How can protectionism hurt your small business? Tom Travis joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the growing trend among countries to impose protectionist policies and why that would be a big mistake.

What does it take for a small business to blend their traditional marketing strategy with the new social media elements? Gene Marks joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to pull this off.

What can small business learn from watching Google, including their visionary approach to the 21st century, their successes and their mistakes. Jeff Jarvis joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the specific lessons Google is teaching everyday.

What management and marketing lessons can small business learn from watching the Grammy Awards show? Tom Becka talks with Jim Blasingame about several marketing promotion lessons the Grammy Awards can teach us.

How do you get a small business start-up off the ground during a recession? Paul Tobey and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the key steps that must be taken in order to get your new business started successfully.

Love conquers all the saying goes, but in a struggling economy, will this prove to be true for small businesses this Valentine's Day? Gail Goodman talks with Jim Blasingame about the results of Constant Contact's Valentine's Day outlook survey.

Can small business owners learn survival lessons by observing the simple cherry? Jim Blasingame thinks so as he talks about what he calls the Blasingame Cherry Principle as a way to deal with challenges and opportunities.

What innovations are coming at you that could create profit or peril for you small business? Futurist, Joel Barker talks with Jim Blasingame about a number of "innovations at the verge" that small businesses should know about.

Could a well-developed and nurtured network help your small business avert a disaster? Amit Mukherjee joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his "Spider Strategy" which will help companies create networks to avert crisis, create change and seize opportunities.

Every small business has trade secrets. The question is how are you leveraging and protecting them? David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about this important small business intellectual property issue.