We’ve offered tips on using social media for your business before, in posts such as, “Using Social Networking Effectively for Your Business” and “Where to Find Resources for Your Business Online”.  But as using social media for your business has become so important over the past few years, it’s important that as small business owners, you fully understand your social media options and how you can use them to the benefit of your business. Below [...]

If you’re like many other Americans, you probably tuned in to watch President Obama deliver his State of the Union Address last night.  As a small business owner, you also probably noticed that the future of small business in America was a hot topic. Below are some of the proposals concerning small business owners that were put forward. Take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use it to help community [...]

January is a month that is dedicated to all things customer related.  National Thank Your Customers Week, Customer Service Day and Get to Know Your Customer Day all fall in the month of January.  As the month of January has almost come to an end, it is only fitting to present a blog, highlighting the business cash advance blog entries that offer information and advice relating to customers. For small business owners, it’s important to [...]

As promised, Merchant Resources International has released the Merchant Cash Advance Guide.  The guide, which can be downloaded here, offers advice on expediting your merchant cash advance approval and funding, tips on making the merchant cash advance work for the benefit of your business and links to various articles and blog posts offering expert advice on the merchant cash advance. Now, small business owners no longer have to be wary about receiving a merchant cash [...]

February’s Issue of Entrepreneur magazine features an editor’s note from Entrepreneur Editor-in-Chief, Amy C. Cosper. In her note, Cosper explains the importance of credit for small business owners and the havoc that can be created when that credit is denied and/or revoked. The note includes some astonishing statistics. 38 percent of small businesses reported a decrease in lines of credit (National Small Business Association) 40 percent of small business owners who requested extensions to their [...]