Six Ways to Better Manage Your Accounts Receivables

June 1, 2010

This guest post is by Denise O’Berry, author of Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success a book about how to get, manage and keep your cash flow on an even keel and where it belongs — in your business. Your sales are looking good and you’ve been working harder than [...]

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An Easy Way to Find Affordable Health Care Coverage Online

May 18, 2010

I’ve been self-employed for several years and without question, one of the biggest challenges has been to find quality and affordable health care coverage. I currently have a policy in place, but I have my doubts regarding how comprehensive the coverage would be in the event of an actual medical emergency. So I was pretty [...]

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Is a Merchant Cash Advance Right for Your Business? – Part III

May 16, 2010

When it comes to Merchant Cash Advances,  we’ve now covered the good, the bad . . . and now its time for the . . . you guessed it – the ugly. In my opinion, the nastiest part of the Merchant Cash Advance industry stems from the fact it is unregulated. (No, I’m not a [...]

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Is a Merchant Cash Advance Right for Your Business? – Part II

May 13, 2010

Yesterday, we covered the positives of a Merchant Cash Advance as a source of working capital for your business.   To recap: they are fast (funds are usually available within 5 – 10 business days); unsecured; don’t show up or tie up your personal credit; and are available to those with less-than-perfect credit and in industries that [...]

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Is a Merchant Cash Advance Right for Your Business? – Part I

May 10, 2010

The Merchant Cash Advance is a rapidly growing source of alternative working capital for small businesses.  With a Merchant Cash Advance, a merchant sells a percentage of his or her future credit card receipts in exchange for an upfront lump sum amount. Here’s how it works: Let’s say your business does $10,000 a month in credit card sales and a [...]

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Get Textbooks for Cheap Prices – and Help the Environment While You Are At It!

May 7, 2010

Yes, it really is possible to pick up college textbooks for cheap prices – but, check out this doubly cool concept: We Plant a Tree Every Time You Rent Chegg.com, the #1 college textbook rental company, plants a tree for every textbook you rent. Talk about a win-win – you (or your student) can pick [...]

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