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3 Easy Hacks to Improve Your Small Business’s Cybersecurity

March 2, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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The freedom that the internet has given consumers and businesses is among one of the most important developments in our modern society.  Among the changes, our free market has evolved to a mostly eCommerce market, and as a result, the barriers for entry for many niches are as low as ever. If you want to […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Guest Articles Tagged With: cyber threats, cybersecurity, ecommerce platforms, small business cybersecurity, small business passwords, well-coded web domain

How to Grow Your Small Business with Email Marketing

March 1, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

How to Grow Your Small Business with Email Marketing OPEN GRAPH

If you’re a small business owner looking to increase profits, then I’m here to share with you the one marketing strategy that can help make that happen: email marketing. I’ve often heard that email marketing is only for big corporations, and small businesses can do without it. This is the myth I want to break […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: effective marketing strategy for small business, email list, email marketing, email service provider, small business email marketing

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Boost Your Small Business Cash Flow with Eliot Buchanan

February 26, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Eliot Buchanan is the Co-Founder of Plastiq, a company that helps small businesses send and receive payments via credit card or cash for any expense. His strategic vision and innovative business model have helped thousands of companies receive billions of dollars in payments, many in cash where credit cards are not accepted. Originally from Canada, […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: cash, cash flows, managing business finances, Plastiq, small business cash flow, small business owners

Study Shows Email Will Remain Most Popular and Effective Form of Business Marketing

February 23, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Study Shows Email Will Remain Most Popular and Effective Form of Business Marketing Open Graph

A lot of professionals point out the deliberate size of email marketing as a result of growth in social media. However, those who voice out about its ineffectiveness often leave out the fact that the strategy only breaks down due to email contents that fail to meet the recipient’s interest.   Yes, it can be challenging […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: email marketing, email marketing effectiveness, email marketing statistics, personalized email experiences, potential of email marketing

Building a Sales Funnel that Turns Prospects Into Lifelong Customers

February 22, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Building a Sales Funnel that Turns Prospects Into Lifelong Customers Open Graph

Modern consumers are smart. They invest significant time researching content across channels before deciding to ditch your competitors and buy from you. But if done correctly, you can build a sales funnel that turns more prospects into lifelong customers. Let’s show you how! Knowing what your customers are searching for is important to create the […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: building a sales funnel, Building a successful sales funnel, effective sales funnel, Email Nurture Campaign, lifelong customers

February 2021 #Smallbizchat: The State of Small Business Recovery

February 18, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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#Smallbizchat Podcast LIVE is a monthly video show where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat LIVE is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. Please join us live every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: business vision, Entrepreneurial Stress, leadership, make your business tronger, power of your anxiety, scaling a business

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months Book Giveaway

February 18, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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2020 has been one of the most challenging times for many people – especially business owners. The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced many businesses and employees to take a hard look at their careers and business trajectory and make some tough decisions. And while some business owners have been able to successfully pivot or reinvent […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: become a small business owner, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, free book, invest in the new business, starting a business, target customer profile

3 Tips to Boost Your Ecommerce Site Performance

February 16, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

3 Tips to Boost Your Ecommerce Site Performance Open Graph

Doing business has changed dramatically since the inception of the ecommerce market. Customers nowadays no longer need to visit brick-and-mortar stores to shop, all thanks to a wide array of available online stores and platforms.  While ecommerce made shopping a streamlined, easy experience for consumers, there’s still a lot of room for improvement. No matter […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Fix Your Business Tagged With: ecommerce business, ecommerce site performance, ecommerce success, ecommerce website, mobile-friendly website

12 Steps to Creating Copy that Sells

February 15, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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If you want to sell more products online or through online marketing, there is one thing you need to be able to do: create copy that sells. Contrary to what you might think, great sales copy doesn’t feel like sales copy at all. And writing copy that sells is one of the toughest marketing tasks […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: create buyer persona, creating sales copy, landing pages, Write Irresistible Headlines, writing a great sales copy

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Attracting Corporate Sponsorships with Linda Hollander

February 11, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  Linda Hollander is an International Sponsor Expert, Professional Speaker, and Author of Corporate Sponsorship in 3 Easy Steps. She is an industry leader in helping people achieve sponsorship success and the founder of Sponsor Concierge and the Sponsor Secrets Seminar. Linda started working from her kitchen table with no employees – except for her […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: corporate sponsorships, leverage sponsorships, multi-year sponsorship deals, pursuing sponsorships, small business corporate sponsorship, sponsorship package, sponsorship proposal

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