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10 Bible Verses Every Small Business Owner Needs for 2018

January 15, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

God put it on my heart to talk about hope for business owners in 2018. Hope is the foundation of our faith in God. This is lonely road that we walk as entrepreneurs. There’s a lot of hard work, fear, anxiety, excitement, and then you get to rinse and repeat all those emotions again and again. But […]

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11 Bible Verses Small Business Owners Need in 2011

April 4, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 21 Comments

Each year, I pick a bible verse as my theme for the year.  This year I did not choose a verse, but a saying that a coaching client shared with me. “Either I win or I learn, but with God’s help I never lose”. I loved that, and I was so touched by what this […]

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10 Best Small Business Podcasts of 2021

December 27, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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It’s hard to believe it, but it has been over two years since I started the #SmallBizChat Podcast, back in October 2019. As I said when we originally announced the podcast, “This podcast will be a way for you to learn even more about what I believe it takes to be successful in business.”  And […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Grow Your Business Tagged With: boost your industry icon status, money moves in the pandemic, small business podcast, SmallBizChat Podcast, solving people problem

10 Email Marketing Best Practices to Improve Digital Marketing ROI

March 8, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Email marketing is unquestionably one of the best digital marketing strategies. What if I tell you that you can increase your marketing profit by following some simple tips? Today I’m going to show you how you can skyrocket your email click-throughs and open rates to improve your digital marketing ROI. By following these 10 email […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Branding & Marketing Tagged With: digital marketing, email marketing, email subscribers, small business email marketing, welcome email

How to Structure a Podcast in 10 Easy Steps

March 9, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Structuring a podcast episode is like any different artistic process: the unique elements must be accurate and flow to influence your audience.  Podcast structure attributes your show’s composition, the course of its segments, and how you systematize each component to match collectively.  So how do you structure a podcast in a system that holds people […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Grow Your Business Tagged With: podcast, podcast interview, podcast script, recording a podcast, small business podcast, structuring a podcast

10 Ways to Monetize a Podcast

February 9, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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A podcast is a series of episodes of digital audio files that anyone can download to their operating device for listening based on their personal consumption. In this day and age of digital media, we have become very familiar with online streaming platforms for our entertainment. The podcast is a fresh new addition to it. Though […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Branding & Marketing Tagged With: monetize ayour podcast, podcast monetization, podcast paid membership, podcast strategy, Podcatchers, Uploading videos on YouTube

How to Reimagine Your Small Business for 2021

February 1, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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I don’t need to tell you that 2020 was tough year for small businesses. Since this pandemic started, one out of five small businesses has stopped operating. Stop and think about that for a minute. Picture an area in your city full of businesses. Now imagine one out of every five gone. It’s unbelievable and sad […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Grow Your Business Tagged With: creative ways to pivot, leverage technology, sales target list for 2021, SCAMPER formula, work virtually

Top 10 Small Business Guest Posts from 2020

December 29, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

In 2020, I was blessed with so many excellent guest blog writers who wanted to contribute to Succeed as Your Own Boss. Writing from a range of experiences and on a wide variety of topics, these articles give small business readers additional perspectives and ideas to consider. As I look forward to the new year […]

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Top 10 Small Business Podcasts from 2020

December 24, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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I started my #SmallBizChat podcast in the fall of 2019, so in 2020 – in the middle of all the craziness of the pandemic – I was happy to celebrate the 1-year mark. And I am even happier that the podcast became tremendous support to my small business readers as they faced uncertain times and […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Grow Your Business Tagged With: business finances strong, mastering money mindset, online sale success, resilient, side hustle

Top 10 Small Business Blog Posts from 2020

December 21, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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2021 is around the corner, so it is time to look back and reflect as I share my annual list of the top 10 small business blog posts from 2020.  2020 was certainly a year for the history books! A global pandemic struck and completely changed the way we worked (and lived) – changes that […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Grow Your Business Tagged With: digital marketing strategy, monetize your blog, revenue revolution in your small business, side hustle businesses, work from home apps

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