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Marketing for Optometrists With These 4 Tools

Improve your practice's marketing efforts with these four simple yet robust tools.
What do potential patients see right now when they search for your business online? It's likely they'll see reviews from other clients, which can make or break a new business.
Industry Expertise

The Legal Industry is Evolving. Has Your Firm Kept Up?

Here's how to better match fees to client expectations, including ways to improve collections.
The billable hour is the standard for legal services, but one that your clients may be less willing to tolerate going forward.
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Bundle Insurance: How to Lower Costs for Customers and Boost Business

Insurance agents looking to grow their business should consider bundling policies.
Offering bundled insurance is the perfect cross-selling opportunity for an insurance agent.
Industry Expertise

5 CPA Marketing Best Practices

As an accounting firm, you don't need to be an expert digital marketer to draw value from marketing.
Digital marketing may take some trial and error, but there's currently no better way to actively engage and interact with clients, current and future.
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Financing Options for Chiropractors

A look at your financing options for a chiropractic business, along with tips to help you qualify.
Even though chiropractic care is a medical profession, lenders often treat it as alternative medicine and do not offer the same loan terms as they would for doctors and dentists.
Taxes

Navigating the Tax Code for Religious Groups

Trying to figure out if your religious organization is tax exempt? This guide can help.
To qualify under the charitable clause, a church must also act as a charity.
Operations

The Transportation Industry and Inflation

Businesses should prepare now for inflation and transportation disruptions.
The good news is that many of the factors feeding current inflation—pent-up demand, supply chain disruptions and production delays—are temporary conditions that will be alleviated over time.
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How is Healthcare Managing Inflation and the Medical Supply Chain?

Here's how to cope with medical supply chain stress in the short term and prepare for the long term.
Once you commit to a hybrid working environment, refinements will help improve its effectiveness.
Industry Expertise

The Basics of Agriculture Insurance

Learn the basics of agriculture insurance and how it can protect your business.
Agriculture insurance policies also include other key resources that agribusinesses need in order to operate successfully.
Industry Expertise

Learn When You Need Commercial Auto Insurance and What It Covers

Commercial vehicle insurance helps you optimize the returns on your company's fleet of vehicles.
By insuring against the risk of any possible property damage, injuries, medical expenses or losses resulting from an accident or theft, you're effectively buffering your company's finances from potentially high claims and settlements.
Management

Get Started on Your Compliance Journey

A corporate compliance program is an investment in the defense of your business's future.
The best compliance policy has little value if employees aren't aware of it.
Industry Expertise

What to Know About Setting Up a Grant

More people are in need today. If you can, set up a charitable fund to help your community rebound.
Putting a program in place not only benefits your community, but it's also smart for your business.
Industry Expertise

Predictive Maintenance Optimization

How manufacturers can maximize critical assets and achieve efficiencies with predictive maintenance.
Extending the life of critical machines and equipment can go a long way in better managing capital and boosting ROI.
Operations

Market Your Properties Effectively by Using Multiple Channels

Learn the pros and cons of each to help you design the most cost-effective approach.
The more distribution channels you use, the more potential property viewings.
Risk Management

Risk Management for EPC Contractors

It's never easy to remove risk from your job, but there are things you can do to help reduce it.
Much of the work EPC contractors do involves third-party technology vendors, so understanding vendor risk management is critical.
Accounting

The 411 on Cash Flow Management for Transportation Companies

In transportation firms, managing accounts receivable is crucial to a strong cash management system.
Develop systems for managing accounts receivable that help to boost the bottom line.

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