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How to successfully maintain work-life balance as a small business owner

October 18, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post Akim Vann is the owner and founder of The Bakery on Bergen, a very popular and busy spot that’s known for its delicious and creative cookies, cakes and pastries. The Bakery on Bergen just celebrated its second anniversary and Vann couldn’t be more proud. But as a busy mother of four energetic children, […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: @carbonite, small business, work-life balance

Discovering The Path to Profitability in Your Small Business

October 17, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every entrepreneur needs to focus on growing profits for their small business. Just because you can pencil profit into the financial projections doesn’t mean it will automatically come to fruition. As an entrepreneur you have to commit fully to “minding your own business” to generate the profits that you seek. Here are several strategies I […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Your Small Business

How To Avoid List-Building Mistakes In Your Small Business

October 13, 2016 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 Shawn Finder Shawn Finder is the Co-Founder and CEO of ExchangeLeads. Founded in 2014, ExchangeLeads is an automated software that […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @Exchangeleads, list building, SmallBizChat

6 Life Hacks That Can Help Your Business

October 11, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Many times, the principles we apply to our professional lives do not directly apply to our personal lives: competition is one such quality. There are many things that we want to do and a limited time in which we can do them. That considered, the tips provided below are applicable to both your professional and […]

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10 Best Small Business Marketing Books Everyone Should Read

October 10, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

You know that I’m all about books that help small business owners do more without spending a ton of money. For this list of business resources, I wanted to focus exclusively on marketing books. All of these are books worth the time and money investment, and will actually tell you how to grow your business […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, My Recommendations Tagged With: 10 best books, entrepreneur

How To Attract and Keep Money in Your Small Business

October 6, 2016 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 Yakinea Marie. Yakinea Marie, a certified business coach and Wealth Strategist™, is the Founder and CEO of the I Am […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @yakineamarie, attract money, SmallBizChat

7 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Small Business Website

October 4, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post When running a small business, your website can be your most important sales tool. It’s the welcome mat into your business. Many people think a brochure or business card is sufficient, but in today’s marketplace, the first thing many people do when making a buying decision is search online. Your #1 focus should […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: @verisign, online brand, small business, traffic

How to get your business ready for the holiday shopping season

October 3, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Whether you run storefront business, or or strictly sell ecommerce, it’s time to create a holiday sales strategy. If you make the bulk of your profits between November 15 and January 15th as in Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, or the day after Christmas, it time to make sure that your business is […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Your Small Business Tagged With: holiday season, prepare for sales

Who is on #SmallBizChat October 2016

September 30, 2016 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 click here for directions on how to join […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @ckroks, @Exchangeleads, @genemarks, @yakineamarie, small business, SmallBizChat

How to Transform Your Small Business with Your Social Media Program

September 29, 2016 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 Jennifer Abernethy. Jennifer is America’s Sales and Social Marketing Stylist. After serving as an award winning executive with The Washington […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: @WeDeliverSocial, social media

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