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Handy tools for start-up and small companies
Famous cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash once said that “People are a company’s greatest asset”. She wasn’t wrong, but it’s also frequently said that workers are only as good as their tools. Small businesses, especially at the moment, are often working on the narrowest of margins, which is why they need to be sure that they have the best tools at their disposal with which to do the job. Here we look at some of the tools that we think SMEs (small and medium enterprises) might find useful. Xero – accounting software Accounting for many businesses is a necessary evil. …
A simple guide on taking online card payments
At Kalexiko we often get asked about online payments by credit and debit card. It is critically important that this function is easy to follow, works smoothly and has all the appropriate security functions built in. Here are a few tips about applying for and setting up a secure online payment system. Setting up a merchant account When you want to enable card payments (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, etc.) to be taken via your website and paid into your business bank account, the first thing to do is to ask your bank to set up an Internet Merchant Account (IMA). …
5 Ways to Turn Page Views into Sales
It’s one thing to get people looking at your nice, shiny website, but the real challenge is how to turn page visitors into paying customers. With eCommerce now worth billions of pounds every month in the UK, it pays quite literally to have a real think about what you’re doing, and more importantly what you could be doing in order to maximise your slice of the pie. Here we look at 5 areas to focus on if you’re serious about turning clicks into cash. Some of it might seem a little obvious, and each area probably deserves its own article, …