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Developing an Elevator Pitch

February 18, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

This is excerpted from my recent interview with Barbara Lopez of @Brightfarm who is President of Brightfarm Introductions talking about creating your elevator speech to promote your business.

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat Tagged With: business planning, elevator speech, online brand, small business, small business tips, SmallBizChat

Working With The One You Love

February 15, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 10 Comments

When you are first starting out in business, you will need help.  Good help is especially hard to find when you have very limited resources.  Other than interns, you may be forced to look around your personal network to see if you have any friends or family that can jump in and help you build […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Mompreneurs, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: couplepreneurs, Darryl Johnson, Donna Maria Coles Johnson, Indie Beauty Network, melinda emerson, relationship management, small business, small business success, small business tips, smallbizlady, smallbizlady's rules

From Product Idea to Business Owner

February 11, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

MelindaEmerson’s SmallBizChat Interviews with Sandy Abrams, author of Your Idea, Inc. on how to turn a product into a business.

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, How to Start, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: product-based business, small business, small business tips, smallbizlady, start a small business

Is Everybody Your Boss?

February 8, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 8 Comments

The good thing about being an entrepreneur is that you get to be your own boss. The bad thing about being an entrepreneur is that every client is your boss. When you have a job, you generally have one boss, in business every client is your boss. You are not working for a raise; you […]

Filed Under: Customer Service, My Recommendations Tagged With: become your own boss, Customer Service, melinda emerson, smallbizlady

Go From Employee to Entrepreneur

February 4, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 5 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 Kim Beasley is the owner of two small businesses, and the author of Your Passionate Business, @passionatebiz or @KimBeasley on Twitter. Kim […]

Filed Under: How to Start, SmallBizChat Tagged With: business planning, employee to entrepreneur, entrepreneur, hobby to business, how to find a business idea, small business, small business info, small business success, SmallBizChat, start a business

Why I Love Twitter

February 1, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 13 Comments

Twitter is a social networking site that is a micro-blogging platform. It is designed for people who need the bottom-line and not much else. In short, if you can’t say it in 140 characters or less, forget about it. Twitter demands that you “hit it and quit it” as James Brown would say. I got […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, How to Start, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: Christina Katz, David Meerman Scott, dmscott, find anything on Twitter, make money on Twitter, melinda emerson, smallbizlady, social media, thewritermama, twitter

Good Start President Obama, But More Change Needs To Come

January 29, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

My first guest post for Smallbiztrends went live this week.  “Will 2010 Be the Year of Start-Up America?” generated much interest, prompting many people to ask for my opinion about President Obama’s State of the Union Address — and what impact it will have on the nation’s small businesses. My ears perked up when I […]

Filed Under: Mompreneurs, My Recommendations, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, melinda emerson, President Obama, small business, small business info, smallbizlady, State of the Union Address

How to Tame Your Email

January 28, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 3 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 @MarshaEgan who is a Certified Life and Executive Coach with the International Coach Federation and the author of the book, the Inbox […]

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: email, email inbox, Inbox Detox, marsha egan, melinda emerson, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, work productivity

How to Tame Your Email

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The Entrepreneur’s Job Description PART II

January 25, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Just as you would write a job description when hiring an employee, you need to understand what is fully involved in your new job as an entrepreneur and business owner. Everyone at some time or another has dreamed of becoming their own boss, but I’m here to tell you there’s a lot of work involved […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Branding & Marketing, Cash Flow & Finance, Grow Your Business, How to Start, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, entrepreneur, facebook, melinda emerson, planning, small business, small business info, smallbizlady, social media, start a business, twitter

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