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What is SEO and why should you care? Adam Audette joins Jim Blasingame to explain what search engine optimization (SEO) is all about and why it's critical to the success of your small business.

Do you need to be reminded about marketing? Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to launch a new tool, the Marketing Mentor eCalendar, that will help you keep marketing top-of-mind as you go about running your small business.

How is marketing changing in the 21st century? Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to discuss marketing in the new economy, the importance of relationships with customers and vendors, plus tips on developing and maintaining these relationships.

When does airport security go too far and impinge on our privacy? Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether the TSA's use of body scanners which often lead to enhanced physical screening is now going too far. Jim talks about his own such experience.

Political games and misdirected policies can hurt America's ability to compete. Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the growing global entrepreneurial environment and how parochial politics prevents America from competing effectively in the global marketplace.

Has public policy helped or hurt small business over the past several years? Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to take a look at the impact of laws and regulations that have helped and hurt small business over the past several years.

Is there power in building partnerships and alliances? Kelle Olwyler joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why building alliances with other business is a great way for a start-up to grow faster and more efficiently.

What does it look like when former employees of large companies start a small business? Kelle Olwyler joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the issues that former big business employees will face when they decide to become an entrepreneur.

How does the U.S. dollar get back to the gold standard? Charles Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why re-connecting the dollar to gold would be good for business, plus how this transition would happen.

Should the U.S. dollar be good as gold? Charles Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the dollar should be returned to the gold standard instead of the current "best efforts" monetary standard, and why small business owners should care.