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How to Participate in #SmallBizChat

July 21, 2009 By Melinda Emerson 22 Comments

What is #SmallBizChat? It is a weekly talk show on Twitter for small business owners. It takes place every Wednesday from 8-9 pm eastern time. Guest experts and participants type answers to questions from the host Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, using the social media site Twitter. The focus of #SmallBizChat is to help business owners succeed […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: how to participate in smallbizchat, SmallBizChat, tweetchat, tweetgrid, twitter

Niche to Get Rich

July 21, 2009 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

From time to time as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with small business experts that could benefit my audience. This is excerpts from my #smallbizchat interview on Twitter with  Isabella Murphy @nichelady.  She’s a Product Creation Specialist, Niche Marketer – CEO of Staying Paid.com – making payday come everyday through strategy, not chance!  She is a professional writer, and blogs […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: how to find a niche, melinda emerson, niche to get rich, nichelady, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, what is a niche?

How to Transition From Corporate to Small Business Ownership

April 1, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

Mike Michalowicz @TPEntrepreneur Author, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur interviews Melinda Emerson @Smallbizlady Author, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months. She also has great start-up tips at www.becomeyourownbossbook.com Q: What makes your book different from all the other start-up business books? Melinda Emerson: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months provides a realistic, month-by-month planning guide to start […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, How to Start, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Starting A Small Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, start a business

The State of Now, SmallBizChat Q + A with Jeff Pulver

April 8, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 10 Comments

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 @JeffPulver who is a Technology Anthropologist; Entrepreneur; Early-Stage Seed Investor. Jeff has been called “a habitual entrepreneur who likes to start Internet […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: #140conf, become your own boss, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, social media, twitter

How to Use LinkedIn to Grow Your Small Business

July 29, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

Each week as @Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with @PatriceRutledge.  Patrice is a bestselling author of 30 books on business technology who has been interviewed by CNN, Inc., Fox News, MSN, AOL, and other media outlets around the world. Her […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: linkedin, melinda emerson, small business, SmallBizChat, social media

How to Choose a Small Business Lawyer

August 19, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Each week as @Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with @Corpnet Philip Akalp who is Founder and CEO of www.CorpNet.com. Philip is a trained lawyer who created his first business MyCorporation.com in 1997, which was acquired by Intuit after forming over […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: Corp Net, melinda emerson, small business experts, small business layer, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

How to Network Online and Offline for Your Small Business

September 2, 2010 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 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Kevin Knebl ( @KevinKnebl ), the owner of Knebl Communications, www.kevinknebl.com, a Colorado-based company specializing in Online and Offline Networking Skills and […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: building a network, Kevin Knebl, melinda emerson, networking, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

Finding and Keeping Clients Using Social Customer Relationship Management

January 14, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with Howard Yermish @hyermish. Howard has worked professionally in Internet development since 1993. Howard has consulted on projects for clients such as AOL, Commerce Bank, Disney, Kaiser Permanente, Mattel and Microsoft, as well […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: CRM, customer profiles, customers, Howard Yermish, relationship management, small business, SmallBizChat, social crm, social monitoring

How to Create a Profitable Sales Funnel

January 20, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 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 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Hugh MacFarlane @funnelguy Hugh has 20 years+ experience in working with Business owners, Boards, CEOs, Directors of Sales and Marketing with products […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: Hugh MacFarlane, marketing, sales, sales funnel, SmallBizChat, tweetchat

How to Use Google Analytics to Grow Your Business

January 27, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 8 Comments

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with Pierre DeBois @ZimanaAnalytics.  Pierre is the founder of Zimana (www.zimana.com), a consultancy providing strategic analysis to small and midsize businesses that rely on Web analytics data. SmallBizlady: Why is web analytics […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: analytics, Google, marketing, SmallBizChat, social media metrics, website analytics

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