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Development Is Not Static

March 20, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Getting the next generation of leaders ready for the business needs of the gig economy requires development that is fluid, on-demand and aligned to the individual’s career journey. Development can no longer be a static event that takes place only in the confines of a classroom setting. It’s simply not enough. A lot […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles, Leadership Tagged With: business development, development, leadership, training

7 Best Business Books for Boss Chicks

March 19, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

March is women’s history month. Many people are highlighting successful women from history and some modern day superwomen doing amazing things. I believe leaders are readers, so my approach to women’s history month is to offer you 7 books all written by women to guide you to a better life and business as a Boss […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Grow Your Business Tagged With: Boss Chicks, business books

The Art of Commercial Conversations to Drive Sales

March 15, 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 Bernadette McClelland @b_mcclelland Bernadette is a Keynote Speaker, Sales Leadership Coach, and published author of ‘The Art of Commercial Conversations’. […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @b_mcclelland, commercial conversations, driving sales, sales performance, SmallBizChat

7 Budget Friendly Offline Marketing Methods That Work

March 13, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Marketing your business is an ongoing effort, and there are many tools at your disposal for successfully gaining traction in a busy marketplace. But with a tight budget, how can you get the best offline marketing methods? Here are seven budget-friendly ideas… #1 Posters The power of the poster has not been diminished in the […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Guest Articles Tagged With: budget-friendly marketing, marketing

Things I’ve Learned after 19 Years in Business

March 12, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

I am so excited to share that this month marks 19 years since I left corporate America to become my own boss. I started my first business, Quintessence Group, in March of 1999. I had a laptop, fax machine and a dream.  After this long in business, I have learned a lot, most of which […]

Filed Under: 12 Things, Become Your Own Boss Tips, Grow Your Business Tagged With: 12 things, business learning, entrepreneurship

How to Run a Successful Business

March 8, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Melinda Emerson, @SmallBizLady offers advice and encouragement to more than three million entrepreneurs every week online. She is the publisher of succeedasyourowboss.com. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. She has a 20-year track record as a successful businesswoman as CEO of Quintessence Group, an award winning marketing consulting […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: fix your business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, Successful Business

Who’s on #Smallbizchat March 2018

March 7, 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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @b_mcclelland, @marshawnevans, @TomJackobs, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

Ready to Build a 90-Day Turnaround Plan Your Small Business?

March 6, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you want to get back control of your business, while drastically improving your quality of life and bottom line you need to grab a copy of my new book Fix Your Business: 90-Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos In Your Business. In it, I walk readers through my 12 Ps […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, Your Small Business Tagged With: 90-Day Plan, fix your business, melinda emerson, smallbizlady

32 Ways to Fix Your Business

March 5, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

When I released Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, back in 2010, my focus was on helping entrepreneurs launch a business. But over the last few years, I’ve talked to dozens of business owners who seem to be struggling to stay in business. Some of the consistent issues I heard were about constant cash […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Fix Your Business Tagged With: entrepreneurs, fix your business

How to Take Your Startup from Idea to Empire

March 1, 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 Colleen DeBaise.  She is known as the is a contributing editor at Inc. and author of Start a Successful Business. […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @colleendebaise, grow your business, small business startup, SmallBizChat

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