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		<title>The 5 Most Important Entrepreneurial Lessons I’ve Learned in Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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One of the great things about having a small business is that you get the opportunity to learn every day.  Hopefully you are not learning too many expensive lessons. I thought it would be helpful to share a few important lessons that I have learned over my years in business so that you can benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Tips to Become Your Own Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s more than a notion to launch your own business. Nowadays it’s common for folks to leave a job via layoff or early retirement and jump right into starting a small business.  ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Have a Successful Work at Home Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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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 Holly Reisem Hanna @Holly_Hanna. She is the Founder &#38; Publisher of The Work at Home Woman; an online business resource dedicated to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Started on LinkedIn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Emerson</dc:creator>
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Developing a LinkedIn profile is a great step towards building your social media footprint. LinkedIn is a professional social networking application.  LinkedIn users tend to be more affluent and very well educated.  57% of users are men and 43% are women with 72% of users over the age 35.  According to a May 2009 survey, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Questions Hobbyists Should Consider When Starting a Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Emerson</dc:creator>
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This is the last of a two part series on how to turn a hobby into a small business. Sometimes people with great hobby do not have the right amount of business acumen to run a business. Everyone has good ideas &#8212; it is the business of running a business that gets some people in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Turn a Hobby Into a Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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This is the first of a two part blog series on how to turn a hobby into a small business.
Hobbies are fun personal interests that people pursue out of love. Some use hobbies to spend quality time with loved ones, friends or themselves. Some people use hobbies to relax. Popular hobbies including scrap booking, fishing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become A Wealthy Freelancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 11:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Emerson</dc:creator>
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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 Pete Savage Co-Author The Wealthy Freelancer:12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle (Penguin)., and co-founder of the popular website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Common Myths About Starting a Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 09:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>8 Ways To Use Twitter To Grow Your Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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This past week was a big week. First a major review of my new book  came out on the website one of my favorite business magazines Black Enterprise with the title: “Now Read This: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, If entrepreneurship is your objective, Melinda Emerson offers a step-by-step road map” which was written [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Win a Business Plan Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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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 Lora Kolodny @lorakolodny .  She writes for the You’re the Boss! blog for the New York Times online. She began reporting on [...]]]></description>
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