This month we shipped live repair-parts pricing on Bench, got postcards fully working on Adhere, and spun Screener into its own focused app. The biggest move was the Mission Control feed on the dashboard, one ranked view of what needs you right now across all campaigns. We also went multi-tenant on Boothpress, added bilingual job posts, and wired callbacks and texting straight from tickets. The command line can now manage short links by phone, and reports let you run any business metric without asking for a custom query. It was a shipping month.
Pick your town. Design your card. Target and send.
Adhere is our shared direct-mail postcard program for Coastal Bend businesses, one local pro per trade.
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Postcards work end to end. You design a 6x11 card, pick which neighborhoods in the Coastal Bend get it, and Adhere handles the print and mail through Lob. No separate vendor, no jumping between tools. The community-2500 card is live and tested.
This is for shops that want to reach homeowners in a specific area without the sales-call grind. A roofer in Calallen can design a postcard, target Calallen and nearby towns, and have mail in people's hands in a week. The whole thing lives in one dashboard.
Boothpress lets you set up a magnet shop for a customer. They manage it from their own subdomain. They upload photos, design magnets, set pricing, and take orders. You get a flat fee per shop, no cut of revenue. The platform handles signups, billing, and tenant isolation.
The jobs board supports posts in English and Spanish. An employer posts in English, and seekers can view it in Spanish. A seeker can pick their language on the jobs page. Job alerts come in the language you pick.
Calallen is a category on NPCLocal. Before, it was a neighborhood inside Corpus Christi. Now pros in Calallen can claim their slot and homeowners can search for local help in Calallen.
Episodes have editable URL slugs. Rename the slug and old links redirect to the new one. So if you engrave 'AS-007' and the slug is as-007, you can change it to 'challenge-coin-emerald' and old shares redirect to the right page.
We like this one because it comes straight from the FTC and covers all three threats in plain language, from spotting phishing emails to backing up files and what to do right after an attack hits. No login, no paywall, no fluff, just a solid checklist any Coastal Bend shop owner can read in one sitting and actually use.
We found a full free course, 59 step-by-step lessons with videos, written by certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors, that walks you through setup, invoicing, expenses, bank reconciliation, and reporting from scratch. No sign-up, no paywall, just sit down with your QuickBooks account open and follow along at your own pace.
We like this one because it tells you to run a quick walk test first so you know whether your problem is weak coverage or a bad hop between nodes, and that keeps you from buying gear you do not need. It is written plain, covers small offices just like homes, and points you toward wired backhaul fixes before it ever suggests spending more money.
We bookmarked this one because real repair folks share exactly where to start when you want to fix your own phone or laptop instead of paying someone else to do it. Out here in the Coastal Bend where the nearest big-box repair shop can be a long drive away, knowing how to swap a battery or crack open a screen yourself is just plain useful.
This is the free, no-sales-pitch playbook straight from the federal agency whose whole job is keeping businesses safe from ransomware, phishing, and hackers. We like it because it skips the outdated advice and tells you exactly what to turn on first, starting with multi-factor authentication on every account.
We like this one because it skips the jargon and walks you straight through what the 3-2-1 rule actually means for a small shop, including real tool picks and a cost example you can steal right now. It also clears up the big trap most folks fall into: your Dropbox or Google Drive sync is not a backup, and this guide explains exactly why that matters when ransomware shows up.
