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Are You an Authentic Writer? Creating Trust for Greater Sales.

March 1, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

The internet is overflowing with marketers and bloggers.  Every search reveals hundreds of posts.  At last count, Wordpress houses millions of blog posts.  That’s a lot of written content.  When you sit down to write content for your blog posts or other social media channels, do you often try to think of a catchy one-liner […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: entrepreneur, marketing, sales, Shannon Harmon, small business info

Women Who Rock Business Month on #Smallbizchat

March 1, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This month #SmallBizChat celebrates women’s history month with an amazing line up of business women who ROCK! Here’s the guest list: – March 2nd: Tory Johnson , Founder of Spark & Hustle – How to Run a Successful Woman-Owned Business – March 9th: Carol Roth How to Go from Jobbie tobFull-time Business Owner – March […]

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Smallbizlady Help! I Need A Business Mentor

February 28, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 6 Comments

Dear Smallbizlady, I know how important it is to have a business mentor, but I don’t know many successful entrepreneurs.  What’s the best way to go about getting one? You’re right about the value of having a mentor, especially today. Choosing a mentor should be a real process of identifying the best person to help […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, My Recommendations, Women in Business Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, mentor, smallbizlady

Ask SmallBizLady How Can I Take My Small Business to the Next Level

February 25, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Every Friday, I answer questions on my blog in a segment called Ask Small Biz Lady and will post video answers to frequent small business questions.  This week, we are taking on the question How Can I Take My Small Business to the Next Level? Check out this video for the answer Develop a specialty […]

Filed Under: Ask Smallbizlady, Business Inspiration Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business, smallbizlady, success tips

How to Use Technology Effectively in Your Small Business

February 24, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Phil is the author of the The New Small; How a new Breed of small business is harnessing the power of emerging trends and technologies. He consults companies on how to optimize their use of technology. While not consulting, Phil speaks about emerging trends and technologies. He’s also the author of Why New Systems Fail (Cengage, 2010) and The Next Wave of Technologies (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). He also writes for a number of technology-oriented media outlets.

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: interview, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, technology

Book Interview: How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America

February 23, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

This is a Q&A from my interview with Robert Jordan author of How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America  (RedFlash Press, www.HowTheyDidItBook.com).  Robert has been launching and growing companies and helping other entrepreneurs do the same for the past 20 years.  His book is a collection of interviews from 45 leading founders […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, entrepreneur, How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, melinda emerson, Robert Jordan, small business, smallbizlady, success tips

Give Your Business Finances a Fighting Chance

February 22, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Give Your Business Finances a Fighting Chance, by Morgan Leu Parkhurst Whether you have owned your business for years or plan to open your doors for the first time next week, there are a few things you can do to save money.  The Joneses of the business world will have you believe that if a […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Guest Articles Tagged With: financial tips, Morgan Leu Parkhurst

How To Define Your Niche Business

February 21, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

What the heck is a niche? Webster’s Business Dictionary defines a niche as a “particular market or specialty area where a company finds it profitable to concentrate its selling efforts. Niche marketing offers a concentration of clients in an area of limited competition. It can be a market niche that can be a specific geographic […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Business Inspiration, Your Small Business Tagged With: business planning, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, niche, small business, smallbizlady

Ask SmallBizLady: How Can I Get More Followers on Twitter to Promote My Small Business

February 18, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

On Fridays, I answer questions on my blog in a segment called Ask Small Biz Lady, where I will post video answers to frequent questions about small business.  This week, we are taking on the question How Can I Get More Followers on Twitter to Promote My Small Business?  Click here to see my video […]

Filed Under: Ask Smallbizlady, Social Media Tagged With: melinda emerson, smallbizlady, tweetchat, twitter

How to Run a Small Business with Your Spouse as Your Partner

February 17, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with Angela Belford, @AngelaBelford CEO of The Belford Group, is a marketer and website/software developer with more than 12 years’ experience. She balances work and home-life as an entrepreneur, devoted wife and active mother of three. http://www.thebelfordgroup.com/.

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: Angela Belford, entrepreneur, family, small business, SmallBizChat, working with your spouse

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