How to Cash in on Your Excess Inventory
Excess inventory can be a serious financial drag for any business. But what to do with excess items – no matter what they are or where they came from – can be a difficult dilemma. Selling what you have through normal channels – special sales, for example, or online — may be out of the [...]

How and Why You Really Can Raise Prices
Dear Dan:  The last time I tried to raise prices it was a disaster. Customers revolted. But I’ve cut costs as far as I can, and profits are too thin. How can I raise prices and not lose business? —  Once Burned, Price Shy Dear Price Shy:  Millions of small business owners across America seem convinced [...]

10 Terrific QuickBooks Extras
With millions of small and medium businesses using QuickBooks to manage their financial affairs, the industry for QuickBooks “add-ons” has blossomed. Add-on programs are essential to many small and mid-sized businesses because they are often the only way to get industry-specific or highly specialized functions. They’re great for adding extra capabilities in key areas such [...]

Why Digital Out of Home Video Ads are Taking Off
Want to really target your advertising in a cutting edge medium that could surpass even the Internet in terms of advertising growth in the next few years? Then take a look at the emerging field of digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising, also called out-of-home video advertising. DOOH delivers hyper-local, personalized and engaging messages to highly specialized, captive [...]

Thoughts on Being a Thought Leader and Trendsetter
When our “new” (well, kind of) corporate parent’s PR department called recently wanting to profile me on the company’s internal “Thought Leaders & Trendsetters” web page, I naturally thought it was either a hoax, or just another corporate whim that would quickly fade. But hey, my photo might (and now does) appear right next to [...]