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How Do You Make Business Decisions?

September 6, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 10 Comments

It’s great to have a nice website, a regular sales process and glossy business cards for your small business. All of these things steer sales, and sales is the engine that drives business. You must look credible in order for a corporation to do business with you, and you must have relationships to make a sale, […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, My Recommendations Tagged With: business planning, financial tips, small business, smallbizlady

How to Network Online and Offline for Your Small Business

September 2, 2010 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 Kevin Knebl ( @KevinKnebl ), the owner of Knebl Communications, www.kevinknebl.com, a Colorado-based company specializing in Online and Offline Networking Skills and […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: building a network, Kevin Knebl, melinda emerson, networking, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

Can a Mastermind Group Help Your Small Business?

August 31, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

Did you know that mastermind groups have the power to change your business and keep you sane as an entrepreneur? For the last few years, I have participated in two mastermind groups that have made all the difference in my business. One is a mixed group of professional speakers and coaches that is focused on […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, mastermind groups, melinda emerson, restart your business, small business, small business success, smallbizlady

Resources to Use Twitter to Grow Your Small Business

August 30, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 26 Comments

I regularly get emails and direct messages asking me if I tweet myself or if use a team of people help me maintain my Twitter accounts.  I have two @smallbizlady and @smallbizchat.   Well, the answer is that I do it myself, and here’s some of the tools that I use to manage my online brand […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Social Media Tagged With: entrepreneur, facebook, linkedin, small business, smallbizlady, social media tips, twitter

Look Who’s Coming up on #Smallbizchat in September

August 27, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

SmallBizChat is the Wednesday weekly Twitter chat – focused on everything that small business owners need to know about running and sustaining their business. Hosted by Melinda Emerson, The Small Biz Lady; follow @smallbizchat for updates via Twitter.  How to participate in #SmallBizChat: http://bit.ly/S797e Sept. 1, 2010 How to network online and offline for your […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Dr. Janice Presser, Kevin Knebl, Kindra Cotton, Mary Tomzack, melinda emerson, Nina Kaufman, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

How to Turn your Passion into a Profit

August 26, 2010 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 Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Darnyelle A. Jervey @darnyellejervey is a sought after speaker, certified business coach, award winning author and consultant. Darnyelle is the founder of […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Darnyelle A. Jervey, melinda emerson, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

How Entrepreneurs Can Develop Multiple Streams of Income

August 23, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

I recently interviewed Stephanie Chandler @bizauthor on Smallbizradio, my monthly show on #Blogtalkradio about how entrepreneurs can develop multiple streams of income.  Small business owners can grow numerous business lines by taking their knowledge and packaging it for sale in the ways that people absorb information: audio, video and written, of course.  The purpose of […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Grow Your Business, SmallBizRadio, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, melinda emerson, small business, smallbizlady, SmallBizRadio

How to Choose a Small Business Lawyer

August 19, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Each week as @Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with @Corpnet Philip Akalp who is Founder and CEO of www.CorpNet.com. Philip is a trained lawyer who created his first business MyCorporation.com in 1997, which was acquired by Intuit after forming over […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: Corp Net, melinda emerson, small business experts, small business layer, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

4 Social Media Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read

August 16, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 11 Comments

The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition by David Meerman Scott ( J. Wiley & Sons, 2010)  In 2007, when it originally published, a friend suggested I read The New Rules of Marketing and PR and […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Grow Your Business, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, Chris Brogan, David Meerman Scott, Julien Smith, Liana Evans, melinda emerson, Patrice-Ann Rutledge, small business, smallbizlady

PR for Newbie Entrepreneurs

August 12, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Each week as @Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This post is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with @ElenaVerlee Heralded as “The Passionate Publicist,” Elena Verlee can help even the most ordinary business become well-known and sought after through the power of publicity. Elena delivers high-impact, low […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Elena Verlee, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, PR, Public Relations, publicity, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, start a business

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