A hospital bill in the thousands. A vet invoice for hundreds. A car repair for more than you make in a month. When faced with an emergency, it can compound the problem to try to figure out how to pay for the unexpected expenses on top of an already stressful situation…
Is Robinhood really free?
As retail investors pile on to the GameStop stock-buying frenzy, Robinhood is making tons of headlines. But even before everyday traders fueled massive gains for stocks popular with the Reddit crowd, investors couldn’t get enough of the online brokerage app. Robinhood gained more than 3 million users in the first four months of 2020 alone, half of whom were first-time investors…
6 easy ways to build your business credit and your business
If you’ve just opened your doors, chances are you’re not thinking about borrowing money just yet. But what happens if your business suddenly takes off and you need to expand operations sooner than expected? Will you be able to obtain a loan for your business, or will you have to fund operations using your own money?…
7 payroll errors and how to avoid them
If you accidentally underpay an employee, you’ll undoubtedly hear about it. But if you slip and overpay your employees, you may not know for weeks or months. As a business owner, it’s up to you to manage payroll with the same precision you afford to every other part of your business…
4 reasons to use CPA (Cost per Action) marketing in your business
Digital marketing techniques have been game-changers for many online businesses. More traditional methods of bringing in new customers such as PPC (pay per click) and CPM (cost per mille) marketing have both been popular in recent years, but pay for clicks and impressions that do not always turn into leads. This can create...
2021: The year of the customer
As marketing professionals, we learned a lot in 2020, whether we wanted to or not. The consumer landscape experienced an extraordinary tectonic shift, as we moved into a fully digitized realm of sales and marketing. Our strategies changed. Our focus became less about traditional methods (like the dreaded batch-and-blasts) and more about rethinking...
Should your credit score actually be based on your web history?
Experts predict that in the not-too-distant future, your internet habits could affect your credit score and help lenders determine what they offer you.
We will let you in on what we know so far about how your online activity could be used to determine how much credit you can get...