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For Hospitality, Grocery and Postec Partener updatesHow To Get Your Business Ready for Black Friday (and Small Business Saturday)
The holiday shopping season is about to go into full swing. Are you ready yet? If not, here are some tips for how to get your business ready for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and even Cyber Monday. Check inventory levels How embarrassing would it be to run out...
School Promotions You Can Use To Market Your Business
Back to school has passed but that doesn’t mean you need to stop using school-related promotions at your small business. In fact, using school promotions will almost certainly endear you to the local community so it’s probably a good idea to continue using them....
How Your POS System Can Help Your Advertising
The point of sale system is often the backbone of a small business. So many parts of the business intersect at the point of sale that its lesser known features and capabilities often go unnoticed. One such area is in advertising. Yes, advertising. You may not realize...
Why Your POS System Is The Best Inventory Manager
Small merchants these days have it easy compared to the days of old. Once upon a time, a cash register took cash from a customer and ‘registered’ the transaction (most often on paper). And then, at some point during the week or possibly during the month, the owner and...
6 Ideas for Your Next Grand Opening
When you have a grand opening, it’s an opportune time to make a great first impression to your local community. It’s important to get it right because, just as they say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. With that in mind, here are six ideas to...
Top 4 Reports To Use With Your Point-of-Sale
When it comes to a point-of-sale system, anyone can take a credit card. That’s the easy part. What’s more difficult — and what separates a good point-of-sale system from a bad one — is the reporting on the backend. Having great reporting can make a real difference in...
Why It Pays To Add Video Surveillance to Your POS System
As a small business owner, you probably already know the value of a point-of-sale system. And, you might already know the value of a video surveillance system. But what you might not realize is the significant value of combining the two. A great video surveillance...
How To Earn True Loyalty From Your Customers
Why have loyalty programs proliferated so much in recent years? The answer is simple. Customers have more choices than ever before and they can shop from almost anywhere. Whether online or brick-and-mortar, the ability to purchase goods and services is no longer...
Last Minute Labor Day Email Marketing Tips
Labor Day is this coming weekend and that means two things for small business owners: put your marketing in order and get ready for customers looking to spend. We’ll assume you can handle the latter part on your own if you have a great point-of-sale system. For the...
4 Tips for Attracting More Customers To Your Retail Shop
If you want to be competitive this year, you’ll need to stand out from the competition. Here are a few tips for making your retail shop experience unique in ways that should attract more customers: 1. Offer new products Keep your inventory fresh with a selection of...
The Keys to a Great Grocery POS System
Grocery stores are unique businesses and the point-of-sale systems that run them are unique also. Today's grocery POS systems are more sophisticated than ever and they can help run your store better than they ever could in the past. But, if you don't know what you're...
How to Convince Your Boss To Buy A New POS System
If you’re an employee, it can be difficult to speak to a boss or manager about investing in a new piece of equipment such as a point-of-sale system. Here are some things you can say to your boss about why they should upgrade to a new system if the one that’s in the...
Small Business Video Marketing Strategies
There’s never been a better time in history to shoot and record video. The barriers to entry have never been lower. It’s become almost trivial to post a video to the web. And yet, because there are so many people out there shooting quick videos on their phones or...
Why Kiosks Are Booming in the Restaurant Industry
With unemployment hovering at historic lows and the hospitality industry in particular dealing with labor shortages, restaurants are getting creative in how to fill their needs. Business Insider recently reported on one restaurant that moved to counter service and...
Commercial Real Estate Lessons For Retailers and Restaurateurs
Signing the wrong lease can be very costly to a restaurant or retail shop owner. Unfortunately for many small business owners, finding a good commercial spot is often a last-minute search on the internet or a quick phone call to a friend who might know something about...
The Surprising Benefits of a Great POS System
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,...
Rewarding Employees With More Than Cash
Cash is always appreciated but it’s not the only option when it comes to rewarding employees. In fact, sometimes it’s not even the best option. That said, cash is often the first thing many managers and hiring manager think of when it comes to motivating employees....
Why You Should Upgrade Your Restaurant Point-of-Sale System in 2019
We’ve previously talked about why you’ll want to change your point-of-sale if you have one powered by a certain long-lived operating system. But, even if you don’t fall into that category, there are plenty of reasons why 2019 is a good year to consider upgrading or...
How To Get Your Business Ready for Black Friday (and Small Business Saturday)
The holiday shopping season is about to go into full swing. Are you ready yet? If not, here are some tips for how to get your business ready for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and even Cyber Monday. Check inventory levels How embarrassing would it be to run out...
School Promotions You Can Use To Market Your Business
Back to school has passed but that doesn’t mean you need to stop using school-related promotions at your small business. In fact, using school promotions will almost certainly endear you to the local community so it’s probably a good idea to continue using them....
How Your POS System Can Help Your Advertising
The point of sale system is often the backbone of a small business. So many parts of the business intersect at the point of sale that its lesser known features and capabilities often go unnoticed. One such area is in advertising. Yes, advertising. You may not realize...
Why Your POS System Is The Best Inventory Manager
Small merchants these days have it easy compared to the days of old. Once upon a time, a cash register took cash from a customer and ‘registered’ the transaction (most often on paper). And then, at some point during the week or possibly during the month, the owner and...
6 Ideas for Your Next Grand Opening
When you have a grand opening, it’s an opportune time to make a great first impression to your local community. It’s important to get it right because, just as they say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. With that in mind, here are six ideas to...
Top 4 Reports To Use With Your Point-of-Sale
When it comes to a point-of-sale system, anyone can take a credit card. That’s the easy part. What’s more difficult — and what separates a good point-of-sale system from a bad one — is the reporting on the backend. Having great reporting can make a real difference in...
Why It Pays To Add Video Surveillance to Your POS System
As a small business owner, you probably already know the value of a point-of-sale system. And, you might already know the value of a video surveillance system. But what you might not realize is the significant value of combining the two. A great video surveillance...
How To Earn True Loyalty From Your Customers
Why have loyalty programs proliferated so much in recent years? The answer is simple. Customers have more choices than ever before and they can shop from almost anywhere. Whether online or brick-and-mortar, the ability to purchase goods and services is no longer...
Last Minute Labor Day Email Marketing Tips
Labor Day is this coming weekend and that means two things for small business owners: put your marketing in order and get ready for customers looking to spend. We’ll assume you can handle the latter part on your own if you have a great point-of-sale system. For the...
4 Tips for Attracting More Customers To Your Retail Shop
If you want to be competitive this year, you’ll need to stand out from the competition. Here are a few tips for making your retail shop experience unique in ways that should attract more customers: 1. Offer new products Keep your inventory fresh with a selection of...
