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5 Quick Tips to Help Increase Your Business Success

November 19, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Some say that more than half of small businesses will never survive for more than 5 years. Let’s face the fact: starting a business can be easy, building it and making it thrive, is difficult. There are so many strategies and tactics you can use to grow your business, but where should you start? Here […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: build your business, business success, minimum viable product, right audience, small business owners, small business success tips, year in review

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Don’t Be the Momma – Ep. 005

November 18, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

As entrepreneurs, we need to hire people that want to work for us, that want to work hard, and that can think and make decisions on their own. When you’re just starting your entrepreneurial journey, it’s easy to become the ‘momma’ – the micro-manager – of your operations. But, micro-managing your team comes at a […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: micromanager, micromanaging, proactive, small business team, thinkers

How to use speaking to build your business

November 14, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a 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 8-9 pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with David Newman @dnewman who is a thought leader in the world of marketing and speaking. He is the founder of […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: building your personal brand, professional speaking, small business marketing strategy, speaking business, speaking for business owners, speaking speaker, speaking strategy

How to Promote Your Brand in 10 Different Ways

November 12, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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When you have a product or service business you are also a brand and you must promote your brand to stay top of mind with existing and potential customers to increase your sales.  There are lots of ways to promote your brand before and after the sale.  Here are the 10 best Ideas that I […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Branding & Marketing Tagged With: branding, marketing, promote your brand

7 Tips for Performing Competitor Research Easily and Effectively

November 12, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

In order to be successful as a business, you need to know your market as well as your competition. After all, knowledge is power and being prepared can help you get ahead. Launching a business without knowing what to expect is the quickest way to be left behind, whether today or tomorrow! Let’s look at […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: analyze your competition, competition, competitive market analysis, competitors, competitors research, market analysis, market research

Top 19 Resources for Veteran-Owned Business

November 11, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Are you a veteran with an interest in business ownership? 250,000+ veterans transition to civilian life each year. On this Veteran’s Day, if you are thinking about starting a business there are resources that will help you launch or grow your big idea. There are government programs and funders whose mission is specifically designed to […]

Filed Under: Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: Lender Match, Resources for Veterans, SBA, Veteran’s Day, veterans, veterans business, veterans entrepreneurship

How to Leverage Tax Planning in Your Small Business

November 7, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Davita Pray CPA @davitapraycpa provides tax preparation, business consulting, and Quickbooks services either in your facility or at my location. She provides tax preparation with the personalization that software packages can’t. She stays up-to-date with the changing tax laws, as well as any requirements for business owners. Her business is based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. As a CPA, […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, SmallBizChat Tagged With: business accountant, Federal Income taxes, small business owners, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, tax liability, tax planning, tax preparation

How to Spur Your Brand Visibility with Social Media

November 5, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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According to Statista, 2.82 billion people are active social media users and we will have around 3.1 billion social media users by 2021. That’s a third of the world’s population. Over the past decade, social media has turned into a gold mine for brands. If used aptly and judiciously, brands strike gold. There have been […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: Brand Awareness, brand visibility, small business brand awareness, social media goals, social media influencers, social media platforms, Social Media Strategy

The Ultimate Side Hustle Success Formula

November 4, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Are you thinking about launching your own side hustle? Or maybe you already have one, and you are starting to feel the pinch of your competing to-do lists. Lots of people out there have side gigs, and it’s a good thing with all the talk of recession coming in 2020.  You can turn a hobby […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: 9-5 job, employee to entrepreneur, full-time entrepreneurship, run your small business, side gigs, side hustle, side hustle success formula

How to Manage Cyber Security in Your Small Business

October 31, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Scott N. Schober @ScottBVS is a cyber security expert and the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a 47-year-old New Jersey-based company and leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Scott is a highly sought-after author and expert for live security events, media appearances and commentary on the topics of […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: cyber attack, cyber security, data breach, managing small business, online privacy, phishing, small business owners

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