For the fourth post of our Get Social series for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs), we'll explore how you can use Facebook to put a "face" to your business, gain fans and have friends help spread your message. (Read More...)
Twitter offers a great opportunity to expand and reach a global audience, or focus on local customers and prospects. It's all in the way you design, build and execute your content strategy. Twitter stats show 23% of online adults use Twitter, and 38% of those do so on a daily basis. (Read More...)
This week we continue our Get Social series with best practices for using LinkedIn. LinkedIn is one of the most essential social business channels, with 107 million users in the United States (LinkedIn: February 2016) and offers free communities, groups, job searches, business insights, and other professional tools for businesses of all sizes. (Read More...)
With 56% growth in new business volume year-over-year, Ascentium Capital has been named the #3 Top Private Independent Finance Company in 2015 by Monitor, a leading equipment finance industry publication. (Read More...)
Implementing a social strategy is vitally important to increase online awareness of your business. But where do you start?
To give you some tips for getting started, we'll be posting a series of articles over the coming weeks aimed at helping you get the most out of popular social networks including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. (Read More...)
In any small to mid-sized business (SMB), there comes a time when your company hits a growth ceiling, decides to expand, or needs to make decisions on equipment or capital improvements. This can be an exciting time for a business, as well as confusing. Most small businesses concentrate on what they do well, and exploring financing options is not a critical priority. One of the first questions SMBs will be faced with when looking to finance equipment is whether to go to their bank or explore alternative lease financing. (Read More...)
As businesses kick off the New Year, we wanted to take a look at the data rolling in for 2015 and how it potentially effects optimism and impacts financial decisions for 2016. As with most studies and reports, business owners will have different points of view depending on industry, business size, years in business, and even location. We’ve focused our review on the small business sector based on their critical role as the primary engine in the overall U.S. economy. (Read More...)
Are you a small business considering a business loan? The good news is, access to capital for small businesses improved in 2015. According to Dun & Bradstreet, there was a 5% increase in business loans. If you are a small to mid-sized business owner, a short term business loan may be the investment you need to drive growth or stay competitive.
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