Establishing expense management objectives. Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss setting financial objectives, including improving profit margins and reducing costs by emphasizing the quality process more than quality service.

Here is help for setting financial goals for the new year. Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about identifying financial areas to establish measurable goals around, especially cash flow and compensation.

What is the proper way to set goals for your small business? Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to set the right objectives for your small business using his "SMART" method, which emphasizes being specific and measurement.

Are you recovering in this recovery? Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to offer survival tips, such as ignore the media, know your own market, hire good people and let them do their job, plus why a little bit of paranoia is good.

Is your small business growing? Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to offer success secrets on growing your business, even in a recession, and why you must ask customers what they want and how you can help them get it.

Are you conditioned for this marathon recovery? Jim Blasingame reviews this month's NFIB Business Optimism Index and reminds that we're in a marathon recovery that may last for years, and how to stay in condition for the long haul.

Do you feel like the economy is in the Doldrums? Jim Blasingame talks about two recent polls that indicate about half of small businesses feel the economy is in the Doldrums and how to get out of this condition.

How different is 21st century business planning? Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to emphasize planning more than a plan, to help you be more flexible and agile as the velocity of change increases every year.

What's the difference between business planning and a business plan? Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you should be doing business planning continually, comparing the plan vs actual, instead of just publishing a business plan.

Have you compared your 2010 plan to what actually happened? Jim Blasingame talks about evaluating what you planned and how you actually did in 2010 so you can determine how to make 2011 a more successful year.