5 Ways to Streamline Your Small Business

As a small business owner, we know you’re a workaholic. However, not every day needs to be a 12-hour workday. With the right tools and business services in hand, you can quit burning the midnight oil

5 Basic Writing Tips for Your Small Business Blog

Blogging is more difficult than it seems on first glance. You have to consider your readers, and what materials they will be able to easily understand and interact with. You also have to consider yo

Small Business Profile: How Flexibility Helped Flypaper Get Ahead

We recently had the opportunity to chat with Don Pierson, from Flypaper, a small business based out of Phoenix, Arizona. In today’s economy, it seems that success stories are hard to come by. So whe

Executive Book Review: “What to Ask the Person in the Mirror”

In this video blog, System ID President Ed Burke reviews What to Ask the Person in the Mirror. It is the latest book from Harvard Business Press and is written by Robert Kaplan, well-known author and

Design in a Pinch: How to Make Great Collateral with Microsoft Word

It always seems to happen when you’re least prepared: someone in your business needs collateral for an event or customer meeting – tomorrow. Maybe your small business doesn’t have an on-staff graphi

The Nightmare of Fixed Asset Management

Written by Cathy Hodgson, CFO of Datalogic Mobile, Inc. What keeps me up at night? Poorly managed or mis-managed fixed assets. As a financial executive, I have personally seen the impact it can have o

Top Golf and RFID

I love working for System ID. We truly have the best people! Our sales manager, Paul Bowman, shows his staff and the teams who support them appreciation over and over again. Each quarter, he hosts an

It’s a Dog’s Life: Pets in the Workplace

Lots of small businesses offer perks to their employees, like health benefits, flexible work hours, and even free snacks. Although it’s a novel concept for employers to allow dogs in the workplace, t

Freaks & Breeks© on CSI

Barcode technology keeps making cameo appearances in popular TV shows and movies, which is rather thrilling to us breeks© (barcode geeks). Last week on the CSI episode “Freaks & Geeks”, a barcode was

5 Ways to Leave Your Cover

Today’s guest post is brought to us by Roy G. Miller, president of RGM Communications. Paul Simon's lyrics say there are 50 ways to leave your lover. Our version of the tune is a tad different. Focu

Tracking! Getting Started with Google Analytics

If you run one of the millions of websites out there, tracking your site’s analytics is crucial to learning about your potential customers. Google Analytics is a free service that Google offers that

System ID Holds 2nd Annual Super Barcode Training Camp

Date: October 21, 2011 A.D.Location: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TXTime: 9:00 a.m.It was a beautiful day; a bit warmer than expected, but beautiful none the less. The sun was out, the birds were chirp

Top Marketing Mistakes to Avoid in Your Small Business

Our digital world has made it simple to undo any unfortunate mistakes – simply hit Control + Z and move on. However, when it comes to marketing campaigns for your small business, simply hitting Contr

Tracking Nightmares – The Case of the Vanishing Business Items

No one enjoys hunting down misplaced items. Just think of the panic that ensues when you misplace your wallet or car keys (when you’re already five minutes late, of course).  For business owners, thi

5 Ways to Combat Rising Healthcare Costs

Healthcare costs have been on the rise for years now. According to healthaffairs.org, the cost of healthcare has more than tripled from 1990 to 2009, and is expected to reach a whopping 19.6% of GDP

Symbol Barcode Scanner, Batter Up!

OK, I know what you’re thinking. You’ve seen these videos before. Someone drops a mobile computer off of a building or runs over it with a car and the device not only looks fine, but is fully function

Ramping up for the Holidays: How Your Small Business Can Prepare

30 days until Black Friday. 60 days until Christmas. If your eyes just bulged out of your head, or you’re experiencing a moment of panic, then it’s likely that you’re a small business owner. Holidays

Field Service Technologies

Vance Blakely, President/CEO of Softechnologies What are some of the challenges people traditionally face in field service applications? Idle resources and ineffective scheduling leading to lost r

Warehouse Inventory Management

Stacy Tate, Flow Software Why do you need warehouse management? You need to be able to manage products as they show up, move around, and eventually leave your warehouse. Outside supplier Products

SystemID Presents the 2nd Annual Super Barcode Training Camp

Ed Burke, President of System ID, calls the group to order to kick off the 2nd Annual Super Barcode Training Camp. After last year’s success, we felt it necessary to expand the event to Dallas Cowboys

Sales Tips for the Non-Salesperson

In a small business, every employee can play a role in selling your products – even if sales is way out of his or her comfort zone. That’s where our sales tips for the non-salesperson come in handy.

Motorola’s New Enterprise Android Tablet vs. iPad2

Wow! The Motorola ET1 Enterprise Android Tablet is the coolest thing I have seen in the AIDC industry since the introduction of RFID (I may be dating myself with that comment). This device may change

The Upside of Negative Feedback: How to use negative feedback to improve your small business

Today's post is brought to us by Andrea Georgi, the direct marketing manager at Wasp Barcode Technologies. Recently, our organization upgraded from an out-of-the-box email marketing solution to a h

5 Ways to Make the Most of a Trade Show

Today’s guest post is brought to you by Powers Scanning Solutions. Powers Scanning Solutions is an Atlanta, Georgia-based value-added reseller (VAR) specializing in asset and inventory tracking solut

You put a QR code Where?

So, the general belief is that when we pass from this life, our belongings, our “stuff”, doesn’t go with us. We leave it all behind and the memory of who we once were is carried on in our loved ones’

Creating a Social Media Policy for Your Small Business

With all the talk about Google+, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, as a small business owner, you might feel like you should jump on the bandwagon, creating accounts for each social property. Before yo

The Anniversary of the Barcode

59 years ago today, two gentlemen by the names of Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver set out to help automate the checkout process. What they came up with would soon change how product information w

The Top 5 Places to Start a Small Business

Does your city have what it takes to be an incubator for small business start-ups? We’ve done the research to find the top five cities best for small businesses start-ups, taking into account taxes,

Five Information Security Holes That Could Sink Your Business & What To Do About Them

Today's blog post is brought to us by Elizabeth Ireland, vice president of marketing for nCircle. Many small businesses believe they don’t need to pay much attention to Internet security. After all,

Introducing Reno Enterprises - Winner of the DFW Small Business Showdown!

Over 1500 readers stopped by to cast a vote for their favorite DFW small business in the recently-concluded Small Business Showdown. Reno Enterprises scored a run-away win, earning an iPad 2 and a fe

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