by Melinda Emerson, #SmallBizChat on January 26, 2012 in Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interviews, SmallBizChat
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Rieva Lesonsky @Rieva is CEO of GrowBiz Media, a content and consulting company specializing in covering small businesses and entrepreneurship. Before co-founding GrowBiz [...]
by Melinda Emerson on January 23, 2012 in Branding & Marketing
Branding is about getting your customers to see your company as an important key provider in addressing their needs and gives you a real competitive advantage. Once you have done thorough market research and checked out the competition, it is time to start developing your brand identity. Your brand is the name, design, or distinctive [...]
by Melinda Emerson, #SmallBizChat on January 19, 2012 in Mompreneurs, Q & A Interviews, SmallBizChat, Women in Business
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with professional organizer Darla DeMorrow @DarlaDeMorrow Darla helps people find their desktops, keys, time, money, and sanity as a certified professional organizer, but [...]
by Melinda Emerson on January 9, 2012 in Before You Start, How to Start
If you have always wanted to become your own boss, now is a great time. I realize that you are probably saying to yourself a year, Really? But trust me, 12 months is a reasonable and realistic timeframe to make your transition from employee to entrepreneur. You will want to take the time to plan [...]
by Melinda Emerson on December 29, 2011 in 10 Things Lists, My Recommendations, SmallBizChat
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. Every Thursday, I always publish a more detailed Q&A interview from my guest so that anyone who missed it or isn’t a Twitter user can still benefit from the [...]
by Melinda Emerson on January 17, 2012 in Grow Your Business
E-mail is here to stay. And the amount of the e-mail we all receive is steadily increasing. With the average professional receiving between 80 and 100 e-mails every day, it can be a real challenge to not only manage all those e-mails, but to stay current. It is an even bigger challenge to be able [...]
by Melinda Emerson, #SmallBizChat on January 12, 2012 in My Recommendations, Q & A Interviews, SmallBizChat
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @KimBeasley. Kim Beasley is a speaker, author, educator and web developer who knows first-hand the trials and tribulations of starting a small [...]
by Melinda Emerson on January 10, 2012 in Business Inspiration, Guest Articles
If you look at personal or small business success, in retrospect, it all started with a goal. And depending on the size of a goal, there can be a wide spectrum between that goal and what can be defined as “success.” So how can that gap be bridged so it is manageable and your goal [...]
by Melinda Emerson on January 5, 2012 in Become Your Own Boss Tips, Women in Business
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Allyson Lewis @Allyson7Minutes Allyson has spent the last 29 years developing and teaching concrete, actionable business ideas all over the country. As a [...]
by Melinda Emerson on January 4, 2012 in Business Inspiration, My Recommendations, Your Small Business
Are you ready to dream big in 2012? This is the perfect time to get a clear sense of what you need to do better in your business. Setting annual sales goals is fine, but you know me. I am all about the 30-day sales goal. As in, how much money do you need to [...]
by Melinda Emerson on January 1, 2012 in Q & A Interviews, SmallBizChat
Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. Here are the upcoming guests for January 2012… 1/4 Allyson Lewis @Allyson7Minutes Prioritize, Organize and Simplify Your Life for 2012 1/11 Kim Beasley @KimBeasley - How To Use Google + The Grow Your Small Business 1/18 Darla DeMarrco @DarlaDeMarrco- How To [...]
by Melinda Emerson on December 28, 2011 in 10 Things Lists, My Recommendations
Every week I publish articles on this blog to help small business owners start and grow their entrepreneurial ventures. My mission is simple: to end small business failure. There are times when I write things based on questions I am frequently asked and then there are other times when I wake up in the middle of [...]
by Melinda Emerson on December 22, 2011 in My Recommendations, SmallBizChat
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is a special holiday interview with Bob Burg. I loved his new book, Its Not All About You and I wanted to share it with all my loyal readers. [...]
by Melinda Emerson on December 21, 2011 in Business Inspiration, Your Small Business
Wow, it has been an amazing year. The SmallBizLady Team has worked hard providing information to end small business failure. I feel so blessed to have had an opportunity to travel the country and talk directly with small business owners about how to start and stay in business. There are so many big things to [...]