6 Business Growth Strategies for Successful Small Businesses

Growing business or store from small to bigger as success

You’ve created a product or service that your target audience appreciates, developed a brand, and finetuned your processes. You’re profitable and doing well, but your small business isn’t growing. What gives? Developing effective business growth strategies is a serious challenge. Just one in five manage…

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How a Cash Conversion Cycle Works & Calculating the CCC

Cash conversion cycle flow

As a small-business owner, you’re probably keenly aware of the cash conversion cycle (CCC), even if it’s not something you’re intentionally measuring or monitoring. It’s a measure of business health and, when you’re nailing it, you’ve generally got solid cash flows and plenty of money…

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How to Finance an IRS Business Lien by Factoring

Finance an IRS Business Lien by Factoring

Already have an IRS business lien or worried the government will file one? Often the result of unpaid payroll taxes, other tax issues, or even common bookkeeping mistakes, liens can stall business growth and make it much harder to pay debts, no matter how diligent or…

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Unpaid Invoices: How Do You Ensure Your Clients Pay On Time?

Unpaid invoices

If you’re worried your clients won’t pay their unpaid invoices due to COVID-19 and the residual economic ripples, you’re not alone. In an era where 55 percent of “temporary” small business closures have become permanent, according to Business Insider, and business bankruptcies are skyrocketing 26…

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Bottom Line: Prepare Now for the Next Downturn

Prepare Now for the Next Downturn

Not long ago, a well-known professional wrestler had a popular catchphrase he would shout out during TV promos. “That’s the bottom line, ‘cause Stone Cold Steve Austin said so!” This meant the audience could bank on what the hulking grappler had said would come true,…

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Is the U.S. Economy Slowing?

US Economy Slowing

Last month we discussed the continued optimism of American small business owners as 2018 draws to a close.  As that article mentioned, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 4Q small business index measured a strong 69.3, just six-tenths of a point down from its all-time…

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Five Trends That Could Affect Your Small Business by 2020

What's Next? Small Business Trends

If you are an entrepreneur looking for a sure-fire business idea, manufacturing crystal balls would be a good one. Everyone wants to know what is going to happen in the future. Unfortunately, few people have a consistent knack for accuracy. Still, by carefully reviewing recent…

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