Small business news: Week of June 15 (Live blog)
Daily recaps of important stories, trends and updates from the small business scene
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Spend your summer with Outpost and me: New events and case studies coming for indie publishers!
Come hang with us and learn how you can use Outpost to grow your newsletter and your subscription business.
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Ask The Legends: Do you market yourself as a queer-owned business?
We talked earlier this month about how being queer changes how you run your business, but I'm curious how much queerness plays into your marketing
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Who can we trust about AI?
Everyone is spouting opinions about AI's utility, likeability, and inevitability, but where are the voices bringing thoughtful analysis about what's going on below the surface with artificial intelligence?
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Ask The Legends: How do you set boundaries with clients?
Your sanity often depends on your boundaries, but it can be hard to know what boundaries to set and when to set them
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Ask The Legends: Which communities do you find the most value in?
It's been a while since we crowdsourced a list of great communities to be part of
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Paid subscriptions are the business model of liberation
It's no secret that queer people have trouble staying in business. Could this model be the answer?
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Ask The Legends: Does sliding scale pricing work for business owners?
My concern is that already marginalized business owners gravitate towards sliding scale pricing. Does it help or hinder these businesses staying open?
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Ask The Legends: Are virtual summits a scam or not?
Virtual summits took off in 2020. The longer we do them, the more I think they're a scam. What do you think?
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Ask The Legends: What's your signature talk or workshop called?
I used to give talks all the time all around the same topic. Now, when I get asked to speak, it's on a wide range of topics. What's your go to topic?
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