What image comes to mind when you think of an accountant? The old stereotype of an accountant as a bean counter in a green visor may be the first one that pops into your head. But this perception is no longer a reality. The role that accountants play is expanding. Modern accountants are business advisors, teaming up with clients to provide guidance and insights ...
Author: Laurie McCabe
Overcoming Business Challenges with Microsoft Dynamics
I recently contributed to Nigel Frank’s new white paper, Overcoming Business Continuity Challenges with Microsoft Dynamics, which has over 65 pages of advice and best practices from Microsoft Dynamics experts and MVPs. Nobody could have predicted how...
The Softer Side: 10 Tips for Selecting a Cloud Financials Solution Provider You Can Trust
Strong financial planning has always been essential for business survival and growth. Businesses need clear visibility into operating costs, revenues, and profitability to measure progress and make better decisions to succeed long-term. Innovative financial solutions make it possible for you to execute on these goals. The right solution can help your business to...
We’re All in the Video Business Now: Pro Tips That Everyone Can Use
In the age of COVID-19, video conferencing has taken off. Companies that lacked or never used the video element of web conferencing started to do so. People who used to turn their cameras off for online meetings started turning them on. Zooming became a verb as more and more people are starring in, supporting, or playing bit roles in online meetings, classes, and e...
Dell Technologies Rolls Out Financial Assistance for Partners and Customers
Adequate cash flow is always crucial to business sustainability—and even more important in the face of COVID-19 and the havoc it is wreaking on businesses and individuals. Dell Technologies recently announced $9 billion in special financing to help its partners to weather this storm. Many of Dell’s partners are small and medium businesses (SMBs) themselves—and many more provide sales and sup...
Striven Strives for Success in the Small Business Management Cloud Software Market
Building market momentum for a new business management ERP-type of solution is never easy, even in good times. These days, its particularly challenging. But that hasn’t stopped Striven, which provides a fully integrated all-in-one software system for small businesses, from moving ahead. Below is my conversation with Scott Hammer, Marketing Manager of Str...
Payroll Protection Loan Blues? Be Ready for the Next Round with This Free Tool
If you’ve tried to submit a Paycheck Protection Loan (PPL) application over the last week, it’s likely that you’ve noticed how broken the system is. Especially because you’re having to find a lender who is accepting loan applications and deal with SBA red tape. A lucky few have been able to move fast and gained access to their slice of the nearly $350 billion allocated to this program. Now, ...
Paving a Path to Digital Transformation for Your Business
More than 80% of small and medium business decision-makers agree or strongly agree that digital technology is impacting their businesses and industries. But as we discussed in this post, getting started on the path to digital transformation isn’t easy: only 24% of SMBs are cu...
Salesforce Launches Salesforce Care Small Business Grants to Help Small Businesses Weather COVID-19
COVID-19 has unleashed a medical and economic tsunami upon the world. SMB Group’s Impact of COVID-19 on SMBs Study shows that businesses of all sizes are feeling the pain of the pandemic.
Free eBook Now Available: Survey Results on The Impact of COVID-19 on SMBs
COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus, is having a devastating effect on small and medium businesses (SMBs)—the engine of the U.S. economy and those around the world. But how deep and broad is the impact? SMB Group is providing answers to this question in our new, free eBook, sponsored by our partners, Acumat...