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When considering software applications do you know the right questions to ask? Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to evaluate software that you install on your hard drive and software as a service (SAS), which resides on the seller’s servers.

How do you have a bank without tellers? Andy Kattos joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his bank that is devoted to small and mid-sized businesses. Bankers at Servisfirstbank actually make house, er, business calls, and help small business owners maximize the technology so that they can maximize their financial assets, especially cash flow.

What comes after marketing? Connection. Jerry Acuff talks with Jim Blasingame about the most powerful 21st century sales tool -- relationships. More than sales skills, more than marketing, connecting through relationships.

What can small businesses learn from big businesses about marketing? Alan Maites helps some of the largest businesses in the world with their marketing and he talks with Jim Blasingame about how small business can take a lesson from the big guys, especially those things that cost little but deliver a high return.

Are you leaving your family business to your children? As Jim Blasingame broadcasts live from the Stay Strong Conference at Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Florida, Ken Ausley and Ron Ewers join him to talk about family business and the legacy we leave for our children.

How's your small business doing in the current economy. Anita Campbell and Jim Blasingame talk about the attitude small business owners must have to survive and thrive, regardless of the economic environment in front of them.

Are you missing public relations (PR) opportunities for your small business? Al Martin talks with Jim Blasingame about how to identify PR opportunities and how to get them distributed to the right media.

Do you ever think you just want to walk away and take a no-pressure minimum wage job? Prioleau Alexander did just that, and he talks with Jim Blasingame about how he went from executive to pizza delivery man. He then became an author and isn't sure if that was an up or down move.

When the economy is soft, we have to maximize sales opportunities with campaigns that don't break our budget. Ryan Allis talks with Jim Blasingame about how to use email marketing to pull of this maximizing/minimizing trick. Ryan also explains how his company's capitalization strategy, including how he acquired venture capital.

It's now fact: The media often not only get reporting wrong, they sometimes actually fabricate news, and Amy Menefee talks with Jim Blasingame about the nine worst reported business stories. Jim also identifies his own short list.