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How to Develop Your Leadership Skills as a Business Owner

September 12, 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 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Dorothy Enriquez, @dorothy_writes  She is Principal and Founder of The Communication Strategist (TCS), a Learning and Leadership Development Firm specializing in […]

Filed Under: Leadership, SmallBizChat Tagged With: business owners, leader, leadership, leadership skills, small business, small business leaders, small business owners

5 Top Leadership Tips for Small Businesses

September 10, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 Every business faces a set of challenges, and small businesses are no exception. In fact, the challenges are greater when you’re running a small company, and the most common and concerning problem can sometimes be the lack of leadership skills.  Not having multiple hierarchy levels can work against a business, but it can also prove […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Leadership Tagged With: effective leaders, leader, leadership, leadership tips, servant leadership, small business leader, small business owners

The #SmallBizChat Podcast Is Here!

September 9, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 You asked for it, and now you got it. It’s official, this week I’m launching The #Smallbizchat Podcast. What is a podcast, you say? Podcasts are essentially radio interviews, and all of the programming is free online. This podcast will be a way for you to learn even more about what I believe it takes to […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: Be Your Own Boss, Giveaway contest, podcast, small business, SmallBizChat Podcast

How to Turn Your Stream of Leads into Sales

September 5, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

How to Turn Your Stream of Leads into Sales - Jennifer Dunham

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 leads expert Jennifer Dunham, @jen_dunham. After owning several companies (at one time), Jennifer found that the kind of leads we […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: conversions, customers, email list, email marketing, leads, sales, sales funnel

5 Conversion Rate Optimization Trends You Need to Follow

September 3, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 Conversion Rate Optimization. As a business, it’s vital that you consider this essential process when you’re analyzing your operations and planning how to grow, improve, and enhance yourself now and in the future. The key here, as the title suggests, is to optimize your conversion rates in order to maximize the number of people who […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: conversion rate, conversion rate optimization, conversions, CRO, grow your small business, marketing, sales, small business, website optimization

Christmas is Coming: Will Your Business Be Ready for Holiday Sales?

September 2, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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The holidays are just around the corner, and with more tariffs on Chinese imported good set to kick in on Dec 15th, people will shop early this year. Are you ready for holiday sales? It’s time to plan now for the biggest shopping season of the year. The sales will be rolling by Halloween, so […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: business holiday sales, Christmas, christmas sales, christmas shopping, Christmas shopping season, holiday, holiday sales, holiday shopping, promotions strategy, small business marketing tips, small business Saturday

How to Develop Business Processes

August 29, 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 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Ellen Williams, @Ellen_NY_B2B. Ellen is a Business Process Management Expert. She has spent 25 years consulting with businesses of all sizes […]

Filed Under: How to Start, SmallBizChat, Teams, Your Small Business Tagged With: business, business processes, efficiency, operations, small business, streamline your small business

Thinking Big: How to Make Your Small Business Look as Big as Your Dreams

August 27, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Small business owners have it tough. It’s hard finding other companies or organizations to partner with if you look like a two-bit operation running out of your basement, regardless of how competent and capable you might be. But big client lists aren’t just the purview of big companies. There are ways to get around this […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business Tagged With: make your small business look big, small business growth, small business success, small business success tips, small business tips

11 Things You Need to Know About Securing Corporate Sponsorship

August 26, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

11 Things You Need to Know About Securing Corporate Sponsorship - Social

A corporate sponsorship is a mutual business proposition that offers something in exchange for a financial commitment from a corporation. These relationships have been growing significantly throughout the years. So how can your small business tap into corporate sponsorships? Let’s look at 6 steps to securing corporate sponsorship and the 5 reasons why sponsorships fail. How […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Cash Flow & Finance Tagged With: corporate sponsorship, entrepreneurs, mutual business proposition, small business, sponsorship. funding

August 2019 #Smallbizchat LIVE: How World Entrepreneurship Is Impacting Your Small Business

August 22, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

August 2019 #Smallbizchat LIVE: How World Entrepreneurship Is Impacting Your Small Business - OG

 #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. Each month different experts join the discussion, and the August 2019 #Smallbizchat LIVE was all about how world entrepreneurship is impacting your small business. […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: chinese market, entrepreneur, global, small biz, small business, women entrepreneurs

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