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Getting Back to Small Business Basics with Sweetie Berry

July 21, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

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 Sweetie Berry @SweetieBerry on how to get back to basics in Business. She develops strategy for speakers, authors, and entrepreneurs as a go-to problem solver, think tank, and re-alignment […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: basicsmatter.com, business basics, creativity, marketing, Sweetie Berry

How to Set Your Price to Achieve Your Profit Goals #SmallBizChat QA with Nicole Fende

July 14, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 15 Comments

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 Nicole Fende @BizFinanceForum Nicole is President and Chief Numbers Whisperer of Small Business Finance Forum. Nicole is a credentialed actuary with […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Finances, money, pricing, SmallBizChat

Increasing Your Online Sales Part 2

July 13, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Last time, in Part 1 of Increasing Your Online Sales, we talked about 3 ways to increase your online sales, which had to do with building and managing your site properly. This post I’m going to share some great tools for doing testing yourself. I’ll also share some ways to collect information on your site […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Cash Flow & Finance, Guest Articles Tagged With: Anita Campbell, Increasing Your Online Sales, low cost tools, managing your website, sales results, tj mccue

Increasing Your Online Sales Part 1

July 12, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sales is about trust and transparency, right? With all the media conversations about how Twitter and Facebook are impacting small business owners, that may be obvious. But with all the discussion about conversation, don’t lose track of the direct paths to sales. Don’t get soft and focus on conversation for its own sake. You can […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Cash Flow & Finance Tagged With: analytics report, google analytics, increase sales, online sales, pay per click, sales results, tj mccue, web traffic

How to Manage Your Time Better in Your Small Business

July 7, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 Christine Giri @thetimetamer. She founded Time Tamer Consulting with the belief that time spent effectively is not about Daytimers and Blackberries, but […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Productivity, SmallBizChat, Time management

Who’s On Small Biz Chat – July 2011

July 6, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. Here are the upcoming guests for July 2011… 7/6 — Christin Giri @TheTimeTamer | How to Manage Your Time Better in Your Small Business 7/13 — Nicole Fende @BizFinanceForum | Setting Your Price to Achieve Your Profit Goals […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: SmallBizChat

6 Business Lessons for Under 30 Entrepreneurs

July 5, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 12 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to do a live Q & A call with a group called Under30CEO.com. They were a terrific bunch of young people many of whom were still college students. I wanted to share with all of you the advice I shared with them, because I think it could be useful for […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Branding & Marketing, Business Inspiration, Your Small Business

How to Build A Signature Brand – #SmallBizChat Q&A with AnneMarie Cross

June 30, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

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 Annemarie Cross @annemariecoach is a Brand Strategist & Business Coach supporting entrepreneurs define and build an authentic signature brand so they can create a buzz, gain expert status, and attract a constant […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat Tagged With: AnneMarie Cross, brand, branding, business coach, SmallBizChat

3 Technology Tools to Help Your Small Business

June 29, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

I love to share great software that will solve problems  that come up daily running a small  business.  Here are  three more free or low cost software solutions that  could come in handy  in your business.  I have used all  three of these tech tools in my business so I am sure  that  they could […]

Filed Under: My Recommendations, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: bufferapp, echosign, melinda emerson, small business, small business technology, smallbizlady, technology, yousendit.com

Does Your Technology Fit Your Small Business?

June 28, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

By some accounts, I am a dinosaur. I remember a simpler time with respect to technology and the workplace. I started my big corporate career in the mid-1990s, the halcyon era from tech stalwarts IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and other blue chip brands. Sure, they were back office, CRM, and productivity apps designed for the […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Guest Articles, Technology

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