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How to Build a Business You Can Sell

January 5, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

How to Build a Business You Can Sell OG

Starting a new business is exciting! And while most people focus in on the immediate needs of starting a business, one thing all business owners should think about is how to build a business they can sell. Let’s look at four essential steps to ensuring your business could be sold, should you choose. Create the […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: build your business, business broker, business model, sell your business, selling businesses

Top 10 Self-Care Tips for Small Business Owners

December 14, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Top 10 Self-Care Tips for Small Business Owners OG

Are you ignoring your self-care? Most small business owners are notoriously bad at self-care. All those long hours bent over a laptop, barely sipping a glass a water, and forgetting to have lunch is a road to bad health. Neglectful behavior will catch up to even the most successful entrepreneur, so today, I’m sharing self-care […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Your Small Business Tagged With: mental health day, prioritize your health, self-care activity, self-care tips, self-care tips for entrepeneurs

5 Reasons Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Start a Business

December 8, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Everything has changed. No company is left untouched by the pandemic. And most of the economy is tanking, which includes massive layoffs and life changes that no one could predict. But these reasons could be the very motivators, and opportunities that make you successful in the venture you have always dreamed of starting.  Here are […]

Filed Under: Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: become a small business owner, how to start a small business, post covid business, start your business, Succeed as your own boss

How to Prepare for a Successful New Year

December 7, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Well, here we are December! The world looks a lot different as 2020 comes to an end, and now is the time to get your business in order and set things up for 2021. Start the new year organized with a plan that will set you up for success.  There are lots of things to […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: 2021 budget, business strategy for 2021, sales goal, sales strategy, small business revenues, tax planning 2021

How to Hire Top Quality Employees: 5 Red Flags to Look Out For

November 24, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Did you know the average turnover rate for businesses is about 3.5%? If your company’s turnover rate is much higher, then you might be feeling the financial strain. A great way to decrease your turnover rate is to be more meticulous during the hiring process. If you take some extra time to notice red flags when hiring, […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: company culture, hiring process, potential employees, stellar employees, top quality employees

Three Virtual Meeting Essentials

November 3, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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I’ve recently made a few reasonable adjustments to my work from home space that have made a big impact on the quality of my virtual presence and productivity and I think more people should know about them! Like many of you, when the global Coronavirus pandemic hit, all aspects of life were forced into the […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: online meetings, remote meetings, virtual meeting, virtual presence

Top 10 Small Business Experts to Follow Online

May 13, 2019 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Small Business Experts

If you are looking for advice and information to grow your small business, there are people who have made this their life’s work. I am proud to say that most of them are people whose books and blogs I read often. Like me, they are on a mission to end small business failure. Here are […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Your Small Business Tagged With: business tips, small business, small business experts, small business success

How to Develop Business Processes

August 29, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

How to Develop Business Processes - OG

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 Ellen Williams, @Ellen_NY_B2B. Ellen is a Business Process Management Expert. She has spent 25 years consulting with businesses of all sizes […]

Filed Under: How to Start, SmallBizChat, Teams, Your Small Business Tagged With: business, business processes, efficiency, operations, small business, streamline your small business

21 Tips for Managing Your Small Business Finances

September 23, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every small business owner must stay on top of one thing: managing the money. Cash flow is all about how money moves in and out of your business. And your goal should always be to keep cash in your business operating account as long as possible. Managing your small business finances requires a specific skill […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Your Small Business Tagged With: accounting, business budget, cash flow, emergency fund, finance, financial statements, profit, small business finances, small business financial statements, taxes

10 Important Questions for the Struggling Business Owner

March 30, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

10 Important Questions for the Struggling Business Owner OG

When your business is struggling, and especially if it’s been struggling for a while, there are some hard questions that you need to ask yourself to figure out what to do next. Have you taken a hard look at your business? Have you looked at your customer lists? Or your Google analytics? The answers for […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Your Small Business Tagged With: business is struggling, generating sales leads, new customer profile, pricing strategy, running your business

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