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3 Tools Your Small Business Needs to Have More Clients

April 7, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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There’s no doubt that every company, either an enterprise or a solopreneur, is in constant need of clients. Clients drive your business, help you succeed, and grow the revenue. Thus, your aim is to grab as many clients as possible.  Yet, finding clients may be a stunning and time-consuming task. Firstly, you cannot find ready-made […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: a clean email list, email verifier, finding clients, generate leads, Saas platforms, sender reputation, sending emails right

How to create lead magnets for your small business

August 14, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Leads magnets are undeniably one of the most efficient and gainful ways to collect contact information from your website. By offering something valuable to potential customers in exchange for their email address or cell phone number, you create a mutually beneficial scenario – making internet users more likely to trust you with their […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Guest Articles, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: create a lead magnet, generate leads, lead magnet

8 Tips to Build a Great Strategy for Lead Generation

January 14, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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It can be difficult to find leads, but it’s an important part of all businesses. Getting some leads means getting some chances for new business. Here are 8 tips to generate good leads for your business and how to turn them into loyal and content clients. 1. Build Useful Relationships It’s important to start some […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: build leads, generate leads, lead generation, lead generation strategy, leads

7 Chatbot Marketing Tactics You Can Use as a Small Business Owner

November 26, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 Having a small business is a lot of work, and it can be expensive. But there are ways to make it easier! Using chatbots can help your small business save time and money so you can focus on growth. Keep reading for my list of 7 small business chatbot marketing tactics that you can use […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Customer Service Tagged With: bots, chatbot, chatbot marketing, customer services, generate leads, small business marketing, small business marketing tips

HowTo Generate, Qualify, and Follow Up on Profitable Leads for Your Small Business

April 28, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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 Kelvin Francis, LSS BB @apptpros. Kelvin is President of LeadsBIXample. He has been extensively involved in the strategic, operational and managerial aspects […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @apptpros, build leads, generate leads, sales leads

Ask SmallBizLady: When you started your business, how did you generate leads?

April 8, 2013 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

This question came to me from one of my fans on LinkedIn. When you are initially starting a small business, one of the most important things you must do is cultivate your network. At least 12 months before launching your business you must build up your personal network and start attending networking functions. Reach out […]

Filed Under: Ask Smallbizlady, How to Start Tagged With: generate leads, small business info, small business networking

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