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The SmallBizChat Podcast: How to Be A Boss – Ep. 007

December 9, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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What does it really take to be your own boss and start a small business? Many new entrepreneurs start their ventures with the impression that starting a business is easy. Social media has drastically glamorized the concept of entrepreneurship, but what many people do not realize is that what you see on social media is […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: Be Your Own Boss, be your own boss tips, before starting a business, business idea, business plan, life goals, start your business

How to Have a Healthy Lifestyle While Running a Small Business

December 5, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Ranique McFarlane @Iamranique is an online health and fitness coach. He helps lady bosses feel comfortable in your body, have more energy, and build confidence outside of work. He helps his clients have better eating habits, even with no time. His strategies help women with being successful in business and feeling secure with their body image. For […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: eating habits, health goals, healthy lifestyle, healthy snacks, self-care, small business owners, wellness

10 Web Tools for End-to-End Proposal Management

December 3, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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You likely spend hours upon hours crafting proposals for your sales prospects- emailing different departments for assets, locating images, outlining project scope, creating timelines, and estimates while defining strategic recommendations.  Then you send it off to the prospective client and move onto the next like you’re Jay Z. If you find yourself thinking, “there’s got […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Your Small Business Tagged With: contracts, project management, proposal software, proposals, RFP, solopreneur tools, Technology tools

20 Things To Do in Your Small Business Before 2020

December 2, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

It’s December, and the holidays are upon us. Before you start checking out early to get your shopping done and spend quality time with family, it’s time to get your business in order. Let’s set things up in your business for 2020. Start the new year organized with a plan that will set you up […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: 2020 budget, business for 2020, game plan, new year planning, prepare for the new year, sales goals, small business goals for 2020

7 Chatbot Marketing Tactics You Can Use as a Small Business Owner

November 26, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 Having a small business is a lot of work, and it can be expensive. But there are ways to make it easier! Using chatbots can help your small business save time and money so you can focus on growth. Keep reading for my list of 7 small business chatbot marketing tactics that you can use […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Customer Service Tagged With: bots, chatbot, chatbot marketing, customer services, generate leads, small business marketing, small business marketing tips

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Master Your Marketing with Wake Up Warrior Garrett White – Ep. 006

November 25, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Garrett White is the founder of Wake Up Warrior and Warrior Week. Wake Up Warrior is the world’s leading training system for modern married businessmen. He teaches men how to get out of their own way and break free from the person they used to be to finally step into their greatness as a man. […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: achieve greatness, entrepreneurs, marketing problems, marketing strategies, mastering your marketing, small business owners, Wake Up Warrior

November 2019 #SmallBizChat: How to Build a Speaking Business, Build Business Relationships, And Making Decisions For Your Small Business

November 21, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Once a month as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on #SmallBizChat LIVE. The show takes place on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 8-9pm ET and is streamed live on my Facebook fan page, my YouTube channel, and Twitter page.  This is excerpted from my recent November 2019 #SmallBizChat LIVE interview with business […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: decision making strategies, Disaster Avoidance Expert, event marketing, Kelvin Joseph, LinkedIn marketing, speaking business, speaking business for business owners

5 Quick Tips to Help Increase Your Business Success

November 19, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Some say that more than half of small businesses will never survive for more than 5 years. Let’s face the fact: starting a business can be easy, building it and making it thrive, is difficult. There are so many strategies and tactics you can use to grow your business, but where should you start? Here […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: build your business, business success, minimum viable product, right audience, small business owners, small business success tips, year in review

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Don’t Be the Momma – Ep. 005

November 18, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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As entrepreneurs, we need to hire people that want to work for us, that want to work hard, and that can think and make decisions on their own. When you’re just starting your entrepreneurial journey, it’s easy to become the ‘momma’ – the micro-manager – of your operations. But, micro-managing your team comes at a […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: micromanager, micromanaging, proactive, small business team, thinkers

How to use speaking to build your business

November 14, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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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 David Newman @dnewman who is a thought leader in the world of marketing and speaking. He is the founder of […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: building your personal brand, professional speaking, small business marketing strategy, speaking business, speaking for business owners, speaking speaker, speaking strategy

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