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How to Stand Out on Small Business Saturday

November 20, 2014 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 8-9pm ET. This week’s guest is Gene Marks @Genemarks. Gene is a nationally recognized management columnist and speaker specializing in small and medium sized businesses. He writes regularly for the NY Times, […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @CANcapital, @genemarks, #SmallBusinessSaturday, Gene Marks, small business Saturday

How to Network to Promote your Small Business

November 10, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

90 percent of all small businesses get business from referrals, which means your network is your net worth in business. Sales are the lifeblood of your business. Not only that, repeat business and word of mouth referrals are what will make your business sustainable. But what if your personal network is drying up and you […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business Tagged With: network to promote your small business, small business networking

How to Develop a Sales Funnel for MAXIMUM Profit

November 13, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 @michellepippin, B. Michelle Pippin. There’s certainly no shortage of business “gurus” vying for your attention, promising you the world on a […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @michellepippin, B. Michelle Pippin, sales funnel

How to Get MORE Clients, MORE Money and MORE Love

November 6, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 @briellaarion. Melissa Krivachek is the President of Briella Arion, Inc. As a two time international best-selling author and award winning entrepreneur, […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @briellaarion. Melissa Krivachek

How to Fix Back Office Dysfunction in Your Small Business

August 4, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you’re like many small business owners, managing a team may not be your strong suit. You may be passionate about your business or industry, but may lack the necessary leadership skills to keep your staff in line and productive. If you’re busy running your company, you may not notice serious issues in the office […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: office dysfunction, office processes, small business leadership, small business success tips, small business tips

How to REALLY Generate Sales

October 30, 2014 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 Jeffrey Gitomer, @Gitomer. Jeffrey is a creative, on-the-edge, writer and speaker whose expertise on sales, customer loyalty, and personal development is […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @gitomer, Jeffrey Gitomer, selling in small business, small business sales

How to Develop Sales Goals for Your Small Business

October 27, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Sales are the lifeblood of your business. Not only that: increased sales are what help you grow to that next level. But if you’re putting too much of your time into other areas of your business, you can’t measure or even strategize on how to improve sales. Let’s look at what you should be doing, […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business Tagged With: Jeffrey Gitomer, sales, sales goals, small business sales growth

5 Things You Could Do Today to Generate a Sale

May 1, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 6 Comments

It’s May.  That means it’s National Small Business Month and it’s time for you to get serious about your business. Answer these questions about your business: Have you updated your business plan?  Are you using your business plan to run your small business?  Do you have monthly/weekly sales goals?  Do you know by the 15th […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Cash Flow & Finance, Grow Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady Tagged With: business planning, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business info

5 Ways Color Can Improve Your Small Business

April 16, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 6 Comments

SPONSORED POST Ever since color television was invented in 1953, color has been critical to telling a visual story.  Whether you are a start-up or established business, spending the extra money on color images or color ink may seem out of the question when you are launching a marketing campaign. But using color could mean […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: business cards, color, color flyers, color headshot, color logo, melinda emerson, smalbizlady, xerox

Join Us Tonight for the #SmallBizChat Get Your Book Giveaway

May 23, 2012 By Melinda Emerson

  Today at 2 p.m. ET, the Verizon Small Business Center ( http://business.verizon.net ) will present a free webinar, offering tips for small- business owners to protect their business in the event of a disaster. The webinar will feature two executives from Firestorm, a leader in business continuity planning vulnerability analysis, risk mitigation and crisis […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady Tagged With: SmallBizChat, Verizon Small Business

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