{"id":10964,"date":"2014-01-06T16:44:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/?page_id=10964"},"modified":"2022-12-08T00:27:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T04:27:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16171 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melinda-gold-2018-highres.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizlady.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melinda-gold-2018-highres.png 533w, https:\/\/smallbizlady.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melinda-gold-2018-highres-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/>Melinda F. Emerson, \u201cSmallBizLady\u201d is America\u2019s #1 Small Business Expert. She<b>\u00a0<\/b>is an internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business development, social selling, and online marketing strategy. As CEO of\u00a0Quintessence Entertainment, Inc., her Philadelphia-based marketing consulting firm serves Fortune 500 brands that target the small business market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients include Amazon, Adobe, Verizon, VISA, Google, FedEx, Chase, American Express, The Hartford, and Pitney Bowes. She also has an online school,\u00a0<span aria-invalid=\"grammar\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallbizladyuniversity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.smallbizladyuniversity.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1653187944008000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kneO6DTBx1thgK1BKT6R1\">www.smallbizladyuniversity.com<\/a><\/span><wbr \/>, that teaches people online marketing and how to start and grow a successful small business\u00a0and publishes a blog\u00a0SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her\u00a0advice is widely read, reaching more than 3 million entrepreneurs each week online. She hosts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-smallbizchat-podcast\/how-i-became-smallbizlady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-smallbizchat-podcast\/how-i-became-smallbizlady&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1653187944008000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2EvN_WEBX8irMDS76ICdrL\">The Smallbizchat Podcast<\/a>\u00a0and is the bestselling author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Become-Months-Revised-Expanded-Month\/dp\/1507215983\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3LVZR1ZA86S4S&amp;keywords=become+your+own+boss+in+12+months&amp;qid=1641946924&amp;sprefix=Become%2Caps%2C182&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Become-Months-Revised-Expanded-Month\/dp\/1507215983\/ref%3Dsr_1_3?crid%3D3LVZR1ZA86S4S%26keywords%3Dbecome%2Byour%2Bown%2Bboss%2Bin%2B12%2Bmonths%26qid%3D1641946924%26sprefix%3DBecome%252Caps%252C182%26sr%3D8-3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1653187944008000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2s00SzKep-c_CuVI3bUFHT\"><i>Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Revised and Expanded<\/i><\/a><i>,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fix-Your-Business-90-Day-Remove\/dp\/1935953885\/ref=sr_1_18?crid=1X9SVMD00PXQZ&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=fix+your+business+book&amp;qid=1601442374&amp;sprefix=Fix+Your+business%2Caps%2C930&amp;sr=8-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fix-Your-Business-90-Day-Remove\/dp\/1935953885\/ref%3Dsr_1_18?crid%3D1X9SVMD00PXQZ%26dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dfix%2Byour%2Bbusiness%2Bbook%26qid%3D1601442374%26sprefix%3DFix%2BYour%2Bbusiness%252Caps%252C930%26sr%3D8-18&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1653187944008000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1O83fykO0UQ5zQxz5uZ6W1\"><i>Fix Your Business, a 90 Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melinda F. 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Clients include Amazon, Adobe, Verizon, VISA, Google, FedEx, Chase, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-10964","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About &#187; Succeed As Your Own Boss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About &#187; Succeed As Your Own Boss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Melinda F. 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