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Market Benefits Instead of Features: Speak to Your Customers’ Needs
Writing effective advertising, web, or social media content is vital to customers making a purchasing decision or even visiting your establishment. Professional copywriters are trained to focus on benefits first and features later to drive sales. Benefits vs. Features...
What are Estimated Taxes and do I Have to Pay Them?
As a sole proprietor, partner or member of an LLC, you will be responsible for paying Estimated Taxes to the IRS on a quarterly basis at the point where you owe tax of $1,000 or more when your return is filed. The IRS does not consider the owner as an “Employee,” and...
Boosting Employee Morale
Keeping your employees engaged can be a struggle, especially if you’re trying to get back to pre-COVID levels of morale. Higher morale often leads to increased output from your workers, higher employee retention, and an overall happier environment to work in. There...
Welcome to the new SAM.gov
Government contractors are all familiar with SAM: The System for Award Management. This is often the first stop on the journey to becoming a contractor as a firm registers here to do business with the government. Many of us have also spent a lot of time on the late...
Small Business Exporting: Getting to Know Your Customer
From Guest Author Patty Brewer, Export Finance Manager with the SBA’s Office of International Trade. You are reaching for the moon. You are exporting your awesome product and getting attention from customers around the world. Who are these global customers? Answering...
Retail Spring Cleaning
Spring is here and we are fast approaching the start of Summer. With the warmer weather comes an influx of visitors to Wyoming businesses ready to see what you have and spend their money. Just like at home, now is a great time to do some spring cleaning around your...
Support Wyoming Businesses on Shop Wyoming
As part of the expanding services within the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network’s CARES Act Recovery Program, we launched a one-stop e-commerce site for Wyoming entrepreneurs, called Shop Wyoming. This site allows customers to shop and checkout...
Beyond the Swipe: The Inner Workings of Credit Card Processing
Credit card acceptance seems quite simple on the surface but behind the few seconds between cardholder swipe and receipt, the process is quite complex, involving multiple stages and companies. Certainly, a business does not have to have intimate knowledge of all of...
New E-commerce Site for Wyoming Entrepreneurs
As part of the expanding services within the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network’s CARES Act Recovery Program, a one-stop e-commerce site has been released for Wyoming entrepreneurs, called Shop Wyoming. This site allows customers to shop and...
