Friday’s Top 10’s

Friday’s Top 10 It’s Gonna be May!

Happy Friday! Since we are officially at the doorstep of the most meme-able month in the calendar year, it’s time to channel your inner Justin Timberlake.

If you want to make sure your April doesn’t end on a “Bye Bye Bye” note, you need to tighten up your pitch before the calendar flips. Here is your Top 10 countdown to closing more merchant deals this month.

Friday’s Top 10: The Ultimate “Best Of” Edition (Celebrating Our 1,000th Post!)

We finally did it, and on a Friday no less. the 1000th post!

If you would have told me when I started jotting down these post that I’d be sitting here writing my 1,000th post, I might have checked your head for a fever. But here we are—1,000 mornings of coffee, cold calls, rebuttals, and residuals.

To celebrate this milestone, I’ve dug through the archives—all the way back to 2017—to bring you the “Top 10” posts that have defined this blog. Whether you’ve been with us since post #1 or you’re just joining the trenches today, these are the essentials.

From the Home Office in Close-A-Deal, Arkansas,

Friday’s Top 10 Red Flags It’s Time to Find a New ISO

We work hard. There is no sugarcoating the grind of merchant services—the cold calls, the door-knocking, and the constant hustle to save a business owner a few basis points while providing better service.

Friday’s Top 10 Recap From This Week’s Posts

We survived another week in the trenches.

Usually, I’d be kicking off April with a Top 10 on industry pranks or an Easter countdown. But while I was busy cleaning up the Paylynx.blog archives this week, I realized we’ve already covered these bases with some gems that are still perfectly relevant today and I’ve linked them below for your reading pleasure.

Friday’s Top 10 Books / Audiobooks for Salespeople

It’s Friday, and for those of us in the trenches of merchant services, that means two things: wrapping up those last-minute installs and leveling up for next week.

Friday’s Top 10 KPIs Every Merchant Services Pro Needs to Track for Success

In 2026, tracking the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is essential for merchant services professionals. Mastering these metrics—including approval rate, lead-to-close time, chargeback ratio, and portfolio lifetime value—will enhance profit prediction and portfolio scaling. Transitioning from intuition to data-driven decision-making is crucial for success.

I was scrolling through a post from The Daily Sales earlier about the power of metrics, and it got me thinking about our specific corner of the world. They mentioned the “10 KPIs” every pro should live by, and it hit me—if you aren’t tracking these in 2026, you’re essentially flying a plane in a fog bank without a dashboard.