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Employee Retention Strategies for Small Businesses
You have built a team that knows your products, understands your customers, and keeps operations running smoothly. Then one day, a key employee walks into your office and hands you
Here Are a Few Long-Gone Business Deductions That Returned This Tax Season
For business owners across the USA, tax season can feel unpredictable. Rules change, deductions expire, and what you could access last year may be gone the next. But every so
Cash Flow Is Not Profit: Here Is Where Executives Get It Wrong
You have seen the numbers. Revenue is up, the income statement looks healthy, and your profit margins are moving in the right direction. So why does the bank account tell
Turn Employee Tips Into Tax Savings: A Guide to the FICA Tip Credit
Running a business can be extremely difficult. Between managing inventory, paying staff, handling daily operations, and simply trying to stay afloat, the challenges never seem to stop. This is why
How Often Should You Rebid Major Vendor Contracts?
When business executives look to trim overhead costs, they often focus on cutting training budgets, reducing employee benefits, or postponing technology upgrades. Yet there is a significant opportunity hiding in
When Cost-Cutting Hurts Growth and How to Avoid It
In 2026, business executives across the US are under intense pressure to do more with less. After years of elevated inflation, peaking above 8% in the early 2020s and still
Self-Funded Health Plans: Smarter Strategy or Hidden Risk?
As healthcare costs continue to rise, US employers are paying closer attention to how they finance employee benefits. Choosing between a fully insured plan and a self-funded health plan has
Why Loyalty Costs More Than It Saves in Vendor Relationships
Businesses rely heavily on vendor relationships to procure the goods and services that keep operations running smoothly and customers satisfied. From logistics and technology to marketing and office supplies, dependable
Small Businesses Denied PPP Loans Could be Eligible for the Employee Retention Credit
If there is one thing we can all agree on it is that the global pandemic completely threatened the way we lived. No one prepared for the menace that COVID-19
Effective HR Trends for 2021
It is difficult to ignore the indelible mark the global pandemic left in 2020, affecting the way businesses and corporations operated. At the height of it all, a lot of
Do You Know You Qualify for R&D Tax Credits?
Over the last decade, due to technological advancements, businesses the world over have enjoyed innovation in the production and improvement of goods and services. However, in the wake of the
Game Face Podcast | Episode 26 | Exposing Expenses for Extra Profits
This may sound overly simplified, but the bottom line to any business’s profitability is increasing revenues and decreasing expenses. Marc Freedman, the author of the bestseller Expense to Profit, helps
The “New Normal”? Examine Your Costs Now For A Changing Environment
The global pandemic changed the way businesses operate and how we see life. In the heat of the pandemic, a lot of businesses closed temporarily. A whopping 60% of closed
The Common Mistakes Businesses Are Making Today and How to Fix Them
Running a business is a hectic experience. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. From the start, actualization, and daily operations, every step of the way is filled with hurdles
Newstalk KXYL – Cut Costs & Save Money
Our CEO, Marc Freedman, joins Celinda Hawkins and JR Williams on Newstalk KXYL to discuss how to cut costs and save money in the new year.
Why Expense To Profit? It’s Simple.
Every business starts with the vision to provide value for customers and make profits from that venture. More often than not, this vision—this purpose—is somewhat lost in the midst of