Small Business Blog
How to Finance a Business: 6 Options to Consider
Figuring out how to finance a business is a pivotal first step toward turning visionary ideas into tangible success. Each choice in the vast landscape of financial options carries unique narratives, challenges, and triumphs, much like the diverse stories of success and failure. This guide aims to delve into the essence of each financing route…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Small Business Loan Application Process
The small business loan application process can be daunting if you don’t know what to expect. Whether you’re looking for a term loan, line of credit or something more like a flex-pay product, the basic process is similar across them all. Let’s review each step to provide a better understanding. Preparing your small business documentation…
Read MoreThe Basics of Financing a Business
Financing a business is like sailing a huge sea. It’s full of ups and downs but also with chances to shine. Getting the cash isn’t just about keeping things running; it’s a game-changer that can make your business stand out. This guide is here to make the whole money-getting thing less of a mystery. We’re…
Read MorePreparing for Interest Rate Cuts in 2024
After a year of interest rate hikes, recent headlines say the Federal Reserve may finally start cutting interest rates in 2024. What does this mean for Small Business owners? Reduced interest rates makes short-term financing like a line of credit or term loan more readily available to small businesses, allowing growth that could have been…
Read MoreCustomer Reviews: Critical to Small Business Success
Small business owners that have not yet developed a strategy to leverage customer reviews to grow your business need to give it the attention it deserves. We help you get started with this guide by providing simple, actionable advice. Why should you care about customer reviews? Customer reviews are about the success of your business. …
Read MoreSmall Business Outlook Positive Despite Slow Start to 2023
The small business outlook is always in flux due to macroeconomics. And there’s been no shortage of challenges for Small Business owners since the start of 2023; from continuing rising interest rates, narrowing access to credit through traditional banks, sudden bank closures and ongoing staffing issues, the hits kept coming. If you read the headlines…
Read MoreExploring your Options: Financing Considerations for Small Business
Are you a Small Business with big plans? If so, chances are you are considering how to finance your next phase of development. The taking of a loan marks an important event in the life of a company. Sometimes it is necessary to survive a temporary setback, but hopefully it means you have a plan…
Read MoreSurvey: Nearly 70% of Small Business owners will reinvest for a recovery
We continue sharing ZING survey results highlighting the challenges and growth opportunities for Small Businesses during the global health pandemic. Survey responses represent the views of US Small Business owners that survived the first wave of closures and were open for business in September 2020. Survey Highlight: Nearly 70% of Small Businesses plan to reinvest for…
Read MoreSurvey Results part 1: “How has your business been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic?”
This is the first in a series of ZING survey results highlighting the challenges and growth opportunities for Small Businesses during the global health pandemic. Survey responses represent the views of US Small Business owners that have survived the first wave of closures and were open for business in September 2020. Highlight: 38.7% of Small…
Read MoreBeauty Moves: Small Business, Big Comeback. Powered by ZING
What do you do when your entire business is shut down by a global pandemic? If you’re Marc Baron, owner of Beauty Moves Spa, you reinvent how your business is done – and find a financing partner that can move as fast as you! BACKGROUND 2020 was going to be a banner year for Marc’s…
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