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Who’s on #Smallbizchat April 2019

April 1, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss.  Please join us live on Twitter every Wednesday from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Leadership, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Teams Tagged With: building a lifestyle business, business finance, business numbers, protecting your small business, sales techniques, selling unique items, small business fraud, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, social media, social media platforms

Use an Ecommerce Website Builder with Your Facebook Store

April 15, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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In my last post, I made a case for selling your products through your own Facebook store (“How to Sell on Facebook Free: Set Up Your Own Shop”). It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s free and gives you access to one of the world’s biggest marketplaces. All these things still hold true. However, if you want […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Social Media, Your Small Business Tagged With: ecommerce, ecommerce website, facebook, facebook selling, sales, social media, social media marketing, website builder

Who’s on #Smallbizchat March 2019

March 12, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss.  Please join us live on Twitter every Wednesday from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Leadership, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Solopreneurs, Teams Tagged With: building a lifestyle business, business finance, business numbers, protecting your small business, sales techniques, selling unique items, small business fraud, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady, social media, social media platforms

How to Identify Which Social Media Networks Are Right for Your Business

March 7, 2019 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 8-9 pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Adrienne Brown, @adriennejmedia. Adrienne is the Chief Digital Strategist of Adrienne J Media, a Digital Marketing agency located in Atlanta, […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: social media, social media networks, Social Media Strategy, social media tips, social network

Be SEEN in 2019: Social Media, Personal Branding & Making Money at Tradeshows & Live Events

February 21, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE, our show featured three guests: Designing a Powerful Social Media Plan for 2019 with Alex Romanovich, @alexromanovich, How to Make Money with Tradeshows & Live Events with Dianna Geairn, @iSalesGirl, and How to Grow Sales and  Your Business By Being a Celebrity CEO with Ramon Ray, @RamonRay. I pulled three […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: attract the millennial customer, Attracting Millenials, influencer marketing, live events, personal branding, social media, tradeshows

IT’S OFFICIAL—Excessive Internetting, Smartphoning, and Social Media Make Us Miserable

January 31, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Blake Snow. Blake is an author with over a decade of experience who has written and published thousands of featured articles […]

Filed Under: Featured SmallBizChat, SmallBizChat, Social Media Tagged With: excessive internet, Excessive Internetting, excessive social media, internet use, Smartphoning, social media, social media addiction, technology addiction

How to Increase Engagement on Social Media

September 6, 2018 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 8-9 pm ET.  This is excerpted from my recent interview with Dr. Aikyna Finch, @DrADFinch. Dr. Aikyna Finch is a ​Forbes Coaches Council Member, coaching in the areas of Empowerment, Life and Social […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Social Media, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: @DrADFinch, SmallBizChat, social media, social media engagement

How to Use Instagram Stories to Promote Your Brand

July 23, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

As social media sites add more and more features, it can be challenging to stay on top of what really works for your small business. That’s what I’m here for! To help you navigate the world of social media marketing, and Instagram in particular. If you’ve been successful at engaging your audience on Instagram consider […]

Filed Under: Branding & Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: brand promotion, instagram stories, social media

How to Recruit Top Talent by Leveraging Social Media

June 19, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article Job fairs and job search websites are great, but the key to successful recruitment of top talent today lies in leveraging social media networks. It is one of the best ways to tell people who you know that you have a job opportunity. By leveraging social platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Social Media Tagged With: Hiring, leverage social media, social media

Can I use a potential employee’s social media account in job consideration?

September 5, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article The simple answer is Yes! But we aren’t simple people, are we? As the social media landscape expands, society continues to embrace it and share EVERYTHING. I knew social media had turned a corner when my mom jumped on Facebook and started asking me about everything I post. With this new openness, it […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: human resources, social media

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