Insurance Insights

In recent years, small business owners who provide health insurance coverage to their workers have likely noticed that their costs for doing so have skyrocketed in the past decade. That trend seems likely to continue, too, under the Affordable Care Act, but insurers may be poised to help out a little bit.

Small business owners across the country may now be starting to get themselves and their companies more involved in social media in general, but may not always know where they should turn. However, taking the time to understand certain demographic realities and other information about each site can be vital to growing a company through these means.

It’s not always easy for small businesses to strike the proper balance between traditional advertising and those that utilize online platforms which have grown in popularity over the past decade or so, but now might be the time for these companies in particular to look into the ways in which they are handling themselves on the Internet where it concerns drawing in new customers or clients.

The economy may still be recovering, but many small businesses are likely still facing tight budgets thanks to slower steps forward in their locations or industries. Fortunately, many owners may be able to enjoy some savings by looking into open-source software options that will compare with many that they may use every day.

Many companies, and small businesses in particular, may require their employees to work longer hours than most because of how vital that kind of commitment is to an enterprise’s success overall. That kind of necessity may begin to wear on workers, and thus owners may want to look into ways they can get people out of the workplace for a day so they can do team-building exercises.

These days, more small business owners across the country are starting to realize the importance of having a very strong Web presence including their own sites. However, many may not be going that extra mile to engage visitors with the kind of copy that can really make a site grab their attention.

Millions of Americans know all about just how much their credit reports and scores can impact many aspects of their financial life, but what they might not know is that this is also true of companies when they own a small business.

While many small businesses might have put a lot of time, money, and even effort into getting their websites off the ground in the past few years, many might find that the traffic they’re generating – in a number of ways – might be a little disappointing compared with their goals. However, it’s important for companies to know why they may be falling behind on expectations and what they might be able to do to increase the number of page views they receive.

Many small business owners across the country that deal with customers making purchases on a daily basis may know just how costly credit and debit card interchange fees can be. However, this issue is one that seems to be growing increasingly important for consumers, and it might be time for smaller companies to try to adapt.

In the past few years, small business lending has been a little bit uncertain, and that might have had a negative impact on companies’ abilities to expand even as the economy continued to improve. Now, experts say conditions are much better than they were some time ago, but some worry whether those improvements are good enough for many independent owners across the country.