#Smallbizchat takes place on Twitter on Wednesdays 8-9pm Eastern. We use tweetgrid.com to conduct the chat. The target market for #smallbizchat is emerging entrepreneurs 25-54, who are less than five years in business. We try to balance topics on the chat between challenges for start-ups and issues that would challenge a business with 20 or […]
It’s All About The Sales Call Prep
In business, we all sell something. Some sell products, some sell services. However, we all need to be about selling solutions. When you go on a sales call, it’s never about what you do. Sometimes as small business owners, we are so passionate about our businesses that we forget to focus on the customer’s pain […]
How to Win a Business Plan Competition
Every week as @SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Lora Kolodny @lorakolodny . She writes for the You’re the Boss! blog for the New York Times online. She began reporting on […]
8 Ways To Use Twitter To Grow Your Small Business
This past week was a big week. First a major review of my new book came out on the website one of my favorite business magazines Black Enterprise with the title: “Now Read This: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, If entrepreneurship is your objective, Melinda Emerson offers a step-by-step road map” which was written […]
A Woman’s Guide to Being Your Own Boss
Women have so many amazing qualities. We are caretakers. We build communities. Our generosity is abundant. We are sensitive and, at times, emotional. We make decisions ultimately on our intuition or, as I like to say – our spidey sense. So why then, do women struggle in business? The very qualities that make us women […]
12 Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read
You all know that I believe You Must Grow Yourself to Grow Your Businessâ„¢. Reading books is a great way to sharpen your own knife and learn new things than can help your business. I often find that books help me see my business from different perspectives. The following is a list of new and […]
Who’s Coming Up in May 2010 on #SmallBizChat
The M in May stands for Marketing on #Smallbizchat, where each show this month will focus on an element of marketing and your small business. May 5th Jill Lublin @JillLublin Public Relations Expert and Co-Author, Guerilla Publicity – How to Develop Free Publicity to Grow Your Small Business. May 12th David Siteman Garland @Therisetothetop Founder, […]
Winners of the $25,000 Entrepreneur’s Challenge
In celebration of her first book, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business That Works (Adams Media, March 2010), Melinda Emerson is annoucning contest winners featuring a prize of weekly small-business coaching sessions. “The contest brought so many worthy applicants that I found it impossible to choose one winner,” […]
SmallBizChat Q and A with David Allen Getting Things Done
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 David Allen @gtdguy who is widely recognized as the world’s leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. David is the international bestselling […]
Getting Started on LinkedIn
Developing a LinkedIn profile is a great step towards building your social media footprint. LinkedIn is a professional social networking application. LinkedIn users tend to be more affluent and very well educated. 57% of users are men and 43% are women with 72% of users over the age 35. According to a May 2009 survey, […]
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