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5 Things Wrong With Your Business Plan

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:30:32 +0000

If you’ve taken the time to develop a business plan for your start-up business, you are on the right track. You have a roadmap that will help you with decision-making in your new enterprise. Take the time to be sure your business plan doesn’t contain any of the following shortcomings that will prevent your business [...]

How to Generate Revenue for Your Small Business

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:32:04 +0000

Most people know they shouldn’t attempt to take on a mortgage without having some way to pay for it. Yet small business owners do something quite similar every day. How do they do this? Some small business owners focus on running the business before focusing on generating the leads that fund the business. Sure, every [...]

5 Things Every Entrepreneur Must Do Each Day

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:05:46 +0000

Meditate— The worst thing you can do for your business is start each day in a race. I am strong believer in thinking about your day before you jump into it. I start each day in prayer before I leave my bed. I find that I am able to keep a positive disposition throughout my [...]

Managing Your Personal Credit and Your Business Credit – #SmallBizChat QA

Melinda Emerson, #SmallBizChat — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:30:26 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Iris Carter @idCarter. Her company, Corporate Fast Track, helps small business owners separate their personal credit from their business credit. Iris [...]

10 Tips To Recession Proof Your Small Business

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:30:37 +0000

Sponsored Post If you are tired of hearing about the recession or the potential of a double dip recession due to foreign markets crashing now, Listen up. It does not matter. Recession or not you need to run your business well. You need to be an agent of convenience for your best target customer, manage [...]

Affiliate Marketing the Right Way

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:30:58 +0000

Have you been the recipient of communications from affiliate marketers or web-based entrepreneurs? Many of you have created or signed up to participate in affiliate programs. The government considers your affiliate activities to be a business activity and has a few things to say about what you can and cannot do. If you’re new to [...]

How to Get Corporate Sponsorship for Your Small Business

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:37:43 +0000

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 @anisharkeeys. Anisha Robinson Keeys is the Principal Officer of Best Practice Fundraising. With 14 years of nonprofit fundraising and marketing experience,she has [...]

5 Finance Secrets to Make Your Small Business More Successful

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:30:50 +0000

Being an expert in finance is not usually a top priority for someone starting or running a small business. Here are five tips to make sure you’re handling your finances according to best practices: 1. Record-Keeping There are two main reasons to keep track of the finances of your business. First, you need to maintain [...]

Do you have a Bank or a Banking Relationship?

Melinda Emerson — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:30:56 +0000

Many business owners have a bank, but what you need is banking relationship. Entrepreneurs with a bank just make deposits and withdrawals. Business owners with a banking relationship know the branch manager, the business banker and the head teller at the bank they use. The business banker has seen your business plan and is aware [...]

Do-it-Yourself, In-Source, or Outsource Small Business Accounting

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:19:00 +0000

I have yet to meet a small business owner or entrepreneur who was excited to start their business exclusively so they could figure out how to do the accounting for it. We start businesses because of the problems we are going to solve for our customers. But we still need to keep track of the [...]