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5 Tips for Creating an Email Newsletter Your Customers Can’t Wait to Open How do you create compelling newsletter content for your business? Follow these 5 tips. 3 min read

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5 Financial Problems Your Customers Will Notice Many factors influence whether your customers will stick around, including a number of decisions you make about how you’ll operate your business finances. Here are 5 ways your financial problems could lose you customers. Avoid these, and you’ll be in a better position to keep your customers coming back. 3 min read

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5 Tips for Leveraging Customer Feedback It’s been said that we have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason: we should listen twice as much as we talk. Here are 5 tips to make sure you’re listening to your customers (and not just talking at them). 3 min read

Case Study: Happy Kids Development Center Smart cash management choices can help your small business succeed and grow. Read about the ways First Bank has helped Happy Kids Development Center do just that. 2 min read

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3 Reasons to Give Yourself a Raise As a small business owner, you can set your own salary. Scraping by on below-market wages or living off personal savings? Consider paying yourself what you’re actually worth. 4 min read

4 Ways to Get Started with Small Business Cash Management Like the gasoline that powers a car, cash is the lifeblood of any small business. And like with your gas gauge, you need to keep careful track of cash throughput, otherwise your business will quickly end up stalled. 4 min read

Don’t Just Earn Money. Get Paid. Having customers and doing great work is not enough to keep your business in shape; you also have to get paid for the work you do. 3 min read

Can You Afford a New Hire? While every hiring scenario is unique, this framework will help you think through many of the costs involved. 4 min read

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