Category Archives: Web Tools

The Technology that makes SkedX Awesome!

Today, I want to talk talk to you about the nuts and bolts of SkedX, and how it helps us to become the best HR software solution that we are today. Two years ago, Mike and I (the founders of SkedX) made a difficult decision to start from scratch. Up until that point, we had [...]

Big Scheduling Software Sucks!

Have you ever lost a great employee? Why did that employee leave? Was it because of you? Chances are it probably was. Now before you go and start sending me nasty emails, I don’t necessarily mean you specifically, but your company or something your company has done. When you look at the top reasons why [...]

The retailer that saved $300K because of a time clock

Hey SkedXers, Today we will continue our discussion about how retailers can find big savings in the little things. This post will focus on what I call the time thief, otherwise known as your time sheet. Employees work different hours day to day and week to week. Keeping track of who has worked where and [...]

Your schedule is losing you money

Hey SkedXers, Being a retailer today is tough. The cost of doing business is increasing faster than your customers are spending and cost cutting is needed wherever possible. So how does a retailer cut costs or come up with ways to bring in more revenue? Over the next three blog posts, I will share with [...]

Another Win for small business

We just found out of a great scheduling service for small service-based companies. Often times, we get business owners coming to us who want the great power of an online scheduling tool like SkedX, but made for service businesses. We usually help them find something suitable (we like to help people out, because we are [...]

5 things you need to know for business success on Pinterest

Pinterest is taking over the world!!! Ok, may not quite, but it surely is starting to make a lot of buzz. For those of you who do not know what Pinterest is, well, it’s a pinboard-style social photo sharing site, that allows users to “pin” their favorite images to titled ‘boards’. Pinterest describes itself as [...]

Top 10 Small Biz Twitter Rock Stars that are Rocking 2012

Twitter is a great tool for sharing, discovering and learning. Anything that you could possible imagine is being discussed somewhere on Twitter. This goes for picking up some tips, tricks and other information that will help your small business grow and flourish. These 10 Twitter accounts have been chosen from hundreds, and have been selected [...]

Living Social or Die Trying

The question on many business owners minds are, do group buying sites work? In theory, it sounds great; large number of subscribers who are looking for deals are sent directly to your store. Better yet, you hear of stories where tens of thousands of dollars are made in one day of a sale. But the [...]