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The SmallBizChat Podcast: Hit It & Quit It with LaQuan McCarley, Meredith Bell, & Vernon L. Williams

February 23, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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LaQuan McCarley is a government contracting expert who provides consulting services to help small businesses start doing business with the federal government. Her firm, Verve Consulting, Inc., provides business development, compliance, proposal management, and certification services for companies interested in doing business with the federal government. Through her 20+ years of experience, she is familiar […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: avoid stress and burnout, communication skills, government contracting, positive habits, revenue goals

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Confessions of a Small Business Owner: 3 Times I Almost Failed

March 2, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Today, Melinda shares with us the reality of running her business – including times when she didn’t think she would make it through. People see pictures of her online, on TV, and in webinars, and they think everything’s rainbows with the phone ringing off the hook. That’s true now, but that was not always true. […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: attract more customers, Building a solopreneur business, leadership styles, small business, small business owners

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Leveling Up Your Communication with Meredith Bell

February 9, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Meredith Bell has been an entrepreneur since 1982. She has conducted hundreds of programs for leaders and the members of their teams to help them communicate and work together more effectively. She has also personally worked with thousands of entrepreneurs, leaders, consultants, and coaches. She loves building strong relationships with clients, resellers, affiliates, and vendors. […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: business communication, communication skills, communication timing, giving feedback, team communication

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Government Contracting with Your Small Business with LaQuan McCarley

February 2, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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LaQuan McCarley is a government contracting expert who provides consulting services to help small businesses start doing business with the federal government. Her firm, Verve Consulting, Inc., provides business development, compliance, proposal management, and certification services for companies interested in doing business with the federal government. Through her 20+ years of experience, she is familiar […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: get a government contract, government contracting, government contractors, government contracts, small business

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Imposter Syndrome with Melinda Emerson

January 26, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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I love doing solo podcasts because that allows me to directly answer questions that I get from my fans and loyal readers. And I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about impostor syndrome. And I think it’s worth talking about because I don’t think enough people talk about it. Young entrepreneurs often experience and […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: achieving small business success, become a small business owner, impostor syndrome, overcoming imposter syndrome, young entrepreneurs

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Hit It & Quit It with Joanne Black, David C. Barnett, and Eboni Bowman

January 19, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Joanne Black is America’s leading authority on referral selling. She’s not bragging – her publisher gave her that moniker, and she’s taking it! Referrals work whether you’re looking for a job, want a promotion, need clients, or looking for a date. She’s written two books, No More Cold Calling: The Breakthrough System That Will Leave […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: buy an existing business, grow your business with referrals, referral selling, sell a business, solo business

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Outsourcing to Scale with Chef Eboni Bowman

January 12, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Chef Eboni Bowman is the founder of Flavor Atlanta, and she turned her lifelong love of cooking into a successful Georgia-based small business offering personal chef services, meal prep, cooking classes, and catering. Both of Eboni’s grandmothers did a lot of cooking and baking, and one was a professional caterer. Eboni started helping them in […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: achieving small business success, competition, grow your solo business, outsourcing for small business owners, solo business

The SmallBizChat Podcast: What You Need to Know to Buy or Sell a Business with David C. Barnett

January 5, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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David C. Barnett loves to say that it took him 10 years to unlearn what he learned in business school. After a career in advertising sales, Barnett started several businesses, including a commercial debt brokerage house. Helping to finance small- and medium-sized businesses led to the field of business brokerage. Over several years, Barnett sold […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: business brokerage, business for sale, buying and selling business, commercial debt brokerage house, value of your business

The SmallBizChat Podcast: The Intel and Introduction Behind Referrals with Joanne Black

December 29, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Joanne Black is America’s leading authority on referral selling. She’s not bragging – her publisher gave her that moniker, and she’s taking it! Referrals work whether you’re looking for a job, want a promotion, need clients, or looking for a date. She’s written two books, No More Cold Calling: The Breakthrough System That Will Leave […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: asking for a referral, cold calling, grow your business with referrals, referral conversion rate, referral marketing

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Compensation and Your Small Business

December 22, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Today’s episode is a solo podcast about compensation trends, the competitive nature of the labor market, and just what compensation is and can be. We talk about the recent changes to the workplace, expectations, and work models. We also explore different ways that you can understand what your employees want and methods for offering compensation […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: compensation, compensation trends, labor market, offering compensation, workplace

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