Every week as @SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Lora Kolodny @lorakolodny . She writes for the You’re the Boss! blog for the New York Times online. She began reporting on […]
It’s All About The Sales Call Prep
In business, we all sell something. Some sell products, some sell services. However, we all need to be about selling solutions. When you go on a sales call, it’s never about what you do. Sometimes as small business owners, we are so passionate about our businesses that we forget to focus on the customer’s pain […]
The State of Now, SmallBizChat Q + A with Jeff Pulver
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed. on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @JeffPulver who is a Technology Anthropologist; Entrepreneur; Early-Stage Seed Investor. Jeff has been called “a habitual entrepreneur who likes to start Internet […]
Magazines and Newspapers Every Small Business Owner Should Read
Every business owner should subscribe to at least one industry trade publication and local Business Journal newspapers to generate leads to stay connected with the regional business community. Recommended publications: American City Business Journals – Bizjournals is the new media division of American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. It […]
How to Transition From Corporate to Small Business Ownership
Mike Michalowicz @TPEntrepreneur Author, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur interviews Melinda Emerson @Smallbizlady Author, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months. She also has great start-up tips at www.becomeyourownbossbook.com Q: What makes your book different from all the other start-up business books? Melinda Emerson: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months provides a realistic, month-by-month planning guide to start […]
Who’s coming up in April 2010 on #Smallbizchat
#Smallbizchat takes place on Twitter on Wednesdays 8-9pm Eastern. We use tweetgrid.com to conduct the chat. The target market for #smallbizchat is emerging entrepreneurs 25-54, who are less than five years in business. We try to balance topics on the chat between challenges for start-ups and issues that would challenge a business with 20 or […]
Can You Afford to Become An Entrepreneur?
Everyone has good ideas. Some of them may even be million dollar ideas, but if you live from paycheck to paycheck or way beyond your means, you may never be able to quit your job and start a business. As the Smallbizlady, often I get emails, facebook messages and DM’s on Twitter from people asking me […]
Launching a Product Online
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Peter Shankman @skydiver is an Entrepreneur, an Adventurist, and the CEO of The Geek Factory, a PR and Marketing boutique firm in […]
What Health Care Reform Means for Your Small Business
Last night, Congress led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, succeeded in finally passing legislation that will empower 31 million people with a new right to health insurance and remake the nation’s health care system. Many of those people without healthcare are small business owners, who have been struggling to keep their businesses afloat. Just after […]
Starting a Small Business in This Economy
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed. on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @Colleendebaise She is the author of The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook is small business editor at The Wall Street […]
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