Small business owner Stephanie Vitori has gone from burger delivery girl to owning one of South Beaches most buzzed about burger joints. Vitori is the owner of Cheeseburger Baby, a frequent hot spot for celebrity clients that include Beyonce, Kanye West, Diddy and Gabrielle Union. “We have a large celebrity clientele. Once the word got
Month: January 2020
Are you thinking about going cashless with your business? Before you start investing in only cashless solutions as part of your Point of Sale (POS) system, take a minute. This is because more cities and states are introducing legislation banning cashless businesses. New York City is the latest city to jump on the movement and
You don’t need to approach this spring in fear of the IRS. January 29, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. To help reduce your fears of government audit, February is the best time of year to meet with your CPA to review your tax strategy, review your documentation requirements
Transactional and triggered emails (e.g., ‘welcome emails’) are on the rise, but senders are not investing enough in the technology behind them to maintain consistent deliverability, engagement and quality, according to findings from SparkPost’s 2020 Benchmark Report. Transactional emails are a critical element of the customer experience. Whether it’s a confirmation email with a receipt,
Facebook reported another record quarter on Wednesday but warned that privacy regulations will limit ad targeting capabilities and slow the future revenue growth. The company announced $21.1 billion in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2019, a 25% increase year-over-year. Advertising, which continues to account for nearly all of Facebook’s revenue, reached $20.7 billion, also
If you work full time from home or split work between the office and your home, you no doubt have WiFi for your home office. WiFi in your home office can help boost productivity, save time, and offer convenience for the entire family. Even if you have a WiFi in place, the performance might leave
Take your company’s marketing game to the next level by appealing to both your in-house staff and future customers. January 29, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Internal communications don’t always remain internal. This past summer, a Lowe’s executive found that out the hard way when an in-house company video —
In small business, you meet all types of employees, customers and vendors. In my career, most people were incredibly generous. Unfortunately, sometimes you will have to deal with jerks in every part of the business and you need to know how to deal with them. On the Small Business Radio Show this week, Michael Brenner
A group of Republican lawmakers has sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service commissioner Chuck Rettig warning about misuse of the electric vehicle tax credit. Senate Finance Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and a dozen of their GOP colleagues in asking Rettig for more information about how
Pinterest has launched ‘Try On” – a new augmented reality (AR) feature that enables users to virtually try on various lipstick shades suited their complexion. Users can then save the Pin for later shopping, or buy through the retailer’s site. Pinterest’s new Try On feature uses AR to let users view lipstick shades on themselves.
If you run a business for a long period of time, you’re going to need to pivot or change at some point. Whether you’re changing the name or the marketing tactics you use, navigating those changes successfully is a must. Members of the online small business community have plenty of experience in this area. Read
Tax season can be stressful for small business owners. There’s all the receipts you need to get together and that’s usually just a slice of the other invoices, documents and data that needs to be corralled and made sense of. Sometimes you just need to talk with someone who knows where a piece or
Get up to speed with the world’s leading business accounting software. January 28, 2020 2 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. As
Did you know nearly three-quarters of consumers expect companies to understand their needs and expectations? The fact is, only 47% of customers say companies live up to those expectations. As a small business leader with limited budgets and resources, you may feel pressure to keep up. Wondering how to connect to your customers, deliver great experiences, and
Byte, the long-awaited follow-up to Vine, launched in a surprise announcement Friday evening. The app is available in the app store for iOS and Android devices, positioning itself as a 6-second “looping video app” from Vine co-founder Dom Hoffman. dear friends, today we’re bringing back 6-second looping videos and a new community for people who
Discover tips and skills for building a digital empire. January 27, 2020 2 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. If you read
Content Freshness Usefulness A simple guidebook that helps business owners, freelancers and leaders learn to ask for what they need. All You Have to Do Is Ask How many times has someone said “Why didn’t you ask? I’d be happy to help!” If you’re like most business owners, this has happened more times than you’d
BDO USA LLP has united several of its technology consulting practices under a new BDO Digital business. The new digital advisory business is focusing on services such as data governance, cybersecurity, data privacy, data analytics, IT outsourcing, application development, cloud deployment, IT managed services and a variety of others, according to Stephanie Giammarco, a partner
From a 401(k) plan to pet insurance for Fido, in today’s tight labor market, workers expect far more than just health insurance from their employers. For small businesses, that’s been a problem. There are more small companies and startups than ever before yet, because of their size, these firms have traditionally been at a disadvantage when
When you get a new client, they are usually all over the place when it comes to their expectations of what you can do for them. Managing their expectations is one of the most important things you need to do early on. If you underpromise too much, you risk driving the client away. On the
Field Service Management (FSM) software help businesses to conduct a wide range of business processes. From job orders to managing personnel, collecting payments, fleet tracking and more. FSM software enhances coordination between headquarters, warehouse and staff in the field by saving both money and time. Simply put they help capture data in a meaningful way,
This collection of social media marketing and new hire announcements is a compilation of the past week’s briefs from our daily Marketing Land newsletter. Click here to subscribe and get more news like this delivered to your inbox every morning. TikTok opens new LA office, Twitter adds emoji reactions in DMs TikTok levels up with
Combining video marketing with your sales funnel forms a very strategic combination. January 24, 2020 10 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Everyone knows that video marketing and sales funnels are two powerful tools in the quest to capture buyers, but what about combining the two to leverage the effects of
If your business struggles, you might see it as a sign you should pivot. Jack Dorsey wisely pivoted his podcast platform Odeo. Dorsey’s startup became Twitter — after suffocating in the shadow of iTunes as just another podcast platform. But pivots don’t provide a surefire route to success. Before you tap the brakes and change
The International Data Corporation projects demand in cloud services to reach $4.5 trillion by 2025. As a result, even though most of that demand comes from big enterprises, it creates a huge opportunity for small businesses that provide those services too. Women In Cloud Summit 2020 seeks to prepare women technology entrepreneurs for these opportunities.
Email marketing is the first and oldest online marketing strategy. Long before Mark Zuckerberg was even a twinkle in his parents’ eyes, businesses realized that email was a great way to turn contacts into customers. And, in the more than four decades since the first email marketing campaign, a lot has changed in the marketing
Instagram Stories has a new tool in ‘Create’ mode, enabling users to view, stylize, and quickly feature @mentions from other accounts. Here’s how it looks: Initially spotted by social commentator Matt Navarra, the new option features an @ symbol that only appears if your account has current mentions in other users’ public Stories. The feature
Do you work from home? If so, others share your situation. The U.S. Small Business Administration says 60.1% of all firms without paid employees are home-based. The same ca be said for 23.3% of small employer firms, and 0.3% of large employer firms. Work from home? Determine whether to claim a home office deduction, which
Details: EisnerAmper, a Top 20 Firm based in New York, has expanded in New Jersey by adding the leaders and staff members of Horvath & Giacin, P.C., effective Jan. 16. John Horvath, president and a founding member of Horvath & Giacin, is joining EisnerAmper as a partner. He founded the firm in 1989. The Pennington,
Email marketing isn’t dead — it’s evolving. New advances to email technologies are driving changes to how consumers read and engage with email, and email marketers are reimagining the ways we can create emails and leverage the inbox. Join me, Jen Cannon, with our special guest speaker April Mullen, director of strategic insights at SparkPost
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