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IEEPA Tariff Refunds: $166 Billion Owed, Through a Process Built for Companies With Legal Departments
IEEPA tariff refunds: how the CAPE portal works, why small importers fell behind, where refunds stand in October 2026, and which records to keep.
Amelia Gagne
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Your Small Business Website Is Your Storefront. When Did You Last Renovate?
Treat your small business website like a storefront: check it on a phone, fix speed and broken basics, redirect old pages and renovate in steps you can measure.
Amelia Gagne
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Kaseya Promised Managed Service Providers 5x Capacity Without Hiring. Here Is What That Exposes.
Kaseya pitched managed service providers 5x capacity with agentic AI. What was announced, what BLS, CISA and Gartner say, and where to point the freed hours.
Brian Gagne
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Patreon Made Every Creator Merge Into Its New Network. Own Your Audience Before the Next Change.
Patreon's 2026 network, Quips and the irreversible profile merge, with dates from its help center, plus five steps to own your audience as a creator.
Amelia Gagne
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AI Coding Agents Made Leaving Squarespace Cheaper. Here Is What a Move Still Takes.
AI coding agents make rebuilding a builder site cheaper, not free. What Squarespace and Wix let you export, what speed data shows, and how to move without losing search.
Amelia Gagne
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Does Google Grade Your Whole Site by Its Slowest Page? What Core Web Vitals Actually Measure
Core Web Vitals are measured page by page from real visits, and Search Console groups similar URLs. What Google documents, what it does not, and what to fix first.
Brian Gagne
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Picsart Just Scrapped Follower Minimums for Creator Payouts. The Economy Is Pivoting to Pay Per Proof.
Picsart's creator payouts drop follower minimums and pay on performance. What the first numbers show and how creators build income they own.
Amelia Gagne
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Site Speed After the March 2026 Core Update: Which Metric Fails, and Why JavaScript Is Usually the Cause
Site speed, measured the way Google does: which Core Web Vital fails most on phones, why plugins and scripts hurt INP, and the template fixes to make first.
Amelia Gagne
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Half of AI Layoffs Are Expected to Backfire. If Your Agency Gutted Its Tech Bench, You Can't Catch the Rebound.
55% of employers regret AI layoffs and half may be reversed. What the research shows and how agencies can rebuild technical capacity for the rebound.
Amelia Gagne
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Google Just Taught Websites to Talk to AI Agents. What an Agent-Ready Website Needs Now
What an agent-ready website needs in 2026: what WebMCP is, where the Chrome origin trial stands, what Google says about AI files, and steps for your site.
Amelia Gagne
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App Store Fees Just Made Your Patreon Fans Pay 43% More. You Didn't Get a Vote.
App Store fees take 30% of new iOS Patreon memberships. The math behind the 43% price rise, the November 2026 deadline, and how creators keep control.
Brian Gagne
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The March 2026 Google Core Update: What Changed, What Didn't, and How a Small Business Recovers
What the March 2026 Google core update changed and didn't, how to tell if it hit your site in Search Console, and a 30-day recovery plan built on Google's guidance.
Amelia Gagne
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Instagram Insights Shows Where Viewers Drop Off Your Reels. It Only Works If You Never Leave.
Instagram Insights now shows Reels retention and skip rate. What the metrics mean, what you can export, and how creators should use them without depending on one app.
Amelia Gagne
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CFOs Expect AI Job Cuts to Rise 9x This Year. That Work Is About to Land on Your Desk.
CFOs expect AI job cuts to reach about 502,000 roles in 2026. Much of the work will return as contracts. How agencies and MSPs can build capacity to take it on.
Brian Gagne
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WordPress AI Agents Can Now Publish to Your Site. Who Controls It?
WordPress AI agents can draft and publish through MCP on WordPress.com, and WordPress 7.0 added an AI Client. What changed, the risks, and how to limit agent access.
Amelia Gagne
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Facebook Creator Fast Track Pays Up to $3,000 a Month. Read the Fine Print First.
Facebook Creator Fast Track pays up to $3,000 a month for three months. What Meta requires, how Content Monetization pays after, and what to build meanwhile.
Amelia Gagne
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Omnicom Just Gutted Three Iconic Agencies. What It Means for Yours, and When a White-Label Partner Makes Sense
Omnicom retired three agency brands after buying IPG. What it means for independent agencies, when to hire, and how to choose a white-label partner.
Amelia Gagne
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The Creator Tool Stack Is Broken: How to Audit It and Keep What You Own
Your creator tool stack likely costs more than you think. A one-afternoon audit, what to export before cancelling, and how to secure the logins you keep.
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Only About 4% of Creators Earn Over $100K. What Actually Drives Creator Income?
Creator income is lopsided: about 4% of creators earn over $100K. Where the money comes from, what platforms pay, and how to build income you control.
Amelia Gagne
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Stop Renting Your Audience on Instagram: How to Own Your Audience
How to own your audience when Instagram controls your reach: what Meta says about ranking, a 30-day email list plan, and the email rules to follow.
Brian Gagne
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Your Linktree Is Not a Website: What a Link in Bio Page Can't Do
A link in bio page is handy, but it lives on someone else's domain. What a website you own can do that a bio page can't, and how to move without losing anyone.
Amelia Gagne
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A Progressive Web App Is the Best-Kept Secret in Small Business Tech
A progressive web app installs from your website, works offline and sends notifications on iPhone and Android. What it can do, what it costs, and when you need native.
Amelia Gagne
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Best Startup Branding Tips for Worcester Founders
Startup branding for Worcester founders: name the problem, check the trademark, build a mark that works at favicon size, and keep one name everywhere.
Amelia Gagne
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Case Study: Rebuilding a Small Marketing Agency's Operations, Website and Search Presence
A marketing agency case study: two operations systems, a rebuilt site and portfolio, local search and a lead pipeline, and what we did and did not measure.
Amelia Gagne