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6 Tips For Time Management At A Startup

May 12, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 In contrast to the popular saying – Time is money, time is a lot more valuable than money; it is life itself. One of the major challenges business owners, especially startups, face is how to efficiently utilize their time to maximize productivity and move to the next level. When you are trying to build an […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Uncategorized, Your Small Business Tagged With: manage your time, maximize productivity, startups, Time management, time tracking software

Do You Need to Reinvent Your Business in These Uncertain Times?

May 11, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Do You Need to Reinvent Your Business in These Uncertain Times? OG

If your business was on shaky ground before COVID-19, you are probably sitting back trying to figure out if your business is worth trying to save or if you need to blow it up and reinvent. No matter what decision you make, you will need a framework to evaluate what you even have, so you […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: new business approach, recession, reinventing your business., SCAMPER formula, SCAMPER process

May 2020 #SmallBizChat: How to go from Management Mess to Leadership Success, How to Keep Your Remote Workers From Failing & How to go from Side Hustler to Full-Time Business Owner

May 7, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

May 2020 #SmallBizChat: How to go from Management Mess to Leadership Success, How to Keep Your Remote Workers From Failing & How to go from Side Hustler to Full-Time Business Owner Open Graph

#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: 6-figure job, leadership challenges, leadership success, manage a remote worker, real estate business, remote workers for success

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Know Your Numbers, Scale Your Business with Nina Kaufman

May 7, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Know Your Numbers, Scale Your Business with Nina Kaufman
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Nina Kaufman is an award-winning business attorney, strategist, and the founder of The Legal Edge LLC/Business Exponential and Kaufman Law PLLC. A legal expert and Forbes-recognized influencer in the field of entrepreneurship, Nina’s expertise has appeared on news channels including MSNBC and FOX, as well as in publications including the Huffington Post, the Wall Street […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: contracts, financial vision, increase profitability, legal agreements, scale your business, solopreneur, top legal mistakes

How to Build Business Credit

May 5, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Building good business credit is an essential step for every new business because it allows you to keep your business and personal credit separate, and it gives you the purchasing power you need to grow your business. If you’re a small business owner, we’re going to look at how you can build your business credit […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Grow Your Business Tagged With: build good business credit, building business credit, business credit file, credit scores, federal tax identification number, good credit

20 Top Side Hustle Businesses to Launch in These Uncertain Times

May 4, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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If you have been laid off or furloughed, you need to earn money right now. You can wait to get a call back from your job, or you can use your skills to generate income elsewhere.  Thanks to the internet and social media marketing, you can make money in side hustle businesses despite what is […]

Filed Under: Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: establish a business, generate income, side hustle, side hustle business, virtual assistant

The SmallBizChat Podcast: The Freedom Formula with David Finkel


April 30, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Former Olympic-level athlete turned business multi-millionaire, David Finkel is an entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of the business coaching company, Maui Mastermind®. He has helped over 100,000 clients with buying, building, and selling business assets. David has written twelve business books, including his latest, The Freedom Formula: How to Succeed In Business Without Sacrificing […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: achieving work-life balance, avoid micromanagement, professional routine, small business owner, the freedom formula, work smarter, work-life balance

How to Generate B2B Leads in 2020

April 28, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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New leads are the lifeblood of your company. When you’re running a B2B company, each new lead could represent a huge amount of revenue. Because of the disproportionately large amount of work that usually goes into finding new B2B leads, lead generation is one of the most frustrating activities you can do! It’s time to […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: B2B lead generation ideas, B2B new leads, generate more leads, lead generation strategy, running a B2B company

15 Ways to Create Highly Effective Landing Pages

April 27, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

15 Ways to Create Highly Effective Landing Pages Open Graph

In the current pandemic all of us need to develop new ways to sell online. The best way to highlight your services or products online is with landing pages. We’ve all clicked through an interesting ad on Facebook looking for more information only to find yourself on a lame landing page that you abandoned it […]

Filed Under: 15 Things Series, Branding & Marketing Tagged With: build your sign-ups, clear calls to action, conversion goals, effective landing pages, irresistible offer, landing pages, sales funnel

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Leveraging Technology in the Remote World with Burton Kelso

April 23, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Burton Kelso is a technology industry expert, entrepreneur, and the Chief Tech Expert at the Missouri-based award-winning company Integral, which The Examiner Magazine called the best computer repair company of 2018. Deemed one of the Top 50 Influencers in Kansas City by Blogger Local KC, Burton also serves as a public speaker at professional organizations […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: collaboration software, disinfect your electronic devices, remote environment, remote workers, remote workforce, small business technology, technology

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