On August 25, some Meta advertisers logged into Ads Manager and found a setting missing. The Placements control, the one that lets you exclude specific spots your ads can show up in, was gone. No warning email, no changelog entry, nothing acknowledging it in Meta’s own Business Help Center. The report came from Bram Van […]
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Walmart spent more than a decade telling customers no. No Apple Pay. No Google Pay. Tap your phone all you want, the terminal wasn’t listening. On Monday, August 24, that ended. The world’s largest retailer by revenue started accepting Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Garmin Pay at select Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, […]
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A high-ticket dropshipping store can look like it is doing great right up until the supply chain starts becoming a complete pain in the butt. You make the sale, capture the payment, then find out the product is out of stock. Or the supplier ships it late. Or it arrives damaged. Or the supplier’s lead […]
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Yesterday, August 24, 2026, Shopify Managed Markets stopped supporting delivered duty unpaid everywhere it supports delivered duty paid. If that sentence means nothing to you yet, here’s the plain version: any market where your store lets customers pay duties to the carrier on delivery just got switched, automatically, to collecting those duties at checkout instead. […]
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Most local agency prospecting lists go stale because the agency treats them like a one-time purchase. Someone buys 5,000 records, uploads them to a spreadsheet, and assumes the data is useful for the next six months. That is not how local businesses work. Companies close, change phone numbers, update websites, switch service areas, hire new […]
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A local business website audit can be one of the best ways to start a web-design, local SEO, or conversion conversation. It can also be a huge waste of time if you spend an hour making a beautiful document for a business owner who never agreed to talk. The goal of the first audit is […]
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Google Maps is one of the best places to find local SEO clients because you can see the business, the competition, the customer reviews, and the online gaps in one search. You are not guessing who might need help. You can look at the actual profile and decide whether there is a real opportunity. The […]
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Finding website redesign clients is not about looking for ugly websites. Plenty of dated sites still do a decent job. The better opportunity is finding a business where the website is clearly making it harder for customers to call, book, request a quote, or trust the company. That is a much more useful way to […]
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Finding businesses without websites is not complicated. Finding businesses without websites that you can actually turn into web-design clients is a little more work. You need a market, a clear offer, a way to find the first prospects, and a basic process for checking whether the problem is real. Then you need to write outreach […]
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Finding businesses without websites is still one of the cleanest prospecting angles for a web designer or local marketing agency. The business may have reviews, referrals, and a Google Business Profile, but no real place to send people when they want to learn more, request a quote, or book an appointment. That is an opportunity. […]
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