As a small business owner, author, speaker and social media enthusiast, I hardly ever have time to watch TV. That doesn’t stop me from making sure I catch Shark Tank – a weekly show where emerging small business owners and entrepreneurs pitch their business to the “sharks.” The sharks are an amazingly successful group of […]
Archives for 2011
Make This May The Month You Become Your Own Boss
Contact: Sonia Schenker (E): sonia@melindaemerson.com (P): 347-766-4289 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 9, 2011) — Melinda F. Emerson, SmallBizLady is a small business expert and bestselling author who has been featured in The Washington Post, Forbes, Fortune, Essence and Black Enterprise magazines. Known for her savvy approach to ending small business failure, she […]
Problem-Solving Through Challenges in Your Small Business
While entrepreneurs are certain to face challenges from clients, one of the keys to being successful in business is the ability to face problems fearlessly. The three most common problems in business are managing deadlines, managing expectations, and dealing with a changing marketplace. Below, I’ll share with you some of the most common obstacles facing […]
Things Momma Taught Me About Business
My mom is a renaissance woman in every sense of the word. After graduating from college (she finished in three years because she couldn’t afford to go for four years), she married my dad and they settled down and started a family. I was first in the line-up and I have three younger brothers. The […]
Ask @SmallBizLady: How do I get started with social media?
Every Friday, I answer your small business questions in a video blog segment called Ask Small Biz Lady. This week, we are taking on the question: How do I get started with social media? Here’s the answer: If you want to start using social media as a lead generator for your small business here’s 4 steps […]
#SmallBizChat Interview with Small Business Expert Jane Applegate
Each week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with Jane Applegate @Janewapplegate Jane is the author of 201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business. (John Wiley & Sons 2011) The third edition of this best-seller was released in April. Jane […]
Who’s On #SmallBizChat – May 2011
Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. Here are the upcoming guests for May 2011… May 4th: Jane Applegate – @janewapplegate| 12 Great Ideas for Small Business May 11th: Court Cunningham – @YodleCourt | Local Online Marketing for Small Businesses May 18th: Anita Campbell – @smallbiztrends | […]
Bootstrapping Your Business From the Ground Up!
There is no doubt that starting a business is exciting! Whether it is something that you’ve dreamed about for years or life led you in that direction, it is undeniably gratifying to know that you are building something from the ground up. It is exhilarating, fulfilling, time-consuming and let’s not forget costly. Yes, we can’t […]
Ask @SmallBizLady: How do I get more lunch customers?
Every Friday, I answer your small business questions in a video blog segment called Ask Small Biz Lady. This week, we are taking on the question: How do I get more lunch customers? Here’s the answer: If you want to get more customers into your retail establishment follow these steps: Communicate with your customers Change […]
#SmallBizChat’s 100th Show: Small Business Legend Alan Weiss
For the last two years as Smallbizlady, I have conducted interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. April 27th was the 100th episode of the show and in celebration if that milestone, I had the honor of interviewing small business legend Alan Weiss, PhD, President of Summit Consulting and Author of the […]
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