Ray Sidney-Smith
@w3consulting
🌐 Digital Strategist. Technology Consultant. Author. 🎥: http://w.w3cinc.com/webinars. @GoogleSmallBiz Advisor — #Productivity.
This is a 3% increase from the existing passthrough deduction, not a 23% deduction from what already exists. Americans expect less of this political statistics from the SBA. Do better.
The One Big Beautiful Bill includes a PERMANENT 23% small business tax deduction – which will create an estimated 1 million new jobs. Keeping more money in our entrepreneurs’ pockets means more investment, growth, and hiring!
Over time, AI will be doing these behind-the-scenes, very unsexy but really contextually relevant business use cases. AI = software. We should stop thinking about it independently and more integrative-ly. Google is doing really well here, after losing as first-mover to OpenAI.
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🌟 Happy #WorldProductivityDay! 🌟 Today, we celebrate the many ways we can be productive, both at work and in life. Remember, productivity is not just about getting things done, but also about finding balance and making time for rest. Let’s make the most of what we have!
The one question to ask yourself when starting a business
The recent findings from the Twenty twenty-four Small Business Empowerment Report paint a compelling picture of the economic contributions made by independent sellers on Amazon. Over the last 25 years, these sellers have generated an astounding $2.5 trillion in sales and created…
“When your employees’ well-being suffers, so does your organization’s bottom line." f-st.co/87SJrOM
First, the good news: Small business owners have woken up to a hard truth: Cybersecurity isn’t just a big business problem anymore. bit.ly/4k9SKOF
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This is concerning.
March had the highest number of layoffs since the pandemic, when most of the economy shut down. entrepreneur.com/business-news/…
More SMBs need to take advantage of Google Web Stories, and now with this revamped Discover page, I hope they give even more visibility to Web Stories.
Google teases new homepage with Discover news stories and 'At a glance' widgets 9to5google.com/2025/04/09/goo… by @nexusben
I put together a tutorial for setting up #GTD using @Trello: youtu.be/9WFRsBZo6u0
Join Ray Sidney-Smith in 60 minutes, as he discusses the #smallbusiness #digitalmarketing news of the week on Web and Beyond Live (w.w3cinc.com/2VZu9DE)! #smallbiz
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