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Reduce your 2024 Tax Burden with an updated POS
Could a Point of Sale save you on taxes this year? The answer is, most likely, yes! As the end of the year approaches, it's time for business owners to start thinking about ways to reduce their tax burden. One effective strategy is to take advantage of the Section...
Fincen BOI Reporting
12/9/24 UPDATE: A U.S. District Court Judge ruled the enforcement of the BOI filing is unconstitutional. However, until FinCEN takes the filing off their website, you should still consider filing, just in case. Penalties will begin after January 1st 2025 Have you...
Gift Cards for Small Businesses: A Powerful Holiday Boost
Discover how gift cards for small businesses can boost holiday sales, attract new customers, and create free marketing opportunities. Perfect for seasonal raffles, gift baskets, and more!
Post-Storm Payment Solutions: Ensuring Business Continuity After Disaster
Ensure your business stays operational with post-storm payment solutions, rapid POS replacements, internet failover, and 24/7 local support from Card Systems, Inc.
Hurricane Preparedness and Emergency Resources for Small Businesses on Florida’s West Coast
Prepare your small business for Hurricane Milton with essential tips and resources, from securing property to protecting data. Stay safe, act now, and recover faster!
How to Prepare Your Business for a Storm: 5 Ways to Avoid Disaster
Prepare your business for a storm with essential steps like data backups, hardware protection, and internet failover. Safeguard assets and ensure quick recovery.
Support Local Food Trucks
Support Food Trucks Supporting food trucks is a must for the local community for several reasons. First and foremost, food trucks provide diverse cuisines not commonly found in traditional restaurants. This allows people to expand their palates and support these new...
Shop Local….Why?
Why Supporting Local Businesses Matters When it comes to shopping, it's easy to get caught up in the convenience of big-box stores and online retailers. However, supporting local businesses is an important way to help your community thrive. Here are some reasons why...
Surcharge or Cash Discounting
What are the differences and the best choice for your business? Are you considering Surcharging or Cash Discounting? Accepting credit cards is a necessity in today’s world. However, credit card processing fees are taking a larger chuck out of your profit margin these...
It’s Greek Fest Time!
Join us for Great Food, Vendors, and Fun. The weather is perfect, and with so much to do in Southwest Florida, now is the time to get out and enjoy the fun events around town. The ArtFest, Bike Night, Taste of the Cape, and Food Truck Wars started the season with...
PCI QIR Certification and What it Means
Is Your Merchant and POS Provider QIR Certified? Visa requires all merchants including Level 4 merchants (small businesses) to have their payment processing devices and systems installed by Qualified Integrator and Reseller (QIR). That means ensuring your EMV or chip...
New Florida Vaccine Mandates
Employers' Vaccine Mandate Advisory Florida businesses have just experienced more red tape and costs. Ensure you read and discuss the following information with your HR Directors, managers, and any decision-makers within your company. This advisory is focused on...
Is Managing Your Images on your POS this Easy?
Is managing your POS system as easy as posting a picture on social media? It Should be! Imagine being able to upload an image of your daily specials or entrées as soon as they come out of your oven. Uploading a photo to your menu is as simple as posting it to your...
Stay connected with Backup Internet
What is your Backup Plan to Process Payments? Connectivity to the internet has never been more essential to business operations. Especially when it comes to authorizing your credit cards or accepting payments. Our weather has never been more volatile: heatwaves,...
To Wait or Not to Wait
To Wait or Not to Wait – Why Yes! With our POS Host Wait-list – It’s no longer a question! Now more than ever your patron’s time is valuable. As a business owner, you should know most popular eateries have decided to shun reservations. This trend is due to...
Don’t lose your stored photos, backups or files!
Are your Business Photos in Jeopardy? Lots of Google users have taken advantage of the free online storage space for photos, backups, and easy sharing over the years. If you or your business has as well, be sure to log into your account regularly. Personal or Business...
Grant for restaurants and other food services who suffered pandemic losses
If your food service business (any business where the onsite sale of food or drink comprised 33% or more of gross receipts) suffered losses due to the pandemic, there is a grant you should be looking into. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund from the SBA is focusing on...
Florida Restaurants are open and giving patrons a choice
We are a state that is the envy of the nation. Homes are selling at record highs while only on the market for mere days. Why? Our businesses are open, and here, in Lee county, we still have the freedom of choice. We can choose the restaurants and businesses we want...
Help customers get creative for Valentine’s Day
Spread the love to your customers this Valentine’s Day by offering out of the box ideas for those who are not feeling quite ready to venture out yet. Offer a curbside candlelight Valentine’s dinner prepared or unprepared and maybe include a small gift card they can...
Digital Menus in-House and Online
Easy and Safe Ordering with Digital Menus Are you wondering how to make your customers feel safe to come into your store or restaurant during the Holidays and throughout the year? Do you want to ensure that they shop at your store or dine at your restaurant? Why not...
Restaurant Server Suggestive Selling
Boost your Restaurant Sales by Up-sell to Existing Customers Your servers should be suggesting appetizers, desserts, and gift cards. Are they? A lot of servers simply ask ”Can I start you out with an appetizer?" This puts the server in a bad position if the customer...
EdgeServ’s Pay at the Table
EdgeServ POS Releases Version 2020.5 with Pay at the Table Applications, Utilizing the PAX A920 SARASOTA, FL – EdgeServ POS today announced the release of version 2020.5 – with their exciting new, fully integrated, Pay at the Table solution. This release utilizes the...
Restaurants Pivoting with Technology
Chef Adrianne Calvo's Miami restaurant is thriving during a pandemic and she also opened a new restaurant last summer as well. See her interview and tips for restaurants of all sizes. Pivoting When many restaurants were feeling the pain, and giving up, Adrianne Calvo...
A REcycled Night in Black and White Tonight!
Join us for the REcycled event of the Season! Tune in this evening to watch a fashion show unlike any other from the safety and convenience of your home https://www.facebook.com/dfsswflorida/. Emcees Alyssa LeMay, Nickole Hendra, and Barbara Melvin, joined by...