The CRM market seems to be reaching saturation. But that’s all about quantity. Quality is another story: Only 18% of some 400 CRM companies on G2 are rated between 4 and 5 stars. Such a low satisfaction rate greases the wheels for startup CRMs to emerge and evolve. Being big and mighty is not always …
Enterprise CRMs vs. SMB CRMs: Small CRMs Have Advantages Read More »
Estimated income tax payments remain a fact of life for most of us who run our own businesses. Those who are employed receive paychecks where the employer withholds taxes. But most business owners and the self-employed must to periodically send an amount called “estimated tax payments” to the IRS. You may also need to pay …
Estimated Tax Payment Answers for SMB Owners, Self-Employed Read More »
Google is acquiring Irish startup Pointy, the companies announced Tuesday. Pointy has solved a problem that vexed startups for more than a decade: how to bring small, independent retailer inventory online. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Pointy had raised less than $20 million so it probably wasn’t an expensive buy for …
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One of the biggest challenges small business owners have to contend with is time. To be more precise, how little of it there is. And according to a new survey and report from QuickBooks Payroll, owners are spending almost 5 hours (4 hours and 52 minutes) calculating, filing, and paying payroll taxes each pay period. …
Payroll Taxes Take up to 5 Hours Per Pay Period for SMB Owners Read More »
At Facebook’s F8 developer conference in April the company announced a number of new offerings, among them WhatsApp Catalogs for small businesses. Facebook is now formally rolling it out in selected markets including Brazil, Germany, India, Indonesia, Mexico, UK and the U.S., with more countries coming soon. Showcase products or services. Catalog allows businesses on …
WhatsApp rolls out SMB product ‘Catalogs’ to support local discovery and commerce Read More »
In today’s world, more and more companies are seeing the potential benefits of implementing technology into their workflows. At the same, many are seeing the pitfalls of selecting the wrong technology. One of the major pitfalls in selecting technology is that it’s simply too difficult to get started with or too complex to use. In …
The new Expensify Card automatically generates an expense report, a receipt and shares transactions with your financial team. For small businesses, this new product means no more lost receipts and overspending on accounts. SMBs can also eliminate end of month money or accounting surprises with this simple swipe card. Small Business Trends contacted Anu Muralidharan, …
Expensify Card Shares Employee SMB Spends in Real Time Read More »
As a small- and medium-sized business owner, you are always looking for ways to reach your ideal customers. There are several strategies that you can apply to market your business, but it is always recommended that you follow industry leaders to understand the marketing strategies that have worked for them, rather than reinvent the wheel. …
What Amazon’s Marketing Strategy Can Teach SMB Owners Read More »
SiteGround and GoDaddy are two very different web hosting services. On the one hand, you have SiteGround, which focuses its service on a concise lineup of plans and direct support, and on the other, you have GoDaddy, which offers almost every service a small business could need. Even so, only one made it onto our …
Can the small business (SMB) website building platform you select affect your search rankings? An analysis of 150,000 SMB websites strongly concludes it can. Directory site FreshChalk evaluated the top SMB site builders, including Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, the Google My Business site builder, WP Engine and several others. The company found connections between sitebuilder/host, page …
Analysis of SMB site builders finds connection between vendor and rankings Read More »
8 Facebook Marketing Tips To Put Your SMB On SARMs If you have any marketing savvy at all in today’s tech-driven world, you know that it’s essential to have a social media presence, and Facebook is the king. But are you getting as much out of your social media marketing strategy as you should be? …
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The confidence of small business owners is overwhelmingly high. According to Provident Bank’s Small Business Confidence Survey, 80% of owners feel this way. Small business owners expect the revenue of their business to improve over the next year. And another 60% also believe the current economic climate is having a positive impact on their business. So …
80% of SMB Owners Expect Revenue to Rise as Confidence Stays High Read More »
