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Small Business Face Increased Risk During Holidays

The holidays are approaching and that means small businesses face an increased risk of cyber crime, reports Fox 6 News. In 2016, 28 million small business suffered some form of cyber attack. Read more...

Economic Factors Impact Small Business

According to Small Business Trends, The Bank of America Business Advantage Small Business Owner Report finds that economic factors impact small businesses. For example, 78 percent of the those surveyed said that higher taxes would cause them to downsize. Read more...

SMB Cloud Customer Support Solution

rise Virtual Solutions Inc., the leader in on-demand customer management solutions, has once again showed the flexibility of its call center platform by launching a new small to mid-sized business solution. This new solution provides these companies access, for the first time, to the innovative tools and technology the company has been developing for over 20 years. Read more...

Choose the Right Security Solution Your Business

The Electronic Security Association has released a set of tips for small business, reports Small Business Trends. One of the most important things is to choose the right security system for your business.   Read more...

Use Business Deductions Wisely

While you might be tempted to take as many deductions as possible for your small business taxes there are times when that isn’t the right plan, reports CNBC. For example, deductions lower your annual income which could lower the sale price of your business. Read more...

Small Business Hiring Down

According to CNBC, small business hiring was impacted by the hurricanes. The Paychex Small Business Jobs Index decreased 0.04 from September to 99.89. Read more...

The Evolution of Customer Conversations: Launch Messenger Customer Chat

Conversocial, social messaging for customer care, has announced that Conversocial and some of its customers are among the first to gain early access to the closed beta of Facebook Messenger customer chat, a newly-released capability that enables people to talk with businesses across web and Messenger. Read more...

Year End is Time to Appraise Operations

As the end of the year approaches it is a good time for businesses to look over their overall operations, reports Small Business Trends. It is an opportunity to see if margins are good, if supply contracts can be negotiated and it there is any other financial “tweaking” that needs to be done. Read more...

Amazon Prime Shipping for Business

Businesses will soon be able to get their Amazon orders quicker, reports GeekWire. Amazon announced its Business Prime Shipping, which lets businesses sign up for bulk fast shipping. The bulk fast shipping is $499 a year and works for companies with as few as 10 employees. Read more...

Square Increases Lending

According to Recode, Square is increasing the reach of its small business lending. The company reached agreements with Big Commerce and Caviar to offer loans to businesses that already use those services. Read more...

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