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How To Win and Keep Customers with 4 Easy Communication Tips

December 11, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article I want you to think about the last time you patronized a small business. Maybe you bought a cup of coffee at the corner coffee shop. Perhaps you used a local moving company, or went food shopping at your favorite food co-op. Now, I want you to think about it: why did you […]

Filed Under: Customer Service, Featured Post, Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: communication tips, customer communication, Customer Service, win and keep customers

Ask Smallbizlady: What Departments Have Corporate Sponsorship Budgets?

December 17, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

corporate sponsorship

Corporate sponsorship is a mutual business proposition that offers something in exchange for financial support from a corporation. Sponsorship is very lucrative if you are a small business with something of value to offer. So how can your small business tap into this market? If you want to can get corporate sponsorship from a Fortune 500 company, […]

Filed Under: Ask Smallbizlady, Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Your Small Business

#SmallBizChat Interviews: Best of 2018

December 27, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

SmallBizChat interview

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. Then, every Thursday we publish the complete interviews from our amazing authors and guests. I hope that you have enjoyed the #SmallBizChat interviews we’ve done this year! In case you […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Grow Your Business, My Recommendations, SmallBizLady Recommends, Your Small Business Tagged With: interview, melinda emerson, small business, small business tips, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

Best Small Business Guest Bloggers for 2018

December 31, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

mall Business Guest Bloggers

Every Tuesday on succeedasyourownboss.com, we feature guest bloggers from all over the world who share valuable insight about how to start and grow a small business. This is all in support of our mission to End Small Business Failure, and I appreciate that these small business guest bloggers take the time to share advice from […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Grow Your Business, My Recommendations, SmallBizLady Recommends, Your Small Business Tagged With: blogging, guest blogger, guest blogging, melinda emerson, small business blog, small business tips

10 Things To Do To Get Your Business Ready for 2019

December 4, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article December is here! Before you get all soft and gooey about the holidays, it is important to take time to set things up right so you can achieve your business goals for 2019! You must plan your success for next year. Here are 10 things to do to get your business ready for […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: business cleanup, business systems, get ready for 2019, prepare for the new year

It’s Time for SmallBizLady’s 5 Days of Giveaways

December 3, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This year I’m celebrating the Holidays by giving back to America’s small business owners. My “SmallBizLady’s 5 Days of Giveaways Contest launches today and I want you to be a part of it. As we celebrate my 10th anniversary of the SmallBizLady brand, we are excited to rally entrepreneurs around products and services that really […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Grow Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, Solopreneurs, Your Small Business Tagged With: 5 days of giveaways, avery, giveaways, godaddy, holiday giveaway, mixmax, visa

How to Create Content that Fuels Your Business Growth

November 29, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE our show featured three guests: How to get growth that lands you on the Inc. 5000 list with Rod Brown, @RoderickLBrown, The Business of Storytelling with Sue Young, @sueyoungmedia, and Profiting From Podcasts: How to leverage the power of podcasts to build your business with Steve Olsher, @steveolsher. I pulled three […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+, Social Media, Technology, Your Small Business Tagged With: @RoderickLBrown, @steveolsher, @sueyoungmedia, business growth, podcasting, SmallBizChat, storytelling

SmallBizLady’s Holiday Gift Guide 2018

November 19, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Once a year, I provide a list of my favorite products and apps for anyone looking for gifts for small business owners. If you are in business and ready to make an investment in your business or yourself, I have a great selection of products that will help increase your productivity and grow your business.  […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizLady Recommends, Your Small Business Tagged With: grow your business, holiday gifts, Productivity

Thanks and Giving, It’s what we do everyday as small business owners

November 22, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

As it’s Thanksgiving Day, it struck me that Thanks and Giving is an everyday thing in the life of business owners. We are thankful for the opportunity to serve customers and we give jobs to our employees. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It’s not just the food, spending time with relatives or […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, Your Small Business Tagged With: Giving thanks, Thanksgiving

Top 3 Dominatrix Tricks for Small Business Owners

November 20, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Your fingers are poised over the keys of your laptop, ready to type out the most brilliant response to your client who is threatening to pull the plug on working with you. Suddenly time stops, and you are frozen. What can you say? How should you say it? Will it make him calm […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Solopreneurs, Your Small Business Tagged With: mindset, small business tricks

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