This is the first episode of our new monthly series, The State of Small Business Technology, September 2018 Edition. During the last week of each month, I’m dedicating a whole episode to news and happenings in small business technologies. This will lend heavily on the side of Web, Mobile and Social Media marketing content for Small Business, but I’ll also touch on other small business management technologies, such as IT and cybersecurity, as well economic development news and more, when appropriate. (If you’re reading this in a podcast directory/app, please visit http://webandbeyondcast.com/009 for clickable links and the full show notes and transcript of this cast.) If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post), or feel free to contact me here about any other questions or comments. Next week, I have a great conversation with Sharon Sobel of Picture This Video, a video production expert, to talk about video marketing and production for Small Business. This is going to be a great rundown for you to understand how to actually get the videos made that are so popular on the Web, Mobile and Social Media today. I can’t wait to hear back from you on this topic once you get a chance to listen to it. In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith, Host Show Notes Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. Facebook and Instagram News Facebook Blueprint courses Learn How to Master Marketing on Instagram with These Blueprint Elearning Courses Making Digital Skills More Accessible to Everyone | Facebook Newsroom Facebook Will Now Allow Pages to Join Facebook Groups | Social Media Today Instagram's Testing an Option to Add Hashtags Without Having to Include Them in the Caption | Social Media Today Instagram Adds Private Polls to Direct Messages | Social Media Today What's New at Google, September 2018 Edition Google is revamping search on its 20th anniversary - here are the most exciting new features G Suite Updates Blog: New G Suite adoption and productivity insights tool launching in Beta G Suite Updates Blog: Real-time presence in Microsoft Office to become available October 17th Google Home Hub might cost $149 according to a report - 9to5Google Podcasting for Small Business (sign up via this link for notifications for my for...