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Best of the Blog 2019

December 30, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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2019 was the 9th anniversary of the start of this blog. The mission of my work is to end small business failure. The nature of business marketing has changed significantly in the last few years. This year, I strategically spent time helping you, my readers, get your arms around the new rules of small business […]

Filed Under: My Recommendations, Your Small Business Tagged With: best of 2019, best of small business blogs 2019, blog posts, reading suggestions, small business blogging, small business blogs, small business marketing

The 10 Best Small Business Blogs to Follow

March 7, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

If you’re like me, you’re constantly learning by reading great content online. If you’re like me, you also have limited time to do this, so it’s important to cut through all the bad content out there and get to what’s really valuable. I’ve compiled this list of some of the best small business blogs out […]

Filed Under: Ask Smallbizlady, Featured Post, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, My Recommendations Tagged With: become your own boss, best small business websites, blog strategy, blogging, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business blogs, small business success tips, smallbizlady

How to Improve your Small Business Website

August 5, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

  Each week as @Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This post is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with @ramonray. Ramon Ray is technology evangelist at smallbiztechnology.com; a former tech consultant; hands on tech expert; frequent speaker including Inc. 500 and SmallBizTrends; a frequent writer of more than […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: melinda emerson, Ramon Ray, smal business websites, small business blogs, SmallBizChat

Blogging Series Part 1: Why Everyone Should Blog

July 7, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Content is currency online. If you have a small business, I am quite sure that your business could benefit from demonstrating your expertise online through blogging. There are all types of ways to communicate with your target customers on a blog; you can write, post pictures, develop videos or post audio interviews. Blogs used to […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Grow Your Business, Social Media Tagged With: blogging for business, drive traffic, small business blogs

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