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Tips for Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch
By Marisa Sanfilippo | April 01, 2024

Learn the dos and don'ts of an elevator pitch, and why it's an essential business speech.

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Payroll Checklist: 10 Steps to Process Payroll
By Max Freedman | March 29, 2024

Processing payroll is critical for businesses. Refer to this payroll checklist to ensure you stay compliant and don't miss vital payroll processing steps.

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Exporting Invoices From QuickBooks
By Max Freedman | March 28, 2024

Exporting invoices from QuickBooks is quick and efficient. Learn how to do it here.

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Insperity Review
By Erin Donaghue | March 28, 2024

Insperity Premier is a one-stop shop HR technology solution for human capital management (HCM). Learn more about Insperity.

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Go Answer Review
By Adam Uzialko | March 28, 2024

Go Answer is a competitively priced call center with exceptional customer service and a strong list of features, which earned it our best pick for call center for inbound services.

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10 Unexpected Ways Facebook Is Good for Your Business
By Bennett Conlin | March 28, 2024

Facebook can help you build your online brand, create meaningful connections with customers and potential employees, and increase overall productivity.

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Paychex PEO Review
By Kaylyn McKenna | March 28, 2024

Paychex, our choice as the best PEO for startups, offers a flexible plan that allows startups to mix and match services to get exactly what they need.

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TextMarks Review
By Jamie Johnson | March 28, 2024

TextMarks, our pick for the best customer service, is an accessible and easily customizable platform for businesses to successfully implement mass SMS marketing and communication campaigns.

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monday Sales CRM Review
By Jeff Hale | March 28, 2024

Learn how monday sales CRM helps teams track customer data and manage the entire sales cycle.

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Rippling PEO Review
By Kaylyn McKenna | March 28, 2024

Rippling provides small businesses with unique features like remote laptop management and local tax registration, making it our best pick for a scalable PEO.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud Review
By Sean Peek | March 28, 2024

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is best for mid- to enterprise-sized sales teams looking to improve their email and overall marketing strategies. It provides email personalization abilities to maintain...

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What Are Hyperadoptive Customers, and How Do They Benefit SMBs?
By Casey Conway | March 28, 2024

Hyperadoptive customers rapidly change behaviors and are willing to try new brands and products. Learn how to identify and keep hyperadoptive customers.

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Twitter for Business: Everything You Need to Know
By Saige Driver | March 28, 2024

Twitter is a powerful tool to raise awareness about your business, engage with customers, and develop leads. Learn how to use Twitter for your business.

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The CRM Metrics You Should Know
By Matt D’Angelo | March 28, 2024

Analyzing key metrics can help drive success within your business and make you more competitive. Here is how your CRM can help in those efforts.

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The Best Business Translation Services
By Sean Peek | March 28, 2024

To help bridge the language barrier, companies are using business translation services. Learn how these services ensure perfect translation of documents. 

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Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Customer Service to an Offshore Call Center
By Adam Uzialko | March 28, 2024

Find out the pros and cons of outsourcing customer service to an offshore call center and see what factors to consider.

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Pinterest for Business: Everything You Need to Know
By Saige Driver | March 28, 2024

Pinterest offers a great visual space to market your products or services. Learn how your business can set up and use this platform successfully.

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Most Consumers Want Sustainable Products and Packaging
By Andrew Martins | March 28, 2024

Consumers are getting wiser about the products they use, the accompanying packaging and the overall impact on the environment.

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Industry 4.0: How Technology Is Revolutionizing the Manufacturing Industry
By Adam Uzialko | March 28, 2024

Learn how Industry 4.0 is optimizing manufacturing with artificial intelligence, 3D printing and other technologies.

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How to Target Older Demographics With Social Media Marketing
By Natalie Hamingson | March 28, 2024

Not every business focuses solely on Gen Zers and millennials. If you're looking to market to older demographics, here are a few tips to keep in mind.

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How to Calculate Your Customer Retention Rate
By Max Freedman | March 28, 2024

Knowing your customer retention rate and some strategies to improve it can help boost your bottom line. See the calculation and get tips here.

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Guide to Creating a Business Plan With Template
By Skye Schooley | March 28, 2024

To make your business idea a reality, you need a business plan. Check out these simple business plan templates to get started.

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Facebook for Business: Everything You Need to Know
By Max Freedman | March 28, 2024

Facebook has advertising and engagement tools that benefit small businesses. Learn about Pages and ads, and get tips on engaging customers.

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Can Salesforce Stay on Top of CRM Providers in 2024?
By Leslie Pankowski | March 28, 2024

Salesforce is a dominant force in the customer relationship management world but small businesses have alternatives. See more options for CRM software.

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8 Big Data Solutions for Small Businesses
By Pamela Oldham | March 28, 2024

Learn the best way to deal with complex information so you can gather, analyze and use big data to benefit your company.

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6 Benefits of Email Marketing for Small Businesses
By Jamie Johnson | March 28, 2024

Email marketing is an affordable, effective marketing strategy for small businesses. Learn how email marketing can improve sales and build relationships.

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10 Business Instagram Accounts Entrepreneurs Should Follow
By Bassam Kaado | March 28, 2024

Follow these 10 Instagram accounts for entrepreneurial inspiration, and gain tips on how to use your own Instagram Business account effectively.

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How to Accept Mobile Payments via SMS
By Max Freedman | March 25, 2024

SMS payments can help you obtain customer payments that might otherwise go missed – and that's not their only benefit.

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PEO vs. HRO: What’s the Difference?
By Max Freedman | March 25, 2024

A PEO's co-employer agreement may seem more risky, but for some businesses, it's better than a standard HRO arrangement. Learn the differences here.

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What is a Merchant Cash Advance?
By Jamie Johnson | March 25, 2024

Merchant cash advances are a useful funding tool if your business is struggling with cash flow, but they can be costly.