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Revamped Google Partners program finally launches In 2022, the changes to Partners program requirements, originally announced in 2020, finally took effect. Those changes were supposed to happen in June 2020 but were first postponed until 2021 and then delayed a second time due to the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic and shelter-in-place orders. Agencies were not happy with the first iteration of Google’s new Partners program requirements, particularly Google’s doubling of the 90-day spend threshold (from $10,000 to $20,000) and adding an optimization score requirement. Read all about it in Google finally launches revamped Partners program. Also on this day Performance Max…

A group of thieves was caught on camera smashing their way into small businesses in San Bernardino County. Surveillance video shows at least six suspects targeting stores at the Brookside Plaza in Redlands early Monday morning. The brazen thefts have left local shop owners on edge as the suspects remain at large. Around 2 a.m., the suspects are seen pulling up to the shopping plaza in two separate vehicles. After hopping out of the vehicles, they began smashing in windows and ransacking four different businesses in just a matter of minutes. “You see this kind of stuff on TV all…

Michigan Veteran Entrepreneur (MVE)-Lab will be coming to Muskegon to offer veterans the opportunity to become entrepreneurs. The 11th cohort of the MVE-Lab accelerator will meet at the Muskegon Innovation Hub-Grand Valley State University, 200 Viridian Dr, in Muskegon,  for 12 weeks starting March 1. It will meet Wednesdays from 6-9 p.m. Kevin Ricco, director of the Muskegon Innovation Hub, considers this collaboration a win for Lakeshore veterans and their families. “The Muskegon community is home to many Michigan veterans, and this program offers them the opportunity to participate in a free program that can help them either launch their business idea or…

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — From inflation to an increase in minimum wage, small businesses have had a difficult few years. Spice Island Grill, a restaurant that served up authentic and exotic Jamaican cuisine to the Colorado Springs community for 12 years, officially closed its doors on Jan. 28. “It was a hard decision because we have so many really, really good loyal customers,” said co-owner Claudette Hutchinson. On Jan. 1, some new laws took effect, which included the Family Act, or the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act. “It’s kind of like FMLA meets unemployment,” said Reanna Werner, Chief Problem Solver…

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us. Here at Patch, we’ve launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors. This submission comes from Richard Bailey, who nominated Antonio of Middletown. How do you know the star local student? His filming of the high school football team Why do you believe the star local student should be recognized? Antonio, also…

“India has long been the region where we had predicted that ad-funded or ad-light subsidized subscription offerings would eventually dominate, and all platforms would eventually turn to AVOD in order to achieve greater scale in the region,” says Gavin Buxton, Managing Director, Asia at Magnite, the largest independent omnichannel sell-side advertising platform in the world. In this intervew with Adgully, Buxton talks about the many advantages of CTVs, Magnite’s future growth plans, industry trends, third-party cookies, data-driven advertising, privacy, etc. Magnite, he says, continues to invest in a diverse omnichannel strategies in order to build upon and scale its CTV capabilities to better serve new and existing clients. He predicts that in the digital advertising space over the…

Ruby Falls listed among best cavesBackpackers Tale, a website that bills itself as “a blog for travel junkies,” has named the Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern in Chattanooga and Craighead Caverns in Sweetwater, Tennessee among the best caves in the United States.Blogger Stephen Schreck who travels the world to highlight the best designations on Backpackers Tale, picked Ruby Falls Haunted Caverns as “one of the best caves in the United States” and “a great side trip” for any visit to Tennessee. Schreck praised the cave and its 145-foot underground waterfall at Ruby Falls, which has been hosting visitors since it opened…

PRESS RELEASEPublished February 1, 2023JEMSU Miami is a premier SEO & Digital Advertising company, offering a broad spectrum of marketing products. JEMSU is on a mission to empower its clients with the tools they need to propel their businesses and brands to new heights. Google’s search algorithms are changed approximately 600 times annually. With each shift, businesses need to update their websites and content, as well as adapt to the new rules as quickly as possible to remain competitive. JEMSU Miami SEO is among the leading SEO & Digital Advertising agencies serving businesses small and large from Miami to New…

KENOSHA, Wis. — Local fire departments are warning business owners about people impersonating fire officials in a new scam. The Kenosha Fire Department says a person recently went into a local business and claimed to work for the fire department. The business owner was then scammed out of cash for refilling a fire extinguisher. Police say the suspect was dressed in plain clothing.The fire department says its personnel does conduct inspections, but are always in uniform and carry city-issued credentials. The department will also never ask for cash payment for any service they provided. The Caledonia Fire Department says it…

By: Expense Reduction Analysts USA |  0 Shares     34 Reads February 01, 2023 // Franchising.com // ADDISON, TX – Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) has been named in the finance category in Entrepreneur magazine’s 44th Franchise 500 ranking. ERA North America CEO Charlie Smith said he and his colleagues were honored and humbled to receive this recognition from Entrepreneur. “Our consulting partners put in a lot of hard work in 2022,” Smith said, “and it shows. I want to commend all our consultants and staff. This ranking wouldn’t have been possible without them.” One of ERA’s newest tools for achieving this goal…