Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with @kingsleymaunder. Kingsley is a serial entrepreneur who launched his first start-up in 2001 and his current business, Konector, is his third. Konector helps small businesses ‘konect’ with influential bloggers […]
Writing Your Way to Greater Sales in Your Small Business
Writing Your Way to Greater Sales in Your Small Business, by Shannon Harmon Say it with me, “Content, Content and More Content.” We’ve all heard the stories about bloggers who create blogs that generate thousands upon thousands of dollars each month in revenue. They’re living on an island somewhere sipping something delicious and blogging their […]
Ask SmallBizLady How Can I Get Started Blogging?
Every Friday, I answer questions on my blog in this Ask Small Biz Lady segment, posting video answers to frequent small business questions. This week, we are tackling the question: How Can I Get Started Blogging? Determine who you want to talk to: It is important to speak to the same customer every time you […]
Blogging, & Handling Corporate Inquires & Monetizing your Online Brand.
Check out this quick video from the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. Fellow blogger Jewel Figueras of http://www.JewelsFabLife.com was interviewed by LaShanda Henry creator of SistaSense blogs for entrepreneurs and the Black Business Women Online Social Network. http://www.sistasense.tv/smallbizlady-and-jewelsfablife-talk-blogging-and-working-with-brands-part1/ We discussed blogging, handling corporate inquires and monetizing your online brand. Enjoy! I’m always here as a resource. […]
The Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program Could Be Your Answer
Comcast Interactive Capital, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies, today announced that is has partnered with DreamIt Ventures (“DreamIt”), the leading technology accelerator for entrepreneurs, to provide seed funding, training, mentoring and other benefits to five minority-led startups through DreamIt’s accelerator program. The partnership […]
Are you Google-able?
If you’re ready for a midcareer makeover, you can get new clothes and a new haircut. But even more important, you must make yourself what I call “Google-able.” That means you need to create a smart social media footprint. By day I work as a small-business coach, and I keep coming across amazing professionals with […]
How to Make the Most of Social Media Marketing
Leveraging the power of social media to market your brand in the Web 2.0 world is imperative to remaining viable as a business owner. Having social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn aren’t enough to take advantage of the marketing opportunities that new media environment has created. You need to adopt a comprehensive strategy […]
Ask @SmallBizLady: How can I get my kids to “buy in” to my business?
Here’s the answer: Every Friday, I answer your small business questions in a video blog segment called Ask Small Biz Lady. This week, we are taking on the question: How can I get my kids to “buy in” to my business? If you want to get your family to support your business follow these steps: […]
How to Get Started on Twitter
Using Twitter is a great way to start building your online brand. If you can send a text message, you can tweet. You can only communicate using 140 characters on Twitter, but if you want people to Retweet (RT) or share your content, you should cut your tweets down to 125 characters. Here a few […]
Ask @SmallBizLady: How do I follow-up after a business conference?
Every Friday, I answer your small business questions in a video blog segment called Ask Small Biz Lady. This week, I took a question live from the New York Times Small Business Summit. Here’s the question: How do I make a plan to follow-up after a business conference? Here’s the answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3rKLFEkF_I Immediately reach out […]