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How Do You Make Business Decisions?

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:55:41 +0000

It’s great to have a nice website, a regular sales process and glossy business cards for your small business. All of these things steer sales, and sales is the engine that drives business. You must look credible in order for a corporation to do business with you, and you must have relationships to make a sale, [...]

How to Network Online and Offline for Your Small Business

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:30:18 +0000

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 [...]

Can a Mastermind Group Help Your Small Business?

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:56:20 +0000

Did you know that mastermind groups have the power to change your business and keep you sane as an entrepreneur? For the last few years, I have participated in two mastermind groups that have made all the difference in my business. One is a mixed group of professional speakers and coaches that is focused on a [...]

Resources to Use Twitter to Grow Your Small Business

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:30:46 +0000

I regularly get emails and direct messages asking me if I tweet myself or if use a team of people help me maintain my Twitter accounts. I have two @smallbizlady and @smallbizchat. Well, the answer is that I do it myself, and here’s some of the tools that I use to manage my online brand [...]

Look Who’s Coming up on #Smallbizchat in September

Melinda Emerson — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:09:03 +0000

SmallBizChat is the Wednesday weekly Twitter chat – focused on everything that small business owners need to know about running and sustaining their business. Hosted by Melinda Emerson, The Small Biz Lady; follow @smallbizchat for updates via Twitter. How to participate in #SmallBizChat: http://bit.ly/S797e Sept. 1, 2010 How to network online and offline for your small [...]

How to Turn your Passion into a Profit

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:30:28 +0000

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 Darnyelle A. Jervey @darnyellejervey is a sought after speaker, certified business coach, award winning author and consultant. Darnyelle is the founder of [...]

How Entrepreneurs Can Develop Multiple Streams of Income

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:32:38 +0000

I recently interviewed Stephanie Chandler @bizauthor on Smallbizradio, my monthly show on #Blogtalkradio about how entrepreneurs can develop multiple streams of income. Small business owners can grow numerous business lines by taking their knowledge and packaging it for sale in the ways that people absorb information: audio, video and written, of course. The purpose of [...]

How to Choose a Small Business Lawyer

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:30:02 +0000

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 [...]

4 Social Media Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:08:15 +0000

The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition by David Meerman Scott ( J. Wiley & Sons, 2010) In 2007, when it originally published, a friend suggested I read The New Rules of Marketing and PR and [...]

PR for Newbie Entrepreneurs

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:30:07 +0000

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 @ElenaVerlee Heralded as “The Passionate Publicist,” Elena Verlee can help even the most ordinary business become well-known and sought after through the power of publicity. Elena delivers high-impact, low [...]