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    Useful inventory white paper and advice

    Of course keeping accurate inventory levels is really important, here is a useful (and free) whitepaper on 10 reasons why. http://www.brightpearl.com/blog/2012/07/27/10-reasons-why-accurate-inventory-is-important We hope you find it useful
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    E-Commerce Accounting

    All the solutions previously mentioned could work well for you. Going off on a bit of a tangent is Brightpearl as not only would it be your accounts but it syncs all your business processes from orders and inventory across multiple sales channels (online & offline) to customers (CRM) and full...
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    EPOS system

    Hi, have you looked at Brightpearl at all? this could help your friend manage inventory across both his shops as well as provide other business support with accounting and CRM functionality in the same system. Plus if he ever wanted to trade online, either via his own website or on ebay or...
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    Pro's & Con's of Multi Channel Retailing

    Here are a couple of ideas I can think of for you in terms of pro’s and con’s. Pros More exposure - You gain access to many more potential customers when you adopt a multichannel model. Exposure to more people means that you have a higher chance of being seen by someone who is interested...
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    Retail stores - small shops

    I'd look to get some point of sale and inventory software to help you manage your stock, orders, accounts etc. this could save you valuable time in admin and help you keep on top of your stock control/stock-takes as well as provide helpful insights into your best performing products etc...
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    Thinking of starting my own Coffee Shop

    Hi there, Live your dream....I thought this video might give you some inspiration for your coffee shop?! http://www.brightpearl.com/blog/2012/01/23/customer-focus-lahloo-tea-%E2%80%93-epos-for-multichannel-retail-and-wholesale Enjoy! Brightpearl
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    Alternatives to netsuite

    Hi, Might I chuck our hat in the ring on this one. We offer a fully integrated saas business management system that incorporates inventory, account, crm, order processing with ecommerce, marketplaces and point of sale integration as well. At a fraction of the price of Netsuite. What are...
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    Ebay, how to improve sales? I need your help!

    Hi Patrica, I've just written a whitepaper on just topic. It outlines 38 tips for making more money on eBay. There might be some good ideas in their that could help. You can download it for free by going here...
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    Infographic on Feedback to Feature

    Interesting insight into how a cloud business works and how it gives a bigger voice to customers to get features and input into the direction the software takes as it evolves over time. Check out the infographic here
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    Help With Stock Management and Job Control

    Hi there, perhaps take a look at Brightpearl, it's everything from purchasing, quotes & invoices, order & inventory management, plus CRM & Accounting all in one system. So you can track everything as it goes through each stage and its all in sync. Take a look at www.brightpearl.co.uk and it's...
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    Order Processing System

    Hi Amit, Can I suggest you take a look at our solution. Brightpearl is an end-to-end business management software package that integrates order processing, stock control, CRM, accounts and more in a single system. You can also hook this all up to your sales channels as well letting you run...
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    EPOS & online retail

    Hi, Sorry for the late reply, didn't seem to get your response into my inbox (or more likely I accidentally deleted it). Anyway to answer your question yes we can integrate with third party solutions as we have an open API but this would require some development in order to get the two...
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    EPOS & online retail

    Hi, Brightpearl offers this functionality. We provide a fully integrated business management system that let's you integrate POS, ecommerce and eBay listings with your backend systems (stock, accounts, crm, order management and more). Our POS supports the usual hardware (barcode scanners...
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    What is SEO? Am I right?

    SEO consists of three main areas: keyword selection, on-page and off-page optimisation. Keyword selection: choose relevant keywords with a good search volume to competition ratio. On-page optimisation: placement of keywords in HTML tags (title, heading, alt, anchor etc), site speed...
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    meta tags - How important?

    Nowadays there is no SEO value for meta tags (description or keywords) so they will not help any efforts to improve your search engine ranking. However, the meta description will appear as the snippet beneath your listing on the SERPs (search engine results page) so is important as a driver...