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For Hospitality, Grocery and Postec Partener updatesValentine’s Day Promotion Ideas for 2021
Let's just admit that everyone's expectations are a slightly lower this Valentine's Day. Yes, the pandemic has put something of a damper on the holiday but that doesn't mean it's cancelled. No! In fact several restaurants and food service chains have rolled out some...
9 (Almost) Free Marketing Resources For Small Businesses
Let's face it: marketing and advertising is expensive. It's easy to blow a bunch of cash on marketing for your small business. In fact, there's probably no end to the amount you could spend. That said, there are some less expensive options for marketing on a shoe...
How You Know It’s Time For A New POS
Your point of sale has been with you for some number of years. How do you know when it's time to set it out to pasture and upgrade to a more modern system? Here are some factors that we typically see when business owners decide they're ready to toss out the old and go...
The Advantages of a Mobile POS
A mobile point of sale is just a point of sale that's on a tablet computer, right? Is there anything more to it? In short, yes. There's a lot more. A mobile point of sale does more than just let you accept payments on a tablet. It enables your staff to provide a...
Last Minute Tips For Ecommerce Holiday Success
So, let's just say it off the bat: this holiday season will be like no other holiday season. Hopefully, we'll never need to repeat it! That said, what can small business owners do to make the most of it? One thing is to spruce up your ecommerce site in a bid to...
Consumer Trends Shifted During The Pandemic. Your POS Needs To Keep Up.
How much change has the pandemic brought to consumer habits? In writing up the results of a recent consumer survey, the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. concluded that the pandemic condensed 10 years' worth of ecommerce adoption into a mere three months. Indeed, it...
Getting More Influential Reviews: The Research
Quick question: is it better to have several, short five-star reviews or one long, detailed four-star review? If you guessed that five star reviews are always better, you can be forgiven for thinking that way. After all, it seems logical. But, recent research into...
What does a typical point of sale system include?
Does a pandemic sounds like a good time to start a business? A crazy as it may seem, there are millions of Americans who are venturing out on their own in 2020. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that applications for new businesses are rising at their...
Pandemic-Inspired Marketing Ideas For Your Restaurant
When the pandemic arrived, restaurant owners had to swing into action in order to keep cash coming in. It wasn’t easy given the burden of lockdowns in several states that prevented in-person dining. Nevertheless, many restaurants found clever ways to continue making...
Should You Stop Accepting Cash? Some Considerations
Fears over the coronavirus have changed how people think about cash. On one hand, consumers are less inclined to shop and pay with cash due to fears of virus transmission. On the flip side, restaurants and retail shops have discouraged the use of cash to reduce...
Tips To Improve Your Restaurant’s Website
Think of your website as the front door of your restaurant. It’s the place where prospective customers will look for information about your establishment and then decide if they want to come inside. For that reason, you’ll want to put your best digital foot forward....
5 POS Reports To Unlock Cash Flow
As a small business owner, it can be difficult to keep track of all the moving parts in your enterprise. To that end, it’s helpful to be able to grab a quick snapshot of how the different parts are performing. That’s where POS reports come in handy. They can provide...
Evaluating A Grocery POS System
The pandemic has underlined the public’s reliance on grocery stores. There’s probably no part of the industry that has not felt the stress of this increased demand. Technology, however, can help alleviate some of this stress and many grocery businesses are looking for...
Making Guests Feel Comfortable During Your Restaurant Reopening
The restaurant business may have changed forever thanks to COVID-19. It will be several years before we know for sure what the ‘new normal’ consists of but, odds are that things will be changed at least for some extended period of time. What we do know for certain...
Negotiating 101 for Small Business Owners
How did your last negotiation go? Did the landlord ask for an increase in rent that felt unjust? Did a vendor raise prices at a bad time? How about an employee who said they needed two weeks of vacation in the middle of busy season? As a small business owner, you...
What To Look For In A Modern Restaurant POS
Nothing has boosted restaurant technology updates faster than 2020. Wait. Are you still getting by with an outdated point of sale system? Here are just a few features of modern POS solutions that have pretty much become requirements for today’s restaurants. Indeed,...
Ready To Reopen? Here Are Four Things To Keep In Mind
Many states have begun relaxing restrictions on social gatherings and person-to-person distancing, opening the way for restaurants to restart dine-in service. But, as many have noted: closing was easy — reopening will be a little trickier. Business owners need to be...
How To Keep Online Complaints From Spreading
In September of 2015, a Philadelphia police officer said he was denied access to the restroom facilities at a well-known coffeehouse chain. He decided to post what researchers described as a ‘high-arousal negative complaint’ on the coffeehouse chain’s Facebook page:...
Valentine’s Day Promotion Ideas for 2021
Let's just admit that everyone's expectations are a slightly lower this Valentine's Day. Yes, the pandemic has put something of a damper on the holiday but that doesn't mean it's cancelled. No! In fact several restaurants and food service chains have rolled out some...
9 (Almost) Free Marketing Resources For Small Businesses
Let's face it: marketing and advertising is expensive. It's easy to blow a bunch of cash on marketing for your small business. In fact, there's probably no end to the amount you could spend. That said, there are some less expensive options for marketing on a shoe...
How You Know It’s Time For A New POS
Your point of sale has been with you for some number of years. How do you know when it's time to set it out to pasture and upgrade to a more modern system? Here are some factors that we typically see when business owners decide they're ready to toss out the old and go...
The Advantages of a Mobile POS
A mobile point of sale is just a point of sale that's on a tablet computer, right? Is there anything more to it? In short, yes. There's a lot more. A mobile point of sale does more than just let you accept payments on a tablet. It enables your staff to provide a...
Last Minute Tips For Ecommerce Holiday Success
So, let's just say it off the bat: this holiday season will be like no other holiday season. Hopefully, we'll never need to repeat it! That said, what can small business owners do to make the most of it? One thing is to spruce up your ecommerce site in a bid to...
Consumer Trends Shifted During The Pandemic. Your POS Needs To Keep Up.
How much change has the pandemic brought to consumer habits? In writing up the results of a recent consumer survey, the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. concluded that the pandemic condensed 10 years' worth of ecommerce adoption into a mere three months. Indeed, it...
Getting More Influential Reviews: The Research
Quick question: is it better to have several, short five-star reviews or one long, detailed four-star review? If you guessed that five star reviews are always better, you can be forgiven for thinking that way. After all, it seems logical. But, recent research into...
What does a typical point of sale system include?
Does a pandemic sounds like a good time to start a business? A crazy as it may seem, there are millions of Americans who are venturing out on their own in 2020. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that applications for new businesses are rising at their...
Pandemic-Inspired Marketing Ideas For Your Restaurant
When the pandemic arrived, restaurant owners had to swing into action in order to keep cash coming in. It wasn’t easy given the burden of lockdowns in several states that prevented in-person dining. Nevertheless, many restaurants found clever ways to continue making...
Should You Stop Accepting Cash? Some Considerations
Fears over the coronavirus have changed how people think about cash. On one hand, consumers are less inclined to shop and pay with cash due to fears of virus transmission. On the flip side, restaurants and retail shops have discouraged the use of cash to reduce...
