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How to Leverage Automation to Grow Your Small Business

March 13, 2014 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 @autobizchris. Chris Davis is the CEO and Chief Automator of Automation Bridge. As the founder of Automation Bridge, Chris is passionate […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: @autobizchris, Chris Davis, small business automation, small business marketing

6 Things to Consider Before Designing Your Small Business Website

March 18, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

Guest Article The other day my husband and I were looking for a new local restaurant to attend, so we searched for “local restaurants in Rochester, NY”. The first impression we got from some of the websites really determined whether or not we gave the restaurant a shot. Some websites didn’t have a menu on […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Technology Tagged With: @siedahmitchum, Siedah Mitchum, small business web design, website design

Why Small Business Websites Fail

January 16, 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 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @LynnWhite.  Lynn White, a sucker for gadgets since middle school, now has an MBA and is the Principal Designer of Lynn […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: @lynnwhite, Lynn White, small business website

How to Use Technology Effectively in Your Small Business

February 24, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Phil is the author of the The New Small; How a new Breed of small business is harnessing the power of emerging trends and technologies. He consults companies on how to optimize their use of technology. While not consulting, Phil speaks about emerging trends and technologies. He’s also the author of Why New Systems Fail (Cengage, 2010) and The Next Wave of Technologies (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). He also writes for a number of technology-oriented media outlets.

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: interview, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, technology

How to Convert Website Leads into Customers

July 19, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 2 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 withAmit Kumar @akumar.  Amit is founder & CEO of Lexity, Advertising on Autopilot, a Spark Capital, True Ventures and 500 Startups funded startup. Amit has deep […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: Amit Kumar, entrepreneur, Lexity, small business info, website leads

Using Data to Run Your Small Business

September 20, 2012 By Melinda Emerson

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 Myers @BodeTree.  Chris is the co-founder & CEO of BodeTree.  Prior to founding BodeTree, he played a key role on the […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: Bodetree, Chris Myers, collect financial data, measure data, small business info

How to Develop a Mobile App for Your Small Business

November 8, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Sponsored Post 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 Michael Annichine – @MetroMeVIP, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience developing businesses. Michael is currently the CEO […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: @metromevip, Michael Annichine, mobile apps, mobile technology, small business

Blogging Series Part 3: How to Monetize Your Blog

July 21, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

While the benefits to blogging are many in terms of the traffic it brings your business, there are even more ways to profit from blogging. One of the main benefits of building a huge following on your blog is to become a person of influence. Once you are a person of influence, you can monetize […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: blogging for business, small business tips

5 Ways to SEO Power Your Blog

July 22, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Guest Article You are taking all levels of effort to make sure your blog is branded, engaging and consistent, but are you powering it with SEO tactics to fuel an engagement from the most important of Internet entities – Google? Google loves to scour blogs and is happy (yes, happy) to reward genuine ‘white hat’ […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: @milestech, blogging for business, Chris Miles, SEO, small business tips

Blogging Series Part 2: How to Launch a Blog

July 14, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

Blogging is the best thing I ever could have done for my business. Why? Because when new clients contact me for my marketing consulting services, we do not ever discuss if I can solve their problem, we only discuss my availability and the fee. My expertise is so well demonstrated online through blogging, that I […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: blogging for business, how to start a blog

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