Veterans make many sacrifices, yet they often find it challenging to get work upon their return. Luckily, companies are beginning to realize the benefits of hiring veterans. For one, you can receive tax credits for hiring veterans—and you’ll be hiring a terrific and highly qualified worker. When considering how to hire veterans, you must create…
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How to Use Coupon Marketing to Grow Your Small Business
Coupon marketing (or coupon advertising) is a promotional strategy that incentivizes customers to redeem coupons in order to increase sales of your products or services. We explain the ins and outs of building a coupon marketing strategy and improving campaigns below. Keep reading to find out if it’s a good fit for your business and…
PCI Compliance for Small Business: A Guide
Every small business that processes credit card payments is required to be Payment Card Industry (PCI)-compliant. PCI compliance involves meeting the 12 requirements outlined by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which is designed to ensure payment security and protect both merchants and cardholders from fraud. Below is the list of the…
How to Use the Hostinger Website Builder (+ Video Tutorial)
The Hostinger website builder offers one of the easiest and most affordable options for building a website or online store. Plans include secure and reliable hosting, a free domain, and an intuitive, no-code website builder with fairly robust ecommerce and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Follow the steps below to learn how to build a website…
How To Enter Bills in QuickBooks Online
In this tutorial, we will teach you how to enter bills in QuickBooks Online. Additionally, we will show you how to review the bill you just added and how to check outstanding bills specifically related to a vendor. Seeing a Different Left-side Navigation Menu? The Bills tab shows a list of all the bills you…
How To Create a Small Business Budget [+Free Template]
Creating a business budget is an important step in planning. A small business budget starts with creating the budgeting process, the operating budgets, such as sales, inventory and purchases, cost of goods sold (COGS), and sales and administrative, and ends with the financial budgets, such as cash, capital, and proforma financial statements. To help you…
How to Make a Forum Website Like Reddit in 8 Simple Steps
Almost a quarter of U.S. internet users participate in online forums, which makes them a great way to build an engaged community—and in turn help grow your business. The first step in learning how to make a forum website is to pick a content management system (CMS) for your site. Then, select a forum plugin….
Personnel File: Documents to Include (+ Free Checklists)
Explore what documents to keep in an employee personnel file—and which to keep out. Watch our instructional video and download checklists to stay compliant.
A personnel file is a paper or electronic folder kept for each employee—new, existing, and past—that contains HR and payroll documents. The documents within an employee personnel file should cover the entire employment lifecycle, from offer letters and W-4 forms to performance reviews and termination paperwork. It should also include basic employee documents and compensation…