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From Product Idea to Business Owner

February 11, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 7 Comments

MelindaEmerson’s SmallBizChat Interviews with Sandy Abrams, author of Your Idea, Inc. on how to turn a product into a business.

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, How to Start, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: product-based business, small business, small business tips, smallbizlady, start a small business

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 Have a Successful Work at Home Business

June 24, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 3 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 Holly Reisem Hanna @Holly_Hanna. She is the Founder & Publisher of The Work at Home Woman; an online business resource dedicated to […]

Filed Under: How to Start, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: how to start a business, smallbizlady, WAHM, work at home

How To Get Started Using Social Media To Promote Your Small Business

July 8, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 12 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 withLiana “Li” Evans @StorySpinner who is known as theonline marketing geek girl who loves all things social media! ­She has been an accomplished […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, Getting started, Liana Evans, marketing, small business info, smallbizlady, social media, social media 101, social media marketing

How Small Businesses Can Make Money

July 15, 2010 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 Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Ramit Sethi @Ramit. New York Times bestselling author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich. He co-founded PBwiki and graduated from […]

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, entrepreneur, I will teach you to be rich, melinda emerson, Qualify the business, Ramit Sethi, smallbizlady, start a business, twitter

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

How to Use Technology Effectively in Your Small Business

February 24, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

Phil is the author of the The New Small; How a new Breed of small business is harnessing the power of emerging trends and technologies. He consults companies on how to optimize their use of technology. While not consulting, Phil speaks about emerging trends and technologies. He’s also the author of Why New Systems Fail (Cengage, 2010) and The Next Wave of Technologies (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). He also writes for a number of technology-oriented media outlets.

Filed Under: Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: interview, small business, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, technology

Should I Put My Picture on My Business Card?

May 20, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 2 Comments

Ask @SmallBizLady: Should I put my picture on my business card? Every Friday, I answer your small business questions in a video blog segment called Ask Small Biz Lady.  This week, we are taking on the question: “Should I put my picture on my business card?” Here’s the answer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKXIfQM-Kn4 If you are a solopreneur […]

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