by Judd Farmer | Nov 8, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, News, Retail, Security
Is your small business hiring? Consider hiring a veteran? Sure, you may have heard that the the veteran unemployment rate mirrors the current national trend of low unemployment. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is labor statistics don’t always...
by Judd Farmer | Nov 1, 2018 | News
“It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are… than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.” –Henry David Thoreau For many small business owners, Thoreau was on to something. It...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 30, 2018 | News
What exactly is marketing? Is it simply having a logo? And maybe storefront signage? Does your website and print collateral (postcards and flyers) count as marketing, too? The answer is yes to all the above. Sure, having a catchy, memorable logo helps. But...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 24, 2018 | News
The average person receives over 100 emails per day. That’s a lot of people you’re competing against if you’re sending emails. Granted, email marketing is easier for getting the message out about your business than other forms of marketing. Take for...
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 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 9, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, News, Retail, Security, Stadiums & Arenas
Long gone are the days when it was enough to reward your top worker with an employee of the month parking space. To maximize employee performance, that’s just not going to cut it anymore. But employees by and large still prefer to be lauded and praised for their...
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...
by Judd Farmer | Sep 27, 2018 | News
Tuesday, October 2nd, is the sixth annual Customer Experience Day (CX Day). In light of this, how can restaurants and retail shops show appreciation for their patrons? Before answering this question, though, doesn’t the question itself sound a bit trite? After...
by Judd Farmer | Sep 25, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, News, Retail
Perhaps you’re the proprietor of a relatively new neighborhood coffee shop, restaurant or retail store that’s doing extremely well. Or maybe you have a food truck and can barely keep up with demand. Time to expand? If you have a strong feeling that your...
