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Do you need a Small Business Makeover?

June 1, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Pitney Bowes wants to give your business a communications makeover worth up to $10,000. If you could use some help with your email, direct mail and social media communications, you can win a free year of using Pitney Bowes’ full suite of business tools.  The grand prize winners will also receive in person one-on-one coaching […]

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Top 10 Myths About Your Small Business Taxes

January 13, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

Sponsored Post It’s tax time. This might not be your favorite time of the year, but not doing proper tax reporting is a problem you do not need in your small business. With the ever-changing requirements for businesses, it is easy to make a mistake or get caught up in tax myths. Greatland Corporation, one […]

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Finding Alternative Funding Sources for Your Small Business – Q&A with Tom Gazaway

June 2, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Tom Gazaway is the President of Hawkeye Management. Tom is a certified Business Finance Consultant. He was personally trained by the #1 credit expert in the United States, John Ulzheimer. Tom is an advocate for entrepreneurs and small business owners. His company, Hawkeye Management, provides loans & lines of credit to help business owners start, […]

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4 Things All Entrepreneurs Should Do On LinkedIn

May 31, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 8 Comments

  LinkedIn is important! 75% of all professionals in the US have a LinkedIn profile, which means if you want to do business you must have one too. LinkedIn is powerful tool that you can use to promote yourself if you are an individual consultant or a company with 2 or more employees. Here are […]

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Blogging, & Handling Corporate Inquires & Monetizing your Online Brand.

June 3, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

Check out  this quick video from the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. Fellow blogger Jewel Figueras of http://www.JewelsFabLife.com was interviewed by LaShanda Henry creator of SistaSense blogs for entrepreneurs and the Black Business Women Online Social Network. http://www.sistasense.tv/smallbizlady-and-jewelsfablife-talk-blogging-and-working-with-brands-part1/ We discussed blogging, handling corporate inquires and monetizing your online brand.  Enjoy! I’m always here as a resource. […]

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Who’s On #SmallBizChat – June 2011

June 4, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. Here are the upcoming guests for June 2011… 6/1 – Tom Gazaway @TomGazaway | Finding Alternative Funding Sources for Your Small Business 6/8 – Neil Rader @TrophyCentral | Building a Successful Online Business 6/15 – Ken Kaufman @CFOWise […]

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Are you Google-able?

June 6, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

If you’re ready for a midcareer makeover, you can get new clothes and a new haircut. But even more important, you must make yourself what I call “Google-able.” That means you need to create a smart social media footprint. By day I work as a small-business coach, and I keep coming across amazing professionals with […]

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The Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program Could Be Your Answer

June 8, 2011 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Comcast Interactive Capital, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies, today announced that is has partnered with DreamIt Ventures (“DreamIt”), the leading technology accelerator for entrepreneurs, to provide seed funding, training, mentoring and other benefits to five minority-led startups through DreamIt’s accelerator program. The partnership […]

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9 Reasons Why Boomer Businesses Fail

June 13, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

I know a woman (let’s call her Sarah) who was a vice president at a major Fortune 500 company. She was a sassy 48-year-old single MBA who was very successful climbing the corporate ladder. She worked in marketing, managing a brand at her company and making a handsome six-figure income. Then one day she decided […]

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9 Reasons Why Boomer Businesses Fail

June 13, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

I know a woman (let’s call her Sarah) who was a vice president at a major Fortune 500 company. She was a sassy 48-year-old single MBA who was very successful climbing the corporate ladder. She worked in marketing, managing a brand at her company and making a handsome six-figure income. Then one day she decided […]

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