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Your 10-Step Mid-Year Small Business Check-Up

July 11, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article For small business owners, early July is a great time to assess how the year is shaping up, make adjustments that boost revenue or reduce expenses, and take advantage of new opportunities. But how do you get started and what should you focus on? The Business Advisory Services team at Excelsior Growth Fund […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles Tagged With: assess your business, business checkup

How to Make Serious Money on Amazon

June 20, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Guest Article What started as an online bookstore has turned into one of the largest companies in the world covering businesses that range from books to transoceanic shipping to video streaming.  It also empowers entrepreneurs to make a great deal of money by providing an online shopping platform. There are many different ways to make […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles Tagged With: selling on amazon

How to Source Local Talent For Your Small Business

June 27, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article In the digital age communication, collaboration, and creativity are now possible on greater levels, and the way business is conducted has been revitalized. In a world of video conferencing, social media platforms, and all-new tech tools, we are now more connected than ever before. Integrating these tools can enable any business to thrive. […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: sourcing talent, staffing

Is Your Small Business Ready for ERP?

June 26, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Imagine that you have 10 email addresses. Each one is dedicated to a specific function at work, and you must check them all regularly to make sure there’s not a fire you need to extinguish right away. Now imagine that you have one email address. You create categories in the software for each function at […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Technology Tagged With: enterprise resource planning, ERP

Alibaba wants to teach you how to sell in China

June 19, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

E-Commerce giant Alibaba wants to teach U.S. small businesses how to sell to Chinese consumers. Why now, you ask? In the 1987 film, Wall Street, character Gordon Gekko infamously declared, “Greed is good.” But these days, if your business model is selling online, and you are publicly traded on Wall Street, the updated version of that […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business Tagged With: Alibaba, online sales, Selling to China

5 Things You Can Do This Week To Grow Your List

May 22, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Email marketing can be a fabulous way to increase sales and engage your audience, but if you have no clue how to build or grow your email marketing list, that is something you need to focus on right away. Email is still the #1 way to nurture relationships with prospects and existing customers, but mobile […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: grow your list

5 Factors to Consider Before Investing in Property for Your Business

May 30, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article As a business, there are many pressures on your financial resources. In order to grow, you need to make a profit. But you also need to invest in your business. Is property still a shrewd financial investment and is it something a business should consider? For many, investing in property is seen as […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles Tagged With: invest in property

What Kind of Business Insurance Do You Need?

May 29, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Insurance is not a sexy topic for a business owner, but it is necessary to think about. Protecting both your business and yourself should be a top priority as an entrepreneur. When is the last time you looked over your business insurance needs? Have you recently added payroll employees? Moved into professional office space? Or […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: business insurance

Are You Dragging FEAR Into Your Small Business Sales Process?

May 9, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article As a small business owner, our mortgages, our cars, our families, our LIVES, can hinge on our business and our ability to sell and generate revenue. We take that incredibly personally and the stress and fear of losing a customer or blowing a sale can lead us to inject those anxieties into our […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles Tagged With: business opportunity, sales process

How the SBA Can Help Your Small Business

May 1, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

It’s once again my favorite time of year, National Small Business Week! For the entire week, there are a ton of free resources, webinars, and events both on the web and in your town. I’ll be celebrating National Small Business Week with #Smallbizchat LIVE from New York. It’s a video broadcast, on Facebook Live sponsored […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, How to Start, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: national small business week, Small Business Administration

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