The Entrepreneurial Hour Conference - October 25, 2018

Merchant Processing Solutions is all about business. We pride ourselves on honestly, integrity and problem solving. We have been recognized as subject matter experts in the merchant services industry by several chambers, colleges, cities and organizations.

We are proud to be part of "The Entrepreneurial Hour Conference" along with so many Broward County Leaders. Join us this Thursday from 8:30am - 3:15pm to hear many speakers on:

The Future of Business

Doing Business Locally

How to Build Business Teams Internally & Externally

The Power of Networking 

An Entrepreneurial Vision of Success

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The Entrepreneurial Hour Conference

Is Your Business Ready for the Holidays?

You need to have your plan in place NOW!

Aside from festive displays, sales galore and fulfilling dreams, there is a serious part of the holidays for smaller merchants. Several studies indicate that small retailers bring in about between 10 - 25% of their total annual sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So how can the average small merchant get his fair share of that business? 

Here is our suggested Christmas Checklist for Merchants:

• Make sure you have the right technology capturing your sales AND the customer information so you can use this over the next year to stay in contact with you fan base. If you already have a POS System that captures customer data, have you used that to create a HOLIDAY Campaign to bring in all your customers from the past year and beyond?
• Make sure your customers can get to your inventory; whether your store is OPEN or CLOSED. Update your website to include your inventory to allow busy customers the chance to buy when THEY NEED TO! Make sure they can pay with NO problems online at anytime! 
• Consider getting set up with your OWN Mobile Application. This will keep your "raving fans" always connected and engaged in your business. You can push Promotions, Discounts, Rewards Programs and more out to your App Members
• Make sure you have a back-up device to capture sales (Mobile, Website, etc) if due to whether or demand your primary device fails. NEVER LOSE A CUSTOMER BECAUSE YOUR PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE DEVICE IS DOWN. 
• Make sure you check into last years sales and notes to find out how many cash registers you needed open, along with staff and when they were needed. DON'T MAKE YOUR CUSTOMERS WAIT ON A LONG LINE! THEY WILL LEAVE AND BUY ELSEWHERE!
• Make sure your Payment Acceptance Devises are SECURE! Are your terminals PCI COMPLIANT and have a secure PASSWORD? This is the time of the year more than any other when SCAMMERS bring in bogus/stolen cards to steal from you! If you are still "swipping" cards you will be unable to dispute ANY CHARGEBACK you get after the holidays. Remember, your customer have 180 days to dispute a credit card purchase - for any reason. If you are still not PCI Compliant and someone does a "chargeback" on their purchase, you will NOT be able to fight the return of that money to the customer. Check with your processor and find out if you are PCI Compliant before losing your hard-earned money! 

We hope this list will help you consider your HOLIDAY MERCHANT PREPAREDNESS! Call us for any help with the above! 

Merchant Processing Solutions Inc.

954-938-2420

Click on link to hear Claudia Mosley talk about merchant services!

     Meet Claudia Mosley, CFO of Merchant Processing Solutions and passionate for non-profits, 

     our merchants and our industry. Take a break today and listen to Claudia's networking presentation

     on why Merchant Processing Services stands out from other merchant services companies! 

After you listen, call us at 954-938-2420

The Entrepreneurial Hour Online Radio Show

Merchant Process Solutions wants to take this opportunity to tell you about our colleague, Stephanie Cates. Stephanie is not only the VP of Merchant Sales and Marketing at Merchant Processing Solutions but a professor at Unilatina International College in Miramar, Florida. She teaches Business and Marketing Classes for their Associate and Bachelor Programs. About four months ago, Stephanie was asked by Marcela Moyano, Media Director of Unilatina International College, to develop an online Business Radio Program to not only benefit the students at the college, but the local business community.


Stephanie used her 36 years of business experience along with her 14 years of teaching experience and came up with "The Entrepreneurial Hour". A one-hour long online radio show that designed to help new and existing businesses find help and advice for topical subject matter experts. We knew that just using people we knew would not be enough to cover the wide array of business issues plaguing today's entrepreneurs; who could be partner with? Since the college is in Miramar, Florida, we reached out to Robert Goltz, executive director of the Miramar Pembroke Pines, Weston and Pembroke West/Park West Chambers of Commerce. He saw value in the collaboration and the show was born!

We pride ourselves on tackling questions that riddle our listeners. We bring on subject matter experts that impart wisdom, ideas and experiences to our listeners. The show has grown in popularity and is now linked to all three of the above mentioned Chambers of Commerce as well and a "resource" for the Broward County and the City of Miramar.


Here are some of the topics available now on Podcasts: The Entrepreneurial Hour

• Idea vs Concept - Developing your business
• The Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Creating Business Entities
• Payroll & Accounting
• Your Credit and Payment Acceptance
• Marketing 101
• Business Communications
• How to work with Broward County
• Doing business in Pembroke Pines
• IT Solutions 
• Doing business with Miramar
• Understanding QuickBooks
• Business Branding & Image Marketing
• Business Insurance Needs
• Merchant Services 
• Websites More to be added

Want to know more how Merchant Processing Solutions 

help the business community, 

call us @ 954-938-2420