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How to Avoid Confrontation and Manage Conflict

June 7, 2018 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 Dr. Susan Harrison, who is an award-winning thought leader, change agent, speaker, trainer, and author. She speaks and writes about […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: @drsusanharrison, conflict management, confrontation, SmallBizChat

How to Develop Content if You Hate Writing

June 4, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Creating original content is the best way to demonstrate your expertise and build your brand online, but you need to find a content area that works for you.  We tend to think of content in terms of blogs or written words. Writing how-to articles, check lists and informative blog posts are certainly an avenue to […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Your Small Business Tagged With: content strategy, develop content, writing

How to Drive Profitability, Productivity, and Accountability in your Small Business

May 24, 2018 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 Neen James, who is the author of nine books including Folding Time and her most recent, Attention Pays.  In 2017 […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: @neenjames, accountability, Productivity, profitability, SmallBizChat

7 Ways to Improve Your Work Environment in Your Small Business

May 14, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Do you have a formal workplace? Do people laugh in your workplace? Do you see lots of collaboration in your office?  If you are not sure how to answer these questions, chances are you might not have a work environment that is optimized for people to do their best work.  Work can be stressful, and […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Teams, Your Small Business Tagged With: communication in a team, leading a team, teams, work environment

Why Most Small Business Partnerships Fail

April 17, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article There is an African proverb, “If you want to go quickly go alone, but if you want to go far go together.” In business, often two heads are better than one. Many small businesses enter into partnerships to gain value and the benefits of someone else. One person might have the technical know […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: business partnership, business relationships, keys to partnership

Why Small Businesses Should Be Excited for the New Tax Bill

April 16, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Personal incomes taxes are due this week, but it’s not to soon to start planning for the next tax year. Taxes can be incredibly complicated to understand. When the new tax bill was rolled out by Congress in December 2017, many business owners started to panic because there were so many unknowns, but now that […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Your Small Business Tagged With: small business tax tips, small business taxes, tax planning

One Definition Does Not Fit All: The Four Quadrants of Entrepreneurship

April 10, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article People tend to think that all entrepreneurs are alike — that everyone who starts a business is the same, that they have the same challenges, the same needs, the same motivation, the same end game. And that’s simply not true. Working in communities across the country, we’ve found that it’s helpful to cast […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: @joinsourcelink, entrepreneurship, types of entrepreneurs

Ready to Build a 90-Day Turnaround Plan Your Small Business?

March 6, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you want to get back control of your business, while drastically improving your quality of life and bottom line you need to grab a copy of my new book Fix Your Business: 90-Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos In Your Business. In it, I walk readers through my 12 Ps […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, Your Small Business Tagged With: 90-Day Plan, fix your business, melinda emerson, smallbizlady

The Secret to a Successful Retail Business

January 23, 2018 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Sponsored Post Do you know the Value of Clean? Well, remember the last time you went into a public restroom in a retail establishment and realized that they might not value their customers?  You know what I mean — one of those scary bathrooms where you thought you might catch something if you touched anything. […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: @ProcterGamble ‏, business secrets, cleaning checklist, successful retail business

Does Your Business Need a Talent Management System?

November 27, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

As the saying goes, the team (or business) is only as strong as its weakest link. But as a business owner, do you have any idea which employees are weaker (or stronger) than others? Or why that’s the case? Or how you can improve the way they do their jobs? If you’re unsure about the […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: build a team, talent management

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