Important Update 2/19/25 If you own a small business with fewer than 20 employees, you’ve probably heard about the Corporate Transparency Act that went into effect January 1, 2024, and required you to submit information…
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Copyright and AI
Can you copyright that blog post or article you created with AI? What about the graphics you used AI to generate? The U.S. Copyright Office has just released a report with their opinion on the…
How to Quickly Clean Email from Outlook
It’s time to clear your inbox. You’ve got 2,892 unread emails sitting there. And there are 4,536 more emails that you’ve opened and haven’t done anything with yet. What can you do about all that…
Starting a Partnership
I recently formed a partnership with a friend to launch Way More Living, a website designed to help people turn the second half of their lives into the best years yet. We’re just getting started,…
Hiring Minors and Student Interns
Hiring students who are minors to work for you during the summer can be the perfect solution if you need extra help for the season. While it can be hard to find adults to fill…
Self-Employment and Microbusiness Statistics
Are you thinking about freelancing or some other type of full-time or part-time self-employment? Do you dream of owning a microbusiness that employees a few people in addition to yourself? Or do you have a…
How Content Marketing Became a Thing (and Why You Need to Be Doing It)
When I started working as a freelance writer many years ago, businesses and professionals never heard of content marketing. The term wasn’t coined until 1996. But today, the terms content and content marketing have become…
Content Creation and Marketing Guide: Tips and Strategies for Small Business
Your small business needs to create content and be a content marketer. This guide describes the role of content, the kind of content your business needs, and some ways to use content marketing to get…
How to Build a Personal Brand Without Being Too Self-Promotional
There’s no denying that personal branding is important in business. People like to do business with people they know, or who seem like people they know. That’s always been true. It’s why making one’s personal…
How Many Businesses Use AI in 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic on social media, in business meetings, in classrooms, and even at some family gatherings this year. It’s been lauded as a boon to business productivity by some…