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5 Tips for Coaching Your Sales Team
In the past, managing your sales team was typically through “gut based decisions” and how you felt they were doing. Of course, after hours of observing...
Embrace Your Inner CFO: How To Evaluate a Mobile POS
Today’s CFO is more than an accountant. They are a financial strategist with a deep understanding of budgets and business operations. If you’re a small...
Over 30 Years in POS: What We’ve Learned
For more than 30 years, the people at Smartwerks have witnessed first-hand many of the innovations developed within the POS industry. From cash...
Paper Based Transactions = Lost Revenue
Early adopters of cloud based POS software and simple mobile POS solutions have experienced a cutting-edge advantage over their competition. Real-time...
Here’s How POS Software Can Help Your Business Grow
Cloud based point of sale software and touch screen technology have changed the retail environment. They make transactions quicker for the customer...
6 Ways To Keep Employees From Stealing From You
There isn’t one simple method that will prevent your employees from stealing from you. But there a several actions you can take, and when used in conjunction...
Is a POS System Important for My Homeware Business?
For most homeware stores, profitability and sales are the two most important elements to consider when measuring the success of the business. And with...
What Happened to My Cash?
When small business owners get together at trade shows or over dinner, one of the first questions they ask each other is “How’s business?” Typical answers...
5 Item Management System Features You Can’t Live Without
Many store owners are content with earning a modest profit and just getting by. They make enough money to pay the bills and operating expenses, while...
Point of Sale Analytics: 7 Must Haves
Analytics. Statistics. Metrics. Whatever word you choose to describe them, good reporting tools are the lifeblood of any great point of sale and inventory...
The Power of the Barcode Scanner
The barcode scanner is one of the most important weapons in your inventory arsenal. If you want to drastically improve the efficiency of inventory tracking...
A Simple Way to Improve Inventory Management
Over the past several years, the quality of POS solutions has improved tremendously. And with it, so has the ability of business owners to learn how to...
How Do I Find the Perfect POS System?
Finding a simple definition for “point of sale system” can be difficult. Since we’ve been in the POS business for over 30 years, we’ve decided to come up...
How to Choose Inventory Software for Your Liquor Store
So you’re planning to open a liquor store. Or maybe you recently have. You’ve researched all of the licensing requirements and paperwork that must be...
A Jewelry Shop Management System for Your Business
As a jewelry store owner, you know that it’s critical to have the ‘right’ inventory, and also the right amount of that ‘right’ inventory. The high-margin, low...