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Category: Online Communities - Social Media

Kirk Cheyfitz
What will the marketplace look like post-2009?The global marketplace is changing rapidly, and small busineses are having to change with it. Kirk Cheyfitz joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how 2009 is a transitional year between how we used to do business and how we'll do business from 2010 and beyond.
Larry Weber
Do you know that your small business has an online reputation? Larry Weber joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reality of the online media world where customers are free to publish and distribute whatever they want about your company. Your job is to give them more good things to say than bad things.
Steve Millard
What does your small business, chambers of commerce and social media have in common? If Steve Millard has his way, a lot, as he explains with Jim Blasingame. Very soon, local chambers of commerce will have a community building tool that can not only help them serve their members, but will also allow their members to use this resource in their businesses.
Jim Blasingame
What should small businesses think about the social media craze? Jim Blasingame talks about social media, building online customer communities, establishing the values of the communities you build for customers and why you should be on Twitter.
Jorian Clarke
The future of online customer relations for small businesses is called the virtual world. Jorian Clarke joins Jim Blasingame to explain how virtual world technology can be used to create a better community experience for your customers.
John Jantsch
Creating and nurturing a dynamic referral strategy is one of the most important elements of a successful small business marketing plan, according to John Jantsch, who joins Jim Blasingame to talk about specific tips and best practices in giving and receiving customer referrals.
John Dini
How does a small business produce a return on investment with a social media strategy? John Dini and Jim Blasingame talk about the opportunities and challenges involved as a small business incorporates a social media strategy into its overall marketing plan.
Ramon Ray
Technology has never been more important to the success of small businesses than it is will be in the future. Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame as they discuss the impact of technology and tech applications on the relationships we will have with our customers.
Jonathan Salem Baskin
Branding without connecting is just expensive noise. That's the message Jonathan Baskin and Jim Blasingame discuss as they explain how small businesses reach customers and build communities in a period that is being described as the "post-marketing" era.
Cinda Baxter
How can we save Main Street small businesses? One at a time, according to Cinda Baxter who is back to talk with Jim Blasingame to talk about the progress of the 3/50 project she founded to raise awareness in communities of how critical small businesses are.

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