Hard money lenders offer short-term loans to quickly facilitate the purchase and renovation of residential and commercial properties. With more than 600 hard money lenders in the U.S., it’s hard to find a reputable lender that’s right for you. To help, we looked at a range of hard money lenders and found that LendingHome, Patch…
Best Help Desk Software for Small Businesses in 2017
Delivering exceptional customer service is essential to the health of any small business and help desk software helps you to manage customer inquiries and issues more effectively and efficiently, saving your small business both time and money. We looked at the industry leaders and up-and-comers and found Freshdesk, HappyFox, and Zendesk. These services covered the…
Best Merchant Cash Advance Providers 2017: RapidAdvance vs. Credibly vs. Fora Financial
A merchant cash advance (MCA) providers gives lump sum cash advances to businesses in return for a percentage of their daily credit card receipts. We took a look at the most popular merchant cash advance providers and decided to review RapidAdvance, Credibly, and Fora Financial. Read on for our reviews of these top three merchant cash…
Best CMMS Software 2017: What’s the Best Computerized Maintenance Management System?
Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software is a centralized repository containing all of the available information you have on your business’ physical assets, such as tools and equipment, through their lifecycle from acquisition to disposition. CMMS also include the work order management software used by technicians to ensure ongoing maintenance and by management to improve…
Best Payment Gateway for Small Business 2017: Stripe vs. PayPal vs. Authorize.Net
Payment gateways are the middlemen that connect your ecommerce shopping cart to your payment processor to enable online credit card payments. We looked at the most popular options and rising stars and decided to review PayPal, Stripe, and Authorize.Net. These companies covered the range for small businesses in terms of security, ease-of-use, payment processing options,…
Best Presentation Software: Slidebean vs. Canva vs. PowerPoint
Presentation software allows your sales reps to pitch your products and services more clearly, powerfully and professionally to your customers. We looked at the available options and decided to review Slidebean, Canva and PowerPoint. These three options cover the range for small business in terms of features and support. If you want to learn more about…
Zoho vs Salesforce – Who Wins for Small Business?
Zoho CRM is a feature-rich CRM with pricing packages well-suited to small businesses. Salesforce is the runaway global market-leader with powerful packages for large enterprises, and simplified packages intended to suit small business. In Zoho vs Salesforce, we compare both options and recommend which is best to use under what circumstances. Zoho vs Salesforce: Why…
MailChimp Alternatives: Who’s the Best?
MailChimp is great and is actually our recommended email marketing software for small businesses. However, when you are ready to take your email marketing to the next level, there are just some things that MailChimp is not equipped to do. You will need to opt for a more feature rich solution if you want to…
Best Restaurant POS System 2017: Toast vs. TouchBistro vs. Lavu
A restaurant POS system is designed specifically for food-service operations to process payments and manage front and back of house operations. We looked at the most popular and complete options and decided to review Toast, TouchBistro, and Lavu. These systems cover the range for small businesses in terms of price and services offered. Read on for…
Best Business Desktop Monitor for Small Business
Desktop computers deliver the best combination of features and performance for the price, but with the exception of all-in-ones they also require you to purchase a separate monitor. Some of the highest-end monitors that are used for multimedia applications or gaming have screen sizes of 40” or more, but these are excessive for the needs…
Best Talent Management System 2017 – Small Business
Talent management system software helps you manage the entire employee lifecycle— from recruiting to onboarding to performance management. For this guide, we looked at the most popular options and rising stars and decided to review BambooHR, BirdDogHR, and Namely. These companies covered the range for small businesses in terms of price and ability to grow…
Best Messaging App for Business in 2017 – Slack vs. Hipchat vs. Skype
Messaging apps help your small business’ team to communicate and collaborate and they can also be used more casually to help them bond while they get to know each other more personally. We looked at the most popular options and reviewed Slack, HipChat, and Skype for Business in-depth below. These solutions covered a range for…
