Melinda F. Emerson, “SmallBizLady”, is America’s #1 Small Business Expert. She is an internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business development, her social selling, and her online marketing strategy. As her CEO of Quintessence Group, her Philadelphia-based marketing her consulting firm serves Fortune 500 brands targeting the small business market. Clients include Amazon, Adobe, Verizon, VISA, Google, FedEx, Chase, American Express, The Hartford and Pitney Bowes. She also has an online school and www.smallbizladyuniversity.com, teaches people about online marketing and how to start and grow a successful small business, and publishes the blog SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com. Her advice is widely read and reaches over 3 million entrepreneurs online every week.she hosts Smallbizchat Podcast is a best-selling author of Revised and expanded to become your own boss in 12 monthsWhen Fix Your Business, a 90-day plan to get your life back and reduce business disruption.
