Since the advent of credit cards, the cost of accepting credit cards for your own business has always been considered somewhat ‘premium’. There was a clear line that said “If you take credit cards, you’re a serious business.” I remember the first time I signed up for a merchant account to accept credit cards at…
Category: Sales Skills
You don’t have to do it all yourself
I’m guilty of not trusting anyone else to do as good a job as I know I could do — or at least as I think I could do. This makes me very bad at delegating. Why would I ask someone to do a task when I fear that I might have to re-do it…
The concept of “frenemies”
A recent experience has introduced me to the concept of something I like to call “Frenemies”—people or groups you’re technically in competition with, but whom you sometimes work together with, do favors for, or otherwise cooperate with to achieve a common goal. The concept of frenemies can be applied to many things in life, but…
Central New Jersey businesses feeling the deep freeze
In Mercer County, the cold winter is starting to seep into the bricks and mortar of many local businesses. Has it hit yours? The impact was recently covered by the Times of Trenton. Reporter Bridget Clerkin noted that as the snow falls, so has business, and this winter has been rough on local business –…