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Get Your Daily Sales in Your Inbox Each Morning

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  Try our new Sales Summary Email to see all your key business stats every day. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? If you answered “check email”, you’re not alone. Now when you start your morning routine, you can review a valuable summary of how your business did yesterday, courtesy of the ShopKeep Sales Summary Email. See sales, returns, cost of goods sold, credit tips, and sales tax collected in one convenient message. Even if you don’t check email first thing in the morning, the odds are you can derive some pretty significant value from the Sales Summary Email. Maybe you have a business partner or investor who doesn’t use BackOffice or Pocket but likes to be updated about how the business is doing? Now you can forward them the Sales Summary Email! Maybe yesterday’s numbers don’t quite match what you expected? Forward the Sales Summary email to a manager and find out more. Not an avid user of ShopKeep Pocket? You should be ! Bu...

Exciting changes are here with ShopKeep Register 4.0

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Enjoy BackOffice management features on the Register, improved navigation, and a fresh coat of digital paint! This register release is a summer blockbuster you won’t want to miss. In response to extensive customer feedback asking to allow staff to manage items at the Register, we’ve gone ahead and built these features directly into the Register. We’ve also made a number of small experience improvements throughout the app. This post will take you through the key changes in ShopKeep Register 4.0 for iOS so you can get as excited about everything as we are! BackOffice on the Register Register 4.0 brings over key BackOffice features to save you time and effort with inventory management and your register button layout (now called “Shortcuts”). Over the years we’ve heard from many business owners that employees need to be able to add and update items and adjust the Register layout. Up until now, doing this at the front counter has been inconvenient. Typing login details int...

6 Last-Minute Halloween Marketing Ideas

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Promote Exclusive Halloween Discounts and Offers Decorate Your Store and Encourage Photos (Safely) Market Your Inventory as Halloween-Friendly Run a Virtual Costume Contest Send Spooky Sales Emails  Highlight Halloween on Your Website   1. Promote Exclusive Halloween Discounts and Offers Everyone loves a deal. If your business is running any special Halloween offers make sure the world knows about it! We strongly recommend marketing Halloween promotions with clear signage and stickers, on your website, on social media, and through email. Discounts Coupons and discounts can encourage spending, bring up your average order value, and move your Halloween inventory out. You can even “gate” your offer by requiring an email signup or social media follow in order for customers to get the discount code. As the holiday gets closer, slash the discount even further to incentivize last-minute purchases.  Product Bundles If you don’t want to offer an outright discount, product bundling...

The Best Online Payroll Services of 2020

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  OnPay  checks all of the critical boxes of what very small businesses need in a payroll solution. Most importantly, it is extremely affordably priced. It has just one pricing plan, which takes away the confusion from business owners and HR professionals who have to determine which features and tools are worth paying for. OnPay The Best Online Payroll Services of 2021 The Verdict OnPay is our top choice for very small businesses. It handles all payroll and payroll tax needs, has an easy-to-use online platform, and is reasonably priced. VISIT SITE COMPARE QUOTES With OnPay, you get access to all of the tools for the same price. Additionally, OnPay cloud-hosted software is simple to use. Payroll can be complete in minutes, and the software's interface is clearly labeled, making it easy to understand and learn. Finally, OnPay offers excellent customer service. The support from the company was among the best we received during our analysis of payroll providers. It is for the...

When it comes to storefront display ideas, being bold is the name of the game. Your brick and mortar display needs to capture the attention of potential customers, and motivate strangers to share your masterpiece across social media.

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  Below, you’ll find 25 creative storefront designs to spark your imagination. And before you say, “Yeah but these stores had a bigger budget…,” remember that creativity wins over big budgets every time. These ideas are just a starting point! 1. Use Your Words Whether you’re listing out your products for sale or getting customers’ attention with an  on-brand  quote, writing directly on your window is an eye-catching, space-saving strategy. 2. Flower Power Stunning floral displays aren’t only for florists. Any type of retail shop can benefit from the feel-good vibes that beautiful flowers provide. 3. Make It Interactive Selfie walls are now basically a requirement at events, parties, and crowded urban centers. So why not turn your storefront into a selfie station? Make sure to include your shop’s name in the “frame” and it’s essentially free advertising. 4. Go Avant-Garde Unleash your inner artist. The goal of your display, after all, is to stop people in their tracks. 5. ...