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The Official Disney Store Blog put out the following notice today on how it plans on handling the constant low stock of highly requested and desired Frozen items.
You may have noticed a few changes this weekend at your local Disney Store as it relates to purchasing Frozen products. We are thrilled that the story of Anna and Elsa has touched the hearts of so many, and we have been working around the clock to get product back on shelves as soon as possible. At Disney Store, we strive to provide an exceptional Guest experience for everyone and creating an equitable way to purchase Frozen product is part of our ongoing effort to deliver on that commitment.
All Stores will be replenishing Frozen items as shipments are received. Select product, including dolls and plush, will only be available for sale on Saturdays at Store opening.
For the Elsa Costume, opportunity drawings to purchase one costume per Guest will be held on Saturdays. Drawings are determined by individual Store inventory, so please check back here on Fridays for a complete list of participating Stores. At participating locations, Cast Members will be explaining the rules in full detail Saturday mornings, prior to the opportunity drawings. Please note, drawings are conducted by size, and Guests can only enter for one opportunity drawing.
The 2 item per Guest limit remains in effect for select Frozen merchandise both in Stores and online. As stated above, the Frozen Elsa Costumes will be limited to one per Guest.
This process pertains to Disney Store locations in U.S. and Canada until further notice. Please note, Outlet locations do not have the Elsa Costume in their inventory, and therefore will not be participating in the opportunity drawing process.
We anticipate Frozen product being back in stock in Stores come July/August and will continue to evaluate the need for these purchase methods to ensure the best possible Guest Experience.
In addition, or for those Guests who prefer to shop online, please continue to check DisneyStore.com as Frozen product is replenished weekly.
We thank you for your continued support and loyalty, and we hope you have a Magical day.
With people buying these items and reselling them at insanely inflated prices online we wonder what do you think about these changes? Needed? Or perhaps a little to late?

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Author’s note: Scenelet from Sun Probe. Published 7/20/2006.
Virgil cradled the mug of hot chocolate between his bare hands. Mount Arkon was cold, bitterly so, but not as cold as space … and that thought made him shiver. His brothers and Tin-Tin were in that cold void, heading for the sun, to be melted like tiny marshmallows unless Brains worked his scientific magic.
He glanced over at the genius, so intent on recalibrating the transmitter’s frequency, trying to reach out from their snowy perch with a lifesaving beam of energy.
Faster, Brains! Hurry! he thought, staring bleakly out at the driving snow, and clutching the hot drink even closer.
Jeff automatically held his cup out to Kyrano. It was a ritual now. When the boys were on a rescue, the retainer brought fresh coffee to the lounge, and Jeff would drink cup after cup, using it as a crutch to stay awake, to stay alert until the rescue ended.
Author’s note: Jeff’s possible thoughts during a scene from The Duchess Assignment. Published 10/2/2006.
The elevator ride was eerie. The mechanical voice grated on my nerves, and its answer to my muttered, “Thank you” unnerved me.
Dandridge was effusive as ever. He’s proud of his company; everything’s automated. He offered a cigarette. It was already lit when I pulled it from his machine. He offered a drink; I asked for whiskey – on the rocks. He chuckled, and his automatic bartender poured a Johnny Walker, just the way I’d ordered.
Author’s note: It’s not canon that, while in WASP, Gordon served with George “Phones” Sheridan, from Stingray, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility either.
And I don’t own the song. Published 10/21/2006.
John winced at the slurred, off-key singing. He opened the hotel door, finding exactly what he’d anticipated: Gordon, one arm around an equally drunk but considerably more stable George Sheridan. George grinned, and delivered his former shipmate into John’s arms.
“Hey, Phones! Don’ call me Surfer Dooood!” Gordon protested, lunging for Sheridan.
Author’s note: Inspired by a prompt from live journal’s fic_simplicity community. Their prompt: #7, Department of Motor Vehicles. Published 10/6/2006.
Alan flopped into a seat by the pool, looking exhausted. Scott followed, carrying two cold bottles of beer. He collapsed into a lounger, and handed Alan a bottle.
“I thought we would be too late,” Alan groaned, opening his beer and taking a swig.
“All those people, waiting so patiently.” Scott took a long pull, then wiped his mouth.

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Doctors have long known that separating families and other traumatic events can damage children's well-being. More recent research has shed some light on how that may happen: Severe early adversity may cause brain changes and "toxic stress," resulting in lasting psychological and physical health problems.
A "zero-tolerance" immigration policy announced this spring by the Trump Administration has separated 2,300 children from the adults they were traveling with and sent them to shelters and foster homes across the country, according to the government. The administration has 30 days to reunite families, but it remains unclear whether it can meet that deadline.
Here's what evidence shows this kind of separation can do and how some experts think immigrant children may be at risk.
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Central American children arriving with their families at the southern U.S. border have already endured the trauma of leaving their homes, some after violence or other threats, and faced the additional trauma of an arduous journey north, Nelson said Wednesday. "That may increase their susceptibility to the hazards of separation at the border," he said.
Nelson said the images he's seen of U.S. detention centers housing children remind him of his research with Romanian children. In a recent research newsletter, Nelson wrote, "The lessons we learned then taught us that housing children in institution-like settings, with rotating shifts of caregivers and unfavorable ratios of caregivers to children, may cause severe and permanent damage to their minds and bodies."
"This is what science has taught us about separation," he said Wednesday.
In 2017, a year before the separation policy was announced, the American Academy of Pediatrics advised against holding migrant children in detention centers and said they should receive health care and treatment to "support their well-being."
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text: The third Chipotle Adventurito puzzle was much harder than the first two. It took me awhile to figure out the answer. The answer was 13, 2013, 20, 7305, 3, 2, 411, 140, 2, 20, 10, 20, 50, 2063, which was both challenging to figure out and completely epic. The Chipotle employees have built some real high quality and somewhat whimsical challenges. The fourth challenge is about to be released. I will be working on it for a while tonight.


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“Why Do It? Why the Caravan?”. Now This presents an 11-minute short film (dir. Melissa Fajardo) tracing several LGBTQ migrants from El Salvador and Honduras, through Mexico all the way to the border.
At the end, the film covers the DHS refusal to allow those into the country to ask for asylum. Trump wants to hold them in Mexico so they don’t become a political responsibility for individual Americans (whom the latest information suggests could step up as sponsors after all).
Humam Rights campaign had a forum on the LGTBTQ migrant issue tonight. The possibility of sponsorship is greater than we had thought, as once in the country, is no longer restricted to relatives.
HRC showed its own similar six-minute video from Honruras on gay and transgender migrants.


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Strength. Pride. Integrity. Respect. Intensity. Tradition.
Those six words sum up H.H. Dow High School's Charger SPIRIT, and are emblazoned everywhere as the school year has begun with a new leader.
"This is what we're about," said Principal Pam Kastl, who was named Dow's new principal in June. The former principal, Dan Gilbertson, left after just one year for a position in Florida.
Kastl already has made the principal's office her own. There are pictures of her family scattered throughout, including one taken five years ago with everybody in Charger sweatshirts.
The wall is decorated with several green and gold school banners, and a large candy bowl - filled with M&M's, Hershey's Kisses, mints and more - sits square in the middle of a large table. The candy bowl symbolizes Kastl's open door policy for both students and staff.
"There's an open invitation to come in. I keep the doors open," she said." As she spoke, someone quickly ducked in and plucked a tidbit from the bowl.
"We have had two great days," she said last week after the first couple of days of school. "It's been a smooth opening."
Part of that opening was introducing Charger SPIRIT. Jordan Dasher, a Dow High graduate, came up with the graphic about five years ago, and talked about the idea with teacher and coach Jason Watkins. Watkins came up with the SPIRIT acronym, and after Dow High staff met this summer, "this is what we came up with."
Kastl has a long history of Charger spirit. She has been married for 28 years to Pat Kastl, and they have three children - Cory, 23; Mackenzie, 21; and Garrett, 17. The two oldest children are Dow High graduates; Garrett is a senior.
"I feel pretty blessed to be here," she said. "It's a wonderful opportunity."
Kastl graduated with a bachelor's in special education from Central Michigan University in 1980. She began her educational career as a resource room teacher at Beaverton High School, and also did some Title I support work at the district's elementary school.
It was a busy year - she was asked to be the junior pompon coach, and remembering her days as a cheerleader, decided to go for it. Finally, she also was the junior class adviser.
"I learned a ton," she said of that first year of teaching.
Next Kastl worked for Gladwin Community Schools, teaching special education at the high school and first grade at the elementary school.
She worked in Gladwin for four years and then the opportunity to teach in the Midland district arose. She had done her student teaching at Midland High School, and the open position was for a learning disabilities teacher at that school.
Even though Kastl's teaching endorsement was for working with children with emotional impairments, she was hired. That was 22 years ago.
"I was welcomed into the very awesome Midland High special education department," she said.
Kastl later returned to CMU and earned her master's in learning disabilities. Her education has been ongoing - she also has taken graduate classes in educational leadership both at CMU and Saginaw State Valley University.
"My long-range goal was to be an elementary principal," she said. "So I was really trying to build my portfolio (with) lots of different experiences."
"I think it's very important that administrators have classroom experiences (and) teaching expertise," she added.
Kastl taught at Midland High for six years. She then worked as a special education resource room teacher at Longview Elementary School.
After two years at Longview, she made a different kind of career choice and went to Northeast Middle School to work as an administrative assistant. Kastl was there one year when Pete Conarty, who was Northeast's assistant principal at the time, retired. She moved into his position.
After two years as Northeast's assistant principal, Kastl was able to realize her long-term goal - she became principal at Longview.
"I think you know in your heart when you're ready to take that leap," she said of becoming a principal.
Her last several years at Longview were filled with additional duties, including directing team meetings for special education students at both Dow and Midland. She also took responsibility for the district's post-secondary program for students in special education ages 18 through 26.
Kastl split her days during her last year at Longview - still Longview's principal, she also was principal of the former Franklin Center. The alternative school for eighth through 10th graders was closed in the spring due to budget cuts.
She plans to be very visible - hence the open doors and ever-filled candy bowl - as Dow High's principal.
"I want the (school) to be supportive and safe," she said. She stressed that it takes everybody - students, teachers, staff and parents - to create a positive "learning community."
Kastl has plans to stay at Dow High.
"I'm devoted and dedicated to Midland Public (Schools)," she said.
"So I'm going to work very hard and I care very much," she added. "I want this to be my legacy when I end my career."


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12th Annual Gala Raises Funds Beyond Expectations.
$300,000 is not a small amount. This is what was raised/pledged at the 12th annual Gala, held September 15 at the Pearson Convention Center in Toronto.
Rightly titled “An Evening to Remember, An Evening for Seva,” the gala was attended by over 700 people from the Greater Toronto Area. They were all there to help support the larger objectives of AIM for Seva: educate and empower the poor, underprivileged and vulnerable children from the rural and remote areas of India.
Where has the Toronto Chapter of AIM for Seva reached during 12 years? From an obscure small place, the Gala now is being held at the Pearson Center, an exclusive location in Toronto. From 150 people in the first year, 700+ people have started supporting the Gala and they come from various backgrounds – including Anglo-Saxon, South Asians and others. The Toronto Chapter is now on top compared to dozens of other Chapters of AIM for Seva in many, many countries. It is on top as the Toronto Chapter, under able leaderships of co-founders Dr. Terry and his wife Nimmi Papneja, have succeeded in getting donations for 20 Hostels out of a total of 99 hostels donated so far globally. The aim is to build 640 hostels, one in every district of India.
One hostel was donated at this year’s gala by Shankar Subramani and his family. It will be located in Chennai in Tamilnadu.
In a pleasant surprise, Dr. David and his wife Jennifer Barrett announced donation for 10/10 scholarships. That means they will pay for the education and upkeep of 10 boys/girls for 10 years, a substantial financial commitment on their part. So what if they are not Indo-Canadians. Their heart is at the right place and for them helping under-privileged children in India is also the right cause.
Here are these children in 99 homes in India. They all have big aspirations and why not. They have the same hearts and minds as we and others have. They have the same palpitations as millions others. You ask them and they will tell you to your absolute delight: “I want to be a pilot. I want to be an engineer. I want to be a lawyer” and any profession you can think of. They don’t want to continue to live in misery, grow up without learning alphabets.
“To think that these children, just a short while ago, were on the fringes of civilization, condemned to poverty and suffering simply because of where they were born; and now their lives have progressed so much that they can dream of a better life, and have more than a passing chance of fulfilling those dreams,” says Dr. Papneja. He’s bubbling with delight as from his childhood, he has laid emphasis on education, helping poor kids in his native town in Madhya Pradesh donating his text books to them. You needed help and he was there as the flag bearer for kids coming of families with limited means. That habit has not been broken. Rather it is doubly strengthened.
Papneja attributed this transformation to all supporters of AIM for Seva and their number is growing by leaps and bounds each year. People know it widely. You give a dollar, and each 100 cents will go to India to help education of children, who truly deserve help so that they are no more left behind by the society.
“AIM for Seva is a remarkable initiative and the Canadian chapter’s disproportionate contribution is a tribute to the community and the exceptional leadership of Dr. Terry Papneja. In a space of just over a decade he has spear headed its voluntary efforts and helped it cross the million dollar mark,” says Kasi Rao, who was an exceptional emcee for the evening, the task on behalf of AIM for Seva he accepted for the first time.
Raising money for charitable causes is becoming increasingly tough as more and more charities are running after the same dollar and same donor. Each organization believes, rightly from its perspective, that their cause is the right cause and people should donate liberally. That’s not the way the mind of any donor works.
Founders and volunteers of AIM for Seva are well aware of this and so they try various other means to approach these limited number of donors and philanthropists. So, to provide his helping hands in an effective manner, AIM for Seva’s Treasurer Arun Luthra, took the podium along with Vishay Dhunraj and the lively bidding on the ‘Painting of Kabir Teachings,’ – donated by Pinki and Arun Luthra – started. It concluded with the winning by Dr. Amit Arya, an Indian classical vocalist and disciple of legendry maestro, Pundit Jasraj.
There were three other items that were put to the hammer – a trio of ice hockey memorabilia, donated by Dr. Vishay and Beshie Dunraj, comprising Darryl Sittler’s rare 25th Anniversary 10-Point Game (1976) autographed hockey stick; Joffret Lupul autographed premium Maple Leaf jersey; and an autographed and framed photograph of Maple Leafs Captain Dion Phaneuf.
There were also two business tickets valid for any where in Europe, compliments of Terry and Nimmi Papneja. The lucky winners were Ravi and Nina Jain.
It can’t be all business. There was respite from that when Sukalyann Bhattacharya took the stage with his Dance Troupe. What a rhythmic entertainment. The Convention Center’s inside was shaking, so also the feet and minds of 700 guests.
How do you define a successful event? When the main objective is realized to the satisfaction of the organizers and the event leaves a good taste in the mouth of the guests who go out of the convention center with smiles on their faces and doubly committed to the cause for which they in the first place agreed to commit their evening. With that as the barometer, one can safely pronounce Sept. 15 Gala was a success. It raised substantial amount for the underprivileged in India and volunteers could hear guests talking good about AIM for Seva and the hope is they will come back next year with their new friends, who in turn will learn about what the AIM for Seva is dedicated to and what the needs of underprivileged kids in India are and how they could provide a helping hand.


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I wish they would just sell the name or open source it so the fans can keep on using this amazing product in 2016.
Open Sourcing would be awesome.
Look at what Epic games did with Unreal Tournament and the Unreal Engine. They released the whole thing and people are out making cool stuff with and talking about it in the market and at conferences.

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Just around the corner from a convenience store, right next door to a primary school with a plastic jungle gym in its postage-stamp playground, sitting on a residential street that is wide open for traffic that barely ever comes, a grand old house hosts one of the world’s best digital animation studios.
Here, in the quiet suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand, sits Weta Digital, the masterminds behind the special effects in such movies as “Avatar,” “The Avengers,” “The Adventures of Tintin,” “The Hobbit,” and, of course, the films that started it all, “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. While Weta Digital has built its gold-plated reputation on those monster hits, it is also quietly contributing to a growing tech scene at home.
Actually, that weatherboarded colonial mansion, built in the late 1800s to house a correctional facility for girls, is just one of eight buildings that constitute Weta Digital’s Wellington setup, which employs 1,100 people. Weta Digital is part of a central core of film-related facilities that sprung up in Miramar when the first “Lord of the Rings” films were being made at the start of the century. It sets alongside fellow Oscar-winners Weta Workshop, Park Road Post, and Wingnut Films, all established thanks to Miramar local Peter Jackson, whose service to New Zealand’s film industry, and by extension the national economy, is so valued that the 51-year-old has been given a knighthood.
The “Lord of the Rings” films have rightly been credited with kicking New Zealand’s previously boutique film industry into blockbuster overdrive, and helping make tourism the country’s second-largest industry, behind only agriculture. The government took the movies and the promotional opportunity so seriously that it appointed a “Minister of the Lord of the Rings” for the express purpose of capitalizing on the films. Since then, it has granted special tax concessions to Warner Bros so that it would agree to film “The Hobbit” in the country, despite a protest from an actors union that claimed local actors were being treated, and paid, unfairly.
Less widely recognized, however, has been the effect that the “Lord of the Rings” movies have had on the tech industry in New Zealand, a country of just 4 million people. While the impact has been less noticeable than that on the film industry and on tourism, it has potentially long-lasting consequences for digital companies and startups in the country, and especially in Wellington.
Sebastian Sylwan, Weta Digital’s chief technology officer, serves as a good example of the heavyweight international talent that the company has attracted to New Zealand, and how that can have positive spin-off effects. The long-locked, towering Argentinian, who has spent much of his life in Italy, arrived in Wellington to work on “Avatar” after setting up a $50 million visual effects facility in Italy and spending five years in Hollywood. In his three years here, he has made a point of expanding Weta’s borders beyond Miramar, reaching out to both the academic community and innovators locally and internationally in an effort to speed up the industrialization process of the visual effects industry.
Under Sylwan’s leadership, Weta Digital has helped establish a visual effects research group made up of students, professors, and PhD candidates with the stated goal of publishing four papers within its first two years. In the first year, the group produced 19, and this year the number is in the high 30s. Weta has also worked with Wellington’s Victoria University to set up a computer graphics program, for which it helped set the curriculum and sourced two professors, one of whom also works for Weta.
Weta also participates in local conferences such as Animfx, and it is a sponsor and mentor at New Zealand’s first startup accelerator, Lighting Lab. The goal, says Sylwan is not just to be seen in the ecosystem, but actually to be a real part of it. “You really need to create that excitement,” he says.
Perhaps a more tangible spin-off of Weta’s involvement in the local scene, however, is to be found in the entrepreneurs and startups it spins off. Given it’s a company that pays more than 1,000 people, this effect hasn’t exactly been huge, but it has helped give rise to companies like Factorial, which builds TV and film software for iOS and OS X, and KayneMaile, which is a seamless mesh developed by a former Weta Workshop artist, who based the product on the chainmail costumes he used to create for characters in the “Lord of the Rings” movies.
Most significantly, a former CIO at Weta Digital broke away from the company to start one of New Zealand’s most promising tech companies. Scott Houston started Green Button after realizing the need for businesses to have a push-button solution that gave them access to supercomputing power in the cloud on a piece by piece basis. After raising $4 million of seed funding, the three-year-old company now counts customers from 77 countries and was the 2011 global winner of the Windows Azure ISV Partner of the Year Award. It also partners with Amazon Web Services, Pixar, and SAP.
Like the suburban streets on which Weta Digital plies its trade, the "Lord of the Rings" effect on the tech industry in New Zealand is understated but important. Certainly, there are no fires of Mordor here yet, but the babbling brooks of the Shire may one day bubble over.


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Fossils of cephalopods (sef'-al-oh-pods) have been found in rocks of many ages, and numerous representatives are alive today. Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, and the chambered nautilus are among the cephalopods living in modern seas.
Coiled cephalopods live today only in the South Pacific, but in the geologic past they were found scattered throughout the world. Modern squids live in shallow coastal waters over much of the globe.
Most of the cephalopods we find as fossils had a calcareous outer shell. Some were loosely coiled, some were tightly coiled, and others were shaped like a tapered tube. As the shelled forms grew, they periodically made new and larger shell chambers to fit their bodies and sealed off the old part of their shells with a wall of pearly calcareous material—hence, the name "chambered nautilus."
During the Ordovician Period, about 460 million years ago, some straight cephalopods grew to be as long as 19 feet, although most were much shorter. Straight cephalopods were common in Ordovician and Silurian times; coiled ones became fairly common only by later Paleozoic times. We find both kinds in Pennsylvanian rocks in Illinois.


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When it’s time to choose a virtual private cloud provider, you should ask the really hard questions up front. The answers you get will help guide you towards the right privatecloud provider for your IT requirements.
Where will my data be located? It seems like private cloud providers crop up daily, and you want to make sure that your cloud provider is not a fly-by-night kind of operation. You also want to make sure that their data center is owned and operated by them and that it’s in a remote location away from your office facilities.
What are your physical and electronic safety measures? You want to ensure that there’s redundancies and procedures in place to react to any situation. In fact, it’s probably worth a visit to the data center to make sure everything is in place.
Do you outsource any of your operations? For example, if they off-shore their help desk function, you might want to consider if they can provide you the support you need on your schedule.
These are actually just a few of the hard questions you want to ask, but they’ll get you off to a good start.
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"Teaching Scientific Reasoning: 150 years of confusion?"
In this talk, I will examine the history of this project and some of its notable failures. Despite the view that learning science encourages critical thinking, there is little evidence that students are offered the opportunities to think critically, nor that we are any clearer on how to achieve this goal. Drawing on recent work on styles of scientific reasoning (Kind and Osborne, 2017), I will argue that this framework offers a deeper understanding of what should be the goals of teaching reasoning and pointers to how these goals might be achieved.


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What are the best non-cloud based POS systems on the market?
POS systems are behind the entire process of running your store—from when a product arrives in your inventory to when it’s sold. As new business models and sales technologies are developed, the tide has shifted towards cloud-based systems with the boom of eCommerce. This resulted in the emergence of numerous hosted POS tools. Still, some businesses still prefer the control of having a locally-installed POS system. While the options are not as plentiful as its cloud counterparts, on-premise POS systems are still around and with plenty of choices, as you’ll discover here.
What are the top non-cloud or on-premise POS systems?
Retail and non-retail industries, basically anywhere there’s a point of sale, use one of POS software platforms to facilitate their transactions. But as today’s consumer preference shift towards eCommerce, there comes a challenge in looking for a good on-premise point of sale system due to its limited options compared to the variety of cloud-based solutions available.
When it comes to the length of software use, numerous retailers lean towards an installed POS software. This is usually the case for larger companies that face fewer risks and have invested more in their current POS infrastructure. At the same time, it’s worth noting that the popularity of on-premise POS solutions have decreased over the years, while hosted POS systems became more popular.
In fact, a Hospitality Technology’s 2018 point of sale (POS) Software Trends Report revealed that 61% of merchants wanted to make their next POS platform to be cloud-deployed. As cloud-based POS becomes a more default option, installed POS still thrives as a solution for specific businesses.
The traditional POS systems are installed on your own servers and maintained on-site. While there are challenges in this type of implementation model, you also gain a variety of advantages. For instance, the system can only be accessed on the infrastructure it’s deployed in. Hence, larger enterprises prefer the security and control of having the tool on-premise POS software.
More freedom to customize. Since you essentially own the software, hardware, and data that runs the system, you can make changes as you prefer. You get more flexibility in supporting and developing custom business systems.
No downtime. Unlike a cloud-based system, running the system doesn’t depend on internet connection. This makes it a more stable solution to ensure you can process customer transactions without hiccups.
Deeper integrations with POS hardware. With control over the entire system, you can ensure your POS hardware devices such as barcode scanners, card readers, cash drawers, and payment devices, among others, integrate with each other seamlessly.
Full system control. In most cases, an on-premise system is purchased on a perpetual, non-exclusive license to install and use it. With this comes the ability to maintain and modify the system as needed with the help of an internal IT team.
IT maintenance. Since you own the system, you are also responsible for maintaining it. This means requiring to have IT specialists to maintain the hardware and server software, do backups, ensure security, and take care of the entire infrastructure.
Hardware costs. On-premise solutions require more hardware devices to be deployed—ranging from screens, printers, cash drawers, and cash payment acceptance devices, for a start.
Upfront costs. It requires higher and more up-front investments for licensing fees compared to the subscription-based models of cloud-based POS systems as its implementation process requires installation and hardware set up. Vendor support also usually comes at additional costs.
System upgrade. In most cases, system upgrades are an internal responsibility. While you can work on a contract with the vendor regarding upgrades, your internal IT is responsible for the planning and implementation resources used.
Cloud-based restaurant management platform Toast is known for providing US-based businesses with total visibility and control over all their operations. It boasts a host of features, which include CRM, credit card processing, reporting, online ordering, and labor and inventory management. Using the software is most likely to result in cost savings as it gets rid of the need for additional hardware that traditional POS requires. It has integrations with popular third-party apps through its native API. You can check its features at no cost when you sign up for a free demo here.
As for the solution’s restaurant management capabilities, users can benefit from features such as time specific menu pricing, customization and set up. An ordering feature is also present, providing users with the ability to split bills and items among customers while automatically sending out notification once an order is ready. Taking orders is a breeze, effectively accelerating restaurant service. Its ‘pay at the table’ feature simplifies payments, enabling users to print receipts, send emails and tip servers straight from tablet computers.
Toast POS is available in flexible and customized pricing plans. Pricing starts at $79/terminal for the software, $899 for hardware and a flat processing fee. Contact the vendor for a customized quote.
TouchBistro is a robust POS system built for any food service with a menu, ranging from restaurants to coffee shops and bakeries. Its main features include tableside order management, floor plan and table management, mobile payment and processing, menu management, staff management and scheduling, CRM, restaurant inventory management, and reporting and analytics. It also has solutions geared towards full-service and quick-service restaurants and everything in between. The best way to evaluate the features is for you to try them. You can easily sign up for a TouchBistro free trial here.
The app’s licensing fees are more affordable compared to other products in its niche. Plans are based on the business’ layout, size, and type. For instance, a single license costs $69/user/month billed annually.
Since it’s locally-installed, you don’t need WiFi or internet to use the system. At the same time, it has a unique hybrid networking support that allows you to use the cloud while still being able to access reports, payments, orders, menu edits, and employee clock-ins and clock-outs offline. Its supported hardware devices include iPad, iPad Mini, iMac, and Mac Mini Computer, among others.
For a retail POS system, QuickBooks POS is a reliable choice. Some of its main capabilities include accepting payments through various methods (cash and credit cards, for a start), ringing sales manually or with a barcode scanner, tracking inventory, and elevating CRM with rewards and loyalty programs. This is also a go-to solution if you have existing QuickBooks systems as syncing is direct and seamless. Additionally, it has a new offering of working with Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablets.
The installation of QuickBooks POS is fairly easy. Its price point is also simple: three license options are available to choose from starting from $960 for a one-time purchase. It also offers hardware that’s sold separately ranging from barcode scanners, receipt printers, EMV Ready PIN Pad, and cash drawers, among others.
Lightspeed OnSite, Lightspeed Retail’s on-premise solution, is complete with the onsite POS solutions you need for selling both in-store and online. It focuses on offering three main features: the management of operations, sales, and customers. It has a single-store and multi-store capacity to streamline how you run your retail business and make more sales.
The pricing scheme of Lightspeed OnSite is on a per-store basis depending on your chosen plan among three options (Small shop, Medium shop, and Large shop) starting from $99/month paid annually. As for the hardware, you can order the iPad or Mac hardware kit or purchase label printers, cash drawers, barcode scanners, and card swipe systems separately.
NCR Counterpoint is one of the older and popular on-premise POS systems in the market. Aside from point of sale, it includes features such as inventory management, automated purchasing, and configurable reports. It’s known for its large selection of functionalities to provide solutions for your needs. The platform also connects the front- and back-end offices seamlessly as a specialty retail management system.
It’s a good choice for a multi-site, omnichannel solution that’s equipped with the current retail concepts. The system is touch-enabled and its POS machines and terminals are optimized for any size of retailer business. The hardware can also be used by non-NCR Counterpoint users. Meanwhile, the system supports installation only for Microsoft Windows.
AccuPOS offers POS solutions that are both simple and advanced, depending on your business’ needs. For a start, it’s a robust system that automates accounting with its integration with QuickBooks and Sage. It also offers a wide range of customizability such as enabling you to buy hardware bundles from AccuPOS or use your own compatible hardware. Since the system is scalable, you can easily add terminals and devices as your business grows and you open more locations. Like NCR Counterpoint, AccuPOS supports Window desktops (back-end and front-end). It’s ideal for retailers, restaurants, counter services, and bars, among others.
IncoPOS developed its product with users in mind, especially small and medium businesses. Hence, it created a POS system that delivers a consistent quality no matter your device—whether it’s Mac, Windows, or Linux. It’s able to do so while maintaining ease of use and intuitiveness at an affordable price point for SMBs.
Another great thing about IncoPOS is its low system requirements. With that, slower computers that are running on low system resources (such as Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 or later) can run the newer system. For every workstation, pricing starts from $99/year. Each license, available as subscription-based, can be used in a single system to add features and to renew or extend the license.
InfoGenesis POS is preferred by many users because of its ease of use. Any type of user, both new and inexperienced ones, can easily comprehend and figure out their way around the system. This is due to the intuitive interface that simplifies navigation and customizability based on your needs.
The product is available on flexible deployment options, and it comes as a traditional on-site software deployment. It specializes in next-generation hospitality technology with solutions for food service, retail businesses, and restaurants. It suits environments where their cashiers move from outlet to outlet within their shifts.
GoFrugal POS is a robust all-in-one POS solution created for a wide range of industries, specifically retail, restaurants, and distribution. Its main features focus on automation, measurement, management, and growth. Since it supports a wide range of industries, it has various product editions you can choose from—Starter, Standard, and Professional.
Specific solutions are also available under its three main industry categories to ensure the tool provides solutions specifically for your organization’s needs. Additionally, it has Hybrid HQ for real-time monitoring of retail and restaurant businesses as it’s a centralized multi-store management solution.
Paladin POS is an on-premise system built for small and medium-sized businesses. Some of its core features include order management, discount management, inventory management, and CRM. The tool runs on Microsoft Windows. While it’s locally-installed, its cloud server allows your multiple stores to communicate through its Multi Site solution.
For the on-site installation, Paladin POS sends a team member to your location to set up the system. This includes data conversion if you’re using an old POS system, hardware set up, and training conducted by on-site experts until the schedule of your system to go-live. Meanwhile, its pricing scheme is for a monthly subscription.
Are there any non-cloud based POS system around? While not as plenty as web-based POS systems, yes, there are non-cloud based ones. In this article, we listed 10 on-premise point-of-sale software solutions that are worth looking into if it matches your margin sensitivity, budget, IT sophistication, and business needs, among other factors. For more products to choose from, you may also check out the 15 best POS software systems for small business including both cloud-based and on-premise POS solutions.
While on-premise POS software systems aren’t going away anytime soon, the market trends show hosted POS systems are increasingly becoming the go-to choice. This is due to the shifting preference of many businesses to cloud-based POS systems, especially with its ability to function on mobile devices. This is where the traditional POS software systems are outshined. Cloud solutions are more adaptive to change which is a vital factor to consider as today’s business cycles rapidly change.
Synergy Research Group, in a 2018 report, showed that the SaaS market grew by 32% during the first quarter of the year, reaching a total value of $20 billion. Additionally, the rate of cloud adoption—ranging from POS, eCommerce, sales and marketing, and business intelligence, among others—has been increasing significantly according to the 2018 IDG Cloud Computing Study. The report also revealed that 77% of enterprises have at least one application or some portion of their infrastructure in the cloud. Large businesses were also planning to spend $3.5 million on cloud-based software while most executives in technology-run sectors are pushing for 100% cloud adoption.
What are the factors that contributed to this shift? You may read this comparison of cloud-based and on-premise POS systems to better understand the differences between the two that lead users to choose one over the other.
Still, on-premise POS systems have their advantages as we’ve pointed out above. In fact, sometimes choosing the right platform may not be a case of the mode of deployment, but going for the most reliable vendor for you.


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Sen. Cory Gardner on Monday threw his support behind Sen. Marco Rubio in the 2016 race, handing the Florida politician his first endorsement from a fellow senator.
"Today I am proud to announce my endorsement of Marco Rubio to be the president of the United States," Gardner said on Fox News. "Our country needs a new generation of leadership and I believe Marco Rubio presents this nation with the greatest possibilities and opportunities to meet the challenges of this generation."
The support from the Colorado senator comes as Rubio is enjoying a wave of momentum, following a strong debate performance last week and the endorsement of billionaire investor and Republican donor Paul Singer. Gardner is seen as a rising star within the party, having won reelection in the 2014 cycle by defeating now-former-Sen. Mark Udall.
Gardner painted Rubio as the candidate of the future in the GOP Republican primary field and praised his work on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
"He's someone who's fought for human rights and championed freedom around the globe," Gardner said.
"Is this sort of like high school? If you miss class do you have to give him your homework if he's not there?" Fox's Jenna Lee asked, an allusion to the number of votes Rubio has missed in the Senate. "Pass notes along just in case?"
"If you look some of the other candidates, they're actually trying to copy off of his homework right now," Gardner said.
CORRECTION: Correction: Gardner was being interviewed by Jenna Lee, not Megyn Kelly.

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Recently our local food scene was dominated by “stars”. Not your usual Michelin stars, but the "stars" that were given on Facebook pages' reviews.
The news of a steak house and a seafood place sparing with their customers on the numbers of stars they should received on Facebook went viral on social media. Both situations began with customers giving low ratings on their Facebook pages and the company defending on why they should not be rated that badly.
In lieu of that, tons of articles were written on how they should handle this situation properly, from not doing anything to giving the customers more stuff to “silence” them.
I suppose each remedy has it's own merit but my personal view is this: if the F&B outlet is so bent on getting better reviews, then this situation is exactly the PR angle that they should exploit on.
If both shops are so sure of their product quality, then either refunds or complimentary items should be given to pacify agitated customers on every occasion. This might seem excessive and will lead to abuse by many customers.
• Servers should check the reactions of diners. If food is left unfinished or guests seemed unhappy about their food, the servers should probe for more feedback.
• And if it is a case of food quality, then the meal should be complimentary.
• I know of a local restaurant that does this and they are doing well both in terms of reviews and sales.
• And of course, Ritz Carlton is famous for checking and ensuring their food's quality is met.
• I am sure there will be some people out there that will try to work around the system for a free meal, but personally I think the pros outweighs the cons.
• When customers are paying their bills, ensure that they had a good meal. Otherwise, invite them back with a free meal voucher.
• I know it seems that you have to give a lot of things simply to make your customers happy, but if you think about the lifetime value of a customer, this free meal is worth investing in.
• Suppose a customer walks away feeling shortchanged, not only will they not return but if they talk about their experience online, you stand to lose potential customers.
• If you open a restaurant/cafe, the food quality must be of a certain standard otherwise you will start losing first-time customers. And it is only when you feel the pain of these feedbacks, then you will start to improve your food quality and keep it high.
It all boils down to two factors that people usually like to comment about an F&B outlet, the service and the food. To succeed, the food has must be delectable and this is the baseline that all F&B outlets should maintain in order to survive.
I was in a pizza restaurant and had ordered a large pizza but was served a small one instead. When they realized the mistake, they told us to help ourselves to the small one first (it's on the house) so that we had something to munch on while waiting for our original large order.
This is a simple example of good service but even after more than a decade, I still remember it.
On another occasion, while dining in a chain steak house, I found a plastic bottle cap on my plate. The manager took the plate away and changed a new plate. I was charged accordingly.
While there are no laws that states they should not charge for the steak, I thought that should be part of their service recovery.
Anyway, which outlet do you think I will frequent more and talk about more favorably when people ask about them?

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Matt is a sixth generation Floridian who has spent his entire career representing clients harmed by professional negligence or corporate misconduct. After earning a law degree from the University of Alabama, Matt spent two years researching banking law and creditor’s rights with the Dean of his law school. He then joined the commercial litigation department of a large Jacksonville law firm where Matt developed a special interest in prosecuting professional malpractice lawsuits.
Matt and his wife Sara are in their twenty-seventh year of marriage. Sara is an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner who helps evaluate many of the medical malpractice cases Matt handles. They have two daughters, Megan and Rachel, who have achieved the athletic success that Matt never did. Megan attends The Citadel where she is on the women’s volleyball team. Rachel is on the rowing team at The University of Alabama. Matt’s family is active at the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville where Matt has served in the Youth Department and Sara has taught Sunday School to kindergartners.
Juris Doctor (1986). University of Alabama, School of Law.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Economics and Finance (1983). Baylor University.
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Sowell MW, Lovelady CL, Brogdon BG, Wecht CH. Infant Death Due to Air Embolism from Peripheral Venous Infusion, J. Forensic Sci. 2007 Jan; 52(1): 183–8.
Stroke litigation; Medical Malpractice; catastrophic personal injuries; Wrongful Deaths; Dangerous Products; Nursing Home Abuse and Insurance Disputes.

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I can't believe Abi finally laughed out loud for the very first time today!
I barked while showing her a doggie she recevied from the Lab nurses in the hospital last week and she found it extremely funny. What an awesome sound!
A week before Christmas and I have already received my gifts.. Have you?
Too sweet! A baby's laughter is such a gift. I'm so glad that she's feeling well enough to laugh!
Wow, that is amazing. Abi is my hero. She has had such a wonderful recovery and has done wonderful. I am so glad she has started to laugh for you and that God has used her to bless you and everyone reading this blog. Lots of love.
Oh precious! Hey, we've been praying and have been keeping up with everything. We love ya'll so much!! Can't wait to see everyone.
It's great to hear Abi is doing so well...I'm so happy for you that the surgery was such a success!! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas together! Lisa C.
So happy for you! I really feel like laughing and crying at the same time! She is a gift from God! Enjoy every minute with her! Praise God for your lives and for Abi!


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Applying for a home equity loans online adds to the convenience and the speed of the loan overall. Tapping your home equity can be a great way to accomplish many different things from debt consolidation to home improvement. Therefore, getting a home equity loan could unlock a lot of opportunity for you. Here are some tips to obtaining a home equity loan online.
To find online home equity loan lenders, you can search the internet for several choices. A simple search engine query will return many different options for you. Once you come up with a list of potential lenders, do your homework and see who the best lenders are to use. Just because a company has an ad on the side of a search engine does not mean that you should use them for your home equity loan.
Once you locate a lender that you feel comfortable with, apply with them online. The application process will be simple and include all of your basic information and information about the property. They will then check your credit, verify employment and appraise the house. If you meet the criteria, they will get you the money within a few weeks.


text: Espresso is an approach to extracting flavor from coffee beans. The basic principles are to extract only the best part. This specialty blend is a variety of 5 different coffee beans to create this aromatic, syrupy concentrated taste and creamy heaviness which makes it exquisite and well balanced. These beans are slow roasted to order to guarantee freshness. They are packaged in our foil bag with one way valves to preserve the great taste.

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There have been so many great players in NBA history, which is why a handful of them retired without or currently still don’t have any Championship rings. To make it clear from the start, this list is based solely on the talent and accomplishments of the players. I’m not considering things like Finals appearances or the strength of the teams these players were on, although I might mention those factors for context.
I did make the decision to exclude James Harden and Russell Westbrook because both of them are still in their primes. I tried to avoid considering players still at their peaks for the list, but you will notice one active player who is still playing at a high level.
McGrady is one of several tragic stories in the NBA’s history of a player getting injured while in his prime and never being the same again. If he had stayed healthy McGrady would have had a shot to win more scoring titles, throw down more monster dunks, and maybe even win an NBA championship.
He made only five All-Star games, but Miller was the original great three-point shooter. He made 2,560 three-pointers in his career, which are still the second most all-time. He poured in 25,279 points over his 18-year career but never won a championship.
Ten All-Star games, one scoring championship, six All-NBA teams, and Anthony does not even have a single Finals appearance. He’s currently a free agent after a painful stint with the Houston Rockets and it looks like Melo’s chance to win a championship has passed. Through his previous 15 completed NBA seasons and the recent stint in Houston, Melo has accumulated 25,551 career points.
Vinsanity will go down as one of the most entertaining dunkers ever, and he’s still doing it in his age 42 season! Carter’s longevity is truly astounding, and it’s only strengthened his legacy. He passed the 25,000 career points mark this year, putting him in elite company. But right now it looks like his career will end without a championship.
Pistol Pete was a wizard with the ball. In just 658 career games he scored 15,948 points, averaging over 24 points, five assists, and four rebounds per game. The former one-time scoring champion never won a title though.
Gervin started his career off in the ABA, but his best seasons came once he was in the NBA. Gervin became a four-time scoring champion, averaging 27.2, 29.6, 33.1, and 32.3 points per game in those seasons. The Spurs legend played 14 seasons, including his ABA years, and scored 26,595 points. That’s an average of roughly 1,900 points per year, which is incredible, especially considering he played in just 30 games his rookie season in the ABA.
Surprised to see Nash on this list? While people tend to have mixed feelings about the former Phoenix phenom, he did win two MVPs during his 18-year career. It took a little while for Nash to catch on in the NBA, but he officially arrived by his fifth season. The eight-time All-Star and five-time assist champion is third all-time in assists and has a massive highlight reel of crazy passes. Nash made several trips to the Western Conference Finals but came up short every time.
Every NBA fan has seen the clip of Iverson stepping over Tyronn Lue back in the 2000-01 Finals. Iverson won the MVP that season even though he and the 76ers lost in the Finals to the Lakers. Iverson, despite being just 6-0, was a four-time scoring champion and was able to score against the largest of opponents in the paint. He also had some of the best handles in the NBA history, which is why he has a highlight reel of cross-overs and ankle breakers.
Ewing gets a lot of flak for being dunked on so much by Bulls players so much, but he is one of the greatest centers of all-time. He was great the moment he came out of college, winning the Rookie of the Year award and making the All-Star game in his first season. Through 17 seasons in the NBA, Ewing made 11 All-Star games and scored 24,815 points. The biggest issue for him in the Knicks was simply that the Eastern Conference had so many good teams during his era. Ewing and the Knicks did manage to make it to the Finals while Michael Jordan playing baseball, but they lost to the Houston Rockets and Hakeem Olajuwon.
Since we’re already on the topic of all-time great point guards, Paul needs to be discussed. While he’s still active and will have a few more shots at winning a title, his prime will start fading soon, if it hasn’t already. So I’m comfortable with including him on this list. Through his 13 completed seasons in the league, Paul has made nine All-Star games, been an assist champion four times, and a steals champion six times. He has the most assists and steals among all active players and ranks 9th and 12th all-time, respectively. He’s also one of the best defensive point guards in history, that’s why he’s made seven All-Defensive first teams and two All-Defensive second teams.
Hardly your typical NBA player, Stockton carved out a large legacy for himself as the NBA’s all-time assists leader. In his long 19-year career, Stockton led the league in assists nine times and steals twice. He finished his career with just under 20,000 points (19,711) and 15,806 assists. The second most career assists in NBA history is 12,091, nowhere even close to Stockton’s total. It’s hard to argue that there was ever a better passing point guard than Stockton.
Baylor was on the 1971-71 Los Angeles Lakers team that won an NBA title, but he retired nine games into the season because of injuries. It took Baylor just 14 seasons, two of which he played just a combined 11 games in, to score 23,149 points. If we factor out those two years which were basically lost because of injuries, Baylor averaged 1,929 points per season. That’s more points per season than the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, averaged during his career.
It’s rare for someone of Barkley’s height, 6-6, to get so many rebounds; he’s 19th in NBA history. That, plus the ability to score, made him a dynamic player and helped him win an MVP. He also totaled 23,757 points during his 16-year career. While he’s famous for being one of the twenty-five greatest players in the league’s history, he never managed to win a championship despite being an All-Star for three different teams during his career.
The mailman is easily one of the 20 greatest NBA players of all-time. He went to 14 All-Star games in his 19-year and won two MVP awards. His pairing with Stockton in Utah really was something special, but the team never got over the hump despite making it to several NBA Finals. Malone is 2nd all-time in points scored and 8th in rebounds, putting him in rare air with Moses Malone, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of four players in the top ten for both those categories.
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25% of new users will open your app once, never to reappear again. 80% will probably disappear in under three minutes use. Hence, it’s vital to optimize your app’s first-time user experience. And while it is easy to obsess over the number of installs or cost-per-install, ignore both and focus only on activation.
What outcome do you need from the first time someone opens your app? Is it start a free trial (NYTimes), permission access to contacts (Whatsapp), follow a topic (Pinterest), book a flight (Ryanair)? These are all definitions of ‘activated users’. It is critical to 1) Agree a clear, measurable definition of what an activated user is, and 2) Remove all friction from getting new users there (preferably on first app open).
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Visualise how often new users return and engage with your application. A/B test different flows and their impact. Do different acquisition channels retain better? Be mindful that different apps have different engagement cadences. DAU engagement is critical to an app like Snapchat, whereas QAU engagement is more appropriate to apps like Emirates.
Take the number of new app users you acquire in a month. Divide it by the number of users who churned - i.e. stopped using your mobile service. If negative, turn off paid acquisition, and turn your attention to activation instead.
The way First-Time User Experiences are designed and deployed is broken. Today you develop your app’s first-time user experience -> release to App Store -> review performance -> agree what changes are needed -> redesign -> release to development -> rinse -> repeat. Before you know it nine months will have passed.
Free-up developers, and empower your growth team with the tools they need.
Welcome tours are helpful - especially for more complex onboarding (e.g. Fintech apps). Use sparingly; too many pages results in users skipping through impatiently.
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Floating above your UX, in pixel perfect harmony with your brand’s style guide, In-App Messages prompt users to take a core action that leads to activation.
Tip overlays are messages delivered to users as they first explore the app. It is often most effective to point out key features in the context of an individual’s actual use of the app.
Don’t be that app! You know, the one that jams multiple permission requests on first open, with zero context.
First, you need to time when you make a request.
Second, explain clearly to the user why permission is needed. For example, a messaging app is useless without push notifications. Third, implement re-targeting for users who say ‘not now’.
Obsessively test everything. Find out what works better than others by comparing funnel and activation reports.
Track activation outcomes, implement changes, and keep testing.
Swrve CMO, Barry Nolan, and VP Marketing, Tom Farrell highlight the importance of the first few moments that a user spends on your app, and offer tips on how to do it right.


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A full-fledge webapp built on PHP to control and manage professional card-game championships and tournaments.
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We all breathe, but did you know that breathing is a great way to relax the body.
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Lately, everyone’s been buzzing about omnichannel selling and what it means. Big brands are using this approach to find new places to sell online and to improve customer engagement. But don’t worry, the principles of omnichannel selling are not just for big business. Omnichannel selling is a higher form of multichannel selling. These two concepts are strongly related, but there are a few key differences.
Any small business owner can use these strategies to improve customer insights, optimize channels, and ultimately increase conversions. In this article I’ll explain what sets omnichannel and multichannel selling apart. I’ll also tell you how you can implement this approach for your growing business.
1. What is Multichannel Selling?
3. How is Omnichannel Selling Different?
Multichannel selling is exactly what it sounds like- selling through multiple channels. For a traditional store, this might mean mailing out a catalog, selling from a physical location, and selling through an online store.
However, as Ecommerce business has expanded, an online store in just one of many different places to sell online. Social media, independent blogs, digital marketplaces, and discount sites are all examples of places to sell online. There’s no reason to limit yourself to just one, and in fact, selling through multiple channels can result in reaching more consumers than you could otherwise. This leads to more sales for you and your Ecommerce business.
Multichannel selling might sound easy enough, but it can be a little confusing for a small business. After all, how can you identify which channels to invest in, and how can you make them profitable?
Since many of you are using Selz as your Ecommerce platform, I’ll explain how to use Selz features to implement multichannel selling, and how this ties into omnichannel selling.
We all know that Ecommerce stores are the perfect platform for your products. You can design the perfect store for your growing business needs. However, it’s worth venturing beyond your comfort zone to reach new customers. Most Selz users are already familiar with how the platform integrates with different places to sell online. There are already two powerful Selz features that support multichannel selling, and we’re planning to add more in the future.
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system, and with good reason. The WordPress platform is incredibly flexible. Chances are that many merchants established a WordPress site or blog before they officially launched their Ecommerce business. That same customization is what makes it one of the best places to sell online. The good news is that you don’t have to choose between a WordPress site and a Selz store.
WordPress Ecommerce is a perfect way to add a complementary channel to your revenue stream. Integrating your store with WordPress is a quick and streamlined process for Selz merchants. You can import products, and even entire product categories, into your WordPress site, so this channel can be set up for Ecommerce business in record time.
The average Facebook user spends over half an hour on Facebook daily, which is a significant amount of time, especially if you want to identify places to sell online profitably. In recent years, Facebook has evolved to be more Ecommerce-friendly. Big brands and microbusinesses alike can sell direct-to-consumer through this social network.
If you want to get started with multichannel selling, Facebook is a perfect place to start. For Selz merchants, it’s as simple as integrating your Selz store with your Facebook business page. All of your products will instantly integrate with the social platform, and in no time at all, you’ve moved into one of the best places to sell online. You can utilize the Facebook Pixel to create Facebook ads and use our Facebook Messenger integration to enhance customer service and interaction.
Social selling is radically different from traditional Ecommerce. Users tend to be in a state of browsing, instead of actively looking for new information or products. This makes social media the perfect digital environment to learn about new products, and also for retargeting your marketing efforts. Selling on social networks can give your Ecommerce sales a significant boost, and Facebook is one of the best places to sell online as you begin aiming for conversions on social.
Multichannel selling is a fantastic Ecommerce strategy, but one key attribute distinguishes it from omnichannel selling: integration.
Multichannel selling means identifying and using various places to sell online: social media, independent sites, marketplaces, discount websites, etc. Each channel has its own sales funnel.
Omnichannel selling, on the other hand, is more interconnected. The different channels form a larger, more cohesive system. Each channel serves a specific role in a sales funnel, supporting the other channels and encouraging more conversions in the long run. The system forms one massive, well-informed sales funnel.
Omnichannel selling isn’t just about finding places to sell online. It’s about identifying platforms that can be a part of your sales funnel and building a cross-channel strategy to increase conversions.
Once you’ve identified multiple places to sell online, you can think strategically about how those channels might feed into one another. Maybe your social media presence can better support your offline events, or your newsletter can incorporate more products than content. It’s a complex ecosystem, which is why we often associate omnichannel selling with big brands.
Don’t think that you need a high profile mobile app or a call center for your channels to support one another and boost conversions. These big goals are achievable even for small businesses in the Ecommerce space.
Large businesses have more resources to invest in omnichannel selling. A business might have a mobile app that sends users coupons for in-store-only sales and promotions. In this way, one channel (mobile app) supports another (brick and mortar).
When a customer has issues with a product, they can call a customer support number. If a customer is actually taking the time to get on the phone about a product, chances are that the customer isn’t very happy. So, a big business might give its customer service representatives coupon codes for their online corporate store that they can offer to customers who call in.
We already know that discounts and deals are a great way to increase customer satisfaction. However, in this instance, they’re also used to increase the likelihood of a sale. What if that coupon code was not only generous, but time sensitive as well? It would be hard to resist. It’s possible that one channel could not only solve a customer’s problem, but incentivize them to convert yet again through another channel.
Now, I know what you’re thinking. That’s all well and good for big businesses, but not every entrepreneur has call centers, mobile apps, and multiple brick and mortar locations. The beauty of technology is that a small business or microbusiness can easily apply this integrated strategy to places to sell online as well as marketing.
Messaging and live chat are becoming increasingly popular modes of communication, thanks in no small part to one generation’s loathing of telephone calls. That means that you don’t need a call center to implement omnichannel selling.
Selz Facebook Store integration also syncs with Facebook Messenger, enabling Selz Chat. This feature allows customers to connect with brands via Messenger. It’s a great way to answer questions, form connections, and close sales. It’s also a great opportunity to provide a customer with an irresistible coupon code.
Whether they’re dissatisfied with a recent purchase or they’re on the fence about buying for the first time, you can use this tactic to encourage a sale. This same technique works great in email marketing as well.
You can also use targeted Facebook campaigns to gain new leads and drive traffic to your online store. The Facebook Pixel is an incredibly robust tracking tool that enables Facebook Business users to create scalable, successful ad campaigns, and it’s accessible through the Selz Facebook integration.
Now, let’s take WordPress. You can sell directly through WordPress, and indeed you should! However, depending on your following, it can be a great place to try out some cross-promotion as well. If you’re exploring places sell both offline and online, you might consider hosting a popup or getting involved with a local makers fair. Use WordPress to get the word out and bring people to your space. You don’t necessarily need a coupon code to entice them. For example, if you’re selling jewelry, you could let your readers know that you’ll have your sketchbook if they want to peek at upcoming designs.
Now that we’ve looked at multichannel selling and omnichannel selling, we’re starting to understand how to sell through different channels, and how they can support one another. However, there’s a bigger takeaway for channel integration.
It’s easy to think of all the places to sell online as separate, unrelated entities. But once we acknowledge that they’re interconnected, we can seize upon the strengths of each channel to improve business and increase sales. Once you see your channels as an interconnected whole, the need for consistency becomes clear.
Selling products in an important part of your business, but it shouldn’t be your only goal. The longevity of your business relies on strong, consistent branding. Take the time to nail this across different sales channels. This is one way to ensure that you’re forming a strong, memorable impression wherever your customer interacts with your brand. Consistent branding will also allow your customer to shift one channel to another without any jarring stylistic differences, making your approach to omnichannel selling all the more effective.
Is my brand’s visual identity consistent across all the different places to sell online and social media accounts?
Do I use the same language and tone to describe my products across platforms?
Can I provide the same quality of product descriptions in every channel?
If not, can I use an omnichannel selling approach to link back to my site?
Do I use a consistent tone for engaging with customers across social media and email inquiries?
Do I take an editorial approach for cohesive simultaneous promotion of products?
Do I focus on the launch of new products or bestsellers on one platform, but ignore these products on another channel?
Are there channels that are out of date or need updated graphics and messaging?
Addressing these concerns will help optimize your online business. It might feel like these details are not going to drive an immediate influx of sales, but it’s important in the long run. Developing consistency across channels leaves a better impression on your customers, current and prospective partners, and people who are just discovering your brand. These details make a huge difference in the authority of your business. Places to sell online are also places to engage customers in new ways and reinforce your brand’s core values.
As the owner of an Ecommerce business, you need to always be on the lookout for lucrative places to sell online. Implementing multichannel selling can create exponential conversion possibilities across the internet. But, remember to be strategic. Even channels we don’t usually consider high converting can lead to big sales.
Reflect on the potential of each channel. Identify what procedures can optimize that channel. Define how it integrates with your other channels. Stay on brand. Build your online empire.