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Baby Boomers Businesses I know a woman (let’s call her Sarah) who was a vice president at a major Fortune 500 company. She was a sassy 48-year-old single MBA who was very successful climbing the...
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Baby Boomers Businesses I know a woman (let’s call her Sarah) who was a vice president at a major Fortune 500 company. She was a sassy 48-year-old single MBA who was very successful climbing the...
View ArticleAsk @SmallBizLady: How do I follow-up after a business conference?
Every Friday, I answer your small business questions in a video blog segment called Ask Small Biz Lady. This week, I took a question live from the New York Times Small Business Summit. Here’s the...
View ArticleHow to Get Started on Twitter
Using Twitter is a great way to start building your online brand. If you can send a text message, you can tweet. You can only communicate using 140 characters on Twitter, but if you want people to...
View Article10 Things to Grow Your Business This Summer
Summer is here! Now that the kids are out of school, you might be thinking about how to reduce your work schedule, but that’s the worst thing you could do. It’s time to turn up the heat in your...
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: How Do I Protect My Intellectual Property?
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: How Do I Protect My Intellectual Property? Click this...
View ArticleDear SmallBizLady, I am working around the clock in my business. Help?
Dear SmallBizLady, I am a Mompreneur working around the clock in my business and I feel like I am getting nowhere fast. Can you help me? Many of us running our small businesses are working hard, real...
View ArticleHelp SmallBizlady: How do you Find Time to Start a Business if you are a...
In order for a working mother to be successful in business they have to have a great support team behind them, particularly if the children are under 5 years old. It takes teamwork to make the dream...
View ArticleSmallBizLady: How Do I Set Pricing?
Dear SmallBizLady, I just purchased a daycare center. Should I offer the returning customers the existing price or my higher pricing? Tomika Robertson A Giants Preschool LLC One of the great things...
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: How Do I License My Product to Manufacturers?
Every week, my readers and social media fans contact me with questions about how to run or grow their small businesses. This question came from Jeremy Day @Jeremybrentday and I reached out to my...
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: When you started your business, how did you generate leads?
This question came to me from one of my fans on LinkedIn. When you are initially starting a small business, one of the most important things you must do is cultivate your network. At least 12 months...
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: How to Price Your Speaking Services
Speaking is a great way to brand yourself and your business, but doing it professionally is another matter. Here’s a question from one of my Facebook fans on how to price your speaking services....
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: How to Transition From Employee to Entrepreneur
How should small business owners prepare to transition from employee to becoming their own boss? SmallBizLady: Inside my book Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, I created the Emerson Planning System,...
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: Should I Focus on My Personal Brand or Brand My Company?
One of my loyal blog readers asked: I’ve learned from you and others that personal branding is a must if you want to set yourself up as an expert in your given area. Therefore, I’ve been positioning...
View ArticleSmallBizLady: Help I Need to Start My Small Business Now!
This is a call or email that I often get from people who had recently lost a job and have been thinking about starting a business, but want to get it rolling right away. If you’re ready to be your own...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Small Business Blogs to Follow
If you’re like me, you’re constantly learning by reading great content online. If you’re like me, you also have limited time to do this, so it’s important to cut through all the bad content out there...
View ArticleMy best advice for Millennial Business Owners
I was recently invited to appear as a featured guest on the Tweetchat #MillennialTalk hosted by social media Influencer Chelsea Krost on Tuesday at 8pm ET. She asked me to talk about growth strategies...
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: How I can market my book while I am at events?
I recently got an email question from one of my readers that I realized might be helpful to others as an Ask SmallBizLady post. She recently self published a book, and built a t-shirt line to promote...
View ArticleAsk Smallbizlady: What Departments Have Corporate Sponsorship Budgets?
Corporate sponsorship is a mutual business proposition that offers something in exchange for financial support from a corporation. Sponsorship is very lucrative if you are a small business with...
View ArticleAsk SmallBizLady: When you started your business, how did you generate leads?
This question came to me from one of my fans on LinkedIn. When you are initially starting a small business, one of the most important things you must do is cultivate your network. At least 12 months...
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