Cyrious Conversations: Chat with Keith Nichols, inkDOTS

9/7/2011 - 8:55 p.m.

 

Keith Nichols, inkDOTS owner in Cypress, TX, shared his success with Control in the few months he's been using it. During the demo of Control, Keith immediately figured he would save about 2-3 hours a day. Now that Control has been in place, Keith estimates it actually saves 3-5 man hours per day. Keith estimated a full ROI within 90 days.

 

With a before and after look, Keith depicts how, with Control, he increased his profit on sales, eliminated duplicate work and shares some features he's found most beneficial.


We were entering and duplicating data at ...

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Cyrious Conversations: Chat with Keith Nichols, inkDOTS

9/7/2011 - 8:55 p.m.

 

Keith Nichols, inkDOTS owner in Cypress, TX, shared his success with Control in the few months he's been using it. During the demo of Control, Keith immediately figured he would save about 2-3 hours a day. Now that Control has been in place, Keith estimates it actually saves 3-5 man hours per day. Keith estimated a full ROI within 90 days.

 

With a before and after look, Keith depicts how, with Control, he increased his profit on sales, eliminated duplicate work and shares some features he's found most beneficial.


We were entering and duplicating data at ...

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Cyrious Conversations: Chat with Darwin Buehler, Signs Now #114

9/7/2011 - 8:55 p.m.

 

 

In his words, how he’s using Control to save time in production and generate more sales.

Estimating...in minutes.

  • A simple quote can be turned around in a matter of minutes. Now frankly, we’re still learning it, so it can get even faster than it is now.
  • There's no shooting numbers off the top of our heads, no pen and paper, it all goes through Control.
  • Understanding our costs has allowed us to raise our prices where we were otherwise unprofitable. On the other hand, we have seen where we can squeeze more profit out and have ...

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Choosing a leasing company? Prepare & Know What to Ask.

8/30/2011 - 8:34 p.m.

Save money and meet your goals with this advice.

 

1. Understand your equipment needs, and define your leasing goals.

What do you hope to accomplishthrough leasing)? Provide as much info as possible to your leasing company, because they may be able to steer you in the right direction.

 

2. Choose a leasing company that has experience in your industry.

The leasing company you work with should act as a partner in your business success and consult with you to identify the best financing options.

 

3. Be prepared to provide both your personal and business credits.

Prior to ...

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Keep More of the Sales Price in Your Wallet

8/16/2011 - 8:04 p.m.

By Lowering the Credit Card Fees You Pay.

 

Many merchants don’t realize the ramifications of skipping past prompts on their credit card machine or POS system costs them money.

 

The rate you pay as a merchant depends on:

The type of card presented: Check/Debit, Credit, Rewards, Business or International and how it is processed; swiped, keyed with enhanced data, keyed without enhanced data.These all affect the Interchange rate of the transaction. Interchange is the portion of the discount rate that every processor must collect and pay to the bank that issued the credit card. It ...

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