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The Battle for Traffic through SEO and Social Media Marketing

January 28, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

The Battle for Traffic through SEO and Social Media Marketing Open Graph

 You may face a dilemma when you want to gain more traffic to your site as to whether you should focus on organic SEO or go for SMM or Social Media Marketing. Moreover, with advanced SEO reigning supreme now in the social media marketing landscape, this choice seems to be harder to make. Ideally, experts […]

Filed Under: Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: Google ranking, SEO, seo techniques, smm, social media marketing

Christmas is Coming: Will Your Business Be Ready for Holiday Sales?

September 2, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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The holidays are just around the corner, and with more tariffs on Chinese imported good set to kick in on Dec 15th, people will shop early this year. Are you ready for holiday sales? It’s time to plan now for the biggest shopping season of the year. The sales will be rolling by Halloween, so […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: business holiday sales, Christmas, christmas sales, christmas shopping, Christmas shopping season, holiday, holiday sales, holiday shopping, promotions strategy, small business marketing tips, small business Saturday

New Resource Gets Small Business Owners on the Road to Financial Freedom

July 22, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Carol has had a hard second year in business. She hired a so-called social media expert who promised her that she would boost her sales on Facebook. After six months and $7,000, Carol hadn’t got one customer from Facebook ads. When Carol found out about the strategy outlined in my new eBook, “How to Make […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Social Media, Special Reports Tagged With: facebook, Selling on Facebook, social media

Who’s on #Smallbizchat June 2019

June 11, 2019 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 from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Leadership, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Teams Tagged With: digital, digital transformation, growth, intellectual property, ip, kids, marketing, products, sales, salesperson, small business, SmallBizChat, trademark, video, video marketing

Amp Up Your Online Marketing Efforts: Social Media Updates for Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest

June 11, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Social media has proven to be highly useful for businesses. Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, three of the most popular channels thus far, provide businesses with a platform to connect and interact with both their existing and prospective customers. Things are only bound to get better as these key social media channels are working tirelessly to […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Social Media Tagged With: facebook marketing, instagram marketing, marketing, online marketing, pinterest marketing, social media, social media marketing

#Smallbizchat is LIVE on Facebook May 8th for #SmallBusinessWeek

May 7, 2019 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 from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Leadership, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Teams Tagged With: building a business to sell, sales, selling unique items, selling your business, small business sales, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, writing copy

Who’s on #Smallbizchat April 2019

April 1, 2019 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 from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Leadership, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Teams Tagged With: building a lifestyle business, business finance, business numbers, protecting your small business, sales techniques, selling unique items, small business fraud, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, social media, social media platforms

Use an Ecommerce Website Builder with Your Facebook Store

April 15, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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In my last post, I made a case for selling your products through your own Facebook store (“How to Sell on Facebook Free: Set Up Your Own Shop”). It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s free and gives you access to one of the world’s biggest marketplaces. All these things still hold true. However, if you want […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: ecommerce, ecommerce website, facebook, facebook selling, sales, social media, social media marketing, website builder

How to Sell on Facebook Free: Set Up Your Own Shop

April 8, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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You’d be interested if someone offered you a free store to sell your products, right? Especially if it’s in an area with a huge number of passersby, many of them good potential targets for what you have to offer. This, in effect, is the reason you should sell on Facebook by setting up your own […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: ecommerce, facebook, Facebook business, facebook marketplace, Sell on Facebook, Selling on Facebook, small business

Advertise Your Business on Facebook: Boost Revenue and Reach

April 1, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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If you are a small business that sells products online, then hopefully you’ve already discovered the power of using Facebook Ads to boost your small business revenue and reach. If you haven’t yet explored advertising on the massive social platform, which offers a two-billion-person market opportunity, then I urge you to read on so you […]

Filed Under: Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: advertising, facebook, Facebook ads, small business, small business marketing, Types of Facebook Ads

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