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Are you ready to charge ahead in the marketplace? Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about getting back to the business of growing your business by taking a fresh look at your strategy with an emphasis on fundamentals.

Are you connecting with your customers the way they want to connect? Adrian Ott joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Instant Engagement Age, where customers want, and use, 24-hour Internet access for local search, order tracking and general customer service.

Even though the 2011 tax rates are currently unknown, there are still year-end plans you can make. Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about year-end tax planning including deferred income and signing the paperwork for a 2010 401(k) before the end of the year, even if you don’t fund it.

When will Congress pass the tax laws for next year? Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the unknown tax rates for 2011, plus the tax provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act, including expensing, depreciation, narrow capital gains restrictions and the small bank lending requirements.

The October 15 extension deadline for filing your personal tax returns is quickly approaching. Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the deadline and, if your small business was profitable in 2009, there’s still time to set up and fund a SEP retirement plan.

Strategic alliances are good for your business and the marketplace. Pamela Harper joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the 2nd decade of the 21st century as the Decade of Partnering, where reinventing your business could mean creating strategic alliances

Could a laser power planes in the future? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to review a model helicopter that flies by the power of an infrared laser and how this power source could change the way we think about energy sources and applications.

If you need an organ replacement in the future, you will be able to grow your own? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about medical breakthroughs resulting in growing a replacement liver or lung, for example, from the DNA of the patient.

Are you ready to rent a car by the hour? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss zip cards for renting cars as one of the latest market innovation, including how this idea presents opportunities for some and threats for others.

Are you ready for a small business marketing killer app? Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Quick Response (QR) Code technology, which will allow customers to interact with your ads with their smart phones and respond to your call to action.