Small Business Technology Archives

Scott Fox 10/01/2008 Author of Internet Riches How can any business not have a web site? Scott Fox talks with Jim Blasingame about why ALL businesses MUST have a presence on the Internet, plus some effective ways to leverage that presence that cost very little.

Anita Rosen 09/29/2008 Author of The e-Commerce Question and Answer Book Should your small business own software or rent it? Anita Rosen talks with Jim Blasingame about the benefits and power of Software as a Service (SaaS), both as a business model and as a product option, and the future of this kind of processing power.

Gina Tesla 09/19/2008 Program Manager, IBM Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs Is your small business a good corporate citizen? Gina Tesla talks with Jim Blasingame about what corporate citizenship is, why it's a good thing, and how IBM is setting a good example for others.

Ramon Ray 09/15/2008 Author of Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses How can having a social media strategy be beneficial for your small business? Ramon Ray talks with Jim Blasingame about the concept of social media, some of the resources available, and how to successfully leverage this new technology frontier.

Philippa Gamse 09/10/2008 Internet expert, and President of The Cyber Speaker How are you welcoming the different types of visitors to your website? Philippa Gamse talks with Jim Blasingame about the idea of offering a different "personae" for various types of visitors, such as one for women, men, seniors, teens, etc.

Peter Justen 09/05/2008 CEO, Mybizhomepage.com Broadcasting live from the ASBDC conference in Chicago. What is the primary reason small businesses fail? Peter Justen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why small businesses fail and what he's trying to do to solve this problem with his company. Later, Don Wilson, president of the Association of Small Business Development Centers, joins Jim and Peter to discuss a new partnership with Peter's company and the ASBDC.

Christina Cavanagh 08/05/2008 Author of Managing Your E-Mail: Thinking Outside the In Box Are you using email effectively? Christina Cavanagh and Jim Blasingame talk about how to help your organization use email more effectively, plus how to think about checking and responding to email when you're on vacation.

Scott Fox 08/04/2008 Author of Internet Riches How can any business not have a web site? Scott Fox talks with Jim Blasingame about why ALL businesses MUST have a presence on the Internet, plus some effective ways to leverage that presence that cost very little.

Cliff Ennico 07/21/2008 Author of The eBay Seller's Tax and Legal Answer Book and The eBay Answer Book Are you ready to do business online? Cliff Ennico talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the things you need to know to start and run an online business.

Wayne Crews 07/21/2008 Vice President for Policy and Director of Technology Studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute How much does regulatory compliance cost small businesses? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the sad news that regulatory compliance is continuing its steady increase, including what it is costing small businesses per employee per year.

Ross Johnston 07/14/2008 Vice President, New Business Development at Dotster, Inc. What components should your online strategy include? Ross Johnston talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the critical elements your website and online strategy should offer to customers, including how to connect with and build customer communities, which is the new term Ross and Jim have decided should be used by businesses, instead of social networking.

Kendra Bonnett 07/11/2008 President of K-Vell Consulting Does your small business have a successful online strategy? Kendra Bonnett talks with Jim Blasingame about how to deliver your expertise to customers though written and spoke word resources that are made available to customers on your website.

Chip Reaves 07/07/2008 National Director of Computer Troubleshooters What are the most common mistakes computer users make with regard to security? Chip Reaves talks with Jim Blasingame about these mistakes, like not having all of the security software layers, and other important tips we need to keep our computers working for us and not against us.

Alan Freedman 06/26/2008 Editor-In-Chief: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia How does an intellectual property licensing business model work? Alan Freedman talks with Jim Blasingame about how he has turned his knowledge of computers and technology into a product that other companies pay him for.

Braden Cox 06/23/2008 Policy Counsel at the Association for Competitive Technology and also at NetChoice Is net neutrality a good thing or a bad thing? Braden Cox talks with Jim Blasingame about this controversial and complicated public policy issue that, if handled badly, could have a serious negative impact on small businesses.

Anita Rosen 06/11/2008 Author of The e-Commerce Question and Answer Book When considering software applications do you know the right questions to ask? Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to evaluate software that you install on your hard drive and software as a service (SAS), which resides on the seller’s servers.

Jon Toigo 05/26/2008 CEO, Toigo Partners International Is your small business ready for a disaster, such as a fire, earthquake, tornado, flood or the crash of your hard drive? Jon Toigo joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways you can become prepared to protect your electronic data in the event of an unforeseen calamity.

Jonathon Zuck 05/23/2008 President, Association for Competitive Technology Who's going to win the Microsoft/Yahoo war? Jonathan Zuck joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the issues around Microsoft wanting a piece of the online search world, and how all of this is ultimately going to be good for small business owners and other online users.

Greg Petry 05/21/2008 Founder and President, Netsource Technologies, Inc. Is your website getting the attention it needs? Greg Petry joins Jim Blasingame to explain what Search Engine Optimization is and how you can use it to grow your business.

Ramon Ray 04/28/2008 Author of Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses Does your technology serve your customers, or just you? Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to make sure you're using technology to leverage your business model, which must include being useful for, and appealing to your customers.

Scott Fox 03/31/2008 Author of Internet Riches Do you want to become an Internet millionaire? Scott Fox has already accomplished this and he joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how you can take advantage of what he's learned about the Internet, including how to make money providing products and information online.

Christina Cavanagh 03/21/2008 Author of Managing Your E-Mail: Thinking Outside the In Box What is the future of email? Christina Cavanagh talk with Jim about how to be more efficient with email, how to better manage spam, and what the future holds for email marketing.

Benjamin Wayne 03/11/2008 CEO of Fliqz You have a website, but do you have video on it? Benjamin Wayne talks with Jim Blasingame about how important it is to have video content on your website and how easy it is to do this today.

Anita Rosen 03/05/2008 Author of The e-Commerce Question and Answer Book How much is video impacting your small business? Anita Rosen talks with Jim Blasingame about how online video can be a positive and a negative influence on your business, and how to make it more positive than negative. They also talk about how to let Youtube.com help you deliver your video message.

Kendra Bonnett 03/04/2008 President of K-Vell Consulting What elements should our online strategy include? Kendra Bonnett talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the key aspects of developing a successful online strategy, including how to drive traffic to your site, and the value of content.

Steve DelBianco 02/20/2008 Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Association for Competitive Technology Do you know what a cyber-squatter is? Steve DelBianco talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the problems these bad actors create and what you can do when they impact you. They also talk about -- incredibly -- the Hanna Montana craze and what it means to your ability to do business online.

Glenn Llopis 01/28/2008 Founder of Power Insights International, Inc. / Glenn Llopis & Associates (New Venture Specialists) Is your small business ready to compete in the global marketplace? Glenn and Jim talk about some of the competitive issues that face small business and what we have to do to remain relevant.

Brett Mosley 01/22/2008 Owner of buymytronics.com Do you have a technology graveyard? Brett talks with Jim about the niche after-market he's helping to develop for used and broken technology.

Jonathon Zuck 01/14/2008 President, Association for Competitive Technology Jonathan attended this year's Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas and he joins Jim to talk about some of the exciting new developments that we should be seeing in the stores this year. He also tells Jim about where we are with regard to the global Internet governance debate that is going on.

Alan Freedman 12/26/2007 Editor-In-Chief, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia What computer operating system should your small business be investing in? Alan and Jim talk about the 20-year tussle between the PC and the Mac and which one you should consider. They also discuss whether differentiation between systems will even be an issue in a few years.

Ramon Ray 12/24/2007 Author of Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses Ramon joins Jim to talk about technology as an investment, not an expense. They also talk about using customer relationship management software instead of your email client, plus an update on tax breaks for purchasing technology.

Tom Burke 12/14/2007 Executive Vice President, E-Commerce for Barnes & Noble.com What impact does buying online have on holiday shopping? Tom talks with Jim about this, including some online strategies that you can benefit from.

Doug Leeds 12/12/2007 Senior vice president of product management for Ask.com When you use a search engine, do you know who's watching? Doug joins Jim to explain what happens when you're searching around online and to introduce a new tool that gives you more control over what other people know about your activity.

Ezra Green 12/04/2007 Chairman & CEO of Clear Skies Group Is a solar system in your future? Ezra talks with Jim about how solar energy is different in the 21st century, how it is used and long it takes to recover the investment.

Anita Rosen 12/04/2007 Author of The e-Commerce Question and Answer Book What do you know about the file management system, XML? Anita talks with Jim about this system and how you should use this knowledge when you're purchasing technology solutions that include XML.

Jorian Clarke 11/30/2007 President, Spectracom Is virtual world technology in your small business' future? Jorian says it is, and she and Jim talk about what this technology is, how it's used, how you can use it, and how your competitors will be using it.

Ken Leebow 11/26/2007 Author of the 300 Incredible Things to Do on the Internet series and publisher of Leebow's Wonders of the Web What's in your technology future? Ken joins Jim to talk about a few of the tech trends to be expecting just around the corner.

Steve Ostrowski 11/19/2007 CompTIA's corporate public relations manager How do small business owners feel about their future technology purchases? Steve joins Jim to talk about what his organization's research shows about how bullish small businesses are on the ability and intention to purchase technology solutions in the future.

Steve DelBianco 11/19/2007 Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Association for Competitive Technology Is the Internet going to be truly free to you in the future? Steve tells Jim that there are forces in the world that would like to imping on your Internet freedom and what his organization is doing about that, and how you and I can contribute to this effort to keep the Internet AS IT IS!

Geoff Allen 11/09/2007 Founder of Anystream What's the future look like for TV? Geoff talks with Jim about this, including what technologies are overtaking TV for our interest.

Lisa Baker Ken Yancey 10/23/2007 Director of small &medium size business marketing, HP; CEO of SCORE Do you lock the doors of your business? Do you have property insurance? So why aren't you backing up the assets stored on the hard drive on your computer? Ken and Lisa joins Jim to talk about some of the ways you can protect your electronic assets, plus a few other topics, including Business Matchmaking.

Clay Stelzer 10/08/2007 Global Program Manager - IBM Small Business How does a big business successfully serve small businesses? Clay joins Jim to talk about what IBM is doing to accomplish this challenge and what small businesses can learn from this process to serve their own customers, large and small.

David Friend 10/03/2007 CEO, Carbonite What would happen if the hard drive on your computer crashed right now? Pretty scary, huh? David joins Jim to talk about some ideas and resources that will help you survive such an event without any loss.

Glenn Llopis 10/03/2007 Founder of Power Insights International, Inc. / Glenn Llopis & Associates (New Venture Specialists) Glenn and Jim begin by discussing the current state of affairs regarding communities becoming wireless hot spots. They continue by talking about a movement called Reshape Society, which is, for example, how a small business can make a direct contribution to making the world a better place to live and do business.

David Milman 09/12/2007 CEO of RESCUECOM Trying to grow your small business? Wondering where to turn for the capital to grow? David talks with Jim about how he grew his business and scaled it nationwide by creating a franchise, instead of seeking venture capital or going public.