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The SmallBizChat Podcast: Avoid Decision Disasters with Gleb Tsipursky

June 25, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Gleb Tsipursky, Ph.D., known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert, is a thought leader, cognitive neuroscientist, coach, public speaker, consultant, and the CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, LLC. Gleb uses his insights and expertise in behavioral economics and neuroscience to help business leaders improve their judgment to make better decisions and ultimately avoid disaster. He is […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: avoid disasters, business leaders, decision disaster, make better decisions, making business decisions, small business decision making, SWOT analysis

5 Challenges for Women in Business in 2020

June 23, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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It’s good to appreciate just how much cultural progress has been made since the turn of the millennium because make no mistake: things are markedly better than they were. Sexual harassment in the workplace, for instance, has gone from something to be discussed only in back rooms under non-disclosure agreements to issue companies are expected […]

Filed Under: Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: becoming an entrepreneur, budding entrepreneurs, solopreneur, Women in Business, women looking for investments

Is a Recession the Time to Target the Government for Business?

June 22, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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I recently interviewed government contracting expert Carroll Bernard on #Smallbizchat Live, he gave so many juicy tidbits on how to leverage government contracting vehicles right now. His interview was so important I wanted to share it on this blog without edit.  Carroll Bernard is a government market coach and trainer, and the co-founder of Govology.com, […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview Tagged With: doing business with the government, government contracts, sell to government agencies, sell to the government, U.S. Small Business Administration

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Jane Atkinson on Becoming a Wealthy Speaker


June 18, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  Known as the Speaker Launcher, Jane Atkinson is the founder of The Wealthy Speaker School and works to elevate the public speaking platforms of highly regarded individuals such as celebrities and best-selling authors. Jane is the author of several books on public speaking, including The Wealthy Speaker 2.0, The Epic Keynote, and The Wealthy […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: build successful speaking businesses, build your speaking platform, professional speaker, reinvent your speaking brand, speakers, speaking business, the Wealthy Speaker School

June 2020 #SmallBizChat: How to Better Manage Finances in Your Small Business and How to Achieve Excellent Credit

June 18, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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#Smallbizchat LIVE is a monthly video chat where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat LIVE 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 Page, […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: business finances, credit repair, credit score, managing business finances, small business finances, small business owner, social enterprise

How to Enjoy a Vacation When You’re a Freelancer

June 16, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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When you freelance, there’s no one you can immediately delegate to. And it’s not like you can inform your boss of your intention to take a couple of weeks off, and get paid for the privilege either. This is not a gripe at the unfairness of it all when you are a freelancer; obviously there […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: digital detox, enjoy vacation time, Freelance, planned vacation time, using a virtual assistant

Blogging for Small Business Part III – How to Monetize Your Blog

June 15, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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If you treat your blog like a business, you could one day blog for money. This is Part III of my series on blogging for small businesses. In Part I, we talked about how to develop a content strategy. In Part II, we discussed how to promote your small business blog. This blog is focused […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: blog for money, blogging for your business, monetization, money from blogging, professional blogger

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Building Relationships & Leveraging LinkedIn Connections with Kelvin Joseph



June 11, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Recognized by Inc. Magazine on their Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 list, Kelvin Joseph is a B2B strategist, marketing consultant, CEO of Kool Kel Marketing, and the owner of Samanta Shoes. Kelvin is also an American Advertising Federation Trendsetter, a LinkedIn B2B Marketing Influencer, and an expert in the arena of sports marketing. Before his […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: authenticity, event marketing, influencer marketing, LinkedIn connections, professional brand, small business owner, the power of social selling

5 Ways Customer Personas Help Increase Sales

June 9, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Understanding potential customers are key to engaging them in meaningful conversations, recommending products that are the most relevant to their needs, and ultimately winning sales. Whether you have a sales team or you are a small business owner doing your own sales, connecting with prospects is an essential way to keep your business growing. Using […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: create customer personas, Create Effective Strategies, customer personas, How to Reach Prospects, Using customer personas

Blogging for Small Business Part II – How to Promote Your Small Business Blog

June 8, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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When building your brand online, it’s all about great content that engages potential and existing customers to keep your brand top of mind. Blogging has become very common, and there’s so much noise online. People are being bombarded with content and images on all their devices making it more challenging than ever to drive traffic […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: blog sharing tools, blogging for small business, content promotion plan, content promotion strategy, promote your blog

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