How to blend the traditional business practices with the new. Chris Bondhus joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips on how to blend traditional marketing and management practices with the new world of the Cloud and social media.

Finding efficiencies and security in the Cloud. Chris Bondhus joins Jim Blasingame to offers tips on how to use cloud resources that will help you be more productive, efficient and secure.

Why the credit rating of large banks was downgraded. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the credit downgrading of some of the U.S.'s largest banks and why the concept of "too big to fail" ultimately hurts the banking industry.

Regulating big banks should not be the same as regulating community banks. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the damage that is done when regulators look at community banks through the same lens as the big banks.

Independent community banks are declining in numbers. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why independent banks are declining in numbers and why that is not good for small businesses and therefore, not good for America.

How small business branding has evolved. Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the impact of the Internet and social media on how small businesses leverage their brands to connect with prospects and customers.

All employees are growth agents for your small business. Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame with tips and best practices on how to develop an internal brand strategy with your employees.

What small business can learn from big business PR mistakes. Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what small business owners can learn from the PR blunders of Jamie Dimon and Barack Obama.

The best way to deal with a public relations challenge is by demonstrating leadership. Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to explain that owning up, taking responsibility and demonstrating leadership is the key to recovering from a negative PR event.

Change isn't different, but the velocity of change is. Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to explain that technology has sped things up and it's up to us to prioritize the information we digest, plus will the economy experience resurgence in 2013?