#SmallBizChat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #SmallBizChat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. 

Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter. 

Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and click here for directions on how to join the conversation. 

Here is a list of who is on #SmallBizChat in July:

July 2:  Alternative Ways to Fund Your Small Business @rodrickmiller – Rod Miller is President and CEO of New Orleans Business Alliance, the official economic development organization for the City of New Orleans. Miller’s efforts and rep­u­ta­tion for great vision and strate­gic direc­tion gen­er­ated incred­i­ble sup­port from pri­vate and gov­ern­ment sec­tors and through­out the com­mu­nity. Going for­ward, with Miller at the helm, Pros­per­i­tyNOLA is fast becom­ing a model eco­nomic devel­op­ment plan for other cities and regions. For more info, visit powermovesnola.org

July 9:  How to Be The Best Bad Presenter @KarenHough– Karen Hough is CEO of ImprovEdge, Amazon bestselling author, contributor to the Huffington Post, featured in Inc.com, winner of the Stevie International Award for Most Innovative Company of the Year and the Athena PowerLink Award for Outstanding Woman Owned Business, and Yale grad, uses improvisation to change behavior for the better in corporations. Her new book is just out! “Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever: Break the Rules, Make Mistakes and Win Them Over.” For more info, visit: improvedge.com

July 16: How to Develop Your Content Strategy @tweetJohnHall – John Hall is a popular speaker on thought leadership, content marketing, and personal branding.  He is the co-founder and CEO of Influence & Co., a content marketing firm that focuses on strategic alignment across long-form content marketing efforts including external thought leadership, owned-media publication development, blog content, and whitepaper development.  His company was recognized as #72 on Forbes’ “Most Promising Companies in America” list and he shares his expertise in a weekly column on Forbes and LInkedIn and also has contributed to more than 50 other publications. For more info, visit influenceandco.com

July 23: How To Keep Your Business Relevant and Top of Mind: #trusthewhy @DeborahShane – Deborah Shane, is a branding strategist, social media consultant, featured writer and speaker.  Author of two books, her new book #trusthewhy Fundamentals, Value and Humor Get You Through Anything, is a blog to book collection of 56 articles about, careers, social media, branding, marketing, professional advancement and her award winning book from 2011 Career Transition-make the shift. Deborah’s articles have been featured on Small Business Trends, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Careerealism, Women For Hire and she is a go to resource for the media on NBC, Fox, CBS.  For more info, visit DeborahShaneToolbox.com

July 30:  How to Leverage Technology In Your Small Business  @PrettyGeekyCEO –  LaToya Collins-Jones is the founder of start-up Pretty Geeky and also is SmallBizChat’s Co-host.  Before founding Pretty Geeky, LaToya was a member of Dell’s Center for Entrepreneurship team under the leadership of Ingrid Vanderveldt.  As an advocate for technology in minority and women communities, LaToya worked a wide range of partners, influencers, and start-ups.  The focus of Pretty Geeky is to show clients how to leverage technology to maximize their customer life cycle.  Pretty Geeky is a mash-up of the two things she loves most…Breaking the Rules (Innovation) and Technology.  For more info, visit www.prettygeeky.co or her personal blog www.geekpraylove.com