Have you ever ordered something from Amazon and noticed other options in the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” section? The general idea is that a person looking for a $120 smartphone may not readily buy a $520 phone, but will appreciate a combo deal on a screen guard, protector case and MicroSD card […]
How to Keep Employees Happily Motivated in Your Small Business
Are you tired of seeing your employees churn through and leave your company after a few months or a year? Sorry to say, but it might be how you handle your staff that’s causing them to leave. It’s your job as the business owner and manager to adopt managerial habits that will help you have […]
How to Get Unstuck in Your Business
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 Barry Moltz, @BarryMoltz. Barry is a small business expert, consultant and author with over 20 years of small business experience. […]
How to Use Loyalty to Quadruple Your Business
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 Misty Young, the @Restaurant_Lady. Misty Young is the owner of Squeeze In, a privately owned Lake Tahoe, California-based restaurant chain known for […]
Four Old-School Ways To Boost Your Productivity
Ever wonder how you can boost your productivity? Chances are the answer is yes. Boosting your productivity would make it possible for you to achieve your goals in record-breaking time. The entire idea of record-breaking goal achievement is perfectly encapsulated in The 12 Week Year which introduced the idea of getting goals done in 12 […]
How and When to Protect Your Intellectual Property in Your Small Business
Every business starts out from an idea. No matter where you are in the stage of solidifying your business idea or executing your business plan, intellectual property is a substantial part of the plan and you want to timely and correctly protect this valuable asset, especially as you try to get your endeavor off the […]
How to Arbitrate Small Claim Disputes
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 interview with @ArbiClaims. Stephen Kane is a start up and small business attorney who got tired of getting calls from people he couldn’t help, i.e. […]
Best of Melinda Emerson™’s #SmallBizChat Interviews in 2009
My interview with Sherri Garrity on how to quit a job to start a business: Sherri is the founder of Corporate Fugitive. Her company provides business coaching to aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners who want to go from overwhelmed to extraordinary. In 2007, she walked away from a successful marketing career to start her own […]
10 Leading Factors of Small Business Success
While every entrepreneur has a different success story, I tend to see some of the same factors affecting most business’s results. Now, not all of these are personality traits. Many are simply ways of doing things, so no matter who you are, changing your actions can have major results. The bottom line is you can […]
Developing a Blog vs. Website Strategy
This is the second of a three part series on blogging for business. It is such an essential issue for small businesses today that I felt it important to dedicate some real time to the topic. The first article focused on building a small business blog. Today’s piece investigates the decision to have a separate […]
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