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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 [...]

Do You Have a Holiday Sales Strategy Yet?

Melinda Emerson — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:30:51 +0000

Do You Have a Holiday Sales Strategy Yet? If you sell stuff online or offline, it’s time to create a Christmas holiday strategy. Some businesses make 80% of their profit over the holidays, so you need to make sure that you get your share of the holiday spending. You should be thinking about how you [...]

How Effectively Managing Relationships Leads to Business Success

Melinda Emerson — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:40:29 +0000

Relationships are fundamental to how we operate and interact with each other. They may begin as an unassuming acquaintanceship and are often influenced by our surroundings. So interaction anywhere from that with a family member or others via our work environment, interest groups or associations can initiate relationships. Over time, relationships are built upon and [...]

10 Things to Grow Your Business This Summer

Melinda Emerson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:38:42 +0000

Summer is here! Now that the kids are out of school, you might be thinking about how to reduce your work schedule, but that’s the worst thing you could do. It’s time to turn up the heat in your business. Third and fourth quarters are critical times in business. You may have customers who are [...]

How to Get Started on Twitter

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:17:59 +0000

Using Twitter is a great way to start building your online brand. If you can send a text message, you can tweet. You can only communicate using 140 characters on Twitter, but if you want people to Retweet (RT) or share your content, you should cut your tweets down to 125 characters. Here a few [...]

How to Make the Most of Social Media Marketing

sss4success — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:46:02 +0000

Leveraging the power of social media to market your brand in the Web 2.0 world is imperative to remaining viable as a business owner. Having social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn aren’t enough to take advantage of the marketing opportunities that new media environment has created. You need to adopt a comprehensive strategy [...]

9 Reasons Why Boomer Businesses Fail

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:15:36 +0000

I know a woman (let’s call her Sarah) who was a vice president at a major Fortune 500 company. She was a sassy 48-year-old single MBA who was very successful climbing the corporate ladder. She worked in marketing, managing a brand at her company and making a handsome six-figure income. Then one day she decided [...]

9 Reasons Why Boomer Businesses Fail

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:11:29 +0000

The Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program Could Be Your Answer

Melinda Emerson — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:06:18 +0000

Comcast Interactive Capital, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies, today announced that is has partnered with DreamIt Ventures (“DreamIt”), the leading technology accelerator for entrepreneurs, to provide seed funding, training, mentoring and other benefits to five minority-led startups through DreamIt’s accelerator program. The partnership [...]

6 Things Oprah Winfrey Taught Us About Business

Melinda Emerson — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:40:46 +0000

Oprah Winfrey is my hero. I never thought about being an entrepreneur until she got on my radar when I was in college in the early 90’s. It was around that time that she opened Harpo Studios in Chicago, making her the third woman in the American entertainment industry (after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball) [...]