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Practical marketing help for small business owners. Every post here starts with a real question we’ve heard from someone trying to run their own marketing — a business owner who wants to understand what to do next, not just hire someone to handle it.
You’ll find how-to guides on SEO, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and analytics; when-to advice on hiring help versus doing it yourself; and honest walkthroughs of the tools we actually use with our own clients — Google Business Profile, WordPress, email platforms, and the AI tools worth adding to a small business stack. If a tactic works on a small business budget, we write about it here. If it doesn’t, we say so.
Posts get updated when the tools change, so newer articles reflect what’s working today — not what worked in 2019. Browse the topics and tags below to narrow in on what you’re trying to fix, or book a one-on-one coaching session if you’d rather work through it together.
Insights and practical guidance on websites, digital marketing, and online presence management for small business owners. Written by Kenneth Durrum and the Released Solutions team.
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10 Reasons I Started Using AI to Build Websites and Business Systems
Why I use AI to build websites, and how it made custom development practical for small budgets.
How to Learn AI for Your Small Business Without Getting Overwhelmed
A five-stage roadmap for learning AI: conversation, real work, context, workflow and automation.
The 20 Dollar AI Myth: What AI Really Costs When It Starts Doing the Work
AI starts at $20 a month. Usage limits, integrations, rework and upkeep change the real number.
GPT-6 Astra and practical AI automation for small business
What GPT-6 Astra can do, and how to connect your tools with clear permissions and human review.
Sitemaps - Why every Business needs one
XML, HTML and visual sitemaps explained, and why every small business website still needs them.
Stop Looking for the Perfect AI Prompt: Learn How to Guide the Conversation
Better AI answers do not need perfect prompts. Context, feedback and iteration matter far more.
Someone Is Pretending to Be You Online: How to Protect Your Digital Identity
Someone impersonating you online exploits the trust you built. How to prevent, report and respond.
Paid, Gifted, or Sponsored? What Small Businesses Need to Know About Social Media Disclosures
Paid creators, free products and affiliate links: when a social relationship has to be disclosed.
We Are the Experts in Digital Strategy, Online Presence & Automation That Converts
At Released Solutions, Kenneth Durrum leads a small but mighty team dedicated to building digital systems that work—marketing, automation, SEO, and websites that help businesses grow with ease.
With experience overseeing ad budgets ranging from $100 per month to $10,000 per client, and project scopes from a few hundred dollars to more than $20,000, Kenneth brings hands-on leadership to every engagement while coordinating a behind-the-scenes team that ensures every project is executed with precision.
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Behind Kenneth is a distributed support team including Kenessa Durrum (daughter), Steve Yap (long-time trusted friend), and a select group of designers, developers, and automation specialists.
While Kenneth spearheads strategy, communication, and project direction, the team collaborates to deliver seamless, high-quality execution across all services, including digital marketing, online presence management, automation workflows, and WordPress development.
Whether we’re optimizing a local business for search, designing a conversion-ready website, building automagic workflows with Zapier and n8n, or managing digital ad campaigns, our focus remains the same: clarity, efficiency, and growth. We help clients go beyond just getting online by creating systems that work in the background, saving time, increasing visibility, and driving measurable results.
Our approach isn’t about producing deliverables; it’s about creating solutions that feel effortless, intentional, and aligned with your goals. When you work with Released Solutions, you’re choosing a collaborative team, a strategic partner, and a workflow that turns complexity into clarity. We don’t just troubleshoot, we shoot trouble before it slows you down.
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Our approach blends marketing expertise, technical skill, and automagic workflows, giving you more time, more clarity, and more control over how your business grows online.
Released Solutions helps you simplify your marketing, strengthen your online presence, automate your workflows, and build a digital system that works for you not the other way around. Led by Kenneth Durrum, our team blends marketing strategy, automation engineering, SEO, and web development to help you grow without the overwhelm.
