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Customer Engagement: Three Steps to a Strong Ecosystem

There are great opportunities from overhauling the way you engage with your customers throughout the entire customer lifecycle. An ecosystem of connected tools and intuitive programs gives you that.

Holiday Supply Chain Issues and Canadian Retail

It’s even more important to be on top of your inventory this holiday season, as well as keep the lines of communication with your customers open, honest, and transparent. Square’s inventory management and marketing tools can keep you prepared.

Saying Hello: How to Write Great Subject Lines

Here’s a guide to create an irresistible subject line.

5 Email Marketing Best Practices

Targeted email marketing is an extremely effective way to reach customers and drive sales. Here are the top 5 email marketing tips and tricks by Square.

How Kensington Brewing Co. leaned into aesthetics and customer experience to navigate the challenges of COVID-19

Here we speak to Michael Gurr, President of Kensington Brewing Co., about pivoting during the pandemic, the evolution of craft beer, and being a part of the Kensington Market community.

What to Know Before Becoming a Large Seller

It’s important to learn all about how to start selling things online. To make your growing business sustainable, becoming a large seller requires careful and thoughtful planning and precision.

How to Become an Online Seller

eCommerce is today’s normal. We’ve put together some tips for you to transition from brick-and-mortar to an online storefront.

How to Write a Killer Bar Business Plan

When you open a bar, it’s crucial to set objectives and strategies to achieve them. Here’s how to write a bar business plan that will roadmap your success.

Introducing Square Marketing

With Square’s powerful marketing platform, you can design custom campaigns with ease, automate your campaigns and even see how your efforts affect your overall profitability – all from right within your Square Dashboard.

How QR Code Ordering Is Improving Guest Experience and Your Bottom Line

As restaurants have adapted and adopted new technology in recent years, tactics that were once used as a means to accommodate safety and customer needs during the pandemic are proving to have real staying power.

How Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation came to choose Square Register for their new POS system as they go cashless at McMahon Stadium and Scotiabank Saddledome

We speak with Ziad Mehio and Rachelle Roulston about hitting pause during the pandemic, the unique challenges of rapidly implementing new technology on a large scale, and predictions about contactless payments.

How to Schedule Your Employees

Employee scheduling may be harder because of COVID-19. Learn expert staff scheduling techniques that can keep your business moving in unpredictable times.

How to Hire Employees: A Checklist

Here’s a checklist for how to hire employees, including what you need to do before and after hiring.

7 Time Management Skills Practiced by Successful People

Be more productive with these top time management techniques, tried and tested by professionals at the top of their game.

How eCommerce Businesses Can Be More Sustainable

Embracing sustainability doesn’t require you to change everything about your business, but it does require you to evolve your practices in ways that can make a difference. Here are some ways to improve sustainability at your eCommerce company.

How to Track Your Transfers and See Where Your Money Is

Your Square Point of Sale (POS) account’s activated. You’ve linked your business’s bank account. You’ve got your first day of sales under your belt — congrats! But where’s your money?

5 Tips for Business Owners to Manage Their Cash Flow

Whether you’ve just opened your business or you want to learn how to run an existing business as efficiently as possible, here are four tips for handling cash flow problems.

Why You Should Separate Your Business and Personal Finances

Whether you’re just starting out as a new business owner or you need to reevaluate your business structure, separating your business and personal finances is a must.

Get Your Money in Seconds — 24/7 — with instant transfer

Get your money faster than ever before.

What Is an Invoice? A Guide for Business Owners

This guide walks you through the ins and outs of invoicing—everything from invoice templates and workflow to handling late-paying clients.

Invoice Examples for Every Kind of Business

Getting paid on time is crucial to keep your cash flow healthy, no matter the size of your business. Keep your accounts organized and get paid faster.

11 Benefits of Mobile Invoicing

Here’s a rundown of what mobile invoicing is, its benefits to your business, and how to send mobile invoices free within the Square Invoices app.

How to Start a Consulting Business

If you’re passionate about entrepreneurship and you have a following in your industry, the consulting field could be right up your alley. The following guide can help you learn how to start your own consulting business.

How to get invoices paid faster

The invoicing process will probably never be 100 percent headache-free, but with these strategies, you can make it as seamless as possible.

Retail Dictionary: 101 Important Terms All Retailers Should Know

Our retail dictionary can help you navigate all of the lingo you’re hearing day-to-day and keep you up to date with the latest trends.

New tools from Square help fuel reopening of beauty and personal care businesses, ensuring good hair days ahead for Canadians

Square launches new tools in Canada to aid business recovery

Protecting Patient Information With Payment Software

Every aspect of the office visit adds to patient experience – and determines if they’ll return to you for future care.

How to Use Healthcare Payment Processing Tools

Allowing your patients multiple ways to pay helps your clinic, its cash flow, and your patients all at once. Easy payment processing improves the patient experience.

How function health + wellness is empowering their patients and fellow small business owners to focus on their well-being

Here, we speak with Dr. Andrew Thomson and Dr. Steph Romero about the challenges of starting a business during the COVID-19 pandemic, their relationship with their community, and their goals for their practice.

The Importance of Healthcare Payment Software Security

Because of ongoing risks, healthcare practitioners must stay updated on security technologies, including those in the payments sector.

What You Need to Know About Pop-Up Restaurants

If you’re thinking about starting a pop-up restaurant, read this.

Growing Your Business Online vs. In-Store

The shutdowns in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic sent online shopping into overdrive. When customers could no longer access in-store shopping, they turned online.

Communicate with Your Customers Better, Digitally

Connect your communications digitally. It’ll help you unify customer experiences and make them personalized to each customer, which is vital as digital interactions continue growing.

How to Successfully Scale Your Business Online

Ensuring your business remains on the path to greatness—planning for your eCommerce store’s growth in the future—is essential.

20 Touchpoints: How to Ensure a Great Salon Experience

Customer service doesn’t just happen at the front desk, it happens at every touchpoint that your beauty and wellness customers interact with. Here are 20 salon touchpoints that can make or break your customer experience.

How Lucky Bug Farm Grows Food with a Focus on Equity and Sustainability

We speak with Aliyah Fraser of Lucky Bug Farm about the intersection of issues regarding housing and food, her work as an advocate and educator, and her dreams for the future of her business and her community.