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.

How will you deliver and receive information and communications in the future? Leslie Ferry joins Jim Blaingame to talk about the convergence of telecom technology, including voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP).

Small businesses can't afford to go dark on their prospects and customers just because the economy is slow. Bob Bly and Jim Blasingame discuss how to maintain your marketing momentum through email marketing.

Who should control the Internet: governments or the private sector and how will this affect small business? Steve DelBianco talks with Jim Blasingame about the future of Internet governance being debated around the world.

One-to-one marketing for small business should be incorporated into your marketing strategy, according to Carolyn Rhinebarger, as she talks with Jim Blasingame and offer some tips and best practices.

It's not enough for a small business to just have a website; it must be optimized so customers can find you on search engines. Jim Baldwin joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to get your website optimized.

What will the Obama administration do to protect the intellectual property of small businesses? Mark Esper joins Jim Blasingame to discuss this, including what the proposed Secretary of Commerce, Bill Richardson, is likely to do.

When should a small business think about a social media strategy and what should that look like? Jeff Zbar and Jim Blasingame talk about how to think about social media and how to develop a strategy.

How will businesses use social networking to their advantage? Maia Sisk talks with Jim Blasingame about the business angle for social networking, including cloud computing and software as a service.

Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the following issues from the recent Kiplinger Letter: Organized labor, the economy, video-conferencing, the auto industry, supertrees, tax rates, and food shortages.