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Two critical PHP flaws were patched on 21 October. Here is how to tell if your business website runs PHP, what to ask your host, and a message you can copy and send today.
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Which of Grammarly, QuillBot and Claude fits editing, rewriting and drafting for a small business, what each plan gates, and the catch with each.
Small Business AI
A one-page AI policy answers four questions: what data goes in, who approves tools, who checks the output, and when you tell people. Here is how to write it, and the settings to check first.
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You have signed with an AI agency and nothing is built yet. Here is what the first two weeks should hold: scoping, access to your tools and data, and one small workflow.
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Two agencies can quote the same job at very different prices because the brief left gaps. Here are the five things a brief needs so the quotes you get can be compared.
AI Implementation Guides
Superwhisper, Wispr Flow and TurboScribe turn talking into text. Which one suits quotes, site notes and emails from the ute, and the catch with each.
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Which AI tool to use when you need a sourced answer for a business decision, a worked example of how to check it, and the catch with each of the four.
Small Business AI
HeyGen and Synthesia can turn a script into a presenter video in many languages. Here is where that works for training, what each plan gates, and what to settle on likeness first.
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Midjourney, Ideogram, Adobe Firefly, Canva and Leonardo can all make ad and social images. Here is what to check on commercial use, privacy and ownership before you publish.
AI Implementation Guides
Vapi and Retell AI let you build a phone agent yourself, unlike a packaged AI receptionist. Here is how they differ, what the bill is made of, and the questions that decide it.
AI Implementation Guides
Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Base44 and Bubble can turn a description into a working app. Here is what they get you, where they stop, and what to do before customer data goes in.
AI Implementation Guides
The three automation tools most small businesses end up choosing between charge you in different ways, suit different people, and each has a catch. Here is how to decide.
AI Implementation Guides
Otter, Fathom, Fireflies, tl;dv and Granola all record and summarise meetings. Which one fits your team depends on three questions, and each has a catch.