16, 2024

Being a boss comes with challenges and hardships. Learn the downsides of being the boss and tips to reduce the stress of managing others.