AI Is Changing Small Business. Here's What You Actually Need to Know.
The three moves every SMB owner should make right now — and what's coming in the weeks ahead.
Your Employee Handbook Is a Liability. AI Can Fix It in an Afternoon.
80% time reduction, real compliance protection, and tools you can use today.
AI Customer Service Without Losing the Human Touch
The playbook for automating first response while keeping the relationships that built your business.
5 AI Workflows Any Non-Technical Owner Can Set Up This Weekend
No developer. No budget. Just practical automation that saves real hours.
Google Is Losing. Here's How to Make Sure AI Recommends Your Business Instead.
AEO is replacing SEO — plus the AI hiring laws in Illinois and Texas most SMB owners haven't heard about.
The $2,000/Month Mistake Most Small Businesses Are Making With AI
New data from 1,500 SMBs shows who's winning — and the 5 mistakes killing everyone else.
How to Evaluate Any AI Tool Before You Buy It
75% of small businesses are investing in AI. Most can't tell you which tools are actually earning their keep.
Your Employee Handbook Is a Liability. AI Can Fix It in an Afternoon.
Most small business owners have one of three HR documentation situations: nothing written down, a handbook from 2019, or something downloaded from a template site that's generic and probably wrong for their state. Here's the risk: employment lawsuits against small businesses are up. The #1 defence
Google Is Losing. Here's How to Make Sure AI Recommends Your Business Instead.
Three things you must do before Monday: AEO your website, check your AI hiring tools for legal risk, and pick one AI tool under $50/month. AEO Deep Dive: How to Get AI to Recommend Your Business "SEO" is becoming a legacy term. In 2026, the real question
The $2,000/Month Mistake Most Small Businesses Are Making With AI
New data from Thryv's 2026 SMB survey: small businesses using AI well are saving 20+ hours/month and $500–$2,000/month on operations. The gap between those who get it and those who don't is widening fast. Here are the 5 mistakes killing SMB AI
How to Evaluate Any AI Tool Before You Buy It
75% of small businesses are now investing in AI. But most can't tell you which tools are actually earning their keep — and which are quietly draining $50–$200/month for features nobody uses. The data is sobering: 46% of SaaS licenses go unused (OpsAssist, 2025). Businesses are paying
Welcome to SMB AI Brief
Every week, SMB AI Brief cuts through the noise to bring you what actually matters: which AI tools are worth your money, what the data says, and one concrete action you can take this week. No hype. No jargon. Just intelligence you can use on Monday morning. What to expect