Alex Steward
 
New Tax Expensing and Depreciation Rules
When you acquire an asset for your business that is expected to last for more than a year, you usually have to capitalize the cost. This means you put the asset...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
The Essentials of an Email Marketing Campaign
Newsflash: Email Marketing is Neither Dead nor Dying. Each year, many bloggers write doom-and-gloom posts about email marketing. They predict the end is near...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
5 Reasons for Businesses to Go Mobile
Step onto any subway car, go into any café and walk down any street. One thing you are sure to see is a smartphone being used. Twenty years ago, we simply used...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
Franchise Sector Shows Job Growth for February, Says ADP Report
U.S. private sector franchises continue to drive employment, according to the February 2016 ADP National Franchise Report , produced by human resources...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
How Creative Entrepreneurs are Using Patreon to Build Their Businesses
For creators and artists, being able to work on what you love for a living is the ultimate dream. One tool is making it a bit easier to connect these creators...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
HP Launches PageWide Printer Technology for Small Business
HP introduced its PageWide print technology in 2015 for large format printers and Web presses. That same technology will soon be available for the small...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
Tools to Create a 404 Page That’s Useful
Once you know what a custom 404 page is and why you need one , it s time to add one to your website. There are a number of approaches and tools to create a 404...
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
Spotlight: SurveyMe Provides Real Time Customer Feedback
If you want to run a successful business, you need to get feedback from customers. And with today’s rapidly changing consumer base, you likely need that...
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
What is Intellectual Property?
Every business has intellectual property which has the potential to be extremely valuable. In simplest terms, intellectual property (often referred to as “IP”)...
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
Here Are 8 Ways to Improve Your Company’s FAQ Page
When talking about onsite SEO, it’s important to consider every single page of your website. Although your homepage and your blog might need a little bit more...
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
Shopify Competitor: CoreCommerce Ecommerce Platform Gets Investors
CoreCommerce, the company set up in 2001 as a one-stop solution for commerce businesses, has been acquired by a group of entrepreneurs and business executives....
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
iMoneza Introduces Next Generation Paywall to Charge for Content
While doing research, you find the perfect source material but after only one or two articles, a page pops up asking you to subscribe to the magazine in order...
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
HP Unveils New Additions to OfficeJet Pro and LaserJet Pro Families
HP has just announced new additions to the OfficeJet and LaserJet families, intended for the small business market. Included are the OfficeJet Pro 8000 and...
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
FTC Charges Brokers for Selling Personal Data Collected from PayDay Loan Companies
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cracked down on data brokers for allegedly hawking sensitive personal details of unsuspecting consumers to scammers....
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
10 Most Important Things to Know About Using Apple Pay
In 2014, Apple Inc. announced its new mobile payment and digital wallet service, Apple Pay. It allows users to make payments through mobile devices at...
Specfinance     Mar 8 2016
Average Time to Prepare Taxes? 80 Hours for Some Small Biz
Preparing taxes is a taxing affair for small businesses, according to the 2015 Small Business Taxation Survey (PDF) by the National Small Business Association...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
What is a GIF?
Ah, the GIF. We’ve all seen them. They populate the Internet on blogs and social media, and are part of what makes news and entertainment sites like Buzzfeed...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
3 Unexpected Ways Apps Are Changing Our Lives: What’s Next?
Remember the “dark days” of 2006? A decade ago, we were still busy scrolling through email on our Blackberry phones. It was hard to imagine using our phones to...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
Can Your Customers Be Even More Valuable to Your Small Business?
There are no new ideas under the sun, really? So what can you do to help your small business stand out in the marketplace? I have often said that it is a losing...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
Freshbooks Card Reader Is On Its Way
The credit card reader market is getting more crowded as everyone from banks to online retailers deploy their version of the technology. With so many options,...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
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