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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

Magazines and Newspapers Every Small Business Owner Should Read

April 5, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

Every business owner should subscribe to at least one industry trade publication and local Business Journal newspapers to generate leads to stay connected with the regional business community. Recommended publications: American City Business Journals – Bizjournals is the new media division of American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. It […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Grow Your Business, Mompreneurs, My Recommendations, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: melinda emerson, small business, small business info, small business success, smallbizlady, smallbizlady's rules, success tips

Who Is On #SmallBizChat August 2015

August 4, 2015 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 on how to join […]

Filed Under: Solopreneurs Tagged With: Andrea Hence Evans, John D. Saunders, Kim Garst, Misty Young, SmallBizChat

Best of Melinda Emerson™’s #SmallBizChat Interviews in 2009

December 28, 2009 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

My interview with Sherri Garrity on how to quit a job to start a business: Sherri is the founder of Corporate Fugitive. Her company provides business coaching to aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners who want to go from overwhelmed to extraordinary.  In 2007, she walked away from a successful marketing career to start her own […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, How to Start, Mompreneurs, My Recommendations, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, SmallBizChat, Solopreneurs, Telesummit, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: how to participate in smallbizchat, melinda emerson, planning, restart your business, small business, small business ideas, small business info, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, social media, twitter

How to Become A Wealthy Freelancer

May 27, 2010 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 Pete Savage Co-Author The Wealthy Freelancer:12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle (Penguin)., and co-founder of the popular website […]

Filed Under: How to Start, SmallBizChat, Solopreneurs Tagged With: Freelance, freelancing, melinda emerson, Pete Savage, Q & A, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, The Wealthy Freelancer, twitter

#SmallBizChat Celebrates 1 Year of Ending Small Business Failure

April 19, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

This week marks the one-year anniversary of #SmallBizChat. For the past year, every Wednesday at 8pm ET, I have had a standing appointment on Twitter with small business owners — to answer their small business questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping business owners with issues and challenges as […]

Filed Under: Mompreneurs, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: #140conf, melinda emerson, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, twitter

On The Road To Oprah’s Own Network

May 31, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 22 Comments

Many of you may not know this but Oprah Winfrey is who inspired me to become an entrepreneur.  When I was in college she opened Harpo Studios.  That planted the seed and really gave me the confidence that one day I could own my own production company. I will never forget that time.  I was […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Mompreneurs, Pink Slip Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: Kohl's, Mark Burnett, Oprah Winfrey, OWN Network Star, smallbizlady, Suze Orman, Tabatha's Salon Takeover

The New Rules About Blogging for Money

October 12, 2009 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

As of December 1, 2009 the Federal Trade Commission is going to require Bloggers, Podcasters and video producers – any producer of consumer-generated content online to disclose any paid endorsements to their followers and audience they communicate with online. These new rules have the potential to change everyone’s online habits. Here’s what you need to […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Mompreneurs, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: blog strategy, blogging, law, small business, small business info

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

How to Run a Successful Home-based Business

August 10, 2009 By Melinda Emerson 10 Comments

Many folks think that building their own home-based business is the opportunity of a lifetime.  We fall in love with the idea of being our own boss, setting our own schedule, even the idea of no longer having to wear a corporate uniform every day is a huge draw for some would-be entrepreneurs. Every day, […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Solopreneurs, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: build your network, develop a life plan, get-rich-quick schemes, home-based business, know your industry, marketing strategy, melinda emerson, MLM, smallbizlady, strategic alliances

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