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 Shari Levitin. Shari Levitin is an internationally known sales strategist, writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and author of Heart and Sell: 10 […]
Archives for 2017
Who’s on #Smallbizchat March 2017
#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. Please join us live on Twitter every Wednesday 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag #Smallbizchat […]
How To Create Big-Bucks Content Without Breaking the Budget
Sponsored Post Many small businesses believe creating high quality content is too expensive and time consuming. Only big companies have the budget to employ someone just to write up pages for a website, right? It’s true that many big companies spend the big bucks on hiring staff with the sole purpose of keeping their websites […]
4 Ways to Keep Your Small Business Competitive Without Lowering Your Prices
When it comes to cutting your prices it might sound reasonable in the short term: If you lower your prices, you might attract more customers and boost your revenue. However, it’s not just a short-term plan. It’s also a short-sighted strategy. This article is focused on how to keep your business competitive without lowering your […]
How to Grow an Online Business
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my online talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Anita Campbell @Smallbiztrends. Anita is the Founder and Publisher of Small Business Trends and has been following trends in small businesses since […]
FedEx Small Business Grant Contest is Open
Sponsored Post Want a shot at a $25,000 grant to grow your small business? Starting today, you can enter the 5th annual FedEx Small Business Grant Contest for a chance to win a cash boost, plus up to $7,500 in FedEx Office® print and business services. As a winner, you would join an exclusive group […]
How to Avoid a Thief in Your Small Business
Guest Post I recently wrapped up yet another significant fraud examination for a small business client who trusted her bookkeeper infinitely. Sadly, all too often, the thief in your company is just that – the person my clients keep closest. Someone in their inner circle. Someone they keep company with. All the red flags were […]
7 Biggest Mistakes People Make in Crowdfunding Campaigns
As the SmallBizLady, I get a few emails a week from eager business owners who have launched a crowdfunding campaign with the hopes that I would write a story about them to boost their campaign. Well, I’m not going to do that. Here’s why: 9 out of 10 of them that I look at have […]
How to Handle Your Small Business Taxes
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 Barbara Weltman. Barbara Weltman, an attorney and author of J.K. Lasser’s Small Business Taxes 2017, publishes Idea of the Day® […]
How much should you tell your employees about business finances?
Guest Post Money is the blood supply of every business. It courses through each department bringing life and growth, and without it, businesses die. Traditional advice has kept the realities of how well—or badly—a company is doing behind the closed doors of the management office. Yet keeping employees completely in the dark about company finances […]
