by Judd Farmer | Jul 1, 2019 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Point Of Sale, Retail
A great point-of-sale system offers so much more than the ability to take a payment. There are lots of incredible things it can do. But oftentimes, people only focus on the obvious customer interaction when the cash register goes ‘ka-ching.’ Behind the scenes,...
by Judd Farmer | May 29, 2019 | Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Retail
One of the best ways to ensure a positive ROI on your social media efforts is to ask for the sale. Having a large following on social media doesn’t always translate to dollars and cents. At some point, you need to stop concentrating on building your audience and start...
by Judd Farmer | May 7, 2019 | Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts
In today’s competitive restaurant environment, knowledge can provide an important edge to your food business. With that thought in mind, we’d like to recommend five great reads for anyone looking to brush up on their restaurant business acumen. Here are some of...
by Judd Farmer | May 2, 2019 | Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Point Of Sale, Retail
Mother’s Day can be a great opportunity for email marketers but how can you stand out from the crowd? Mother’s Day is right around the corner and that means two things for small business owners: get ready for customers willing to spend and set aside time to call...
by Judd Farmer | Apr 18, 2019 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Retail
Every small business relies on new customers for growth. Here are a few simple ideas for getting more people through the doors. New customers are the lifeblood of every small business. They provide valuable new sources of revenue (always a good thing) and they provide...
by Judd Farmer | Nov 6, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Point Of Sale, Retail
Suppose your small business earned $500,000 in revenue this year, compared to $300,000 last year. That’s great news, right? Not necessarily. A business that does $300,000 in sales may profit handsomely, say, to the tune of $200,000, whereas a $500,000 business...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 18, 2018 | F&B, Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, News, Retail
When you think of major holidays, Halloween probably doesn’t make the cut. But does that mean that the seemingly frivolous child-centric holiday can’t help lead to more sales for your business? If statistics revealed by the National Retail Federation (NRF) mean...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 17, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Retail
The economic impact of Hurricanes Florence and Michael will exceed $100 billion. Obviously, the biggest tragedy of catastrophic weather events are loss of life. Small businesses also fail to survive extreme weather events. In fact, according to statistics by the...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 10, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, MobileBytes, News, Point Of Sale, Retail, Stadiums & Arenas
The latest and greatest POS systems can do everything from track inventory and employee hours; provide analytics and sales data; manage a loyalty rewards program, and much much more. POS systems can also, of course, take orders, process both credit card and cash...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 3, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, News, Point Of Sale, Retail, Stadiums & Arenas
If you tweet in the forest and no one is around to retweet, does your tweet make a sound? Forgive the social media philosophical thought experiment (and meager analogy)…. But let’s say you are the proprietor of a small brick-and-mortar shop with hardly any...
