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10 Ways to Grow Your Small Business With Instagram

August 18, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

10 Ways to Grow Your Small Business With Instagram

If you’ve been successful at setting up an Instagram account for your small business and using it to find new followers – and customers — you might be looking for additional strategies to ramp up your efforts on this visual social media platform. And since engagement on Instagram is 15 times higher than it is on Facebook, it’s […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: grow your business, instagram, small business marketing

Why You Should Put Profit First in Small Business

August 14, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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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 @MikeMichalowicz. By his 35th birthday Mike Michalowicz had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @MikeMichalowicz, Mike Michalowicz, Profit First, small business finance

How to Use Testimonials to Get More Clients

August 12, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article One of the most effective ways to sell your products and services is with customer testimonials. Potential customers are really not that interested in your passion, expertise or your belief that your work changes lives in the marketplace. It’s about hearing from those who have gotten benefits from your work and are willing to […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles Tagged With: @darnyellejervey, customer testimonials, Darnyelle Jervey, testimonials

It’s Time to Start Planning for Q1 in Your Small Business

August 11, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

While it may seem like the first quarter of 2015 is eons away, it’s really not, at least in terms of planning. Both strategy and marketing are areas that require you to start thinking well in advance. After all, you don’t want to be caught at year’s end trying to plan what your company does […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Grow Your Business Tagged With: business goals, business planning, small business planning

Never Be Closing in Small Business

August 7, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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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 @Tim_Hurson. Tim Hurson is founding partner of ThinkX, an international speaker and author of the new book, Never Be Closing. He creates […]

Filed Under: Customer Service, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @tim_hurson, Never Be Closing, SmallBizChat, Tim Hurson

7 Tips for Online Retail Store Start Ups

August 5, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Guest Article If there’s one thing to remember in online retail, it’s that you must provide stellar service and give the customer what they want – make it easy and quick for them to buy from you. The harder you make it to do business with you, the more sales you’ll lose. It seems like […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: Cheryl Greene, online retail

How to Fix Back Office Dysfunction in Your Small Business

August 4, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you’re like many small business owners, managing a team may not be your strong suit. You may be passionate about your business or industry, but may lack the necessary leadership skills to keep your staff in line and productive. If you’re busy running your company, you may not notice serious issues in the office […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: office dysfunction, office processes, small business leadership, small business success tips, small business tips

Who is on #SmallBizChat in August?

August 1, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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#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.  Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter.  Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and click here for directions on how to join […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: @bizbuild, @MikeMichalowicz, @shopseen, @tim_hurson, Adeel Ahmad, Karen Carr-Crawford, Mike Michalowicz, SmallBizChat, Tim Hurson

How to Leverage Technology In Your Small Business

July 31, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

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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 LaToya Collins-Jones, @PrettyGeekyCEO.  LaToya is the founder of start-up Pretty Geeky and also is SmallBizChat’s Co-host.  Before founding Pretty Geeky, LaToya […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: @prettygeekyceo, LaToya Collins-Jones, small business technology

Do You Need Help With Your Content Marketing?

July 29, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

For those of you who have been following this blog for a long time, you know I rarely highlight a single book in a post, but I am making an exception this time, because I feel so strongly about the power of content marketing. It has been my secret to success over the last six […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: @MattSMansfield, content marketing, Matt Mansfield, The Beginner's Guide to Content Marketing for Small Businesses

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