Medical Data Management, Clinical Application, Solutions & Pricing
The report, titled Electronic Health Records (EHR) Market Research Report presents an executive-level blueprint of the global Electronic Health Records (EHR) market. It provides insights into the key factors that are likely to drive or restrain the market. Based on primary and secondary sources of information obtained from proprietary databases, the report presents a substantive guidebook for stakeholders of the Electronic Health Records (EHR) industry.
With the aim of presenting a comprehensive overview of the market, the report studies the impact of the latest economic trends on the market and on the growth trajectory expected to be exhibited by the Electronic Health Records (EHR) market over the period between 2016 and 2020.
This report studies Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Global market, especially in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India, with production, revenue, consumption, import and export in these regions, from 2011 to 2015, and forecast to 2020.
The governments of different nations frame policies conducive to the growth and impact of their economies; the impact of such diverse policies on the overall revenue generated in the global Electronic Health Records (EHR) market is studied in detail by the analysts behind the report so that they may provide a 360-degree overview of the market.
For the purpose of the study, relevant information is obtained from industrial sources such as financial records of the leading companies, proprietary database of the research firm, relevant reports of ongoing trends, and other sources. While compiling the report, the analysts have also sourced information from valuable insights from industry veterans.
To present a holistic overview of the market, the profiles of key market vendors are included in the report. Using industry-leading analytical tools such as SWOT Analysis, the report weights out the strengths and weaknesses of the leading companies in the global Electronic Health Records (EHR) market.
Larson Electronics LLC Releases Explosion Proof Emergency LED Sign
Industrial lighting leader, Larson Electronics LLC announced the release of a new explosion proof LED exit sign light with a remote head approved for use in Class I, Class II and Class III locations. This emergency fixture produces a total of 99 lumens and operates for at least 90 minutes during a power outage, making this exit system ideal for emergency fail-safe lighting in national and overseas applications where explosion proof fixtures are required.
The EXP-EMG-EXT-LE6-1L-IAE from Larson Electronics is an explosion proof emergency LED exit sign that includes an LED exit sign equipped with a 1.1-watt LED lamp, an emergency battery backup and self-diagnostic system. The EXP-EMG-EXT-LE6-1L-IAE is a single sided exit sign with 4-inh letters that comes in English or Indonesian for overseas applications. The backlit LED array contains eight LEDs to illuminate the exit sign for easy identification.
This emergency exit unit features self-testing and a backup emergency battery for fail-safe reliability, which will run for a minimum of 3 hours after a power failure with the help of a 3.6-volt NiCad chargeable battery. The battery requires just 24 hours to fully recharge and is completely maintenance free with a life expectancy of 15 years. The emergency battery includes a low voltage disconnect to protect deep discharge and damage if voltage drops below normal load.
This explosion proof emergency LED exit sign includes brown-out, short circuit and voltage surge protection. The EXP-EMG-EXT-LE6-1L-IAE is designed for surface mounting and made of copper free aluminum. The fixture operates on 240V AC at 50Hz and is rated for Class I, Divisions 1 & 2, Groups A, B, C, D, Class I, Zones 1 & 2, Groups IIB+H2, Class II, Divisions 1 & 2, Groups E, F, G and Class III Divisions 1 & 2 hazardous areas.
“This explosion proof English/Indonesian sign provides both reliable fail-safe emergency lighting and emergency exit notification in one system,” said Rob Bresnahan, CEO of Larson Electronics LLC. “The emergency backup battery combined with LED indicator lights and exit sign makes this assembly a complete, multi-functional exit marking solution.”
About Larson Electronics LLC:Larson Electronics LLC is a manufacturer of industrial lighting equipment and accessories. The company offers an extensive catalog of industry-grade lighting and power distribution products for the following sectors: manufacturing, construction, food processing, oil and gas, military, marine and automobile. Customers can benefit from the company’s hands-on, customized approach to lighting solutions. Larson Electronics provides expedited service for quotes, customer support and shipments.
Transformers Alternative - The Nerve Center of Organizations and Powering Infrastructures
Most transformers today are cooled by mineral oil but this has some major flaws. Most notably, it is a flammable liquid so mineral oil transformers are prone to fires, which can have catastrophic consequences. These fires can threaten the lives of people in close surroundings and cause significant damage to nearby property and land. Companies have little choice but to let them burn out, which can take days, or extinguish them with nitrogen, before counting the cost to their business, the environment or – in the worst case – lives.
It’s not just the fire risk that’s an issue. If a mineral oil transformer leaks, it can create further environmental damage as the liquid itself is not biodegradable. Companies might be obligated to clear up any spillage but, nevertheless, it still comes at a high financial and reputational cost.
Assessing the risk
A transformer fire might never happen – but with a mineral oil transformer, there will always be the chance. When travelling in a car, the possibility of a crash is remote but seatbelts are commonplace to ensure safety. In a similar vein, rather than dismissing the possibility of a fire or leak, businesses need to evaluate the risks and do their best to safeguard against them.
With transformers, the first risk factor is its location. Its proximity to people, combustible materials or environments such as water or woodlands will determine just how destructive a fire or leak could be. A typical utilities firm might run several thousand transformers and as much as 15% of these could be in high-risk locations.
The second factor is what the transformer is powering. An outage could force the closure of railways, motorways or buildings, to name a few. If the transformer feeds electricity to a retail operation, loss of electricity could have massive commercial consequences in terms of loss of trade. If it powers a hospital, it could even jeopardise lives. Damage to the transformer itself is one issue, since it could take months to repair. An additional challenge is damage to other localised equipment, such as a furnace that had to be shut down and could take a while to restart.
It’s often the case that transformer operators are simply unaware of the risks. Through lack of awareness or even misunderstanding, they might wrongly assume that mineral oil is fire safe. It might also be the case that they don’t realise there are viable, safer alternatives on the market.
The most important alternatives are ester-based fluids, which are now proven and accepted as best practice in terms of fire avoidance. They remove the risk of transformer fires and environmental damage, ensuring peace of mind by enabling companies to tackle the cause rather than struggle with the effects.
Esters are fire safe because they have a relatively high fire point – nearly double that of mineral oil – and significantly lower calorific value.
At the board level, esters provide a mechanism not only to mitigate risk but also to boost corporate CSR programmes and green strategies. Increasingly, corporations are implementing green strategies in line with government policies, including how they handle and produce materials. This cascades right through to the transformer fluids they use – and because esters are biodegradable, they are the natural, environmentally-friendly option.
AI and Social Networking Capabilities to Transform Traditional Asset Management
RedBite Solutions has secured Innovate UK funding for £1 million project to transform its asset tracking software 'itemit'. Fueled by transparency and openness, itemit will leverage advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to create a social network-style approach to asset management.
Recent, tragic, events in social housing have highlighted the need for change in the way assets that are owned, managed and used by different parties are monitored and maintained. Asset end-users, such as housing tenants should have access to up-to-date and accurate information on asset maintenance and inspection schedules. All relevant feedback, reports and concerns from end-users should be valued and used to enhance and inform asset management decision-making.
"The Grenfell Tower tragedy highlights the need for a drastic change in the way assets that are owned, managed and used by different parties are maintained and monitored. As evidenced in the Tower's fire risk assessment report, the condition of critical assets was directly linked to the extent of the tragedy. Our aim is to empower members of our society at a very poignant time to engage with a transparent and trustworthy change that addresses pertinent concerns that are shared by so many," said RedBite Solutions CEO, Dr. Alex Wong.
The project team will work towards creating a user-centred digital asset management solution that provides transparency to asset end-users about the assets they rely upon and interact with as well as working to ensure incoming data from maintenance contractors and end-users is analysed and incorporated into decision-making. The itemit asset management solution proposed is unique in that all parties with an interest in an asset will be using the same integrated system to engage with assets.
"The output from this project is an innovative, digital platform for all asset stakeholders that incorporates new algorithms developed together with CUED. Two public reference sites, in the social housing and university markets, will be created by the project. These combined innovations are disruptive in that, for the first time in the infrastructure industry, users are given the opportunity to provide actionable input to asset managers," said Dr Ajith Parlikad, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) and CSIC Investigator.
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning algorithms will be developed to interpret the data received from all parties in order to compute a condition assessment score, determine appropriate intervention actions and develop a decision-support system for asset management. The result will be enhanced decision-making based on the value of infrastructural assets to tenants, asset usage and feedback from end-users.
How many times have you found yourself in a situation where your iPhone is running out of power, but you can’t charge it because you don’t have a charger on you.
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Baby food company Mead Johnson ties up Chinese e-commerce deal
Mead Johnson, the US infant nutrition company owned by consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser, has linked up with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com.
The Chinese company said the plan is to create a market strategy to bring a wider range of infant formulas to emerging urban areas.
JD.com said it is a response to the shift in consumption habits of Chinese consumers for maternal and baby products to focus on product quality and suggested the collaboration will make it easier for maternal and baby store owners in China's growing smaller cities to supply their consumers with infant formula from Mead Johnson Nutrition's brands.
To facilitate this, JD.com has developed a mobile internet programme through which store owners can place orders for Mead Johnson products. Maternal and baby goods will be delivered within 48 hours directly from JD's warehouses via the company's in-house nationwide logistics network.
It said the 'vertical integration' will significantly shorten the delivery lead time and help store owners better manage their inventory.
Enda Ryan, CEO of Mead Johnson's operations in Greater China, said: "With the help of JD's innovative smart supply chain and in-house logistics resources, a greater number of consumers in China's emerging urban areas will have more reliable access to our high-quality products.
Miguel Cervantes, who plays Alexander Hamilton in the Chicago production of the hit musical, will perform live at Mariano’s in Lakeview from 11 a.m. until noon. The performance marks the launch of a coffee blend created in honor of his daughter, Adelaide, who is fighting childhood epilepsy.
Cervantes and his wife Kelly initiated the #MyShotAtEpilespy campaign to raise awareness about epilepsy, referencing the song “My Shot” from the play.
Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea owner Michael Schultz, moved by the family’s story, wanted to support their cause. Adelaide’s Blend by Fairgrounds is made with Brazilian, Colombian and Honduran coffee beans with flavor notes of chocolate, black cherry and marshmallow.
It is now available fresh roasted, whole bean and ground, online at Javaya, at all Fairgrounds locations and 41 Mariano’s stores across Chicagoland. Twenty percent of Adelaide’s Blend sales will be donated to Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE).
“At Mariano’s we are committed to local partnerships, products and causes. We are excited to partner with Fairgrounds and the Cervantes family, and look forward to raising funds for CURE,” said Mariano’s vice president Donald Fitzgerald in a statement.
This month, the Tribune's Food & Dining team is diving into bar culture, exploring dive bars, neighborhood bars, wine bars, new cocktail spots and even bar food. We'll be checking in with storied bartenders and owners, trying drinks, even recommending best times to visit and get a sense of local flavor.
eCommerce focused on the sales, stock receiving, and counting processes that drive good small business inventory management. But this discussion is incomplete without looking at ways to keep all of that stock organized and readily accessible.
Whether you have a retail store with a small stockroom in the back or an expansive warehouse for your ecommerce business, organization is key to smart inventory management. Even if you operate in a tiny space, it’s good to have organized overstock space so you can take advantage of discounts and deals on quantity purchases.
Tracking sales is a must for any eCommerce business operation and it involves more than just tallying up the totals at the end of the day. A good small business inventory management system also records every order in detail, including each item sold. With a manual system, you’ll record orders by hand or track them within a spreadsheet, then manually adjust the inventory quantities for each item sold.
A small operation can handle this manually as long as inventory reductions are tracked regularly, say at the close of each business day. But as you grow, a POS system will dramatically streamline your operation by automating your inventory reduction with every sale. That means every time you make a sale, each item sold is automatically removed from your inventory records. Plus, each recorded sale lists each item sold. It’s all very tidy.
Inventory management touches many parts of your eCommerce business. When you forgo management, you can’t forecast sales. You can’t efficiently get items to customers when they need them.
It prevents overselling. When inventory isn’t tracked, it can lead to you incorrectly listing available inventory on your site or marketplace. Nothing is worse than telling a customer you can’t ship an item they bought because you actually don’t have it
Whatever your inventory storage method, your stored inventory needs to be well-organized, clearly labeled, and accessible for pulling and inventory counts. This can be done using the boxes goods come in, stacking bins, or even hanging separators for hung apparel. Periodic cycle counts of overstock also help keep track of extra inventory and ensure it’s not lost or misplaced over time.
Sales tax holidays are especially common. Typically, they involve suspending the collection of sales tax on a particular day of the year in order to encourage consumers to buy certain items and help local businesses.
For example, many cities have a tax holiday during the back-to-school season in order to encourage people to shop and to help parents pay less for school supplies.
Tax holidays can take many forms, though. Governments sometimes create tax holidays for new businesses. Developing countries might create tax holidays for foreign companies that relocate to the host country. The overarching idea is to lower the cost of doing business in an effort to encourage economic activity. Why it Matters:
The facts are that internet sales—the majority of which continue to be tax-free—have enjoyed double digit sales growth virtually every year out of the last 15. At the same time, sales at our local stores have been essentially flat after inflation. This is why those who want more taxes to spend have lamented limited sales tax revenue growth. The truth is that the sales tax is virtually 100% avoidable.
Sales tax holidays are supposed to boost business and relieve shoppers, but they are underpublicized, damningly complex and easily manipulated.
Although taxing authorities lose out on tax revenue during a tax holiday, many economists believe that tax holidays actually increase tax revenue over the long term because they help businesses stay in business or grow. Over time, this creates more taxable revenue for the taxing authority and even more tax revenue in the form of payroll and other taxes if those businesses retain or hire employees.
Exports play an important role in economy, influencing the level of economic growth, employment and the balance of payments. If exports increase at a faster pace as compared to imports, nothing can stop an economy from being a developed one. On the other hand, the instability in exports can adversely affects the process of economic development.
Lower exports mean low foreign exchange and lower foreign exchange in turn means a small purchasing capacity of a nation in the international market.
Fluctuations in export earnings introduce uncertainties in an economy. These uncertainties influence economic behavior by adversely affecting the level and efficiency of investment and in turn have a negative effect on growth.
Businesses generally strive to make profits and the bigger the profits the better. In many instances, exports can contribute to increased profits because the average orders from international customers are often larger than they are from domestic buyers, as importers generally order by the container instead of by the pallet (thereby affecting both total sales and total profits). Some products - especially those that are unique or very innovative in nature may also command greater profit margins abroad than in the local market.
Exports help to put idle production capacity to work. This is generally achieved the more efficient utilisation of the existing factory, machines and staff. What is more, because you are now selling more products without increasing total costs to the same extent, this has the effect of lowering your unit costs which represents a more productive overall operation. Lower unit costs make a product more competitive in the local marketplace as well as in foreign markets, and/or can contribute to the firm's overall profitability.
The concept of trade stability or instability may be based either on a country’s aggregate trade in comparison with the cost of the world or on a binary country pair comparison. Such binary pairs may be large depending upon the number of trading allies.
Export instabilities have been claimed to affect economic growth both positively and negatively. Fluctuation in exports earnings introduces uncertainties in the economy. Supply side policies could include both interventionist supply side policies (such as education and training) and market oriented supply side policies (e.g. reducing the power of trades unions, reducing government regulation). This can enable increased productivity.
Private sector innovation. There is only so much the government can do to promote private sector productivity. Competitiveness depends on new technology and management techniques as much as any government policies
With increased export production and sales, you can achieve economies of scale and spread costs over a larger volume of revenue. You reduce average unit costs and increase overall profitability and competitiveness. Long-term exports may enable a company to expand its production facilities in order to achieve an economic level of production.
How B2B and B2C Sharing eConomy Change Business Style
Sharing economy refers to a common or communal economy that includes the production, consumption and use of commodities. Sharing economy is based on temporary access instead of ownership, by utilizing the development of technology and the popularity of social media, such as sharing platforms. Sharing space, goods and skills is guided by three principles of: 1) efficient use of resources, 2) crowdsourcing, and 3) communality.
Manufacturers, wholesalers and corporate suppliers consistently surprise the market when they enter industries and launch business ventures traditionally dominated by B2C. First, it was the concept of eCommerce, now expected to surpass the value of B2C online retail. Soon after, B2B began taking hold of social media, Big Data, wearable technology and, most recently, the on-demand mobile application market.
Now, experts say B2B is approaching its next frontier: the sharing economy.
At its core, the sharing economy is about a lack of true ownership, allowing goods, services and information to be shared between two or more individuals. It is fundamentally a P2P business model.
Today, however, the corporate advantages of the sharing economy are providing companies with resources that would have otherwise been far less accessible. From sharing data to sharing office space, the sharing economy is expanding as a B2B business model.
B2B sharing economy has grown from almost nothing to a pool of global businesses valued in the billions of dollars. The concept—people using technology to find and purchase one another’s extra resources—represents a triumph of trust and crowdsourcing. Peer-to-peer financial firms such as Lending Club, transportation services such as Uber, and lodging brokerages such as Airbnb have all rapidly taken off, using Internet-based platforms to connect people directly without highly paid intermediaries. It’s no wonder investors are so intrigued, and the rest of us are a little enervated by all the hype.
Sharing economy platforms and applications are already being used widely in the B2C markets, such as Über and Airbnb, but sharing economy solutions for the B2B markets still includes a lot of potential. The principles of sharing economy are being utilized in the B2B markets for instance by sharing machinery in agriculture and forestry. In addition, other tangible assets, such as equipment, raw materials, office space and warehouses can be shared between companies. Intangible shared assets include for instance companies' brainpower, knowledge and intellectual capital.
The potential here is not just to garner ideas from outside inventors through open innovation. Nor is it to open up a platform for third-party developers to introduce ancillary products and software, as computer companies have done for decades. The real potential is for new platforms to evolve that offer a segment of a company’s intellectual property base to the world at large, so that others may do things with it, and the patent holder may profit.
In the current form of this relationship, the two parties collaborate to bring innovations to market. The Chinese appliance company Haier, for example, invites inventors from outside the company to propose innovations they could produce together. But collaboration might not always be necessary. A company with a patent for a new type of battery technology, for instance, might choose not to develop it, but by placing the battery technology on an exchange, the company could make a connection to another company with a complementary technology that would otherwise never have been made.
The sharing economy is built on a simple premise: People who have extra capacity can make money by selling it to other people who need it, without a middleman to siphon off much of the value. Within the past decade, several businesses based on this concept have sprouted up from nothing and turned into billion-dollar enterprises.
For B2C businesses, ecommerce represents an opportunity to gather information that informs decisions on product features, pricing and promotion. The opportunity to gather data is also available to B2B businesses, but in a relationship-centric world, the first objective is to increase value to customers.
In a B2C businesses, once an ecommerce solution is in operation, self-service ordering on line allows customers over an endless geography to place orders with little marginal cost to the B2C provider.
In a B2B setting, similar benefits can be achieved by making a simple portion of the overall offering available as a “starter” or “entry level offer” for prospective customers. Current customers may value an option of buying simple product extensions or contract renewals online. The efficiency of these simple on line transactions is a benefit to both the B2B business and to its customers.
In B2C businesses, customers have access to information about products, their personal information on file, their order history, and other related information. That’s a great start, but many B2B businesses have the opportunity to deliver more value by providing more information such as maintenance and service records, contract and correspondence history, information about customer installations, product roadmaps, and lead time.
On business to business portal many manufacturers, wholesale suppliers, exporters, traders etc. are registered to do online business trade. The business leads are converted into real deals. Those who are experienced professionals, able to provide spontaneous solution and are able to understand the business requirement can highly succeed in Business to Business marketplaces.
In some cases, such as installation maintenance locations, customers may get value from maintaining the information themselves. B2B businesses can use these information resources to efficiently differentiate and personalize their customers experience.
Oil
change business opportunity is an advisable investment for any
entrepreneur. There are over 4,000 companies and they bring in about $4
billion in revenue. This number is climbing annually as car owners are
keeping their cars for longer before buying a new one.
Filling Station Business
If
you are looking towards starting a business in the oil and gas
industry, one of your options is to open a filling station. Filling
station business is highly thriving and profitable-particularly if you
have chains of filling stations that are located in strategic traffic
prone locations. A filling station is a place where premium motor
spirit, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene et al are retailed.
Oil and Gas Servicing Company
If
you are looking towards starting a business in the oil and gas
industry, a business that is profitable and thriving and one that
requires engineering skills, then one of your options is to start an oil
and gas servicing company. Major oil companies around the globe like
Mobil, Shell, Agip, Chevron and Texaco, amongst others, rely on oil
servicing companies such as Halliburton, Schlumberger and Transocean et
al, for maintenance and servicing jobs.
Retailing of Cooking Gas
Retailing
of cooking gas is yet thriving and profitable oil and gas related
business that an entrepreneur who is looking towards starting a business
should consider starting. This type of business is suitable in
countries where gas is not supplied to apartments via a structures pipe
system. All you need to get this type of business started is a shop
located in a residential estate, gas cylinders and supply of gas
directly from a gas plant.
Market Natural Gas
You can apply for a license to become a natural gas accredited independent marketer. Over time, natural gas marketers have become an important component in this industry because of the role they play between natural gas producers and the available market for natural gas. They could serve as the middle man between the producer and the direct end users or between the producers and retailers or other distribution companies. One good thing about marketing natural gas is that the price is no longer regulated as it used to be, the price is actually set by available market forces like demand and supply.
Lubrication Oil Retail Shop
Sale of Engine Oil, Break Fluid and Hydraulic Oil et al, is a profitable and highly thriving business venture an entrepreneur who is interested in making money from the oil and gas business value chain should consider. The fact that vehicle owners subject their vehicles for servicing at regular intervals creates markets for lubrication oil products. In recent time, there is an increase in the lubrication oil production sector as it is one business you can readily go into with the hope of making great profit.
Manufacturing Cooking Gas Cylinders
Another profitable and thriving oil and gas related business that an entrepreneur who is looking towards investing in the industry should consider starting is to go into the manufacturing of cooking gas cylinders. There is indeed a large market for cooking gas cylinder. As a matter of fact, households no longer rely on just one cylinder; they prefer to have one or more backups.
Health and Safety Trainings for Oil and Gas Workers
Another thriving and profitable business in the value chain of the oil and gas industry that an aspiring entrepreneur who is interested in starting a business in the industry should consider starting is health and safety training for oil and gas workers. If you have the required background (experience and qualifications) to train on health and safety, then you should consider starting an organization that trains oil and gas workforce.
Gas and Petroleum Pipeline Security Business
Gas and petroleum pipeline security business is yet another thriving and profitable business venture that an entrepreneur who is looking towards starting a business in the oil and gas industry should consider starting. The truth is that oil and gas pipelines can be vandalized by oil bunkers if the pipelines are not well secured by security experts.
Customized Oil and Gas Software Applications
Developing and selling of oil and gas software applications is yet another cool way of making money from the business value chain in the industry. If you are a software developer, then you should consider developing customized software applications for the oil and gas industry, software applications that will help simplify processes in the industry. You can as well work with your client to develop tailored software application that suits perfectly into their business.
For businesses, online reviews are one of the best direct channels for customer feedback. So, encourage your customers to go to your Google Places listing and review your business. When you receive a high number of positive reviews, your business will start showing in the local search results in Google, which means you will get a lot of traffic to your website.
For small businesses, online reviews bring the benefit of social proof to the table—they help increase (or decrease) the degree of trust felt for an unfamiliar business based on feedback from other people with similar needs.
Ratings and reviews are a huge conversion factor, more influential for getting users to click through and make a purchase than business citations or most other elements of local SEO. If your search result has 4.5 stars and 18 reviews (compared to fewer for your competitors), that’s strong social proof that your product or service is trustworthy. But besides increasing users’ trust, recent search innovations have created new reasons that SEO-minded local businesses need reviews and ratings.
Customer reviews don’t influence just people.
Another factor about reviews is the influence they exert on where your business is listed in search engine results.
There are multiple sources for this finding, but let’s start with the most authoritative research - review signals ranked fifth among the most important search-engine ranking factors.
Encourage your customers to leave reviews using a soft-sell approach. You could make suggestions in your newsletter, ask customers after a satisfactory experience, or put up review-site logos in your place of business.
Set up a simple system for connecting with customers through regular social media or email contact. A local bakery, for instance, has a clipboard to get people’s names and email addresses for its newsletter. Get involved with social media, reach out to customers, and be responsive to their ideas. Being visible on the web can set your business apart.
However, if you’re just starting out, your business may not have had the time or resources to be concerned about Google reviews. To help you level the playing field against other businesses in the area.
