How Bento Helps Event Planners Manage Better
We offer expense management for event planners because we love your work. Your attention to detail brings people together. Whether you’re organizing a small luncheon at a restaurant, a wedding that marks the expansion of a family, or a major trade show that helps change an industry, your work matters. Here’s how Bento can help: […]
5 Ways to Keep Your Customers Happy and Gain Trust
More often than not, business owners deal with unhappy or angry customers/clients, and it’s never easy. The customer could be unhappy for a number of reasons: untimely delivery, product malfunction, bad customer service, jarring user experience, or hundreds of thousands of other reasons. If you know what to say, and more importantly, when and how […]
How to Protect Your Business from Identity Theft
Bento for Business recently rolled out two-factor identification, an important step to preventing small business identity theft. Identify theft is a real problem. Over 9 million people are targeted by identity thieves each year and the cumulative economic cost of the crime is in the vicinity of $60 billion. However, it is no longer […]
Celebrating Labor Day and Hard Work
In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is set aside to honor America’s workers. The tradition of celebrating Labor Day in late summer began in 1882. Labor Day was set as a national holiday on the first Sunday in September by President Grover Cleveland in 1894. The holiday was moved to the […]
23 Resources that Fuel the Most Effective ProAdvisors
by Shuyi Shang, Accounting Community Manager at Bento for Business If you’ve been in business longer than five minutes, you’ve realized that succeeding as a ProAdvisor isn’t just about being a stellar bookkeeper or accountant. You’ve also got to be able to sell, set prices, schedule appointments, keep your client pipeline full – and […]
The Post-Tax-Season To-Do List that Will Transform Your Practice
Tax season’s in the rearview mirror, which means a lot of us are breathing a sigh of relief and enjoying some well-deserved down time. That’s great. But before you jump back into business as usual, it’s important to take some time to reflect on your business – especially if this past tax season made you want […]
Fraud Alert: 10 Ways You’re Making it Easier for Employees to Steal from You
Whether or not you’ve stopped to think about it, small businesses are more vulnerable to internal fraud than their larger counterparts. This is because small businesses… Typically don’t have a budget for fraud detection. Rarely have official policies in place for handling funds, checks, reimbursements, and bills. Often rely on trust rather than clearly defined […]
5 Fraud Prevention Strategies for Small Businesses on a Budget
Preventing fraud may not be top-of-mind for most small-business owners, but accounting professionals understand that fraud is a real – and potentially costly – risk. In fact, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) found in 2016 that the median fraud loss at businesses with fewer than 100 employees is $150,000 – the same as it is for […]
3 Reasons Why Corporate Credit Cards are So Popular These Days
Advancement in payment technologies has made it easier for businesses to conduct their day-to-day financial operations. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, an increasing number of companies are now offering their employees corporate credit cards for simpler expense tracking and savings from suppliers. A recent survey by Strategic Treasurer, the “2017 B2B Payments & Working […]
When is Small Business Saturday 2016? – Everything You Need to Know
Observed on the Saturday after Thanksgiving Day every year, Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday that falls between the Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the busiest shopping periods of the year. For 2016, Small Business Saturday has been scheduled on November 29th, the Saturday post Black Friday. A Brief History of Small Business […]
Small Business Saturday Marketing Ideas
Pioneered by American Express corporation in 2010, Small Business Saturday was created in support of the brick and mortar businesses. It’s held on the Saturday right after Thanksgiving. While Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a huge opportunity for big shopping malls and e-commerce sites to pull in customers, Small Business Saturday offers small and […]
PTO and the Modern Employee
With the holiday season coming up, HR and administrators all over the country have their work cut out for them. It’s time to sharpen pencils and start calculating paid time off. For the U.S., average PTO is 10 days per year, with vacation time accruing at a rate of about 0.307 per work day. […]
Top 10 Online Reputation Management Tools for Small Businesses
If you own a small business, you’re probably already aware of the importance of your online reputation. Positive reviews drive more customers to your business, while negative reviews may drive them away. Today, just by typing a few sentences and hitting “done,” anyone has the power to damage the reputation of your business. Fortunately, […]
Top 5 Small Business Accounting Software Choices
There are a myriad of accounting tools available on the market, with various features and benefits. However, some of them stand out due to their advanced features, ease of use, reliability and utility. Here are our current top five small business accounting software choices. 1. Fresh Books: highly rated by its users, this tool […]
How to Keep Your Construction Business Busy During the Winter
The winter season brings its usual slow onset of business, but it doesn’t mean contractors have to go into hibernation. There are plenty of opportunities to stay busy and be profitable in the offseason Being able to maximize your business’ effectiveness during the offseason for any contractor or company is one of the pillars of […]
