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12 Things to Do Before Starting a Business

June 24, 2019 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Are you finally ready to strike out on your own with your very own small business? Owning a small business is never a get rich quick scheme. If you want to be successful; it will cost you. It will cost you money, sleep, relationships, and you will be pushed in ways you never thought possible. […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, How to Start, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: before starting a business, business, small business, start a business, start a small business, starting a business

How to Grow a Product-Based Business, Digitally Transform, and Raise CEO Kids

June 20, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation 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 on Twitter every Wednesday from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag #Smallbizchat and click here […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: business, digital transformation, growth, parenting, small business, smallbiz kids

5 Technological Innovations Changing Small Businesses

June 18, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

technological innovations

Technology is changing much of the world we know. From medicine to industry to military, technological applications are taking over. Barring any earth-shattering events, technology seems like it is here to stay. It is humankind’s effort to make the world function with efficiency. One of the areas most affected is business—technology has almost completely transformed […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Technology Tagged With: digital age, Innovations Changing Small Businesses, small business, tech, tech innovations, technological innovations, technology

10 Things You Need to Know Before Buying Into a Franchise

June 17, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

buying into a franchise

Owning a franchise allows you to go into business for yourself, but not by yourself. A franchise owner operates by selling an established product or service which often has significant brand recognition (think McDonald’s or Orange Theory). A franchise includes not only a product, service, and trademark but also the complete method to conduct the business […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Cash Flow & Finance, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: buying a franchise, buying into franchse, franchise, franchise buying, franchise opportunity, franchisee, is a franchise right for me

How to Use Video to Rehumanize Your Business

June 13, 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 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview about video communication and marketing with Ethan Beute @EthanBeute. Ethan is Vice President of Marketing at BombBomb and author of Rehumanize Your Business: How […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat Tagged With: small business video marketing, video, video communication, video content, video marketing, VIDEOS

Who’s on #Smallbizchat June 2019

June 11, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation 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 on Twitter every Wednesday from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Leadership, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Teams Tagged With: digital, digital transformation, growth, intellectual property, ip, kids, marketing, products, sales, salesperson, small business, SmallBizChat, trademark, video, video marketing

Amp Up Your Online Marketing Efforts: Social Media Updates for Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest

June 11, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Social media has proven to be highly useful for businesses. Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, three of the most popular channels thus far, provide businesses with a platform to connect and interact with both their existing and prospective customers. Things are only bound to get better as these key social media channels are working tirelessly to […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Social Media Tagged With: facebook marketing, instagram marketing, marketing, online marketing, pinterest marketing, social media, social media marketing

What If You Lose Your EIN Verification Letter?

June 10, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

EIN verification letter

I recently decided to change business banks. And, as I discovered, when you decide to do this, you must have your personal ID, your articles of incorporation, and your EIN verification letter. I know my EIN number by heart since I’ve been in business 20 years, but that’s not good enough for the bank. In […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance Tagged With: EIN, EIN letter, EIN verification letter, finace, small business

How to Be a Better Salesperson in Your Small Business

June 6, 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 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with sales expert, Mike Adams @MikeAdamsSales. He taught himself storytelling ‘on the job’ while selling and managing sales teams for international corporations […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: business selling, business story, business storytelling, mike adam, salesperson, smallbiz chat, story, storytelling

How to Raise Capital for Your Business Using a Self-Directed IRA

June 4, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Self-Directed IRA

Raising capital for your business is always a challenge. The eligibility criteria in the business lending space are stringent, and investors are quite picky too. The lack of funding options may, at times, frustrate you. But there is a way. You can use your investment IRA assets to raise money for your business. Your self-directed […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Guest Articles Tagged With: business, finance, investment, IRA, self-directed IRA

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