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National Small Business Week is Here!

May 21, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

America’s #1 Small Business Expert Joins the New York Times. I am excited to announce that I am joining the writing team at the You’re the Boss section of The New York Times. Premiering this May, my column on social media and small businesses will run weekly on the blog centered on small business ownership […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: FedEx, Jennifer Abernethy, national small business week, New York Times, SmallBizChat, social media marketing, Verizon Small Business

How to Make Your Business Look Credible and Trustworthy Online

July 28, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 13 Comments

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from our #SmallBizChat interview with Raj Malik @rajmalikdc.  Raj Malik is CEO & Co-Founder of KikScore (@KikScore), a service that enables small businesses to demonstrate trust by displaying verified, interactive and dynamic trust-related data […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: ecommerce, online business, small business, SmallBizChat

How to Launch a Successful Start-up Business

June 5, 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 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @EbongEka. Ebong gives real life-practical money solutions tailored to the everyday person, the aspiring entrepreneur and the existing small business owner. […]

Filed Under: How to Start, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @ebongeka, Ebong Eka, how to start a business, how to start a small business

How to Improve your Small Business Website

August 5, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

  Each week as @Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This post is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with @ramonray. Ramon Ray is technology evangelist at smallbiztechnology.com; a former tech consultant; hands on tech expert; frequent speaker including Inc. 500 and SmallBizTrends; a frequent writer of more than […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: melinda emerson, Ramon Ray, smal business websites, small business blogs, SmallBizChat

How to Get Started with e-Commerce

April 14, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with Matt Mansfield @mattsmansfield. He’s been helping businesses both large and small accomplish business goals using technology since 1993. He blogs at MattAboutBusiness where the story is not about technology; it’s about […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: ecommerce, products, sales, selling, SmallBizChat

Who is on #SmallBizChat in February?

February 4, 2013 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. Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter.  Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and click here for directions […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: @askvasavi, @jillkonrath, @msincredibleone, @NonieMG, @richellshaw, @tru_vitality, Cate Moore, Darnyelle Jervey, Jill Konrath, Muthoni Maingi, Richelle Shaw, SmallBizChat, Vasavi Kumar

Podcasting for Your Small Business

July 23, 2009 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

From time to time as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with small business experts that could benefit my audience. This is excerpts from my #smallbizchat interview on Twitter with @podcaststeve. Steven L. Lubetkin, operates Professional Podcasts LLC, an award-winning producer of radio, TV and other multimedia content distributed over the Internet as podcasts. Steve is a Senior Fellow of the Society […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: how to create a podcast, podcast, podcasting, podcasting for small business, Skype, word press

Don’t Let Your Business Run You

August 9, 2012 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 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Allan Branch @AllanBranch. Allan is a co-author of the book Don’t Let Your Business Run You, co-founder and Partner of LessEverything, a […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: Allan Branch @allanbranch, marketing

The New SEO for Small Business Owners – QA with Chris Bennett

September 1, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 8 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 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Chris Bennett @chrisebennett, the CEO of Central. Chris and his Co-Founders created website builder so small business owners all over the world can build their […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat Tagged With: online marketing, SEO, website

Small Business SEO Basics

April 29, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 10 Comments

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @WayneHurlbert. Wayne is a well known SEO and internet marketing consultant. He is also a highly regarded speaker and business book reviewer. […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Your Small Business Tagged With: blogging, melinda emerson, search engine optimization, SEO, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, social media, Wayne Hurlbert

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