From Chatbots to Do-bots: The 2026 Shift
If you're still asking AI to just write emails, you're falling behind. Here is how to hire AI "Agents" to handle the grunt work, plus 3 roles you can automate today without writing code.
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The Great W-9 Hunt: Stalking Freelancers for Tax Forms Before the IRS Notices
You paid a guy named Dave $1,200 to fix a wall in August. Now it's January, and the IRS wants his Social Security Number. Welcome to the W-9 Hunt. Here is your guide to stalking freelancers before the deadline hits.
Master Your Stock: Essential Year-End Inventory Planning for Small Business Inventory Management in 2026
The Inventory Hat is dusty, smells like cardboard, and forces you to confront that pile of unsold widgets from March. Stop guessing your numbers for the IRS and start mastering your stock with our jargon-free year-end guide.
End-of-Year Tax Prep for Small Businesses: The Calm, Thorough, Actually Helpful Guide
A practical end of year tax prep guide for small businesses, including checklists, document organization, and cash planning tips to make tax season predictable.
The Ultimate Blueprint: Building a High-Retention Small Business Model in 2026
Discover the ultimate blueprint for building a high-retention small business model in 2026. Learn to keep customers longer and boost profits without constant acquisition.
It’s Wednesday and You Have No Plan for Small Business Saturday. Here’s What to Do.
Woke up Wednesday with no plan for Small Business Saturday? Don't panic. Here is a crash course in last-minute marketing, from "Lazy Bundles" to plain text emails.
Beyond Discounts: Your Small Business Guide to the #GivingTuesday Opportunity
A practical guide for small businesses to join #GivingTuesday without big budgets.
Local Gold Mine: How to Master Hyperlocal SEO for Small Business Saturday
Step-by-step guide to mastering hyperlocal SEO for Small Business Saturday.
5 Hidden Cost-Cutting Hacks to Boost Your Q4 Profit Margins
Small business cost-cutting hacks to protect Q4 profits. Stop overspending on shipping, software, and packaging.
Leading After Service: Lessons and Resources for Veteran Entrepreneurs
Veterans Day spotlight on small business owners who never stopped leading. Practical resources and lessons for veteran entrepreneurs.
Stop Waiting: Your Small Business Black Friday / Cyber Monday Checklist
The last-minute Black Friday checklist your small business actually has time to follow.
When Tariffs Meet Cash Flow: How to Survive the Wait Between Paying and Getting Paid
Tariffs hit before your customers pay up. Learn how to protect cash flow and keep your business running while everyone else is waiting on invoices.
Marketing
How to Explain Tariff Price Hikes Without Losing Customers
Tariffs pushed your costs up again. Here’s how to raise prices and keep your customers happy while you do it.
Operations
Three Hidden Ways Tariffs Are Messing with Your Supply Chain
Tariffs are raising more than prices. They’re quietly disrupting small business supply chains everywhere. Learn what to watch for and how to fix it fast.
Operations
How Tariffs Are Quietly Rewriting Small Business Pricing
Tariffs keep raising your costs, but you can keep control. Here’s how real small businesses track, price, and stay sane.
Technology
Coffee, Chaos, and Compromised Accounts: A Week in the Life of a Hacked Small Business
A small business owner’s chaotic week after a data breach—and how he came out smarter (and more caffeinated) on the other side.
Technology
What Is Endpoint Protection and Why Does Every IT Person Sound Mad About It?
What endpoint protection actually means and how small businesses can set it up without hiring an IT team.
Technology
Ransomware for Small Business Owners: What It Is and How to Survive It
What ransomware is, how it works, and how your small business can recover without paying a cent.
Operations
How to Spot a Phishing Email (Before You Click Something Dumb)
Learn to spot phishing emails before they cost your small business time, data, or dignity.
Technology
The Small Business Cybersecurity Checklist for 2025
A practical, plain-English cybersecurity checklist every small business should follow in 2025.
Entrepreneur
The Great Sales Tax Escape: A Friday Fantasy for Business Owners Everywhere
A lighthearted Friday escape for small business owners: imagine a world where sales tax doesn’t exist. Spoiler—it’s paradise.
Entrepreneur
Outsourcing Sales Tax: Because You Deserve to Worry About Something Else for Once
Every entrepreneur hits their breaking point with sales tax. Here’s the funny, honest guide to outsourcing it before it ruins another Friday.
Operations
Fifty States, Fifty Headaches: Why Sales Tax Rates Should Come With a Warning Label
Fifty states, 13,000 tax jurisdictions, and one tired operations manager trying to keep them all straight.
Legal
The Sales Tax Permit: That Tiny Piece of Paper That Can Wreck You
Your sales tax permit may be the least glamorous thing in your business, but forgetting it can ruin your week—and your wallet.