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Is Your Small Business Ready for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday?

October 22, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

You might feel like a real underdog with all the major retailers slashing pricing and offering FREE shopping this holiday, but fear not. There are numerous ways that small businesses can maximize their profits during the holiday shopping season too, you just need to be prepared. In this article, we’ll talk everything Black Friday, Small […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Solopreneurs, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: Black Friday, cyber Monday, Promote your business, small business Saturday

How to Establish Business Credit

October 15, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you are in business most likely your personal credit has been your business credit, but did you know that you can establish business credit. Cash challenges are real. We have all been there, needing cash flow to make payroll, purchase inventory, hire new employees and expand but can’t because the capital isn’t available without […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, How to Start, Solopreneurs, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: Bank financing, borrow funds, business credit, establish business credit, manage cash flow

Who’s on #Smallbizchat October 2018

October 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 and click here for directions […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Cash Flow & Finance, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Solopreneurs Tagged With: @aliceheiman, @amandamogul, @askDeborrah, @itscherjones, @JoelBlock, @PhilGerb, branding through video, business connections, content marketing, monetize your expertise, multiple streams of income, sales processes, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

How to Develop a Business Strategy – Part III

September 17, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Developing a business strategy is all about looking at where you want your company to be in the next 3-to-5 years and figuring out what you need to do now to get there. If you spend your days constantly putting out fires in your business, it’s doubtful that you have much time for developing a […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Solopreneurs, Your Small Business Tagged With: benefits of business strategy, business strategy, develop strategy, long-term strategy

How to Develop a Business Strategy – Part II

September 10, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Your business strategy is your roadmap to business success, but it needs to be adjusted annually. You and your team should take a look at your business strategy every fall to plot out your sales objectives and goals for the new year. 2019 is just around the corner, and you should start your planning process […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Solopreneurs, Your Small Business Tagged With: business strategy, develop strategy, failed business strategy

How to Bring Minimalism Into Your Small Business

August 21, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Ever visited a home designed around the simple principles of minimalism? From the moment you enter the space, it’s obvious that something is different. Clutter is nearly nonexistent. The few knick knacks that made the cut actually have purpose. The space somehow seems bigger. When you’re in a place like this, you feel […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles, Solopreneurs, Uncategorized Tagged With: business tips, declutter, efficiency, Productivity, Team

3 Ways to Remain Productive During the Summer

July 17, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post Though we’re about halfway through it, there’s still a lot of “summer” remaining on the calendar. Which also means that there are still lot of potential “summer slump” distractions that can deter one’s focus on operating a small business. As an on-the-go entrepreneur, I am an extreme believer in the age-old adage that […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Grow Your Business, Solopreneurs, Technology Tagged With: @Adobe, Productivity, seasonal goals, Technology tools

How the Boost Your 3rd Quarter Sales

July 2, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This week kicks of the beginning of third quarter which means you have basically a little more than five months to reach you annual revenue goal. But if you are too busy making the donuts to focus on closing your next large donut order you will soon have yet another cash crunch. If you are […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Solopreneurs Tagged With: 3rd quarter, boost sales, sales goals

Five Steps to Freedom from Feeling Overwhelmed

November 14, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article As a small business owner, we all feel overwhelmed at times, and it can be a debilitating. It is not only frustrating and miserable, but it keeps us from achieving our goals and delivering value to the world.  My most recent experience was a couple months ago when I was trying to use social […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Solopreneurs, Your Small Business Tagged With: managing stress, overwhelm, small business inspiration

When Should You Start Hiring Employees?

September 18, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

As your business grows, you’ll likely find you can no longer handle all the roles and responsibilities required to keep your company chugging along. You may reach a point where you have to decide whether you’re willing to continue to work long and grueling hours to do everything yourself, or invest in building out your […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Solopreneurs Tagged With: hiring employees, hiring staff

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