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The Best Social Media for Small Businesses in 2026

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Today, social media marketing for small businesses drives visibility, builds relationships, and generates direct sales. Customers now discover, evaluate, and purchase products…
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Ways Businesses Can Stand Out at Industry Events

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Industry events provide businesses with valuable opportunities to showcase their brand, connect with potential clients, and build meaningful relationships. With so many…
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How Small Businesses Are Making It Easier for Customers To Say Yes

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Last month was National Small Business Month, a time we celebrated the impact small businesses make on the economy and spotlighted what’s…
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In-Store Music: The Cost, Compliance Risk, and Consequences of Unseen Gaps

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We live in an incredibly digital world, where access to music has become nearly effortless. Today, about 67% of listeners globally use…
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Everlane Sold to Shein: Why Sustainable Fashion’s Problem Runs Deeper Than Transparency

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(Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago, we published Disney Petit’s insightful perspective on the Everlane sale to Shein. Because the sale was…
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Why Early-Stage Startups Waste Time Fixing Channels Before Fixing the Page That Has To Convert

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Many small businesses assume they have a traffic problem when they really have a page problem. Before you spend more on SEO,…

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The Rise of “Soft Days Off”: The Impact of Behavioral Adaptation on Performance

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For decades, workplace productivity operated around a relatively stable assumption: work happened within defined hours and predictable environments, and productivity could largely…
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The Audit-First Framework for Small Business Automation

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If you’ve ever spent money on software nobody actually uses, you’re not alone. Most small business automation projects stall, not because the…
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Small Businesses Are Rebelling Against Hidden Drug Benefit Costs

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Healthcare costs continue to climb in 2026, and many small businesses are struggling to keep pace. Mercer recently projected that employer health…

Money

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How Smart Small Businesses Are Adapting to Economic Uncertainty

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Inflation, rising operating costs, and economic uncertainty continue to challenge small business owners. Yet despite those pressures, many entrepreneurs aren’t simply hunkering…
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Navigating Small Business Growth in the 2nd Half of 2026 Under Ongoing Inflation

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As we head into the second half of the year, ongoing inflation continues to reinforce a K-shaped economy as AI adoption generates a…
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Rethinking Succession in the Era of the Great Ownership Transfer

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Often overlooked within the broader “Great Wealth Transfer” conversation is the Great Ownership Transfer, or the shift in control of small businesses…

Trends

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An Emerging Shift in Workforce Power Dynamics Could Leave SMBs With Employee Shortages

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The University of Phoenix Career Institute® recently released a national workforce research study revealing that while workers appear to be “job hugging” in…
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Small Businesses Face Growing Risks—But Confidence Remains High

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If there’s one theme emerging from recent small business research, it’s that owners are learning to operate in a world where challenges…
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AI in the Small Business Workplace

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A new study from LendingTree reveals that 19.8% of U.S. businesses have used AI in the past few weeks, and 22.8% plan to adopt it…

Tech

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The Hidden Cost of Cybersecurity for Small and Medium-Sized Business Owners

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Small- and medium-sized business (SMB) owners didn’t start a business to become part-time security analysts. They built it to innovate, scale, and…
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The Small Business Owner’s Guide To AI Agents

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SMB owners are the ultimate beneficiaries of AI. In large companies, job functions are filled by full-time employees, and recruiting teams, paired…
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Your Customers Are Watching How You Use AI With Their Data. Are You Ready?

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Almost one in four consumers canceled a subscription or stopped purchasing from a brand in the past six months because of concerns…

Sales

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Simple Sales Metrics Every Small Business Should Track (But Usually Doesn’t)

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If you’re a small business owner who thinks you have a revenue problem, I won’t argue with you. But I will tell…
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Beating the January Sales Crunch

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For many small business owners, January is one of the toughest months of the year. After the expense-heavy holiday period, they enter…
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I’m Mad as Hell

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I remember being startled at that iconic scene in the movie Network when Peter Finch’s character, Howard Beale, proclaimed, “I want you…