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How to Take Over the Family Business

July 1, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Ann is a 43-year-old single mom from the east coast. Ann is a great photographer, but no one knows it because she spends most of her time helping to run her parents cleaning business. Recently, at Ann’s parent’s 40th wedding anniversary celebration, her dad made a huge announcement. In his most prideful voice, Ann’s dad said, […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: business owner, business succession, family business, small business, small business succession, succession

How to Protect the Intellectual Property in Your Small Business

June 27, 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 about intellectual property and trademark with Andrea Evans @evansiplaw. Andrea is the owner of the IP law firm, The Law Firm of […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: How to Protect the Intellectual Property, intellectual property, Intellectual Property in Your Small Business, ip, trademark

How to Handle Difficult Customers in Your Small Business

May 20, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Difficult Customers

There are times in the life of every small business owner when you come across a customer that lets you know that you made a mistake. We are all human, mistakes happen, but it’s how you respond that makes the difference between whether you get an angry review on Yelp or Tripadvisor or if you […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: dealing with customers, difficult customers, handling customers, problematic customers, small business

Perfecting Your Small Business Sales: Hiring Salespeople, Writing Sales Copy, and Building a Business You Can Sell

May 9, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

small business sales.

This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE, our show featured three guests: How to Hire Your First Salesperson with Suzanne Paling, @suzannepaling, How to Write Copy That Sells with SaDon Long, @LongSaDon, and How to Build a Business You Can Sell with Ash Shukla, @Ashshuklabiz. I pulled three of the best questions from each of them to […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Live+, Your Small Business Tagged With: improve sales, sales, salesperson, sell, selling, small biz chat, small business owners, small business sales

How to Develop a Clear Business Strategy for Your Small Business

May 2, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

business strategy

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 Janneh Wright, @primusbus.  Janneh is an entrepreneur, author, advocate for better business practices within Black communities, and owner of PRIMUS Business Management. He has […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: benefits of business strategy, business strategy, importance of business strategy, small business

7 Ways to Celebrate National Small Business Week 2019

May 6, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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This week marks a high holiday on the small business calendar. From May 5th – May 11th, it is National Small Business Week 2019. For more than 50 years, National Small Business Week has recognized the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. More than half of Americans either own or work for […]

Filed Under: Your Small Business Tagged With: business, national small business week, small business week, small business week 2019

How to Evaluate an MLM Business Opportunity

April 29, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

MLM Business

Multi-Level Marketing businesses, also known as MLM businesses, are often the first entrepreneurship opportunity people are drawn to when trying to make side money. If you pick the right business and are really fired up, perhaps your side hustle could become your full-time revenue stream.  However, before you jump in feet first, you need to […]

Filed Under: Your Small Business Tagged With: Benefits of MLM Businesses, MLM Business Model, mlm-business-opportunity, Multi-Level Marketing businesses

How to Achieve Your Goals in Your Small Business

April 25, 2019 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 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Adrean Turner @coachadrean. Adrean is a Coach, Speaker and Corporate Trainer who provides workforce solutions and career management strategies for individuals and […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: achieve goals, achieve your business goals, business goals, goals, setting goals, small business

How to Create a Small Business Sustainability Plan

April 22, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Small business sustainability plan

Have you ever considered the environmental impact of your business on the world? Global warming is real. Scientists say that if we don’t reduce our carbon footprint by 2050, the planet is doomed. In its best sense, sustainability seeks to protect our natural environment, human and ecological health, while driving innovation and providing a good […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: Business Sustainability Plan, small business, sustainability, Sustainability Plan

Use an Ecommerce Website Builder with Your Facebook Store

April 15, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

ecommerce website builder

In my last post, I made a case for selling your products through your own Facebook store (“How to Sell on Facebook Free: Set Up Your Own Shop”). It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s free and gives you access to one of the world’s biggest marketplaces. All these things still hold true. However, if you want […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: ecommerce, ecommerce website, facebook, facebook selling, sales, social media, social media marketing, website builder

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