Our customers are loving this in-house produced video highlighting just some of the features in our latest POS software u0date.
POS software update video
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Amazing free POS software training for small business retailers for June
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We are grateful for the support from our customers for our free online POS software training. Here is the June schedule. All free. All available to any of our customers. We do so many sessions because of all our customers. Even with this list we are sure to add more closer to the time.
- Getting Ready for EOFY Thursday 1st June 2:00pm Get ready for End of Financial Year now. What you need to do and the reports you need to run.
- Stocktaking for EOFY Wednesday 7th June 2:00pm Doing a stocktake in retailer and what option works best for you.
- Getting Ready for EOFY Thursday 8th June 2:00pm Get ready for End of Financial Year now. What you need to do and the reports you need to run.
- Getting Ready for EOFY Wednesday 14th June 2:00pm Get ready for End of Financial Year now. What you need to do and the reports you need to run.
- Stocktaking for EOFY Thursday 15th June 2:00pm Doing a stocktake in retailer and what option works best for you.
- Stocktaking for EOFY Wednesday 21st June 2:00pm Doing a stocktake in retailer and what option works best for you.
- Getting Ready for EOFY Thursday 22nd June 2:00pm Get ready for End of Financial Year now. What you need to do and the reports you need to run.
- Getting Ready for EOFY Wednesday 28th June 2:00pm Get ready for End of Financial Year now. What you need to do and the reports you need to run.
- Stocktaking for EOFY Thursday 29th June 2:00pm Doing a stocktake in retailer and what option works best for you.
Why newsagents switch to Tower Systems newsagency software
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As the newsagency channel undergoes extraordinary change in 2017, Tower Systems remains a constant support through its best-practice newsagency management software, newsagent support and newsagent marketing help.
With more than 1,800 newsagent customers, Tower Systems serves more newsagents than all other software companies combined.
Switching is not expensive. If you have current hardware, the cost can be as low as $2,200 a year for three years after which there is no mandatory cost.
Included in the low cost is:
- The Tower Systems newsagency software.
- On site installation and training.
- Data conversion, converting as much data from your current system that we can access.
- Software support for the first three years.
- Software updates for the first three years.
- Unlimited over the phone follow up training for the first three years.
- Access to an online knowledge base with articles and advice on the software.
- Access to weekly group line online training workshops.
Alternatively, you can pay up front and not pay anything for three years.
We offer this in response to the consolidation occurring in the newsagency channel. It is our opinion that not all current newsagency software companies will remain in the channel.
As the largest we are well resourced to help you navigate change not only in your software but in your business too.
- Tower Systems will not leave the newsagency channel.
- We will fight for you. Beyond our software, outside of support, we will help with supplier issues, business strategy and other challenges you confront.
- Our software continues to evolve. We release two to three major updates each you. You choose when to load them. Each update is thoroughly tested in a comprehensive beta program.
- We own newsagencies. Yes, we walk in your shoes.
- No locked-in support fee. Taking support coverage once the three year period ends is optional.
- Lower support costs. Also, transparent. No mates rates for a select few.
- Fast support. Most calls are handled when you call. If not, we call back fast.
- Easy management access. The leadership team of Tower Systems is available if you need them. We take customer service seriously and personally.
- Updates when you choose. You are in control of when you load updates.
- You are listened to. We offer the only transparent, user driven, software enhancement suggestion service. All our customers are listened to.
- Free training. Long after you install our software you have access to free personal training to refresh knowledge or provide training on new facilities.
- More integrations. Our direct links to Xero, Magento, Shopify and more mean you have more direct link options to help you grow your business.
- Business management insights. We can look at your business performance data and provide a personal analysis of what we see
- Owner access. Our owner, Mark Fletcher, is easily accessible: 0418 321 338 or by email on mark@towersystems.com.au.
Tower Systems helps small business retailers fine Xero skilled accountants
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As a side benefit of our work providing a beautiful small business POS software Xero link, we continue to expand our list of Xero skilled accountants. Retailers and accountants love this free service we provide. It speaks to the mutual respect and support of all of us in the growing worldwide Xero community have for each other.
In our opinion, based on years of experience with several accounting software packages for small retail businesses, xero is the best.
Our POS software xero integration is a joy to use … yes, we use it ourselves for our own retail businesses. This is the opinion of our in-house CPA.
Using small business POS software on the shop floor, on a portable tablet computer
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Tower Systems is thrilled with the reaction to our POS software running on there HP MX12 tablet.
Shop floor retail management software at its best.
Small business retailers love transparent POS software beta release program
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We are well into the beta release of a new version of our small business POS software for specialty retail channels.
The beta release program we follow is structured and transparent with customers able to nominate to be part of the program.
Here is the invitation email we sent a few weeks ago seeking beta release participants.
We are committed to regularly changing our beta customer team. They play an important role in determining if a new release of software is ready for our 3,500+ small business retail users.
The latest beta release if travelling well. We have terrific feedback that is guiding tweaking the latest release as we step closer to wide commercial release.
Points are the old school way for small business retailers to reward loyalty
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At Tower Systems, we believe in helping small business retailers deliver real loyalty rewards that bring shoppers back.
Free task management service helps small business retailers
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Next time you have a task for someone, use Send My task. It’s a free online service for sending tasks and handling easy notification on completion. It’s from Tower Systems.
Task management just got easier.
Small business retailers cut their paperwork with our POS software
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Providing POS software support via Facebook
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Our POS software customers are loving the access to our help desk through our private Facebook user forum. They love the easy access, transparency and easy search of past discussions.
We introduced the Facebook support service as another channel through which our customers can engage with our support services. We are grateful for the active embrace by our customers.
On the Facebook page we are happy to answer anything. Where a query needs specific site research we take the matter offline and connect direct with the customer in their business to do this.
We also use the Facebook page to share information, advice and knowledge base article access to keep customers informed abut enhancements to the software and the support resources available to them.
Access to the private Tower Systems user forum on Facebook is available to any of our customers.
At our POS software company we love helping people save time
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Here at Tower Systems we understand that in independent and small retail businesses, time is precious. That’s why, though our POS software, we focus on helping you save time.
Helping small business retailers deal with the global ransomware attack
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We have shared practical advice with our small business POS software customers this weekend to help them protect their businesses from the global ransomware attack that started two days ago.
Our advice is comprehensive and consistent with international best-practice. Our messaging is being repeated to ensure maximum reach in our big user community.
WARNING RE GLOBAL CYBER ATTACK.
The global cyber attack story has been dominating news services over the last 24 hours. The best way to ensure you are not hit is to follow our computer use advice. The fastest way to recover is if you use our Tower Systems cloud backup service. Be careful. Be proactive. Make sure everyone who uses your computers are aware.
We share the advice by email and are supporting it with personal advice through our help desk and business management teams.
Any internet computer is vulnerable. Here at Tower Systems we have been on the front foot with advice for our small business retail customers on steps to take to reduce the opportunity of attack and harm to the business.
Faster, easier POS software knowledge base access
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Small business retailers are benefiting form the faster and easier access to our POS software knowledge base.
Leveraging dynamic searching techniques and offering natural loan gauge searching the knowledge base offers non-tech retailers easy access to support.
The Tower Systems knowledge base is like a living online manual, expanding regularly, accessible from anywhere including mobile devices.
The latest enhancements are live now and being enjoyed by the 3,500+ Tower Systems customers. They are making a difference based on the feedback we are receiving. This is thrilling as helping retailers enjoy their software the benefits that flow from it is an important part of what we live for here at Tower.
A feature of the knowledge base is the feedback people can leave for each article. This is transparent to all customers, benefiting the wider community.
We are grateful to our customers for their help in evolving the knowledge base resources.
Support comes in many forms at our POS software co.
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In life and in business we support each other. Learning and growing is the reward. here at Tower Systems, we support our customers like family.
Newsagents switching software – loving the low fixed cost of ownership
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As the newsagency channel undergoes extraordinary change in 2017, Tower Systems remains a constant support through its best-practice newsagency management software, newsagent support and newsagent marketing help.
With more than 1,800 newsagent customers, Tower Systems serves more newsagents than all other software companies combined.
Switching is not expensive. If you have current hardware, the cost can be as low as $2,200 a year for three years after which there is no mandatory cost.
Included in the $2,200 a year (for only three years) cost is:
- The Tower Systems newsagency software.
- On site installation and training.
- Data conversion, converting as much data from your current system that we can access.
- Software support for the first three years.
- Software updates for the first three years.
- Unlimited over the phone follow up training for the first three years.
- Access to an online knowledge base with articles and advice on the software.
- Access to weekly group line online training workshops.
Alternatively, you can pay $6,600 up front and not pay anything for three years.
We offer this in response to the consolidation occurring in the newsagency channel. It is our opinion that not all current newsagency software companies will remain in the channel.
As the largest we are well resourced to help you navigate change not only in your software but in your business too.
- Tower Systems will not leave the newsagency channel.
- We will fight for you. Beyond our software, outside of support, we will help with supplier issues, business strategy and other challenges you confront.
- Our software continues to evolve. We release two to three major updates each you. You choose when to load them. Each update is thoroughly tested in a comprehensive beta program.
- We own newsagencies. Yes, we walk in your shoes.
- No locked-in support fee. Taking support coverage once the three year period ends is optional.
- Lower support costs. Also, transparent. No mates rates for a select few.
- Fast support. Most calls are handled when you call. If not, we call back fast.
- Easy management access. The leadership team of Tower Systems is available if you need them. We take customer service seriously and personally.
- Updates when you choose. You are in control of when you load updates.
- You are listened to. We offer the only transparent, user driven, software enhancement suggestion service. All our customers are listened to.
- Free training. Long after you install our software you have access to free personal training to refresh knowledge or provide training on new facilities.
- More integrations. Our direct links to Xero, Magento, Shopify and more mean you have more direct link options to help you grow your business.
- Business management insights. We can look at your business performance data and provide a personal analysis of what we see
- Owner access. Our owner, Mark Fletcher, is easily accessible: 0418 321 338 or by email on mark@towersystems.com.au.
The $2,200.00 offer is for three years: $2,200 per year after which you own the software forever. Data conversion is included. For the three years you get full support, software updates and access to unlimited one on one training.
Free small business POS software training and retail management help
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Tower Systems has more free POS software training opportunities this month as part of its regular weekly training commitment. These sessions help small business retailers leverage more from their IT investment … at no cost.
POS software ideal for older retail business owners who are serious about technology
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Xero POS software combination helps small business retailers save time and cut mistakes
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Xero continues to be the accounting system of choice for small business retailers.
Tower Systems is proud to partner with Xero and offer a truly direct integration solution.
Plus, we have a list of Xero skilled accountants we are proud to list.
Thanks to our partnership with Xero we have brought plenty of small business retailers to the world of integrated accounting to our POS software. This cuts keystrokes, saves time and makes managing small retail businesses easier and faster., It improves the quality of business data on which the small business retailers can rely.
Retailers in many channels can use the Xero link to our POS software.
We develop software for: gift shops, jewellers, bike shops, toy shops, fishing/outdoors businesses, garden centres/nurseries, pet shops, produce stores, firearms businesses and newsagents. We have customers around Australia and New Zealand as well as in several other countries.
Developed for specialty retail channels, the Tower Systems Xero link delivers seamless integration for jewellers, garden centres, bike shops, gift shops, homewares stores, toy shops, garden centres, produce stores, fishing and outdoors business and more.
The Xero POS software link is best-practice and backed by our own in-house CPA who manages our own retailer businesses where we use the Xero link ourselves. Yes, as a POS software company we walk in your shoes.
It is our personal experience with our POS software and with Xero linked to our POS software that provides us with a level of personal experience on which we can rely when we work with our small business retail customers. This takes us beyond what is usual about being a POS software company.
The powerful Tower Advantage Link platform allows Tower Systems’ specialist retail software to connect directly to Xero, one of Australia’s most popular and streamlined accounting services. Linking Retailer to Xero saves you precious time by completing the majority of your day-to-day accounting for you. We are experts at bringing independent retail businesses and Xero together and pride ourselves on connecting business owners with such an innovative, useful service.
Any retailer looking for a POS software accounting system link should consider the Tower systems POS software Xero accounting link partnership. We have runs on the board.
Small business marketing tip: get creative with signs
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A fun and engaging sing on the footpath in front of your shop can attract people to your business. It can challenge people to consider your business beyond what the shingle above your door may say. The more creative the sign the better.
Go all out creative. Have fun. Be colourful. Shop that shopping with you will be fun. People want fun.
Here are a couple of signs we have seen recently that we love:
POS software subscription handling helps retailers leverage subscription opportunities
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Subscriptions are a terrific way for small business retailers to provide shoppers with consistent engagement for products and services that are required on a regular basis.
Tower Systems offers a flexible yet powerful subscription facility in its POS software.
Using our subscription facilities as retailer can schedule to ensure products are kept aside for a customer on a regular cycle. This could be daily, weekly, monthly or whenever the desired product becomes available.
The goods can be kept aside with a unique barcode on the product along with the customer name – providing a level of professional service and attention that is key to further cementing the customer relationship.
Thee customer is advised by email or text message when the subscription item is ready to be collected.
The subscription can be charged to a store account or paid on collection. customers can also pre-pay. Payment information is included on the barcode label for the customer to better handle the collection.
The subscription can be setup for an in-store collection or for delivery to a customer address, with delivery done by the business or by a delivery partner of the business.
The subscription can be created by one customer as a gift for another customer.
The software tracks the number of subscriptions for an item. This helps store management for forward planning an dealing with the supplier of subscription items.
Some product subscriptions are given to the retail business by the manufacturer with the retailer being the local fulfilment centre. Our POS software handles this situation too.
There are many variations on subscription scenarios too. Handling these many subscription options has become a key feature of the Tower Systems POS software as it has evolved in managing subscriptions in retail over many years for many of the company’s 3,500+ small business retail customers.
Also, customers can have multiple subscriptions with different rules and criteria too. See, the flexibility layers and layers to offer a valuable, powerful yet easy to use tool for almost any type of retail business.
So, when it comes to managing subscriptions in retail and doing this through your POS software, Tower Systems ms has software ready to go in this area.
Tower Systems helps small business retailers protect against crypto locker attack
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Tower Systems continues to help independent small business retailers reduce the possibility of impact from a crypto locket attack.
The help and service from Tower Systems is preventative as well as recovery focussed should the prevention advice be ignored.
In the Tower newsletter, regular weekly email and other communications the company ensures its thousands of small business retail customers has the information they need to properly an thoroughly deal with an attack.
The assistance from the company starts with the preventative, in the form of plain English computer use advice.
Here is a copy of the rent advice widely circulated by Tower Systems to its POS software customers:
COMPUTER USE POLICY
- The computers in this business are business tools. Their security is vital to the safe running of the business.
- Do not use any computer for any form of personal use without permission. This means:
- No playing games.
- No looking at porn.
- No Facebook.
- No browsing websites unless they are websites used regularly by this business for running the business.
- No connecting your phone to the computer.
- Do not open emails including business emails unless you have permission.
- Do not click on any link in any email unless you are 100% certain the email is from a trusted source.
- Do not clear the browser cache.
- Never put a USB stick in a computer unless you are certain of the source.
- Never permit anyone to use a computer in the business unless you have permission.
- Never give anyone a computer password from the business.
- If someone you don’t know calls and tells you to do something with the computer, make sure they have authority.
- Never write down any business password you are entrusted with.
- Never connect a USB stick with the computer unless you have permission.
- If you do something wrong own up to it immediately.
This is advice we suggest a retailer ives to all employees. It has been written for that purpose.
If you use our cloud backup service, recovering from a crypto locker is easier. Regardless, backing up every day in any method gives you a faster and lower cost recovery option. We offer a professional cloud based backup service. We use it ourselves and are happy to recommend it to our customers.
Hear the passion of our POS software software development manager
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Meet Ben: he is skilled in retail and this is reflected on our constantly evolving small business POS software. Ben is another Tower Systems advantage.
The kind of sign we love to see in retail businesses
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Helping small business retailers to support local community groups
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In our Tower Systems POS software we have several facilities you can leverage to help community groups in your local area. These are easy to use and valuable to leverage as you pitch your business as a go-to business helping local groups.
Community is everything to small business. Here at Tower Systems we get that and have encoded in our software tools that help you better serve and connect.
Ask us how, we’d be glad to show you.
Dynamic searching of the POS software knowledge base
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Our small business POS software customers are doing the fast dynamic searching facility in our self-serve knowledge base. As you type the knowledge base is listing suggested answers to the query. these could be articles, videos or step-by-step guides. Help is there at your fingertips, as you type. Instantly. No old-school searches. This is genuinely dynamic and directly connected to best-practice peer-reviewed advice.
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