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The SmallBizChat Podcast: The Freedom Formula with David Finkel


April 30, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Former Olympic-level athlete turned business multi-millionaire, David Finkel is an entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of the business coaching company, Maui Mastermind®. He has helped over 100,000 clients with buying, building, and selling business assets. David has written twelve business books, including his latest, The Freedom Formula: How to Succeed In Business Without Sacrificing […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: achieving work-life balance, avoid micromanagement, professional routine, small business owner, the freedom formula, work smarter, work-life balance

How to Generate B2B Leads in 2020

April 28, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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New leads are the lifeblood of your company. When you’re running a B2B company, each new lead could represent a huge amount of revenue. Because of the disproportionately large amount of work that usually goes into finding new B2B leads, lead generation is one of the most frustrating activities you can do! It’s time to […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: B2B lead generation ideas, B2B new leads, generate more leads, lead generation strategy, running a B2B company

15 Ways to Create Highly Effective Landing Pages

April 27, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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In the current pandemic all of us need to develop new ways to sell online. The best way to highlight your services or products online is with landing pages. We’ve all clicked through an interesting ad on Facebook looking for more information only to find yourself on a lame landing page that you abandoned it […]

Filed Under: 15 Things Series, Branding & Marketing Tagged With: build your sign-ups, clear calls to action, conversion goals, effective landing pages, irresistible offer, landing pages, sales funnel

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Leveraging Technology in the Remote World with Burton Kelso

April 23, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Burton Kelso is a technology industry expert, entrepreneur, and the Chief Tech Expert at the Missouri-based award-winning company Integral, which The Examiner Magazine called the best computer repair company of 2018. Deemed one of the Top 50 Influencers in Kansas City by Blogger Local KC, Burton also serves as a public speaker at professional organizations […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: collaboration software, disinfect your electronic devices, remote environment, remote workers, remote workforce, small business technology, technology

How to Have a Digital Marketing Strategy in Uncertain Times

April 22, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Last week, I had a great opportunity to share my latest webinar, Creating a Digital Marketing Strategy in these Uncertain Times as part of the Verizon Small Business Webinar Series. I was so inundated with questions at the end of my talk that I promised to answer the remaining questions this week on my blog. […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Q & A Interview Tagged With: digital marketing strategy, lead magnets, LinkedIn Generation Ads, mixmax, social media campaign, Verizon Small Business Webinar Series

12 Deadly On-Page SEO Mistakes In 2020 (And How To Avoid Them)

April 21, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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SEO is becoming more complicated, and far beyond getting a green signal on Yoast plugin. Google has developed several methods over the years not to know whether a content is a quality one or not, irrespective of the “length”. If you are trying to write contents that rank on Google SERP in 2020, you should […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: create quality content, Google SERP, keyword research, on-page SEO mistakes, rank on Google SERP

Women Entrepreneurs Are Better Because

April 20, 2020 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

Women entrepreneurs are still underrated today. Plus, they face many challenges than their male counterparts like lack of funding and lack of a support system. Despite these barriers, women entrepreneurs are making huge contributions. In the US alone, women-owned businesses generate $1.8 trillion per year. That’s HUGE right? Let me tell you the reasons why […]

Filed Under: Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: entrepreneur, small business success, women entrepreneurs, Women in Business, women-owned business

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Small Business Hacks to Grow Your Business with Barry Moltz

April 16, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Barry Moltz is a small business expert with over 20 years of experience in starting and building small organizations. He is the author of multiple business-related books, including How to Get Unstuck: 25 Ways to Get Your Business Growing Again and his latest, Small Business Hacks: 100 Shortcuts to Your Success. He is a nationally […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: content marketing strategies, creating customer experiences, email marketing success, growth hacks, sales pipeline, small business hacks, small business organizations

April 2020 #SmallBizChat: Where to Get Your Corona Cash, How to Build Strong Client Relationships And Building Your Brand Online

April 16, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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#Smallbizchat LIVE is a monthly video chat 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 Page, […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: brand, building brand online, building your clients for life, business loans, CARES Act, Millennial influencers, personal branding

8 Growth Hacks For Your Small Business You Can Try Today

April 14, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Looking to grow your small business? Here are some growth hacks that you can try today! A vast majority of small business giants have admittedly succeeded, thanks to growth hacks. Just take look at companies like Airbnb, Quora, and Evernote. Smart and successful growth hacking relies on clever software used to implement lead acquisition and […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: content media strategy, Email list-building growth-hacks, growth hacks, Retargeting Strategy, ultimate growth hack

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