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By Sharon Hafuta for Symphony by Wix Most abandoned carts aren’t lost for good, but finding out why shoppers leave takes time most store owners don’t have before Black Friday. This year, many business owners are using AI agents to help. “AI agents can help you find the shoppers actually worth your time this Black

By Chris Sellers for Jewelers Mutual Group With the holidays fast approaching, cyberattacks and threats are bound to follow. Semperis found roughly half of surveyed organizations were targeted on a holiday or weekend, and nearly 80% of companies cut security/IT staffing by half or more during those windows. Ransomware operators are often already inside the network.

By Yuliya Pearson for InCorp As creators, Etsy sellers, and independent consultants experience sudden overnight demand, the businesses that hold up are the ones built to handle growth before it arrives.   Businesses can now experience overnight success without warning. For those who use the internet to promote or sell their services, like digital creators

By Katie Greene for Intuit QuickBooks Heading into 2026, one in three U.S. adults (33%) said they planned to start a business or side hustle—a 94% jump from the year before. With the end of the year less than two months away, November is the time to review your strategy and make sure you’re ready for

By Sal Sawler for Mercury Processing payroll is a task that has to be right every single time. Leave overtime off a paycheck, and you’ll hear about it within hours. Miss a federal tax deposit and the IRS can charge you a penalty — and the notice might not arrive until weeks after you’ve moved

By Sharon Hafuta for Wix Every business is fighting for Black Friday shoppers, and a dedicated domain extension — like .sale or .deals, instead of .com — is a low-cost way to stand out. “Think of these domain extensions as a section of the supermarket that only holds discounted products,” says Yiqiu Tao, a domain

By Kassi Luja for Xero You just hired a seasonal weekend worker to start in November, just in time for the holiday rush. It’s your first employee, and you’re not sure what comes next. The good news is that setup follows a fixed order, regardless of how many employees you have or what type of

By Yolanda La for Brex If you’re a founder or finance lead at a post-seed or scaling startup, you already know that profit on paper doesn’t always line up with cash in the operating account. Customer payments arrive on net terms, often 30 to 60 days after you invoice, while contractor invoices, software-as-a-service (SaaS) renewals,

By Matt Leskanic for Surety Bond Professionals When a new project opportunity arises, the time available to prepare a bid may be limited. If the project requires a bid bond, it helps to have the groundwork in place before the opportunity appears. Reaching out to a surety bond agency in advance can help you understand

By Assyl Yespanova for Higgsfield AI According to recent research, marketing budgets in the U.S., UK and across Europe have remained essentially unchanged. Gartner’s CMO survey reports that in 2026 marketing budgets are at 7.8% of revenue, up from 7.7% in 2025. “CMOs are being asked to deliver growth, efficiency and transformation without meaningful budget expansion,”

By Shiva Kumar for Way Imagine this scenario: It’s 4:45 p.m. Adam, a potential customer, is on his way back home when his check engine light flashes. He takes out his phone and quickly searches for “auto repair shops near me.” Your shop comes up. He taps the listing and notices that your shop is

By Damian Rollison for SOCi.ai For years, local search followed a rough sequence, driven in large part by the dominance of search as a channel and Google as its dominant provider. A consumer searches using keywords, evaluates a set of results, chooses one, and converts. That model is breaking down. According to SOCi.ai’s 2026 Local

By Yolanda La for Brex Many finance teams that receive invoices by email treat that workflow as e-invoicing. If the team still opens each file, reviews it, and keys the data into the accounting system, the process is manual even though the invoice arrived digitally. Many AP software vendors use “e-invoicing” loosely, and buyers can

By Vanessa Bridson for Global Payments If you stop by Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit on Small Business Saturday, you may be in luck. They usually dole out free samples of homemade shortbread biscuits slathered in vanilla icing and topped with sprinkles. “We roll out the welcome mat with special discounts, free samples and plenty of reasons

By Mary Beth Eastman for ERGO NEXT Small Business Saturday (Nov. 28, 2026) is more than a shopping day. It’s a chance for retail shops, restaurants and the nation’s 36.2 million independent businesses to connect with customers who value local businesses and support their communities. Increasingly, marketing strategies can help small-business owners reach customers long before

By Julia Taylor for Simply Business In the hustle and bustle of a busy restaurant kitchen, accidents are common. In fact, an estimated 3 million foodservice employees and 1 million guests are injured in slip-and-fall accidents annually. These incidents cost businesses more than $2 billion, and that number keeps rising by about 10% every year.  

By Lisa Greene-Lewis for Intuit TurboTax Remote work has changed the way we work, but what about how we file our taxes?  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 changed the rules, limiting deductions for W-2 employees while keeping tax breaks for self-employed workers. That means not everyone can write off their internet

By Michael Sjolie for SJOLIE E-commerce giants like Amazon or Alibaba have made convenience, speed, and endless product choices the norm. Need something? A few clicks, and it’s at the door in under 48 hours. But not even a giant like Amazon can do it all. While it is unbeatable in efficiency and diversity, it

By Ariadna Thau for Rocket Lawyer The holidays are coming, and so are the time-off requests. Half the team wants the same week off, some of the busiest sales days are approaching, work needs to be finalized before next year, and you’re left figuring out who gets to spend the holidays at home and who

By Ed Grasso for Simply Business Setting up your own business is exciting because it gives you greater control over your time, where you work, and the people you choose to work with. However, like most good things, it also has a drawback. Around 20% of new businesses fail within their first year, yet most