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 Warren Bobrow, @warrenbobrow1. Warren is the Food and Drink Editor of the 501c3 non-profit Wild Table on Wild River Review located […]
Archives for January 2013
How to Get Started with Email Marketing
Guest Post Nothing else in email marketing is more important than having a strong relationship with your email list subscribers. Do things right and you’ll have a super responsive list of recipients, which is gold in the email marketing game. Most likely your list is in QuickBooks or a spreadsheet. The most common is a […]
13 Bible Verses Every Small Business Owner Needs for 2013
At the top of each year, I pull together my favorite bible verses to encourage you along your entrepreneurial journey. Running your small business is a spiritual journey as much as a road trip to business success. Along the road, you will be tested, stretched and stressed and these words from the bible will give […]
How to Secure Funding for Your Small Business
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 Ami Kassar @akassar. Ami is CEO and Founder of MultiFunding, and a nationally renowned small business advocate and leader. He’s committed to ensuring […]
How Do Startups Succeed and Thrive?
Guest Article Starting a business requires equal amounts of careful research, intuitive understanding of markets and precise numbers crunching. These three facets can carry startup companies through the tentative early years and into solid establishment. Entrepreneurs must keep a clear eye on the problems that beset many startups and how to resolve them. Business Startup […]
President Obama, Make 2013 the Year of the Entrepreneur
Innovation is essential to the growth of any economy. As President Obama officially kicks off his second term in office today, I wanted to offer him some ideas for how to make entrepreneurship and innovation the centerpiece of his second administration. It is critical for the future of our nation to intentionally foster the next […]
How to Own Your Market and Your Message So Clients Will Beat a Path to Your Door
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Ivana Taylor @DIYMarketers. Ivana is the publisher of DIYMarketers.com – an online marketing publication that provides marketing strategies that help entrepreneurs […]
Business Budgeting for Start-Ups
Guest Post A budget, like a business plan, is absolutely necessary for a start-up business venture. Without a budget, the owner will not know if he or she has included everything. There will be no picture of what the business will look like at the end of the year without revenues estimates. Often business start-ups […]
10 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Small Business
Sponsored Post A New Year is a great opportunity to make a new start in your business. If you had a great year in 2012, congratulations and keep the momentum going! If you were thrilled to see 2012 go, now is the time to build a plan so that you can make 2013 the best […]
How Small Business Owners Can Make Big Money with a Small Email List
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @YvonneBynoe. Yvonne Bynoe, J.D. started her first company, a direct order book business, in the early 1990s, pre-Amazon.com. After law school, […]