Small Business Merchant Account and ACH Processing: The PaySimple Blog

A cost-effective way for small businesses to combat payment fraud

Posted by Lisa Hephner The bad news is that payment fraud is growing, and it seems that criminals are coming up with ever more ingenious ways to perpetrate it. Small businesses may think they are too small to attract attention of criminals, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. A recent ...

How creating value in your small business’ products and partnerships helps achieve extraordinary returns

Posted by David Sharp My topic today is geared towards our channel partner community. I want to share some thoughts on creating value for all parties involved. At PaySimple, we create platforms that help stars shine— as our CEO recently shared with you. While our primary focus is to create value ...

Colorado’s BikeMS 2008: PaySimplers don’t just donate, we participate!

Posted by Sarah Jordan Last weekend, six of our own PaySimplers joined an estimated 3,000 cyclists in the 23rd Annual Great-West Life Bike MS, Colorado's Ride 2008. Each rider is pledged to raise at least $300.00 for the cause, but most go above and beyond that amount. Team PaySimple, comprised ...

Top 5 Social Media Participation Rules to Live By

Posted by Sarah Jordan Co-authored by Chad Gardner, Web Marketing Associate for PaySimple With more companies flocking to Web 2.0 to gain exposure, there are two developing (and constantly changing) extremes in the approach to social networking. While taking an honest, natural and authentic approach to creating a rapport with audiences seems ...

Taking control of your small business during a recession

Posted by Sarah Jordan Although outsourcing is one of the first actions an enterprise-size company might take to cut costs during a recession, according to a recent study by Warrillow, it’s just the opposite for SMBs. In fact, small businesses responded that they do not prefer to outsource during an ...

Customer Service: business priority or overlooked department

Posted by Allen Wolff Co-authored by Jeff Slusarz, PaySimple Customer Support Manager What is customer service? We think the composition of the words is actually misleading as it should really read “servicing customers” with the priority on the service. As a small business owner, you should ask yourself: Do ...

NACHA Payments 2008

Posted by Jeff Gardner I’ve spent the last couple of days at NACHA Payments 2008 meeting a variety of industry leaders in the payments space as well as doing my fair share of learning. The conference--hosted by NACHA, a non-profit organization that oversees the ACH Network--offers an abundance of sessions, ...

Something small businesses can be grateful for

Posted by Allen Wolff How much gratitude do we express in our daily lives? To our family? To our friends? To our colleagues? To our top customers? To our high-maintenance customers? I’d venture to guess not enough. I am constantly amazed at how often we fail to be grateful for ...

How to succeed by going all the way!

Posted by Eric Remer What does it mean to go all the way? We all do it at various points in our life, but rarely do we have the inner knowing to live our entire life in that mindset. How do you know when you are going all the way? ...

When limiting payment types limits profitability

One frequently asked question and how it relates to small business’ revenue and profitability. Posted by Jeff Gardner At PaySimple, our dedicated employees have the wonderful job of guiding [tag]small business[/tag] owners towards enhanced profitability. As such, one of the frequently asked questions our staff encounters is: “What payment types should ...