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May 2021 #Smallbizchat: Was the Pandemic a Gift or Dagger?

May 20, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

May 2021 #Smallbizchat_ Was the Pandemic a Gift or Dagger OG

#Smallbizchat Podcast LIVE is a monthly video interview show 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. Please join us live every third Wednesday of the month from 8-9 pm ET Live on my SmallBizLady Facebook […]

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22 Essential Business Books Every Small Business Owners Should Read

December 28, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Amazon has countless book listings, but have you ever wondered what are the essential business books you should be reading in 2021? If you’re like most small business owners, your free time is limited, so you can’t waste it on dated information and things you already know. Let me make it simple for you, with […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Grow Your Business Tagged With: 12 Ps of Running a successful Business, Amazon, business books for small business owners, fix your business, small business owners

10 Ways to Develop a Sales Process in a Service Business

March 9, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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For the last year, I’ve been teaching my Fix Your Business Book Curriculum to entrepreneurs in the construction industry in Philadelphia. One of the biggest challenges they needed help with was sales and marketing. That made me think that what I shared with them could be helpful to any service business. In any business, you […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: effective sales plan, fix your business, running your small business, sales process, winning proposal

New Year, New Resolve

January 4, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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The New Year is a great opportunity to have a new start in your business. If you were thrilled to see 2018 come to a close, now is the time to build a plan to execute your best year ever in 2019. Instead of focusing on personal resolutions like losing weight or learning a foreign […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Business Inspiration, Featured Post, Grow Your Business, How to Start, Your Small Business Tagged With: biz tips, building your business, business tips, fix your business, New Year, new year resolution, small business growth, small business tips

Success Secrets from America’s Top Business Experts Part 2

April 9, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

My new book Fix Your Business, features top business experts at the end of each of the chapters. Each expert was selected based on the advice they could share based on my 12 Ps of Running a Successful Business: Preparation, Purpose, People, Profit, Processes, Productivity, Performance, Product, Presence, Prospects, Planning and Perseverance. They are all […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Uncategorized Tagged With: fix your business, small business experts, small business success tips, success secrets

How to Run a Successful Business

March 8, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Melinda Emerson, @SmallBizLady offers advice and encouragement to more than three million entrepreneurs every week online. She is the publisher of succeedasyourowboss.com. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. She has a 20-year track record as a successful businesswoman as CEO of Quintessence Group, an award winning marketing consulting […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: fix your business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, Successful Business

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

32 Ways to Fix Your Business

March 5, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

When I released Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, back in 2010, my focus was on helping entrepreneurs launch a business. But over the last few years, I’ve talked to dozens of business owners who seem to be struggling to stay in business. Some of the consistent issues I heard were about constant cash […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Fix Your Business Tagged With: entrepreneurs, fix your business

How to Fix Your Business? Part 3

February 26, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Does running your business make you feel like you don’t have a life? If so, you can change things. My new book, Fix Your Business; 90-day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business. shows you how to set things up so that you can enjoy your business again. In it, […]

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How to Fix Your Business? Part 1

February 12, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you’ve been in business any length of time, no doubt you’ve had some tough days. Here are just a few scenarios that just come to mind. One of your employees didn’t show up for a client, and you find out when the client calls you furious. Your assistant booked your travel to the wrong […]

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