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How to Leverage Live Streaming to Grow Your Business

January 27, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Video is the #1 marketing tool for small businesses today, and live video is even more powerful. Live streaming has evolved to where you can be live on almost any platform. Social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Snapchat offer live streaming capabilities. According to Wikipedia, live streaming refers to online […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: facebook live video, how to use video for small business, live streaming, using video in a small business, video blogging

Boost Your Business Growth With Great Online Listings

January 21, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Scaling your small business is the goal behind most entrepreneurial endeavors. But boosting your business growth isn’t going to happen overnight. It takes effort and time and building your customer base so you can see an increase in sales growth.  This means you need to keep selling to your current customers and get the attention […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: attract more customers, customers, online listings, product listings, storytelling

10 Ways to Promote Your Business Brand in 2020

January 14, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Branding is important. Managing your brand offline and online is not a small thing, but if done well, you can reduce your marketing costs and grow your revenues. The more consistent you are with your branding components the more likely someone is to recognize your brand. There are 8 key elements of a small business […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: branding, marketing, online brand, small business success

8 Tips to Build a Great Strategy for Lead Generation

January 14, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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It can be difficult to find leads, but it’s an important part of all businesses. Getting some leads means getting some chances for new business. Here are 8 tips to generate good leads for your business and how to turn them into loyal and content clients. 1. Build Useful Relationships It’s important to start some […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: build leads, generate leads, lead generation, lead generation strategy, leads

Best of the Guests 2019

December 24, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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We’re one of a few blogs that invite guest bloggers weekly to share valuable content with our audience. I decided to handpick ten of the best articles submitted this year. I consider these articles to be super useful for small business owners. This list can be a resource for you who want to make great improvements […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: best blogs of 2019, business success, grow your small business, guest blog post, guest bloggers, managing small business, small business owners

Starting a Podcast on a Budget: Everything You Need to Know

December 10, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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You’ve decided to start a podcast, but you’re not quite sure what all you’re going to need to create a truly successful show. Of course, a great podcast always starts with a great idea, so spend a lot of time determining how the show will be laid out, who the hosts are and what types […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: business podcasts, create your own podcast, getting started with podcast, how to create a podcast, podcast, podcast on a budget, podcasting for small business

20 Things To Do in Your Small Business Before 2020

December 2, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

It’s December, and the holidays are upon us. Before you start checking out early to get your shopping done and spend quality time with family, it’s time to get your business in order. Let’s set things up in your business for 2020. Start the new year organized with a plan that will set you up […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: 2020 budget, business for 2020, game plan, new year planning, prepare for the new year, sales goals, small business goals for 2020

4 Ways to Cultivate Customer Buy-In

October 15, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Brand loyalty is the elusive elixir that fuels commerce. Sure, you might get someone to buy your product while it’s on special offer, but opening the door to repeat purchases and loyalty to your products is another thing altogether. This post will explain what your brand can do to improve customer buy-in from the very […]

Filed Under: Customer Service, Grow Your Business Tagged With: brand, brand loyalty, customer experience, Customer satisfaction, customer service in small business, customers, customers loyalty, introductory offer, loyalty

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

How to use speaking to build your business

November 14, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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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

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