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The SmallBizChat Podcast: Hit It and Quit It with Laurie Barkman, Zachary Green, and Rebecca Monet

August 18, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Three of my favorite guest experts – Laurie Barkman, Zachary Green, and Rebecca Monet – join me all at once for a fun, lighthearted, rapid-fire round of my favorite business questions. We get their opinions on a few business tools, some old-school marketing tips, and some great books for aspiring business owners. Listen to the […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: adversity, business app, business transition, favorite podcast, old-school marketing tip, tips for success for franchisees

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Turning LinkedIn Connections into Conversations with Brynne Tillman

September 1, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Brynne Tillman is the LinkedIn Whisperer and CEO of Social Sales Link. For over a decade she has been teaching Entrepreneurs, sales teams, and business leaders how to leverage LinkedIn for social selling.  As a former sales trainer and personal producer, Brynne adopted all of the traditional sales techniques and adapted them to the new […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: cold calling, generating leads on Linkedin, how to leverage LinkedIn, qualified buyers, social selling

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Becoming an Entrepreneurial Warrior with Zachary Green

August 4, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Zachary Green’s experiences in the Marine Corps shaped his destiny. His time in the military, then as a firefighter, gave him the resourcefulness, integrity, and grit to become a highly successful entrepreneur and best-selling author. Taking risks, trusting himself, and never letting go of his dreams drove him to create, produce, market, and sell a […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: adversity, become a successful entrepreneur, limitations, marketing, running a company, sales

The SmallBizChat Podcast: How to Get Started in the World of Franchising with Rebecca Monet

August 11, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Rebecca Monet is CEO and chief scientist of Zorakle Profiles and co-host of The Franchise Woman podcast Where Passion & Purpose Collide. Rebecca has been in the franchise consulting and psychometric assessment business since 1993. Known for her uncanny ability to draw performance correlations, she is fascinated with neurology, neuroeconomics, and human performance as it […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: benefits of franchising, franchising, high-performing franchisees, potential franchisor, tips for success for franchisees

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Mastering Marketing and Sales with Darren Moffatt

August 25, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  Darren Moffatt is the founder and Chief Nerd at Nerdsofbusiness.com and the Host of The Nerds of Business Podcast. An award-winning entrepreneur with a proven track record of online success, he is an insightful digital strategist, an in-demand speaker at business events on the topic of online marketing and digital disruption, and regularly features […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: advantage of retargeting ads, b2b vs b2c, building a sales funnel, making a good pitch, Tips for lead generation

The SmallBizChat Podcast: How to Get a Government Contract without Writing a Proposal with Sirena Thomas

July 14, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Sirena Moore-Thomas is a “mompreneur,” author, and business strategist. She is the CEO and Founder of The Highmark Group LLC, a management and federal contracting and consulting firm that has partnered with industry leaders, former procurement officers, and sought-after consultants to support businesses looking to provide goods and services to the federal government. Sirena is […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: contracting, federal contract, federal contracting, federal government, Simplified Acquisition Procedure, small contractors

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Becoming Change Masters with Barry Moltz

July 7, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Barry Moltz is an entrepreneur, business expert, and family business advisor dedicated to getting small businesses unstuck. He is the author of several small business books, including You Need To Be a Little Crazy and How to Get Unstuck. His latest work, ChangeMasters, is the winner of the 2022 International Book Award and the 2022 […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: accountability partners, change, change masters, money management, Time management, train your brain to change

The SmallBizChat Podcast: How to Grow Your Business Leadership with Molly Gimmel

July 21, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Molly K. Gimmel is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Design To Delivery Inc. (D2DInc), an award-winning firm providing program and acquisition management support services to Federal government agencies. Molly has been working in the field of government contract and acquisition management since 1991. Before co-founding D2DInc in 2001, she spent eight years working in […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: acquisition management, government contract, grow as a leader, imposter syndrome, self-talk

The SmallBizChat Podcast: How to Build a Business Transition Plan with Laurie Barkman

July 28, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Laurie Barkman is the founder and CEO of SmallDotBig LLC, a strategy advisory firm for business owners to maximize the value of their company anticipating a future ownership transition. Additionally, she is a Partner with Stony Hill Advisors, an M&A​ ​firm representing companies on the buy-side or sell-side of transactions. During her 25+ year career, […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: business transition, mergers, sell your business, selling process, value estimation for your business

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Pricing Tips and Other Strategies for Service-Based Businesses with Bridget Brown

June 30, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Bridget Brown is the Owner and Lead Web Developer of Pages and Post, a digital design agency based in Alabama. Bridget—a mechanical engineer by profession—served in the energy and aerospace industry before founding Pages and Post. She served as an engineer for the Southern Company and as a staff engineer and flight controller for the […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: hiring employees, pricing, pricing strategy, Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program, Word-of-mouth Marketing

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