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How to Manifest Your Full Potential

March 22, 2018 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 Marshawn Evans.  She is known as a Reinvention Strategist, Influence Expert and Best-Selling Author known as The Godfidence® Coach. For […]

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The Art of Commercial Conversations to Drive Sales

March 15, 2018 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 Bernadette McClelland @b_mcclelland Bernadette is a Keynote Speaker, Sales Leadership Coach, and published author of ‘The Art of Commercial Conversations’. […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @b_mcclelland, commercial conversations, driving sales, sales performance, SmallBizChat

How to Run a Successful Business

March 8, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Melinda Emerson, @SmallBizLady offers advice and encouragement to more than three million entrepreneurs every week online. She is the publisher of succeedasyourowboss.com. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. She has a 20-year track record as a successful businesswoman as CEO of Quintessence Group, an award winning marketing consulting […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: fix your business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, Successful Business

How to Take Your Startup from Idea to Empire

March 1, 2018 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 Colleen DeBaise.  She is known as the is a contributing editor at Inc. and author of Start a Successful Business. […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @colleendebaise, grow your business, small business startup, SmallBizChat

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and How it Affects Your Business in 2018

February 22, 2018 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 Eva Rosenberg, EA, CTC, the founder of TaxMama.com. She is an award-winning tax author, blogger, columnist and instructor. TaxMama® has […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @taxmama, small business taxes, SmallBizChat, tax planning

The Invisible Leader

February 15, 2018 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 Zach Mercurio. He is an international speaker, trainer, and purpose and meaningful work consultant. Zach is the founder and author […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @zachmercurio, invisible leader, leadership, SmallBizChat

Who’s on #Smallbizchat February 2018

February 3, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. Please join us live on Twitter every Wednesday 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag #Smallbizchat […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @colleendebaise, @stephen_pierce, @taxmama, @zachmercurio, SmallBizChat

How to #GETSTRONG and Grow Your Business

February 8, 2018 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 Stephen Pierce, who is the host of the Success Sculpting Show, where he brings the right information now to sculpt […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @stephen_pierce, be strong, find customers, lead generation, SmallBizChat

How to Eliminate Business Burnout

February 1, 2018 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 Joan Wilson.  She is known as the Online Content Champion.  She helps small business owners and entrepreneurs to creatively sort […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @bjoanwilson, burnout, business burnout, SmallBizChat

Who’s on #Smallbizchat January 2018

January 2, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. Please join us live on Twitter every Wednesday 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag #Smallbizchat […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @bjoanwilson, @IamDrSharon, @KarynSchoenbart, @Kreative_Eye, @tailorbrands, SmallBizChat

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