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November 2022 #SmallBizChat: How to Transition to Employee Ownership and Find a Winning Franchise

November 17, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat Podcast LIVE is a monthly video chat where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat Podcast LIVE is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. Please join us live on my SmallBizLady Facebook Page or my YouTube Channel.  Sarah Durham is an entrepreneur […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: employee ownership, franchise, iconic brand, networking, transition to employee ownership, winning franchise opportunity

Are You Focused on Your Follow-up?

May 23, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

The choice to succeed as your own business is an exhilarating concept, and it comes with a price tag. There are  endless  responsibilities and tasks that must be taken care of and all of the pressure is on you.  To choose to succeed as your own boss, it is absolutely vital you prime your network […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Branding & Marketing, Customer Service Tagged With: business success, fast follow-up, follow-up, melinda emerson, networking, smallbizlady

The SmallBizChat Podcast: Scaling SmallBiz: Be All In! with David Weiss


January 30, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Scaling SmallBiz_ Be All In! with David Weiss
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David Weiss is a New York City-based entrepreneur and co-founder of Selffee, a brand activation company with products including edible photo booths and edible selfies. Before his work at Selffee, David served as a sales executive for Fashion Avenue Knits, collaborating with merchandisers and designers in the development of brand apparel lines while also overseeing […]

Filed Under: The SmallBizChat Podcast Tagged With: brand positioning, building a brand, growing and scaling your business, making connections, networking, sales outreach, Selffee

A Closer Look at Financial Numbers, Lifestyle Businesses, and Networking

March 21, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE, our show featured three guests: The Few Numbers that Make ALL the Difference with Ellen Rohrm @ellenrohr, Building a Business Around Your Lifestyle with Donna Maria Coles Johnson, @donnamaria, and Gaining Leads and Contacts at Networking Events with David Weiss, @EdibleSelfie. I pulled three of the best questions from each […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: Financial Numbers, Lifestyle Businesses, networking, responsible business owner

Learn How to Leverage Your Network to Increase Your Business

August 16, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE our show featured three guests, LinkedIn Sales Expert Brynne Tillman @BrynneTillman, international speaker and relationship expert Charreah Jackson @charreah and Business Expert Mike Macholowicz @mikemacholowicz. I pulled three of the best questions from each of them to share with you. Every third Wed of the month, Smallbizchat LIVE is broadcast […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat Live+ Tagged With: @BrynneTillman, @charreah, @mikemacholowicz, business networking, leverage referrals, networking, SmallBizChat

How to Enjoy Your Life More as a Woman Entrepreneur

January 11, 2018 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 Dr. Sharon Porter, who is an Educator, Author, and Speaker.  She is also the owner of Perfect Time SHP LLC, […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @IamDrSharon, business networking, networking, SmallBizChat

How To Network Effectively To Grow Your Small Business

November 17, 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 Wayne Kimmel. Wayne is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, philanthropist, tireless networker, and the author of Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel. […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @waynekimmel, networking, SmallBizChat

7 Ways to Promote Your Small Business Using Video

March 28, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

There’s no denying the power of video when it comes to marketing your business. After all, people can consume videos while they’re working, walking, or commuting, and many people prefer to get information this way over reading a blog post.   If you’re not yet using video to promote your small business, I encourage you […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, blog strategy, branding, business planning, Customer Service, customers, entrepreneur, facebook, Featured Post, Google, how to participate in smallbizchat, interview, linkedin, melinda emerson, networking, small business, small business success tips, small business tips, smallbizlady, success tips, twitter

7 Ways to Attract New Customers

June 11, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 10 Comments

If you are in business you are probably always looking for ways to attract new customers. If not, shame on you. Don’t be so busy doing business that you are not busy looking for business.  If you do not have an updated marketing plan, here are a few ideas that you can use to start […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady Tagged With: networking, sales, small business info, small business marketing

6 Things Oprah Winfrey Taught Us About Business

June 5, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 16 Comments

Oprah Winfrey is my hero. I never thought about being an entrepreneur until she got on my radar when I was in college in the early 90’s. It was around that time that she opened Harpo Studios in Chicago, making her the third woman in the American entertainment industry (after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball) […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Branding & Marketing, Business Inspiration, Customer Service, Grow Your Business, How to Start, Starting A Small Business, Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, chicago, customers, entrepreneur, Featured Post, managing stress, marketing, melinda emerson, networking, oprah, oprah season finale, Oprah Winfrey, own, own network, passion, small business success, small business tips, strategic branding, success tips

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