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How to Maintain Your Company Culture with Rapid Growth

March 6, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

In theory, scaling your business is a good thing. You increase revenues, grow your client base, and probably expand your staff. But with rapid growth, there are often growing pains within your company. Some areas of your business might suffer, such as your company culture. When your business is small, you may have found it […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: company culture, small business growth

How To Create Big-Bucks Content Without Breaking the Budget

February 28, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post Many small businesses believe creating high quality content is too expensive and time consuming. Only big companies have the budget to employ someone just to write up pages for a website, right? It’s true that many big companies spend the big bucks on hiring staff with the sole purpose of keeping their websites […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Grow Your Business Tagged With: @insightlyapp, content marketing

FedEx Small Business Grant Contest is Open

February 22, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post Want a shot at a $25,000 grant to grow your small business? Starting today, you can enter the 5th annual FedEx Small Business Grant Contest for a chance to win a cash boost, plus up to $7,500 in FedEx Office® print and business services. As a winner, you would join an exclusive group […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Grow Your Business, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: FedEx, Small Business Grant Contest

How to Grow an Online Business

February 23, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my online talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Anita Campbell @Smallbiztrends. Anita is the Founder and Publisher of Small Business Trends and has been following trends in small businesses since […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: FedEx, small business success, small business tips, SmallBizChat, smallbiztrends

7 Ways to Drive Organic Search Traffic to Your Small Business Website

February 6, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

With Google changing the algorithm frequently and keyword changing every 4-6 weeks depending on what you sell, it’s a cutthroat world when it comes to climbing to page one of search results these days. Your small business is competing with bigger brands with deeper pockets who can afford major SEO budgets. The big boys spend […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Technology Tagged With: organic search, SEO, website traffic

Don’t Take Customer Feedback For Granted

January 17, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post If you’re pulling your hair out because your marketing campaigns aren’t doing as well as you hoped they would, it’s time to consider the reasons why you’re struggling. There’s a reason why Big Data is a hot buzzword right now: data can be tremendously useful in helping you create marketing campaigns that do hit the mark. It […]

Filed Under: Customer Service, Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: @insightlyapp, customer feedback

Tips for Finding, Qualifying and Hiring Freelancers

January 10, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Post According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 40% of the U.S. workforce will be freelancers by 2020. This is great news for individuals that have the audacity to remove the chains of perceived security of full-time employment and the discipline to work independently. On the other hand, it presents challenges for the […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles, Your Small Business

17 Steps to Launching a Freelance Business

January 9, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If starting a freelance business is on your 2017 New Year’s Goals list, you’ll need to get a few things in place. In this post, I will walk you through the steps you need to take to launch a successful freelance business this year. By the way, I wrote the book Become Your Own Boss […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, How to Start, Starting A Small Business

New Year, New Resolve

January 2, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

I hope you didn’t spend too much time making resolutions that you probably won’t keep over the holidays. Let’s resolve to do something different in 2017. If you are fearful about launching a business. Swallow the fear and deal with facts. Create a plan and then work your plan. You can do it. Just make […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, How to Start Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, planning

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing: New Year Creative Team Inspiration

December 13, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post Image Credit As we to enter a new year, you might feel renewed, refreshed and ready to hit the ground running! Maybe you’re chock full of inspiration, new ideas and resolutions to make this year great. Or, like some of us, you might feel a little burned out from holiday festivities, end of […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Guest Articles Tagged With: @insightlyapp, creativity, inspiration, motivation

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