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Small Business Advice

Melio | January 25, 2023

On January 24, 2023, Melio, the industry-leading B2B payments platform for small businesses, announced a new integration with the cloud-based accounting software platform Xero. Through this integration, Melio's small business clients will be able to seamlessly sync their accounts payable and receivable data with Xero, therefore saving time on bill payments, facilitating reconciliation, and enhancing insight into incoming payments. Melio's co-founder and CTO, Ilan Atias, ...

Technology

PRnewswire | June 14, 2023

Employee Fiduciary, a leading 401(k) service provider for small businesses, is thrilled to announce the launch of its Small Business 401(k) Tax Credit Calculator. This tool is specifically designed to help small businesses efficiently calculate their potential savings and estimate their 401(k) plan costs by leveraging new SECURE 2.0 tax credits. SECURE 2.0 legislation aims to make 401(k) plans more accessible and affordable for small businesses by offering a game-changing set of...

Industry Outlook

Everlane Equity Partners | February 19, 2022

Everlane Equity Partners ("Everlane") today announced a strategic investment in demandDrive, LLC and Data Fuel, LLC (collectively "demandDrive" or the "Company"), a provider of sales development and lead generation services. Everlane is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on partnerships with growing service companies. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with approximately 175 employees, demandDrive offers sales and marketing enablement ser...

MARKETING AND NETWORKING, SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

DesignRush | July 11, 2022

46% of all Google searches have local intent. That’s an impressive 37,000 local searches per second. It matters because 76% of consumers that perform a local search on their phones visit a store that day, as shared by Backlinko. While Google’s traditional ranking factors apply to local SEO, there are various other strategies that businesses, especially small ones, can leverage to increase exposure in local listings. DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting businesses w...