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How to Get Your Small Business Unstuck

March 20, 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 @BarryMoltz. Barry Moltz gets business owners growing again by unlocking their long forgotten potential. With decades of entrepreneurial experience in […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @BarryMoltz, Barry Moltz, small business development

How to use Google Analytics to Boost Your Marketing Efforts

March 27, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 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 Jennifer Shaheen @techTherapist. For more than 15 years, Jennifer has been teaching customers how to build technology connections. Her company, The […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @techTherapist, google analytics, Jennifer Shaheen, small business marketing

Taking the Plunge: Starting a Business in 2014

February 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 @CorpNetNellie. Nellie Akalp is a passionate entrepreneur, small business advocate and mother of four. As CEO of CorpNet.com, a legal document preparation […]

Filed Under: How to Start, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @corpnetnellie, Nellie Akalp, starting a small business

How to Find the Small Business Mentor You Need

February 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 @DorieClark.  Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Recognized as a […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @dorieclark, Dorie Clark, mentor, mentorship

Is a Webinar Right for Your Small Business?

February 20, 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 @kimberliallen. Kimberli Allen has worked in the virtual collaboration industry for more than a decade, first through WebEx Communications, then taking […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @kimberliallen, Kimberli Allen, webinars

How To Grow Your Small Business By Growing Yourself

February 27, 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 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @ScottAddis.  F. Scott Addis is an author and speaker. He recently wrote Summit…Reach Your Peak and Elevate Your Customers’ Experience, a life-changing […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @ScottAddis, F. Scott Addis, small business tips

Getting Your Product to the National Market

January 9, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 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 @rachelhoffy. Rachel Hofstetter is a food entrepreneur groupie and the author of Cooking up a Business, which focuses on what it’s […]

Filed Under: How to Start, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @rachelhoffy, Rachel Hofstetter, selling to national market

Why Small Business Websites Fail

January 16, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 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 @LynnWhite.  Lynn White, a sucker for gadgets since middle school, now has an MBA and is the Principal Designer of Lynn […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: @lynnwhite, Lynn White, small business website

Small Businesses: Systematize or Die!

January 23, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 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 @SweetProcess. Owen McGab Enaohwo is co-founder of SweetProcess, an application developed to document repetitive tasks that eat up precious time for […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @SweetProcess. Owen McGab Enaohwo, small business systems, systematization, systematized

How to Use Twitter to Boost Your Business Presence

January 30, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

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 @NikaStewart. Nika Stewart, Co-founder & CEO of GhostTweeting.com, is an early adopter of social media. From her roots as an event […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: @nikastewart, how to use twitter, Nika Stewart, twitter for small business

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