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The SmallBizChat Podcast: Hit It & Quit It with Melina Palmer, Christy Ford & Tracey L. Gordon

April 27, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  Melina Palmer is the founder and CEO of The Brainy Business, which provides behavioral economics consulting to businesses of all sizes worldwide. Her podcast, The Brainy Business: Understanding the Psychology of Why People Buy, has downloads in over 170 countries and is used as a resource for teaching applied behavioral economics to many universities […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: behavioral economics, local business, making a will, marketing, small business tips

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Hit It & Quit It with Brian Johnson, Christine Noh & Jy Maze

March 30, 2023 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  Brian Johnson is the CEO of Main & Johnson, a business consulting and coaching company based in Charlotte, NC, aimed at seeing small and medium-sized businesses thrive, not just survive. Main & Johnson partners with business owners to bridge the gap between what success they had and the success they seek. Brian and his […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: ecommerce, marketing, small business logistics, small business owners, small business tips

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Becoming an Entrepreneurial Warrior with Zachary Green

August 4, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Zachary Green’s experiences in the Marine Corps shaped his destiny. His time in the military, then as a firefighter, gave him the resourcefulness, integrity, and grit to become a highly successful entrepreneur and best-selling author. Taking risks, trusting himself, and never letting go of his dreams drove him to create, produce, market, and sell a […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: adversity, become a successful entrepreneur, limitations, marketing, running a company, sales

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Do Less Marketing and Sell More with Cindy Zuelsdorf

August 19, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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  Cindy Zuelsdorf is the Founding Partner of Kokoro Marketing. Cindy started her own marketing business after becoming an overworked marketing czar running sales and marketing for a high-tech company. She is a marketing automation expert and helps marketers, small business owners, and high-tech companies understand and master their marketing. Cindy offers a 7 Marketing […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: entrepreneurial career, marketing, marketing for small business, scaling your business, social media marketing

Marketing Strategies to Launch a Small Business, Part II

October 24, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Marketing is key to driving sales into your business, and it’s the one thing you constantly need to work on from day one. If you are a local business, your marketing approach can be offline and online. Thanks to the advanced targeting capabilities, you can use online ads as a cost-effective way to get exposure […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business Tagged With: direct mail campaign, google business listings, local influencers, local partnerships, marketing, reviews

10 Ways to Promote Your Business Brand in 2020

January 14, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Branding is important. Managing your brand offline and online is not a small thing, but if done well, you can reduce your marketing costs and grow your revenues. The more consistent you are with your branding components the more likely someone is to recognize your brand. There are 8 key elements of a small business […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: branding, marketing, online brand, small business success

15 Mistakes Not To Make In Your Digital Marketing Approach

December 17, 2019 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

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Marketing is an essential practice in any organization, and now everything has gone digital, the possibilities are almost endless. Not only is the world of digital marketing exciting, but it is also constantly evolving, and the potential is huge. At the same time, there are mistakes to be avoided at all costs in your digital […]

Filed Under: 15 Things Series, Branding & Marketing Tagged With: analytics, brand voice, digital marketing, digital marketing mistakes, digital marketing strategy, marketing, social media post

How to Promote Your Brand in 10 Different Ways

November 12, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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When you have a product or service business you are also a brand and you must promote your brand to stay top of mind with existing and potential customers to increase your sales.  There are lots of ways to promote your brand before and after the sale.  Here are the 10 best Ideas that I […]

Filed Under: 10 Things Lists, Branding & Marketing Tagged With: branding, marketing, promote your brand

Things I Learned Attending Marketing School

October 21, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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I have been a fan of MarketingProfs for as long as I’ve been the SmallBizLady. Last week, they finally brought their Annual B2B Forum close enough to Philadelphia for me to pop in and check it out. There was so much valuable content I felt like I went to marketing school.  Now, I must admit, […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Your Small Business Tagged With: customer experience, expert marketer, Mark Schaefer, marketing, marketing rebellion, marketing school, small business marketing strategy

How to Build a Brand on Amazon

October 3, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Andrew Morgans, @MarknologyE. Andrew is a thought leader in the Amazon Branding space. He is the founder of Marknology™, a Kanas […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat Tagged With: Amazon, amazon business, amazon sales, amazon seller, branding, build a brand on Amazon, ecommerce, marketing, selling on amazon, small business branding

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