Receiving your Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan doesn’t mean the hard work is over. For the loan to be forgiven, you must spend the funds on qualifying expenses within an eight-week period after the disbursement—and carefully track that spending. Providing detailed and specific information on how your PPP funds were spent will be vital to…
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How to Set Up Click and Collect and Curbside Pickup
For independent retailers, accepting online orders for in-store pickup is an effective way to boost sales and increase customer satisfaction by making it easier for shoppers to buy. Click and collect is when a customer selects and pays for products online, then the retailer packages the order and has it ready for the customer to…
Blog Planning: How to Create a Blog Editorial Calendar
An editorial calendar helps you with everything around blog planning from keeping track of what content you’ll write to publishing your posts. Some people use software for their editorial calendar, while others prefer the old fashioned way with pencil and paper. The best editorial calendar is one you actually use—whether it’s digital or on paper….
3 Simple Ways to Get an SSL Certificate in 2020
Websites that accept online payments are required to have an SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate, but even if you’re not selling online, you should get one. The reason is that it creates a secure connection, protecting the transfer of sensitive information (such as credit card numbers), but it also helps build trust and can even…
How to Refinance Rental Property with a Great Rate in 5 Steps
If you’re thinking about refinancing a rental property, you’ll want to determine your goals for doing so. It’s also important to ensure you have enough equity in the property to cover the lender’s loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for a rental property refinance. In this article, we’ll give you five simple steps to refinance your investment property,…
How to Design a Website in Just 7 Super Simple Steps
You may not be a web developer, but that doesn’t mean you can’t build a professional website that serves as a marketing tool for your business with some simple web design principles. With a bit of patience, you can learn how to design a website by following our guidance in as little as seven steps….
Wix Ecommerce: Everything You Need to Know
Wix is one of the leading all-in-one site builders that gives users an easy way to build and manage an online store for as little as $23 per month. Its competitively priced plans give users everything they need to build an online store, from a domain name and hosting to online store templates, product listings,…
How to Make Money Through Sponsored Posts On Your Blog
A sponsored blog post is when a blogger writes a post about a brand in exchange for compensation, whether monetary or product-only. Once you create quality content for your readers, you can consider working with brands. Don’t worry about not having a lot of pageviews in the beginning, some brands will pay for great photography…
How to Buy a Vacation Rental Property in 5 Steps
Have you ever dreamed of owning a beachfront home or small cottage in the mountains that you can use for your vacations and rent it out when you’re not there, leveraging other people’s money to offset property expenses? I owned a cottage on a secluded lake for 12 years and did just that. I could…
How to Create a CRM Strategy in 7 Steps (+ Free Worksheet)
A customer relationship management (CRM) strategy is a company’s plan to use CRM software to help grow sales and improve customer service. It incorporates an overall business strategy with input from sales, marketing, and customer service. It also addresses all potential touchpoints that occur during the customer journey and includes goals, sales process, and technology…
How to Improve Your Invoice Factoring Application
Invoice factoring lets a business convert its outstanding invoices into cash by selling them to a factoring company or factor for a fee. Unlike traditional loans that often require personal credit scores as part of the application and approval process, factoring lines of credit are typically backed by a company’s assets and are the primary…
How to Install & Use the RingCentral Chrome Extension in 5 Steps
RingCentral for Google is a downloadable extension for your Chrome browser. It’s a handy tool that lets you dial contacts, schedule meetings, and listen to voicemail without ever needing to leave your web browser, saving you time and making work more efficient. Best of all, RingCentral’s Chrome extension can be installed for free in a…