----- 5) 02.19.14 -----
Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready managed to catch up with Fresh Brewed Tees owner Tony Maddalone as his t-shirt start-up explodes out of his HQ in Downtown Cleveland.
Reacting quickly to our region's hometown pride, catch phrases, and even silly quotes from sports figures, Tony creates t-shirts that go viral overnight and had him chasing NFL players all the way to the Super Bowl.
To save money and express even more of his hometown pride, Tony works with Electronic Merchant Systems, which recently launched EMS+, a mobile credit card reader that competes favorably with Square, except that they have .5% lower fees, and they have a staff that actually picks up the phone to answer your questions!
----- 4) 10.23.13 -----
Ron Podowski was tired of the poor customer service he witnessed as a cab driver. So he started his own limo company to offer exceptional service. Ride along with Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready as he talks with Ron about corporate, individual and special occasion transportation.
Customer service is one of the reasons he switched from Square to EMS+ to accept credit cards. Cleveland-based Electronic Merchant Systems is always available to help small businesses serve their customers with their new EMS+ credit card reader. And their rates are .5% cheaper. PlusByEMS.com
----- 3) 10.09.13 -----
Clevelander Dolores Kopacz started collecting beach glass on vacation.
Now she ships her jewelry around the world made from glass she finds on the beaches around Cleveland. A tiny tag tells buyers the glass is from Lake Erie.
And her buyers more and more want to use a credit card. So Glassware by DAK partnered with Cleveland-based Electronic Merchant Systems to use their new EMS+ credit card reader. Listen as Dolores talks about she loves the convenience, the portability and the ability to harvest her customers email addresses, all while swiping their credit card onsite at the Rocky River Arts Fest.
----- 2) 09.25.13 -----
Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready talks with Ingenuity Executive Director Paula Grooms about their strategy to offer free admission and accept donations.
With more people wanting to use credit cards, Ingenuity Festival now uses the new Cleveland-based EMS+ credit card reader to accept donation, and to process payment for merchandise and beverages. Not only do people spend more with a credit card, EMS+ offers a .5% lower rate than competitors like Square. PlusByEMS.com
----- 1) 09.04.13 -----
Two of Cleveland’s coolest companies got together recently at Walnut Wednesdays, the weekly food truck roundup in Downtown Cleveland, and Cool Cleveland was there to catch the fun.
Listen as Elvis O. Serrano of the Jibaro World Eats food truck and his new brick-and-mortar Pit Stop restaurant shows us how he uses the new EMS+ credit card reader.
With a gang of hungry customers lined up, Elvis and his crew use EMS+ to punch in menu items, scan a customer’s credit card & send them a receipt, all without slowing down the line. With the lowest scan rate in the country (even lower than Square), Elvis will save enough in a year to get a new refrigerator for free. PlusByEMS
