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 auctioneer extraordinaire Rick Gallo, will host the annual Dress for Success of SW Florida Black […]
Government Funds Depleted, What Now? 3 Tips

$354 Billion of Funding Gone in Less than 20 Days As Congress fights amongst themselves to release another much-needed 250 billion through the CARES Act to small business owners, what can you do to save your business? What will you do now that the shock is over and the reality has set in? Give up? […]
Klosebuy Gives Back to Restaurants and Retailers

Klosebuy is Here to Help with a Free Marketing App Due to the impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, hospitality, and retail, Klosebuy and CSI have teamed up to offer a self-managed account for 12 months at no charge. Klosebuy provides a digital app for consumers to see what businesses are open, provide essentials, have products/services available, and […]
COVID-19 Government Funds for Small Business

Get the Funding You Need We are in a Health and Financial Crisis of unprecedented magnitude, and it has had a huge financial impact on you. Your business is still a big unknown. Many of you are experiencing a 50%- 95% drop in sales, and some of you may have closed your doors completely. Our […]
Creating A Holistic Happy Workplace

A holistic workplace offers benefits to employers and employees and creates a thriving business environment. Businesses who recognize an employee’s mental well-being create a better work environment and tend to retain valuable employees. Research conducted at the O.C. Tanner Institute suggests six essential elements of a great workplace. Purpose, opportunity, success, appreciation, well-being, and leadership. […]
Protect Your Business with this New POS App

Your business security depends on the information that you retain and how you monitor your everyday transactions. There are many ways to do this both with internal measures and technology with the new Point of Sale Systems available today. Too many times, you (the business owner) are left in the dark as fraud and […]
The Power of Women in Business

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A WOMAN You may be stunned to learn just how much women’s economic power has increased in recent years. Their impact on the consumer economy and influence in decision-making has elevated them to account for 85% of all consumer purchases. Understanding the factors leading to related statistics and how to […]
Does Adding a Credit Card Surcharge Fee Make Sense For Your Business?

Surсhаrging is becoming more popular with merchants to offset their increasing credit card fees. The battle between merchants and card brands has been long and ongoing. Last year, with the 11th District Federal Circuit’s ruling, merchants in certain states are now allowed to surcharge—provided they do it correctly and according to the card brand and state rules. […]
Promote Your Business Event

Whether you are planning a new menu launch, in-store demo, on-site workshop, new wine list, sponsoring a community charitable event, or even a Grand Opening, we have some great ways (mostly free) to make sure your event is seen online. Use your Point of Sale to collect valuable customer data Make sure you are using […]
Small Business Saturday – November 24th

We are down to a little under a month until #SmallBusinessSaturday2018, and we would like to share ten easy tips and tricks you can use to help your small business get the most out of this day. Remember back in 2011 when the Senate unanimously passed a resolution supporting this day? By 2012, officials in all 50 […]