The Core Business Show

8 Reasons When it Makes Sense to Grow Your Business is our topic on The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet. Every entrepreneur wants to have a business primed for growth. However, in business, as in life, timing is everything. So the question is: how do you know when the time is right?

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Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months by Melinda Emerson is our guest on The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet.  Melinda F. Emerson, known as “SmallBizLady,” is one of America’s leading small business experts. She is a seasoned entrepreneur, professional speaker, social media strategist whose mission is to end small business failure.

Melinda has lectured  for The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship, National Association of Women Business Owners, Pennsylvania Conference for Women,  International Association of  Business Communicators, the Small Business Administration, and the Center for Women’s Business Research. Her firm has worked with marketing brands including: Pitney Bowes, Chase, Bloomberg, FedEx, American Express, Facebook, Walmart, Xerox, IKEA, Verizon, and Wells Fargo. Her areas of expertise include small business start-up, business development and social media marketing strategy.

Melinda has been featured on MSNBC, Fox News, NBC Nightly News and in The Washington Post, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise and Essence Magazines. She is a Pittsburgh native and a proud graduate of Virginia Tech.Become

The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet is sponsored by Apple Capital Group, Inc. If you are looking for business financing, please call Apple Capital Group's offices at 866-611-7457 or go to www.applecapitalgroup.com. #applecapitalgroup #thecorecorebusinessshow #Melinda Emerson is our guest on #TheCoreBusinessShow with #Tim Jacquet.

Which Social Media Platform is Best for Your Business is our topic on The Core Businesss Show with Tim Jacquet. If that conversation sounds familiar to you, you’re not alone. According to the latest Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, only 41% of small business owners surveyed said they are using social media as part of their marketing mix.Why is that? Why aren’t more small businesses using social media? Well, many see social media as time-consuming and difficult to learn and measure. However, it is an incredibly powerful and affordable way to get the word out about your business. #timjacquet #thecorebusinessshow

Single Most Important Management Tool to Grow Your Business is our topic on The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet. What is the most important management tool? successful organizations have an infrastructure of people, processes and structures that are informed and engaged on the same strategy. This engagement allows them to absorb objectives into their roles and interpret what they can do to bring the most value to the collective result.  When you can get all the pieces in your infrastructure working together efficiently (without wasted time and resources), you will succeed at achieving your NEW direction. #timjacquet #thecorebusinessshow

Tips for managing multiple location businesses is our topic on The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet. When Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast last year, thousands of businesses suffered devastating damages, prolonged power outages, and disrupted sales. Now, imagine a small business owner who operated at multiple locations, some far removed from the hurricane’s path and you’ll see an unexpected benefit from having several business locations. #thecorebusinessshow

5 Tips for Optimizing Your Cash Flow is our topic on The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet. For a small business owner, managing your cash flow, (the movement of cash to and from your business as opposed to cash deposited in a bank) may be your most important responsibility. In fact, in a recent poll conducted by CPA2Biz, the marketing and technology services subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs, 83 percent of the 500 small businesses surveyed reported that their prime concern is maintaining adequate cash flow.

3 Rules of Getting Responses from Your Emails  is our topic on The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet. Prospecting emails vs. marketing emails. There is a huge difference between marketing emails and prospecting emails. Marketing emails are usually sent out to large lists–one communication going to many. In Getting Response from your emails, prospecting emails are sent out individually—one communication going to one individual prospect. Thanks you for listening to this episode of The Core Business Show with #TimJacquet.

8 Ways to LinkedIn to Work for You is our topic on The Core Business Show with Tim Jacquet. Discover 8 ways to use Linkedin to better your business or our career. We will walk through 8 ways to make things work in your favor.

Creating a “Living” Business Plan with Tim Jacquet. To strengthen your focus and prospects for growth, commit your strategy to paper—and let it live off the page.

5 Startup Mistakes in Business to Avoid by Tim Jacquet. For many people, the upcoming fall season heralds many other changes as well: Kids headed back to school, folks starting a new job, and for many, it is time to finally start that new business. Steve-Strauss–in-article-Medium.png

That makes sense of course. A lot of people contemplating a startup choose not to begin their new businesses in the summer, knowing that people are usually distracted and that getting their attention – critical for a new business – is not easy. So, instead of competing with warm weather, vacations, and days off, these savvy entrepreneurs know that waiting until the fall is almost always the way to go. #TimJacquet