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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

8 Tips for a Better Small Business Loan Application

September 24, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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You can apply for a small business loan today from many different lenders, both traditional and alternative. These can help you expand your business, hire new employees, increase your sales or product research budget, and more. Here, we’ll explore 8 quick tips to help you create a better small business loan application. 8 Tips for […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Your Small Business Tagged With: business loan, credit score, financing, loan, loan application, small business, small business loan application, small business loans, small business planning

12 Things to Do to Start a Small Business

January 14, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Are you finally ready to strike out on your own with your very own small business in 2019? Owning a small business is never a get rich quick scheme; if you want success; it will cost you. It will cost you money, sleep, relationships and you will be pushed in ways you never thought possible. […]

Filed Under: 12 Things, Featured Post, How to Start, Solopreneurs, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: 12 things, Owning a small business, small business, small business tips, start a small business

How to Come Up With Small Business Ideas

January 7, 2019 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

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When you are trying to come up with small business ideas, it can be tough. Maybe there is an idea burning inside you, or maybe you have so many ideas that you are unsure about which one to pursue. But if you have nothing but a strong desire to leave corporate America, there are lots […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, How to Start, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: business ideas, how to start a business, how to start a small business, small business ideas, small business startup

6 Simple Strategies to Promote Traffic Growth on Your Small Business Website

August 13, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Traffic is the lifeblood of every website, and with it comes the benefits of new clients. In order to maximize the number of new clients you receive on a monthly basis, you have to focus on traffic growth. Fortunately, many aspects of traffic generation are under your control.  6 Strategies for Traffic Growth Some strategies […]

Filed Under: Technology, Your Small Business Tagged With: drive traffic, site traffic growth, traffic growth, web traffic growth, website traffic

What Business Podcasts Should I Listen to If Only Have 30 Minutes?

August 5, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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When talking to new business owners about increasing their business knowledge, the main reason they give me for not getting more knowledge is that they don’t have time.  On one hand, most new business owners need to be working on their business and staying on top of their day-to-day. On the other hand, things change […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: business podcasts, podcast, podcast to listen to, small business tips

How to Succeed in Business Without Experience

July 10, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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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 Rachel Stewart @UnqualifiedTool Rachel started as an unqualified office manager, but over the last decade became the general manager of a […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: achieve your business goals, Measure Success, small business, success, unqualified success

How to Prevent Workplace Stress in Your Small Business Employees

July 30, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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The World Health Organization states that unchecked workplace stress causes burnout which is characterized by “1) feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; 2) increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; and 3) reduced professional efficacy.” We can see that workplace stress is terrible for business and […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: business stress, prevent workplace stress, small business, stress, Workplace Stress

8 Pro Tips to Help Your Sales Emails Avoid the Spam Box

July 23, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Your sales and marketing teams are brainstorming every day to create personalized, compelling and attractive sales emails to your prospects and customers. The amount of time, energy and other resources that goes into developing sales emails is unfathomable. In the pursuit of getting more business and creating better contacts, emails are the most professional and […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: email marketing, emails, inbox, sales email, small business, spam emails

5 Unique Ways to Grow a Happy and Motivated Franchise Team

July 16, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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We all want to become someone that inspires and is worthy of a tight-knit, supportive franchise team. But how is it done? What approaches can you take to ensure your staff are happy and always striving for the best? Here are five useful tips for creating a positive franchise environment that gets the most from […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: biz tips, franchise, Franchise Team, franchising, motivation, small business, work

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