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Who’s on #Smallbizchat July 2018

July 3, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#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 and click here for directions […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @Adobe, @BarryMoltz, @millettejones, @pamslim, @TargetGov, @TechLifeSteph, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

How the Boost Your 3rd Quarter Sales

July 2, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This week kicks of the beginning of third quarter which means you have basically a little more than five months to reach you annual revenue goal. But if you are too busy making the donuts to focus on closing your next large donut order you will soon have yet another cash crunch. If you are […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Solopreneurs Tagged With: 3rd quarter, boost sales, sales goals

How to Retain Customers

June 28, 2018 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 8-9 pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Shari Levitin is an internationally known sales strategist, writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and author of Heart and Sell: 10 Universal Truths Every […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @sharilevitin, customer retention, SmallBizChat

7 Smartphone Apps for Busy Small Business Owners

June 26, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Having your own business and being your own boss is a huge accomplishment. The mere fact that you have opted for a more challenging path to build a business is something to already be proud of. As many of us are running businesses on the go, it’s has become really important to stay […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Technology Tagged With: apps for business, smart phones, technology

How to Create a Conversion Funnel

June 25, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you use social media marketing to promote your business the goal is to drive traffic to your business website. But what happens when they prospect lands on your site? If you sell products on your website, how you treat a lead that arrives on your site is of the utmost importance. Without proper nurturing, […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business

How to Handle HR Issues In Your Small Business

June 21, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE our show featured three guests, HR Expert Oginga Carr @OgingaCarr Sales Expert Shawn Karol Sandy @ShawnSandy1 and Veteran Entrepreneur @Twyla Garrett I pulled three of the best questions from each of them to share with you. Every third Wed of the month, Smallbizchat Live is broadcast on my SmallBizLady Facebook […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @ogingacarr, @shawnsandy1, @TwylaGarrett, dealing with employees in small business, HR, human resources, SmallBizChat

How to Recruit Top Talent by Leveraging Social Media

June 19, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Job fairs and job search websites are great, but the key to successful recruitment of top talent today lies in leveraging social media networks. It is one of the best ways to tell people who you know that you have a job opportunity. By leveraging social platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Social Media Tagged With: Hiring, leverage social media, social media

How to Get Started with a Podcast

June 18, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you are going to start doing a podcast to create content to promote your business, there are a few things that you need to know. Doing a podcast is hard work, so in order to leverage it to drive brand awareness and sales in your business you need a refined topic, a regular schedule, […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, How to Start, Technology Tagged With: getting started with podcast, podcast, podcasting

How to Avoid a Brand Disaster

June 14, 2018 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 8-9 pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Deb Gabor, who is the CEO of Sol Marketing, brand expert, and investor pitch whisperer.  She is the author of […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: @deb_sol, brand disaster, SmallBizChat

How to Maintain Creativity as a Small Business

June 12, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article How to be creative and stay competitive is a universal problem for Fortune 500 companies and small businesses. Everyone needs help wrangling the creative process. At Modernist Studio, we work with large companies, but we enjoy working smaller and medium sized businesses, who have fewer resources to help them strategically integrate creativity into […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Guest Articles Tagged With: creative process, creativity, creativity in business

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