What does a recession do to franchise opportunities? Nick Bibby talks the Jim Blasingame about how a recession impacts franchise creation as well as purchsing.

How you make contact with your prospects and customers is critical. Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why, especially in a slow economy, we should be connecting with customers and prospects the old fashioned way - face-to-face.

If the government has been so complicit in creating much of our economic crisis, why do we think they can help solve it? Jim Blasingame details many of the problems government has caused and why he thinks its intervention will ultimately be a problem.

Broadcasting live on Christmas day, as he has done since 1997, Jim Blasingame shares words of inspiration and wisdom from his friend, the late John O'Donohue, including the Anam Cara poem.

How long with the recession last and how will it impact small businesses? Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the recession, what it will take to recover, and other current affairs.

Is there a ROI for a small business to pursue a social media strategy? Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about social media options and how to maximize any investment we make in them.

As he has done for several years, Jim Blasingame looks into his Small Business Advocate Crystal Ball and reveals several of the things he predicts will happen in 2009.

For the past several years, Jim Blasingame has made annual predictions. But unlike many prognosticators, Jim returns at the end of the year to compare his predictions to reality. Listen as Jim reveals his 2008 predictions and his score.

The world was introduced to the dramatic influence of paradigm shifts by futurist, Joel Barker, more than two decades ago. Now Barker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss shifts he sees taking place before us, and where the oportunity and danger will be found.

What should you focus on in your small business? Rob Jolles gives Jim Blasingame some advice on being more practical with customers and less process and analytical oriented.