Merchant Solutions IQ offers you the ability to set up a check processing account which allows you to authorize a check within seconds. You can run check verifications directly though your credit card terminal or even over the internet. We provide free terminals, cash advance programs, gift cards and more. The expenses for accepting credit card processing fees make margins slim or even negative due to recent red tape and/or legislation that just passed, Please contact Julio Diaz for more information at (800) 536-1498.

One of the most talked-about new launches during June’s Consumer Electronics Association conference was not electronic at all. Bridging the gap between the physical world and the virtual world of data is Skanz, a web-based platform that uses QR-codes to connect mobile technology and social media. Providing pre-beta access to the NY tech community, wristbands were provided [...]

I have been reading a lot of publications that are saying that commercial real estate (CRE) is at/or near a bottom and in some cases starting to trend up. It’s the trend up that’s the problem. We all know by now that I’m an optimist by nature, but here are my thoughts as to why I [...]

Numerous small business owners wonder if they should have credit card service acceptance capabilities. Accepting credit cards is not inexpensive. It can run over 2% of overall sales, but the benefits can easily outweigh the costs. The following are 4 reasons that your company should get set up to accept cards today:

Consumer spending is higher with plastic. Clients who use [...]

As the economy slowly recovers, which design and construction projects will move forward and which will remain stilled is uncertain. Market research is critical in order to find the limited work that is out there. Also, research is necessary so that you can position your firm for the work that will be available as the [...]

The beginning of January is always a good time to look back. It is also a great time to look forward…and maybe left and right!
Let’s recap!

2007 – It’s still good, but starting to slow down. Financing starts getting tougher.

2006 – Times were good, and everyone was making money. We all should have seen that this wouldn’t last forever, [...]

I attended the New York ad:tech conference (a great show for both the advertising world and the social media sphere, www.ad-tech.com) and several of the sessions brought an old dilemma back to the surface.  Specifically,  what is the next evolutionary jump for location-based services? Over the last year, the social media scene has exploded with [...]

I was recently solicited for my opinion, now that we’re going into the fourth quarter, on the outlook for the rest of the year. Below are the questions that were asked and my responses.  I would like to know how you would respond to these questions! 

What are your goals for the end of the year?

My goal [...]

ReUse.LI is the first Long Island website dedicated to Material ReUse and the Long Island Green Community.

My only concern with your plan is what are you going to do with the old homes and buildings? How are they going to be removed? The “Blight into Light” project is great for the revitalization of these neighborhoods and the Long Island community but I feel there will be a blight on the “Blight into Light” projects if current demolition practices are used to remove the old structures from these communities.