009 The State of Small Business Technology, September 2018 Edition

This is the first episode of our new monthly series, The State
of Small Business Technology, September 2018 Edition. During
the last week of each month, I’m dedicating a whole episode to news
and happenings in small business technologies. This will lend
heavily on the side of Web, Mobile and Social Media marketing
content for Small Business, but I’ll also touch on other small
business management technologies, such as IT and cybersecurity, as
well economic development news and more, when appropriate. (If
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show notes and transcript of this cast.) If you'd like to discuss
this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this
jumps you to the bottom of the post), or feel free to contact me
here about any other questions or comments. Next week, I have a
great conversation with Sharon Sobel of Picture This Video, a video
production expert, to talk about video marketing and production for
Small Business. This is going to be a great rundown for you to
understand how to actually get the videos made that are so popular
on the Web, Mobile and Social Media today. I can’t wait to hear
back from you on this topic once you get a chance to listen to it.
In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith, Host Show Notes Resources we
mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please
listen to the episode for context. Facebook and Instagram News
Facebook Blueprint courses Learn How to Master Marketing on
Instagram with These Blueprint Elearning Courses Making Digital
Skills More Accessible to Everyone | Facebook Newsroom Facebook
Will Now Allow Pages to Join Facebook Groups | Social Media Today
Instagram's Testing an Option to Add Hashtags Without Having to
Include Them in the Caption | Social Media Today Instagram Adds
Private Polls to Direct Messages | Social Media Today What's New at
Google, September 2018 Edition Google is revamping search on its
20th anniversary - here are the most exciting new features G Suite
Updates Blog: New G Suite adoption and productivity insights tool
launching in Beta G Suite Updates Blog: Real-time presence in
Microsoft Office to become available October 17th Google Home Hub
might cost $149 according to a report - 9to5Google Podcasting for
Small Business (sign up via this link for notifications for my
forthcoming book with Steve Orr of Steve Orr Media!) Google
Podcasts adds support for Chromecast - 9to5Google YouTube will soon
start showing vertical video ads - 9to5Google Google retiring
'Gmail Offline' Chrome app - 9to5Google Google unsurprisingly
killing Inbox by Gmail next year - 9to5Google Google Announces That
its Data Studio Tool is Now Available to All Users | Social Media
Today Other News and Resources [2018 Update] The Best Time to Post
on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. | Falcon.io 5 Things
You Should Be Doing Right Now to Prepare for Giving Tuesday |
Social Media Today  and Be a neighborhood champion - Shop
Small - American Express (Black Friday is November 23, 2018; Small
Business Saturday, November 24, 2018; Cyber Monday, November 26,
2018; and, Giving Tuesday, November 27, 2018) Meet the new Wave The
16 Best Video Editing Apps You Must Use In 2018 Amazon Woos Small
Sellers Raw Text Transcript Raw, unedited and machine-produced text
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Voiceover Artist 0:00 Welcome to web and beyond cast where small
business comes to learn about marketing and managing on the web and
beyond with your host Ray Sidney-Smith.   Ray Sidney-Smith
0:15 Hello their small business owners entrepreneurs economic
development agents and community Welcome to season one episode 9009
of weapon beyond ...