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Are You on the Path to Reinventing Your Small Business?

November 15, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Small biz owners are reinventing their businesses all the time, especially in this economy. Old ways of doing business just aren’t working anymore. I’d love to be able to tell you that there are set of linear phases that every small business owner goes through while you’re reinventing your business and marketing models… …but if […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Business Inspiration, Grow Your Business, Women in Business Tagged With: Business reinvention, Finding clarity on goals, Karyn Greetstreet, making a roadmap, managing change, marketing model, new business model, small business

Do you have an idea for the next great tech start-up?

November 14, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Last night, CNN debuted Black in America 4 with Soledad O’Brien, which featured 8 African-American tech entrepreneurs who went out to Silicon Valley this summer to participate in a business incubator with the hopes of landing seed capital to catapult their entrepreneurial dreams.  It was an amazing mix between MTV’s the Real World and Donald […]

Filed Under: How to Start, Social Media, Starting A Small Business, Technology Tagged With: Angela Benton, black in america 4, cnn, ERis Ries, Hank Wiliams, Mario armstrong, melinda emerson, newmeaccelator.com, Silicon Valley, smallbizlady, soledad obrien, start-up, start-up entrepreneur, tech entrepreneurs, tech start-up, wayne sutton

How to Legally Protect Your Business – Q&A with Jeffrey Fabian

November 10, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 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 Jeff Fabian @jsfabian. Jeff is the owner of Fabian, LLC, a boutique law firm that assists business owners with drafting and negotiation […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: legal, SmallBizChat, trademarks

3 New Ways to Network Your Small Business

November 8, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 6 Comments

Recently, I’ve noticed a couple of interesting details about the e-mails I receive inviting me to connect online. First off, I’ve been receiving more invitations than usual. Don’t get be wrong; this is just fine by me, but I started to get curious about why the number was growing at such a fast rate. It […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Social Media Tagged With: business networking sites, business networking websites, business social networking websites, how to network your business, Matt Mansfield, top business networking sites

5 Things Wrong With Your Business Plan

November 7, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

If you’ve taken the time to develop a business plan for your start-up business, you are on the right track. You have a roadmap that will help you with decision-making in your new enterprise. Take the time to be sure your business plan doesn’t contain any of the following shortcomings that will prevent your business […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Cash Flow & Finance, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: business plan, business plan mistakes, know your numbers, melinda emerson, plan for growth, research your competitors, research your market, up-to-date business plan

How To Go from Idea to Store Shelves QA Interview with Jen Groover

November 3, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

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 @Jengroover.  She’s a top business expert and has been tagged by Success Magazine as a “One-Woman Brand” and named a leading “Serial […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: intellectual property, product development, smallbizlady, strategic branding

How to Generate Revenue for Your Small Business

November 1, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

Most people know they shouldn’t attempt to take on a mortgage without having some way to pay for it.  Yet small business owners do something quite similar every day.  How do they do this? Some small business owners focus on running the business before focusing on generating the leads that fund the business.  Sure, every […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Cash Flow & Finance, Grow Your Business Tagged With: build leads, build leads offline, create a list, lead generation, linkedin, melinda emerson, Morgan Leu Parkhurst, network, sales, sales funnel

Are You Ready To Finish the Year With a Bang?

October 31, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

This past weekend I conducted my last BYOB2011 Workshop in my national tour. I held the last one in Philadelphia, my hometown.  The focus of  the tour was  on three things; How to Become Your Own Boss, How to Develop a Killer Marketing Plan and How to build a Social Media Brand.   For the last […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Business Inspiration, Grow Your Business, How to Start Tagged With: Be an Agent of Convenience, Be Your Own Bank, BYOB, byob2011, constantcontact, corpnet, Done is Good Enough, entrepreneurs, melinda emerson, Plan Sales, small business, smallbizlady, Success is Self-confidence, Update Your life plan

How to Use Visual Marketing to Grow Your Business Brand?

October 27, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 6 Comments

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 Anita Campbell @smallbiztrends.  Anita Campbell has her finger on the pulse of small businesses.  As a small business expert, writer and publisher of […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat Tagged With: interview, marketing, SmallBizChat

How to Negotiate Commercial Real Estate – #SmallBizChat QA with The Square Foot

October 20, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

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 Justin Lee, co-founder of The Square Foot. The Square Foot is a website that connects businesses with local real estate agents who […]

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