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National Small Business Week is Here!

May 21, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

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America’s #1 Small Business Expert Joins the New York Times. I am excited to announce that I am joining the writing team at the You’re the Boss section of The New York Times. Premiering this May, my column on social media and small businesses will run weekly on the blog centered on small business ownership advice.  Loren Feldman, small-business editor of The New York Times says “Melinda Emerson is a force of nature. She will be writing about social media, and we are very excited about adding her passion, her energy and her insights to You’re the Boss.”  Click here to read more.

I consider May to be National Small Business Month. There are always tons of events, conferences and contests that kick-off or take place during the month of May, and this year is no exception.  May 20-26, 2012 is actually National Small Business Week, which is a great opportunity for businesses large and small to celebrate all that we contribute to the U.S. economy.  Here’s a list of some of the top events taking place this week to help you grow your small business:

On #Smallbizchat this week: We are having a National Small Business Week celebration sponsored by Verizon Small Business @VZSmallBiz. In honor of this special week, Verizon is giving away 12 top business books to the first 200 people who come to #Smallbizchat this Wednesday between 8-9pm ET and use our hashtag.  Follow my @SmallBizLady Twitter handle for more details. Here’s how to participate in #Smallbizchat http://bit.ly/S797e

This week’s #Smallbizchat topic: How to Use Pinterest to Grow Your Small Business with Jennifer Abernethy @SalesLounge and Author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Social Media Marketing.  Don’t miss it.

Join FedEx Office, Our Office is Your Office Tweet Chat Series On Tuesday May 22, 1-2pm ET with Gene Marks @GeneMarks. He’ll be sharing advice on networking to increase small business cash flow.  To join the live chat on Twitter, follow @FedExOffice and use hashtag #FedExOffice.

National Small Business Week Conference:  Sponsored by the Small Business Administration @SBAgov, which is holding its annual conference in DC this week. If you are in the area, they are having a Tweetup Tuesday May 22nd in DC. There is still time to register http://owl.li/aZhFu

See SmallBizLady Live: I’ll be in Chicago this week attending the Black Enterprise Entrepreneur’s Conference at the Chicago Hilton. It kicks off May 23-26th, 2012.  Be sure to check out www.blackenterprise.com this Thursday May 24th. A feature article on my business will be published as part of their Black Blogger Month series.

Great Contest Opportunity: If you are looking to expand your business, Chase and www.LivingSocial.com have teamed up to give up to 12 grants of $250K to small businesses. This is am amazing opportunity for today’s entrepreneurs. For complete contest details visit www.missionsmallbusiness.com The last day to enter is June 30th.

Do you know about any other great events for National Small Business Week? Please share them in the comments.

For more tips on how start or grow your small business subscribe to Melinda Emerson’s blog http://www.succeedasyourownboss.com.

 

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Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, SmallBizChat, Your Small Business Tagged With: FedEx, Jennifer Abernethy, national small business week, New York Times, SmallBizChat, social media marketing, Verizon Small Business

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About Melinda Emerson

Melinda F. Emerson, “SmallBizLady” is America’s #1 Small Business Expert. She is an internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business development, social selling, and online marketing strategy. As CEO of Quintessence Group, her Philadelphia-based marketing consulting firm serves Fortune 500 brands that target the small business market. Clients include Amazon, Adobe, Verizon, VISA, Google, FedEx, Chase, American Express, The Hartford, and Pitney Bowes. She also has an online school, www.smallbizladyuniversity.com, that teaches people online marketing and how to start and grow a successful small business and publishes a blog SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com. Her advice is widely read, reaching more than 3 million entrepreneurs each week online. She hosts The Smallbizchat Podcast and is the bestselling author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, Revised and Expanded, and Fix Your Business, a 90 Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business.

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  1. BrendaJoyce says

    May 21, 2012 at 11:05 am

    I am glad that I found you on my twitter. The information you provide is relevant, and definitely a help to small businesses. I am trying to figure out what direction to go as far as me opening a small business. But when I do open my small business, I will have a lot of tools to help me succeed just from the information you provided on blog.

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  2. Morris Anderson says

    May 21, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    Congrats Melinda! Appreciate all the great info you are providing…

    Reply
  3. Raju Gurung says

    June 1, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    I have also small own boss business I do not know how to promote it and how does it help us for? This is the trekking and tours company which name is given Glorious Himalaya Trekking {www.glorioushimalaya.com,www.nepalhimalayatreks.com}
    Plz. I am waiting for co-operate…

    Reply

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