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The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has climbed above 5% (as I write this) reaching levels not seen in more…
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Marketing
Every local business eventually receives a negative review. A customer waits too long, a bill is misunderstood, a service falls short, or…
I run a print shop in Detroit that makes labels and stickers for small businesses, and I get this question on almost…
A 5-step worksheet for turning scattered website, inquiry, and follow-up data into one practical decision each week. When a small business loses…
Holiday shoppers have long turned to search engines and online marketplaces to find gifts, compare prices, and hunt for deals. This year,…
An advertisement can look perfectly reasonable to the people who created it — and communicate something entirely different to the people who…
I have spent 20 years in e-commerce marketing and audited more than 1,300 online stores. For most of that time, the advice…
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Build On What Won’t Change
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The worst advice a small business owner gets about AI is “keep up.” You can’t. I say that as someone who works…
Manage
Growth is exciting, but it also has a way of exposing every inefficiency in a business. When you first start a company,…
There is a trap that catches a surprising number of small business owners, and it rarely looks like a problem while it…
For a small retailer or e-commerce business owner, finding products to sell may be the easy part of running the business. Finding…
Money
October is National Financial Planning Month, but small business owners have an even better reason to take a close look at their…
The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has climbed above 5% (as I write this) reaching levels not seen in more…
For many small businesses, access to capital is less about whether financing is available and more about whether the financing fits the…
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October is National Financial Planning Month, but small business owners have an even better reason to take a close look at their…
The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has climbed above 5% (as I write this) reaching levels not seen in more…
An advertisement can look perfectly reasonable to the people who created it — and communicate something entirely different to the people who…
Tech
AI can help small businesses understand their customers, personalize marketing, create content, and accomplish more with smaller teams. But as those tools…
Your employees may be using AI more often — and in more ways — than you realize. That creates a growing challenge…
For a small retailer or e-commerce business owner, finding products to sell may be the easy part of running the business. Finding…
Sales
When a service business feels stuck, the instinct is often to chase more leads. More calls, more proposals, more booked work. But…
If you run a home-service business and advertise on Google Local Services Ads (the listings with the Google Verified badge at the…
Amazon Seller Assistant is no longer limited to answering seller questions or directing users to relevant resources. With its agentic AI upgrade,…
