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She hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-smallbizchat-podcast\/how-i-became-smallbizlady\">The Smallbizchat Podcast<\/a> and is the bestselling author of <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\"><i>Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, Revised and Expanded<\/i><\/a>, and <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\"><i>Fix Your Business, a 90 Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business<\/i><\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/author\/smallbizlady\/","slug":"smallbizlady","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c481aec1ebab8265e86b6bedc0ad162272095962fd364e9c997c251e4d97ba80?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c481aec1ebab8265e86b6bedc0ad162272095962fd364e9c997c251e4d97ba80?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c481aec1ebab8265e86b6bedc0ad162272095962fd364e9c997c251e4d97ba80?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Melinda Emerson, Author at 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\/author\/smallbizlady\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"profile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Melinda Emerson, Author at Succeed As Your Own Boss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/author\/smallbizlady\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Succeed As Your Own Boss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0288fb0ad706b0961e08ef8a230fc512?s=500&d=mm&r=g\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"ProfilePage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/author\/smallbizlady\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/author\/smallbizlady\/\",\"name\":\"Melinda Emerson, Author at Succeed As Your Own Boss\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/author\/smallbizlady\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/author\/smallbizlady\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/author\/smallbizlady\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Archives for Melinda Emerson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/\",\"name\":\"Succeed As Your Own Boss\",\"description\":\"ENDING SMALL BUSINESS FAILURE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c834f8eb18373457ba0d149d6abd9919\",\"name\":\"Melinda Emerson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/succeedasyourownboss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c481aec1ebab8265e86b6bedc0ad162272095962fd364e9c997c251e4d97ba80?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c481aec1ebab8265e86b6bedc0ad162272095962fd364e9c997c251e4d97ba80?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Melinda Emerson\"},\"description\":\"Melinda F. 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