There’s nothing quite like the first-day jitters when walking into a new classroom. While those days may be behind us, continuing your education is a requirement if you want to graduate your business to a revenue-driving machine. Resources like Google Skillshop can be your go-to study buddy when you want to learn how to grow…
12 Best Free (& Private) Email Accounts & Service Providers of 2023
You need a free email account — whether it’s for networking, job recruitment, downloading resources, transferring files, setting reminders, meeting with colleagues, or something else. Even with the rise of office chat platforms, you still depend on email for a surprising number of things. But unfortunately, not every email service is completely free. And even…
Starting Local SEO with Nothing: 30 Ways to Start Cold and Succeed
Are you starting your local SEO work at Customer #0, with few or no connections, few or no resources, and not much certainty as to where to begin? Working on local SEO for this new business may feel like you just moved to a foreign land with only the clothes on your back. You may…
Leadership Advice from 8 Black-Owned Business Leaders
Welcome to <em>Breaking the Blueprint</em>— a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success. Leadership is comprised…