Archive for April, 2008
New slvRidge is coming your way…
Sunday, April 27th, 20087 Reasons to use a Point-Of-Sale (POS) System
Saturday, April 26th, 2008If you’re a veteran retailer, you know the problem: Your inventory doesn’t match your tallies. Sales are going unrecorded. Your staff is spending far too much time chasing mistakes instead of tending to customers. Something is seriously wrong, and you’re just not sure what the problem is.
Here are 7 reasons to use a point-of-sale system.
1. Record-Keeping
POS not only record all sales and provide timely and accurate sales tracking, POS also lets you readily identify inventory levels at anytime, even when your books do not match your stock.
2. Discount Management
POS allows specific pricing model for specific items and automates discounts introduction, so POS knows which item has been discounted and records them accordingly.
3. Promotion Management
POS manages and reconciles short-term specials like coupons and special offers, so POS can track and tell you exactly how well each promotion perform.
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Internet Explorer 8 Public beta
Friday, April 25th, 2008Good news everyone (is it?). IE8 is coming your way.
Microsoft has released a public beta for Internet Explorer 8. This release is intended to help web designers and web developers prepare for the upcoming version of the browser.
Some of the most important features for developers are the improved compatibility and interoperability and the new developer toolbar which enables developers to quickly debug HTML, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript in a visual development environment. Other improvements are the full integration for cascading style sheets, version 2.1 as well as the HTML improvements like the separate URL handing for attributes.
Easier and faster, I hope that what IE8 will deliver.
Why your business need a web?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008One of our services is website consultation and development. So It’s natural to kick off the blog with some understanding why does your company need a website? Coca-Cola had survived the great depression in the 20’s and 30’s without a website. So why do we need a website now then?
A website is an extremely valuable tool that bolsters your existing marketing, sales, recruitment and communications effort. In fact, if your business is not online or your existing site is unprofessional or ineffective, then you are losing sales opportunities. A good website will help you reach and retain customers!
But how do you go about finding out your companies needs and ultimately, finding out the need for a website? Here are a few questions to ponder, with a few answers to go along with them…
1. Do you currently (or would you like to) use email to communicate within your business and to your customers/vendors? If so, you will need a domain name in order to send and receive corporate email, which is the first step to getting a website. Slvridge’s solutions can develop a website tailored to your specific professional appearance and personal style. We strives to create a functional website designed to be completely user freindly while also giving a very professional look and feel to attract new customers to your business.
2. Do the people in your business’ target market spend time online? If your customers are online part of the time, then they may be looking for your business online. This is an extra medium for you to capture their interest and inform them about your business and your products/services.
3. Do you seek a higher return on your investment than what you’re currently using? Determining your ROI can be very tricky online. A well designed and well managed website will help you to not only achieve these goals, but achieve the repetition of these goals. If you sell to a customer once, that’s great, but if you can sell to that same customer 10 times or 100 times that’s even better. It’s far easier to sell to existing customers than to try to get new ones.
So now it is your call!