For many small businesses, 2009 is going to be a challenging year. What are you going to do about it? Colleen Rickenbacher talks with Jim Blasingame how to plan for success, even in a recession.

What does a small business do to leverage the value of its brands during a recession? Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to give some tips on small business branding in a challenging economic period.

What if your marketing plan was laid out for you in advance? Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to lay out the eight most important steps in your new marketing plan.

Small business owners should become cavemen during a recession. Networking expert Liz Lynch joins Jim Blasingame to talk about overcoming your reluctance to network and offers a number of networking tips.

Does your small business have generational silos? Mike Muetzel talks with Jim Blasingame about how small business managers minimize the natural tendencies for the generations to segregate themselves, creating less engagement and productivity.

Value-added service is now expected. The next level is imaginative service, which is going to be the key to success for small business. John Patterson and Chip Bell join Jim Blasingame to explain how to perform imaginative services and grow loyal customers.

Small businesses have limitations that are solved by strategic alliances. Dave Morse joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how his company leveraged their business model with strategic alliances.

What can small business owners learn from the failure of others? Norm Brodsky talks with Jim Blasingame about some of his failures, what he learned and the benefits that resulted from them.

What will it take for your small business to survive the current economic crisis? Jim Blasingame talks about the Small Business Survival Attitude and the fundamentals that the Attitude are made up of.

How can a small business benefit from thinking like a heretic? Art Kleiner joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to foster heretical thinking in your organization.