Ray Sidney-Smith

Podcasting for Small Business: The Essential Blueprint to Launch Your Podcast is now out! After a long journey, @steveorrmedia and I are excited to bring this to small business owners everywhere. Every business should launch a podcast—and we show you how podcastingforsmallbusiness.com

Happy #SmallBusinessWeek 🎉 This week, we celebrate the more than 36 million small businesses across America that power the nation’s economy. Share to spread word! Learn more: sba.gov/nsbw

Please be careful out there, folks! Verify every DM, every link you click on, on social media. #smallbusiness #cybersecurity

Lieu and Obernolte introduce consolidated AI bill package nextgov.com/artificial-int…

As the weather warms up, local search volume is increasing for everything from patio dining to home repairs. Is your GBP ready for the spring rush? 📈 Check out the April Small Business Bulletin for a quick Spring Audit to help you capture the wave. 🌷🚀 goo.gle/4cJT7NJ

This is our reminder that the US AI tech leaders are chasing to win against each other when they should be chasing to win the hearts and minds of US consumers and business owners (against the backdrop of highly competitive, free and local models overseas!).

Introducing GPT-5.5 A new class of intelligence for real work and powering agents, built to understand complex goals, use tools, check its work, and carry more tasks through to completion. It marks a new way of getting computer work done. Now available in ChatGPT and Codex.

Our official Agent Skills repository on @github is here! Skills are a simple, open format for giving agents new capabilities and expertise. Think of a skill as compact, agent-first documentation for a specific tech or task. Learn more → goo.gle/4eCsZqu #GoogleCloudNext

Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8,000 employees, report says techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/met…

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Google launches dedicated Gemini app for Mac  9to5google.com/2026/04/15/gem… by @technacity

Join us for the Clean Your Screen Quest challenge. Free in Personal Productivity Club! Day 1: Audit your apps Day 2: Organize with intention Day 3: Optimize for focus Simple structure. Real results. Join us: personalproductivity.club/share/NGSGigeO…

Join our next Web and Beyond Roundtable to discuss effective sales methods for your business. We meet every first Tuesday for networking and different discussions on managing in the Digital Age. Free. app.webandbeyond.community/events/5F4F6A (We're meeting at 12:30 PM EST this month, FYI!)

BIG 📰 News: 🎙️✅ ProductivityCast is officially back on April 6th with fresh topics and insights from @rsidneysmith @apinaud and @fwade! We’ve missed you and are so thrilled to start this next chapter in your ears.

Introducing the all new vibe coding experience in @GoogleAIStudio, feating: - One click database support - Sign in with Google support - A new coding agent powered by Antigravity - Multiplayer + backend app support and so much more coming soon! x.com/GoogleAIStudio…

Most AI events explain what AI could do. This one shows you what AI should do for your business. June 16 In-person | Breakfast & lunch included Prompts Workflows Register: sbdc.duq.edu/Event-BizBurgh… #BizBurgh #AIconference #SmallBusinessAI

SBDC Day 2026 on March 18th In FY25, PA SBDC consultants supported entrepreneurs in launching 673 new businesses. Celebrate entrepreneurs who fuel our communities & SBDC consultants that help power their success. - sbdc.duq.edu/sbdcday #sbdcday #dusbdc #smallbusiness

Today's challenge: Perform a random act of kindness for a small business 💌 Leave a positive review, tag them in a social post, or just tell the owner they're doing a great job!

Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/goo…

Why do some pages appear in AI Overviews… while others don't? Often it comes down to semantic #SEO. Learn how entities, schema, and topical authority help search engines understand your content (and rank it): searchengineland.com/guide/semantic…