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How to Export to China as a Small Business

March 15, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

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 Frank Lavin @Export_Now Frank was America’s salesman in chief in his role as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: exportimg, Outsourcing, SmallBizChat

Who’s on #SmallBizChat this Month – April 2012

April 3, 2012 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. Here are the upcoming guests for April 2012… 4/4 Andrew Davis @CPC_Andrew Director of Marketing of CPC Strategy teaches How to Grow an Online Business 4/11 Kent Lewis @kentlewis Founder, Anvil Media Inc. teaches How to Use Mobile Web Advertising […]

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Smallbizchat Celebrates 3 Years of Helping Thousands of Entrepreneurs

April 25, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Today marks the third anniversary of my Twitter talk show #Smallbizchat. We launched the weekly #Smallbizchat, in April of 2009, as a peer-to-peer mentoring program to help early stage entrepreneurs get answers to their small business questions. The goal was to provide information to help end small business failure.  With 82% of small businesses going […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, SmallBizChat Tagged With: become your own boss, entrepreneur, small business, SmallBizChat, twitter

Who’s On #SmallBizChat May 2012

May 2, 2012 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. Here are the upcoming guests for May 2012… 5/2 Liz Lynch @Liz_lynch Author Smart Networking on How to be a Power Networker 5/9 Amy Palmer @FearBustinSales on How to Get Over Your Fear of Selling 5/16 Alfred Edmond Jr. @AlfrededmondJr – Editor […]

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How to Get Paid What You Are Worth

May 17, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

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 Alfred Edmond @AlfredEdmondJr is SVP/Editor-at-large of Black Enterprise. He is a content leader, brand representative and expert resource for all media platforms under […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, SmallBizChat, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: Black Enterprise, money, pricing, SmallBizChat

Look Who’s Going to be on #SmallBizChat June 2012

June 5, 2012 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter. Here’s how: follow @smallbizchat on Twitter and click here for directions on how to join the conversation. June 6 – Entrepreneur Candace Nelson @SprinklesCandac from the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars on How to Expand a Small Business. June 13 – Joel Bush @LeverageBox VP of Business […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Barry Moltz, Brent Leary, Candace Nelson, Joel Bush, SmallBizChat, tweetchat, twitter

Who’s Going to be on #SmallBizChat July 2012?

June 29, 2012 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter. Here’s how: follow @smallbizchat on Twitter and click here for directions on how to join the conversation.   July 4 – There will be no show – Happy Independence Day! July 11 – Octavia Conner @SmartChoicellc1 – Simple Bookkeeping Strategies for Busy Small Business Owners July 18 – […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Amit Kumar, entrepreneur, Michael Hyatt, Octavia Connor, small business, SmallBizChat

Who is on #SmallBizChat in August 2012?

July 27, 2012 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter. Here’s how: follow @smallbizchat on Twitter and click here for directions on how to join the conversation. August 1: Beth Goldstein @marketingedge – How to Control Your Business Destiny August 8: Allan Branch @AllanBranch – How to Keep Control of Your Small Business August 15: Akilah Thompkins-Robinson […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Akilah Thompkins-Robinson @akzmedesigns, Allan Branch @allanbranch, Beth Goldstein @marketing edge, entrepreneur, Jean Chatzky @jeanchatzky, SmallBizChat

Who is on #SmallBizChat October 2012?

October 3, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter. Here’s how: follow @smallbizchat on Twitter and click here for directions on how to join the conversation. October 3:  Michael Simmons, @MichaelDSimmons: How to Be a Successful Under 30 Entrepreneur – Michael is an award-winning serial entrepreneur who started his first business at age 16.  For more […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: @janewapplegate, @michaeldsimmons, @msnbcyourbiz, @ruthsherman, Jane Applegate, JJ Ramberg, Michael Simmons, Ruth Sherman, SmallBizChat

Who is on #SmallBizChat September 2012?

August 31, 2012 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Join me live every Wednesday, 8PM EST for #SmallBizChat on Twitter. Here’s how: follow @smallbizchat on Twitter and click here for directions on how to join the conversation. September 5:  Pat Flynn @patflynn: How to Generate Passive Income from Your Website – Pat shares information about developing passive income at http://www.smartpassiveincome.com September 12 Maria Stevens @smallbizchatter: How to […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, SmallBizChat Tagged With: entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business, SmallBizChat

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