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April 2020 #SmallBizChat: Where to Get Your Corona Cash, How to Build Strong Client Relationships And Building Your Brand Online

April 16, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat LIVE is a monthly video chat where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat LIVE is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss.  Please join us live every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook Page, […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: brand, building brand online, building your clients for life, business loans, CARES Act, Millennial influencers, personal branding

March 2020 #SmallBizChat: What You Need To Do in Your Business to Handle the Coronavirus Crisis

March 19, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

March 2020 #SmallBizChat: What you need to do in your business to handle the Coronavirus Crisis Open Graph

#Smallbizchat LIVE is a monthly video chat where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat LIVE is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. Please join us live every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook Page, […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: collaboration tools for employees and customers, coronavirus crisis, Internet speed, remote workforce, working remotely

February 2020 #SmallBizChat: Getting Ready for 2020 Taxes, Become a Women of More and Building a Successful Affiliate Deal

February 27, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat LIVE is a monthly video chat where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat LIVE is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss.  Please join us live every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook Page, […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: Affiliate program, new tax laws, online product business, personal accountability, SECURE Act, sustainable business model, Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act

How To Buy a Small Business That Is Right For You

June 30, 2016 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 Nunzio Presta, @mybizon. Nunzio is the founder and CEO of BizON. BizON is a online marketplace where people can buy, sell […]

Filed Under: Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @Bizstrong, entrepreneur, small business

January 2020 #SmallBizChat: Refreshing Your Brand for 2020, Planning for Retirement, and Operating at Peak Performance

January 23, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat LIVE is a monthly video chat where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat LIVE is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss.  Please join us live every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook Page, […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: financial future, peak performance, rebranding, Retirement, social media updates

How to Get Funding For Your Small Business

February 9, 2017 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 Mark Prosser. Marc Prosser is the co-founder and publisher of Fit Small Business, a rapidly growing website that reaches over […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @fitsmallbiz, small business funding, SmallBizChat

December 2019 #SmallBizChat: How to Improve Your Customer Experience in 2020, How to Start an Affiliate Marketing Program, And Tax Planning Moves Before 2020

December 19, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Once a month as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on #SmallBizChat LIVE. The show takes place on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 8-9 pm ET and is streamed live on my Facebook fan page, my YouTube channel, and Twitter page.  This is excerpted from my recent December 2019 #SmallBizChat LIVE interview with […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: Affiliate marketing, Customer Excellence at Disney, customer experience, SWOT analysis, tax deductions, tax planning, taxable income

Best of #Smallbizchat Interviews for 2019

December 31, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Best of #Smallbizchat Interviews for 2019 OG

For the last 10 + years, every week as SmallBizLady, I’ve conducted interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The shows take place Wednesdays on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET.  This post is from some of my favorite interviews that I’ve done this year. We tackled topics including effective use of video, scaling […]

Filed Under: Featured SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Tagged With: best of 2019, building a brand, cubersecurity, guest experts, interview, scaling a business, SmallBizChat interviews

November 2019 #SmallBizChat: How to Build a Speaking Business, Build Business Relationships, And Making Decisions For Your Small Business

November 21, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Once a month as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on #SmallBizChat LIVE. The show takes place on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 8-9pm ET and is streamed live on my Facebook fan page, my YouTube channel, and Twitter page.  This is excerpted from my recent November 2019 #SmallBizChat LIVE interview with business […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: decision making strategies, Disaster Avoidance Expert, event marketing, Kelvin Joseph, LinkedIn marketing, speaking business, speaking business for business owners

How to use speaking to build your business

November 14, 2019 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 David Newman @dnewman who is a thought leader in the world of marketing and speaking. He is the founder of […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: building your personal brand, professional speaking, small business marketing strategy, speaking business, speaking for business owners, speaking speaker, speaking strategy

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