The Small Business Cloud Showdown: Google vs. Microsoft
It seems that it was only a few years ago when virtually no one except your most advanced techie had even an inkling of what “the cloud” was. Today, it’s essentially a staple in our daily vocabulary....
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For every Chipotle out there that produces a killer business app that really reflects their brand and fits seamlessly into their operations, there are hundreds of other entrepreneurs wasting their...
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Don’t Be a Hack Attack Victim: Stop Your Business From Being Hacked
Now more than ever, small businesses have more to worry about with respect to security, than just their local burglars and conmen. If you’re an avid follower of Counter Culture, or even merely run a...
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Infographic: EMV Chip Cards Are Officially a ‘Thing’
The massive amount of credit card fraud in America is not an accident. It’s a direct result of the failure to upgrade card payment technology from ‘swipe’ to EMV Chip Cards. 2015 is the year that’s...
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4 Technologies That Will Improve Your Restaurant Operations
With new apps and software systems entering the market everyday, it can be hard to know where to start. Here’s a quick guide to the biggest changes. Restaurants continue to have the highest rate of...
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Escape Your Business – The Software Tools That Can Set You Free
Let’s face it, as rewarding as it is to run a business, it’s also one of the most time consuming endeavors anyone could take on. I constantly meet small business owners who are in a love-hate...
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A Primer on Search Engine Marketing for SMBs
Online marketing has become imperative for success across all industries, not just for internet businesses and e-commerce brands. As a business owner, your expertise lies in your core product or...
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Your Comprehensive Guide to Contactless Payments
New payment methods have emerged in recent years, providing both convenience and more choices for consumers. One of the newest of these payment methods is “contactless payments.” Though there is...
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10 Reasons the iPad is the Perfect Tool for Small Business
In January of 2010, Apple introduced the iPad — a device that launched an entirely new market segment and promised to be better at many tasks than both a smartphone or a laptop. Years later, the iPad...
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7 Things To Look For In Inventory Management Software
Let me just get out of the way that every business that stocks anything should have inventory software. Honestly, if you have more than one shelf of goods (and you should), then a clip board with a...
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Could CUPS be the Coffee Subscription Service that Actually Helps Your Small...
As anyone who read our profile on Tonx a few weeks back will know, mail-order coffee subscription services are all the rage right now. The trend is taking off all over the world, with Pact eating...
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Technology and Retail : 3 Inventions That Won’t Change the Future of Retail
As Amazon announce that they are finally going to start delivering on Sundays, we have taken a look at their drone concepts and some other innovations that are probably not going to change the future...
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Could SocialSign.In Change How You Think About Small Business Wi-Fi?
At Counter Culture, we’re always on the lookout for cool new products that can help Small Business owners get an edge on the competition. This week we’re talking with Mike Perrone, founder of...
View ArticleFree Wifi in Exchange for a Facebook Like? Small Biz May Have Finally Found a...
With free Wifi now available at chain restaurants across the globe (McDonalds, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, etc.), consumer expectations have been clearly established. Customers don’t expect to pay for...
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How A Wine Preservation System Personalizes Human Interaction At Union Square...
It takes a lot to stand out from the crowd as a New York Wine Store. But the team at Union Square Wines (USW) have found a way to do just that – with an automated wine preservation system imported...
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Two Key New Tech Trends To Find and Connect With Your Customers
Airbnb, the massive home-sharing service, unveiled an intriguing new feature last month. Techcrunch wrote that visitors to San Francisco and Paris are now being offered the chance to not only live...
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OpenSky merchant Jill Ehrlich shares her Online Retail Experience
I’m Jill Ehrlich and I have a brick and mortar store that I operate two days a week during the Amish Market in Pennsylvania. I also operate my own e-commerce website from our HQ in Wilmington,...
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QuickBooks Ain’t The Only Game In Town
If you’ve been in the small business game for a while, chances are you have experienced some of the joys that only accounting and bookkeeping can bring: There’s that burgeoning sense of dread as you...
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How SaaS and the Cloud Are Changing Small Business
Cloud Computing has become the standard way for firms both large and small to consume IT resources, with small businesses especially poised to gain a competitive advantage through cloud adoption. By...
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Retailer’s Guide to SoLoMo – Social, Local & Mobile Marketing
SoLoMo, the ingenious term for the coming together of social, local and mobile marketing, is altering the way we use information to interact with the physical world. In a world where 90% of people who...
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6 Things You Should Know About Your Facebook Business Page
One of the most common mistakes made by small business owners when setting up a Facebook Business page is creating a personal profile for their local business. This is an easy mistake to make, but it...
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Using Technology to Improve Operations & Enhance The Dining Experience
Many restaurants have a bittersweet relationship with technology, and for good reason. The first generation of restaurant technologies were clunky, closed hardware systems that were expensive and...
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What the Service Industry Can Learn From Retail: The Advantages of Online...
If you sell products or services through your website, you may be losing a significant amount of revenue by not leveraging online payments. Most online visitors are accustomed to the immediate...
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4 Ways Apple Pay Will Change Your World by Gene Marks
By Gene Marks, Author and Speaker, GeneMarks.com Gene is a Philadelphia small business owner and a business management speaker, author, and regular columnist for The New York Times, Forbes, The...
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3 Reasons Why EMV Will Benefit Your Store
If you’re a retailer you will involuntarily have to spend some money this year. It will likely be between $500 and $1,000. Maybe less, maybe more. You will have little choice. But you will do it....
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The EMV Shift: What You Need to Know Before October 1st
Re-terminalization refers to the process of businesses replacing their existing point of sale system with new technology and America is about to see a bigger wave of change than we’ve seen in many...
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Why EMV Point of Sale Saves Dollars and Makes Sense
You’ve heard about EMV chip cards, the more secure “chip in card” credit cards commonly used throughout Europe. They’re making their way to the United States, but you’re not overly concerned about...
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Will Your Food Truck be EMV Compliant by October 1st?
Technology is always ever-adapting and improving, and with that improvement always comes changes in how we live, interact, work, and otherwise get through our daily life. It’s a part of culture that...
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Fear or Opportunity? Navigating Changes in an EMV World
When combustion engines were invented and used for automobiles, there was probably a lot of fear about how our country would change. But we now know it was a powerful opportunity for increasing the...
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5 Reasons You Should Invest In A Cloud-Based Phone System
1. No Capital Required, Not Even for New Phones With cloud-based phone systems, you can save your precious capital for other strategic initiatives that will help you build your business and get a...
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Cashing In On The Future of Mobile Payments
Being a retailer is tough, but by leveraging mobile payment technology that is at the forefront of future-proofing your business, it can be a lot easier and profitable. Some of the day-to-day...
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