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Amp Up Your Online Marketing Efforts: Social Media Updates for Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest

June 11, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Social media has proven to be highly useful for businesses. Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, three of the most popular channels thus far, provide businesses with a platform to connect and interact with both their existing and prospective customers. Things are only bound to get better as these key social media channels are working tirelessly to […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Social Media Tagged With: facebook marketing, instagram marketing, marketing, online marketing, pinterest marketing, social media, social media marketing

What If You Lose Your EIN Verification Letter?

June 10, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

EIN verification letter

I recently decided to change business banks. And, as I discovered, when you decide to do this, you must have your personal ID, your articles of incorporation, and your EIN verification letter. I know my EIN number by heart since I’ve been in business 20 years, but that’s not good enough for the bank. In […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance Tagged With: EIN, EIN letter, EIN verification letter, finace, small business

How to Be a Better Salesperson in Your Small Business

June 6, 2019 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 sales expert, Mike Adams @MikeAdamsSales. He taught himself storytelling ‘on the job’ while selling and managing sales teams for international corporations […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: business selling, business story, business storytelling, mike adam, salesperson, smallbiz chat, story, storytelling

How to Raise Capital for Your Business Using a Self-Directed IRA

June 4, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Self-Directed IRA

Raising capital for your business is always a challenge. The eligibility criteria in the business lending space are stringent, and investors are quite picky too. The lack of funding options may, at times, frustrate you. But there is a way. You can use your investment IRA assets to raise money for your business. Your self-directed […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Guest Articles Tagged With: business, finance, investment, IRA, self-directed IRA

SmallBizLady’s Summer Small Business Reading List 2019

June 3, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

small business reading list

It’s the beginning of June, and I find that summer is a great time to read books that I’ve been meaning to read, but just haven’t gotten around to. You know, books like Story Brand by Donald Miller that everyone keeps talking about. There are some brilliant books that have been released in the last […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Business Inspiration, My Recommendations, SmallBizLady Recommends Tagged With: books, business books, business reading, business reading list, reading, small business reading list

How to Keep Your Workspace Organized

May 30, 2019 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 Janet M. Taylor, @OrganizerJanet. In 1994 Janet took her natural ability and started Totally Organized. For 3 consecutive years Totally Organized, LLC was […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: how to be organized at work, Keep Your Workspace Organized, organization, organize, organized workspace, workspace

10 Ways to Protect Your Online Business

May 28, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

protect your online business

In the last couple of years, online businesses have reached the highest point yet. It seems like, nowadays, you only need a good business idea combined with a well-thought-out strategy to reach millions around the world. But, as your online business grows, so does the number of potential cybersecurity threats. Reportedly, more than 60 percent […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: cyber security, data protection, online business, online security, security, technology

How to Be a Successful Gigpreneur

May 27, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

gigpreneur

If you like to make side money driving for Uber, cleaning houses, freelance editing, selling homemade jewelry or pies you make, or if you are in between jobs and doing gigs to keep the bills paid, then you are a gigpreneur. Side hustlers—aka gig economy workers—accounted for more than 677 billion in income in 2017, […]

Filed Under: How to Start, Solopreneurs, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: freelancing, gig economy, gig work, gigpreneur, gigpreneur business, side jobs

#Smallbizchat Postponed Until Next Week

May 21, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat has been going strong for 478 episodes so far! That’s why I wanted to give a heads up to you loyal listeners of the show. #Smallbizchat will be postponed this week, meaning there will be no chat on Wednesday, May 22nd. We will be back with another great show on May 29th though. Janet […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: janet m taylor, postponed, SmallBizChat, smallbizchat postponed

Leveling the Playing Field: Big Data’s Growing Accessibility for Small Business

May 21, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

big data

Big firms can negotiate better pricing, better terms and other arrangements that smaller companies cannot match. However, lower costs of entry for many types of technology effectively remove the benefits of scale and provide opportunities for small companies. An area of technology that’s now in reach of smaller companies is big data, specifically analytics platforms […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Technology Tagged With: Accessibility for Small Business, big data, data, small business

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