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May 2023 #SmallBizChat: Leading Your Team During Uncertain Times

May 25, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat Podcast LIVE is a monthly video interview show 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 every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: Business Health Score, entrepreneur, recession, sales taxes, small business grants

How to Pitch Yourself to a Podcast: A Podcast Pitching Guide for Small Business Owners

May 22, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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My ongoing series about podcasting for small business owners has covered the 10 steps to start a podcast and 14 ways to promote a podcast. Now, we will take a different angle and focus on how to pitch yourself to a podcast as a guest. This article is for small business owners who don’t necessarily […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: guest on a podcast, Podcast Pitch, podcasting for small business owners, power of podcasts, start a podcast

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Becoming Financially Free with Curtis May

May 18, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Curtis May is the host of the Practical Wealth Show Podcast and the creator and owner of Practical Wealth Advisors. Curtis has been helping individuals plan what to do with their money for over 35 years. He is passionate about helping his clients save money and live their best life right now. His primary focus […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: business finances, financially free, investing, principles of wealth creation, wealth management

14 Ways to Promote a Podcast

May 15, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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In my last blog post, I shared a simple 10-step system for starting a podcast. Now, I want to help take you the rest of the way by sharing 14 ways to promote a podcast so you can get more listeners and followers. By leveraging these promotion strategies, you’ll be able to elevate your podcast’s […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: Apple Podcasts, email marketing, podcast landing page, promote a podcast, Spotify

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Bringing Joy Into Your Marketing with M. Shannon Hernandez

May 11, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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M. Shannon Hernandez is ALL ABOUT THAT JOY in life and biz. She is specifically known around the globe for The Content Personality® Wheel and is the Founder of Joyful Business Revolution™, a business growth strategy, and consultancy company that works with brick-and-mortar or online service-based business owners. Shannon and her team specialize in joyful […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: building your email list, business growth solutions, Content Personality®, Joyful Business Revolution™, organic marketing

How to Start a Podcast in 10 Easy Steps

May 8, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Did you hear the news? The SmallBizChat Podcast just celebrated its 200th episode! As a successful podcaster, I often receive questions from fellow small business owners who are curious about podcasting but aren’t sure how to start their own show. If you’ve been considering podcasting as a way to connect with your audience, you’re in […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: podcast name, podcast recording software, podcasting for small business, promoting podcast, start a podcast

The SmallBizChat Podcast: 200th Episode: Weathering the Storm with Melinda Emerson

May 4, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  For the 200th Episode of the SmallBizChat, I wanted to discuss weathering the storms of life and business. It is after the rain that the flowers grow and prosper. The same is true for your business. Today we discuss how to weather those storms and become stronger in the aftermath. Listen in for an […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: innovative idea, new vision, small business, small business owners, storms of life and business

May 2023 #SmallBizChat: NBSW 2023 Succession Planning in Small Businesses

May 3, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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#Smallbizchat Podcast LIVE is a monthly video interview show 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 their own boss. Please join us live every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: collecting cash, family business, financial planning, small business owners, succession planning

Happy National Small Business Week 2023

May 1, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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National Small Business Week 2023 (NSBW) kicks off from May 1 — May 6, 2023. This annual week-long celebration honors the nation’s small businesses with events occurring nationwide and online. America’s 33 million small businesses should take a BOW and celebrate their hard work and service to their customers.  National Small Business Week was created by […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: business apps, cashflow, delegate, national small business week 2023, new business owners

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Hit It & Quit It with Melina Palmer, Christy Ford & Tracey L. Gordon

April 27, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  Melina Palmer is the founder and CEO of The Brainy Business, which provides behavioral economics consulting to businesses of all sizes worldwide. Her podcast, The Brainy Business: Understanding the Psychology of Why People Buy, has downloads in over 170 countries and is used as a resource for teaching applied behavioral economics to many universities […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: behavioral economics, local business, making a will, marketing, small business tips

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