The iPad as a POS system has changed the game for small business. Long before Google existed we were installing computer networks and small change point of sale (aka POS) systems for retail stores and fast food restaurants. Back then a single micros cash register could cost over $10,000. No you aren’t reading that wrong. […]
Read More »
In the video Scott shows you the whiteboard system he created that helps Scott and his wife, photographer Kelly Bourquin, make sure they get their goals set.
Read More »In our business, we reach out and touch every customer twice a month or more. Some as often as once a week. If we don’t how do they know for sure that our blog entries are helping their website, or that we even made them?
Read More »In two weeks I head out of the country for , and like most areas in Southern California, homeless people are moving in quickly so I wanted to finish the alarm portion of my ELK M1 installation. I got on the SmartHome website and ordered the last four door sensors. Instead I received someone else’s order. Instead of being able to just run by the warehouse and give back what I didn’t order and pick up the correct items I spent 45 minutes on the phone with “Ryan” in India.
Read More »
Personally, I cancelled my Tesla order for another Chevy Volt. The Second Generation Volt is a great car. We just didn’t give it a CoolToys approved stamp because it wasn’t that much better than everything else out there.
Read More »When a small business owner is serious when they call and say “I want to grow my business”, I know they are serious within a few minutes.
Read More »Amazon is killing small business. Or is it? This week while visiting a client, I overheard a conversation about how Amazon is killing small business. Slightly ironic given Amazon’s ad campaign about how they help build small business. Uber is another company being blamed for killing the taxi and limo industry, and yet it touts […]
Read More »Advertise milk to lactose intolerant families and you still pay for it. A salesman types in “Personal Injury attorney” and takes the top three ads and calls them because he knows they have a big spend for the cost to acquire new clients.
Read More »There really is a way to stop working 90 hours a week, and enjoy your life. The 90 hour work week feels like you are getting a lot done but you probably aren’t. Maybe it’s time to take a break.
Read More »If you are asking “What is SEO for small business?”, you are not alone. Scott gets the question almost daily as he is out in the field shooting videos and meeting with clients. SEO means Search Engine Optimization. Most people think of it as the only thing that makes a business online successful. At […]
Read More »