Apr
27
Springtime is the perfect time of year to refresh and renew your business marketing skills. A few simple updates now can grow your business and keep you busy and successful through this season and beyond! Your website: Keep your website updated. Your website acts as an “ambassador” for your clients....
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Apr
20
As part of Merchants Insurance Group’s recent 100th anniversary celebration, $24,500 from the company was contributed to various charities. The initiative allowed Colleagues to pick a charity of their choice, with the company donating $100 for each of the employees. Organizations receiving donations included Niagara Hospice, the SPCA of Buffalo...
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Apr
20
What is cyber liability insurance, and how can it help my business? CovCyberliability insurance is insurance coverage all businesses should have regardless of their size. From a “mom and pop, Main Street shop” to a doctor’s office or manufacturing facility, cyber liability insurance can provide the peace of mind to...
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Apr
17
Scirocco Group, headquartered in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, has been named the 2017 Agent of the Year by Merchants Insurance Group. The Agent of the Year award recognizes one of Merchants’ more than 1,000 independent agencies for achieving success through outstanding customer service. Award recipients must embrace Merchants’ core values...
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Apr
16
Use bottled water that has not been exposed to flood waters if it is available. If you don't have bottled water, you should boil water to make it safe. Boiling water will kill most types of disease-causing organisms that may be present. If the water is cloudy, filter it through...
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Apr
16
Are you doing enough to safeguard and protect your small business data? Small businesses are widely adopting data backup practices to ensure data is retrievable should a disaster occur, but gaps remain. According to a July 2012 study by accounting software company Sage, the bulk of small businesses are backing up key...
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Apr
16
Being “green” or environmentally friendly is probably not a new idea to you as a small business owner. In the last few years especially, the discussion of green business practices, services, and products has become so prevalent that it’s often no longer the exception – but expected – to run...
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Apr
16
What does it take for a small business to achieve success? Whether you’re already in business or preparing to start a business, it takes hard work, tenacity and drive to achieve a high level of success. Lori Greiner, star shark of ABC’s Shark Tank says, “Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80...
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Apr
16
Crime—burglary, robbery, vandalism, shoplifting, employee theft, and fraud—costs businesses billions of dollars each year. Crime can be particularly devastating to small businesses, who lose both customers and employees when crime and fear claim a neighborhood. When small businesses are victims of crime, they often react by changing their hours of...
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Apr
16
A small business or nonprofit gets what appears to be an invoice for a listing in an online yellow pages directory. On the face of it, it looks legit. It includes the name of an employee at the office, a copy of what the listing looks like, the “walking fingers”...
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