September 2009 - The Real Deal

The Real Deal™

Expert purchasing advice from BuyerZone

September 2009

Top Purchases

Top purchases in the last month:

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Other Purchases to Consider

BuyerZone Basics

BuyerTrail Directory

Researching your next purchase but not ready for suppliers to contact you? With BuyerTrail, you can instantly compare product details from multiple brands side-by-side.

Try the BuyerTrail supplier directory today.

Give your marketing a low-cost boost

Looking for affordable ways to expand your marketing efforts? We've pulled together 5 low cost marketing ideas to try today.

From basic tweaks that will cost a few bucks to free online activities, there's something in here for everyone.

-Jeremy Sacco, BuyerZone Editorial Manager

BZ interview: How gift card systems can work for you

For most consumers, gift cards are a routine part of the retail landscape. We recently talked to Dan Battista, Vice President of Sales at ProfitPoint, about how small businesses are using gift cards and the best ways to maximize an investment in a gift card program.

Read the interview.

Buyer's Guide: Promotional products

Giving away low-cost products with your company name on them is a tried and true way to get attention. Find out how you can choose the right promo products, what to look for in a vendor, and how much you can expect to pay.

Read the full Buyer's Guide.

How is Google presenting your business to potential customers?

Internet users searching for businesses like yours may be seeing half-empty local listings instead of your web site. Here's how to claim your listing in Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

Find out how.

How much should you pay for credit card processing services?

Comparing merchant account pricing can be tricky because there are quite a few components that go into the final cost. But that doesn't mean we can't try!

Take a look at what other BuyerZone users are paying for their credit card processing services.

National business headlines

Bad “gut feel” about a new client?

4 easy questions to resolve your worries about potential problematic clients.
–Business Pundit

4 technologies that are reshaping business intelligence

Next-generation BI is being formed by predictive analytics, real-time monitoring, in-memory processing, and SaaS.
–InformationWeek

Your online forms can be powerful, interactive and integrated with other services

A helpful rundown of free sources for many kinds of web forms for your web site.
–SmallBizTechnology

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