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St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and creating a great menu can help your draw in customers and grow your restaurant business. Here we’ve compiled a few recipes of traditional Irish favorites to inspire your St. Patrick’s Day Menu.

As a small business owner it is important to realize the best time to seek funding is when your business is doing well. Business cash advances can be used for many purposes including renovations, marketing, preparing for emergencies and simply having available cash flow. Here we’ve outlined a few reasons to seek funding before your business experiences hard times.

The marketing game has changed for the auto repair industry over the last decade as television and radio ads have given way to social media ads, direct mailers into email and Google has to know who you are for customers to even know you exist. In the auto repair world, many competitors are still implementing the same marketing tactics, but there are ways for you to stand out from your competition and show customers that you truly care about them, and it involves meeting them with new tools. Here we will discuss 4 important principles that could be utilized in order to have your auto repair shop rise above the competition:

We’ve all heard the old adage “You have to spend money to make money”? It is not always true, but if your business is experiencing a temporary decrease in cash flow it may make the difference between closing your business and being successful. Frequently, a small business will have inconsistencies in their cash flow. Maybe your business is seasonal, like a landscaping company, or maybe your business experiences the ebb and flow of the tourism market. Either way, there will be times when your cash flow is great and times when it is not so great. You still have a lot of the same expenses, such as overhead and payroll, even when you do not have the cash flow to cover it. Maybe you had a piece of crucial equipment break down and you don’t have the cash to repair or replace it. In all of these scenarios a Business cash Advance can help your business through those rough times and keep it growing.

With the likes of Amazon and Walmart dominating the retail world it is essential for small business owners to maximize their marketing dollars. Having unique products and a great staff can only take you so far. Marketing is more important for retailers than in years past due to the number of purchasing options people have these days. So what does it take for owners to maximize marketing dollars and increase brand awareness?