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What does the landscape of social media look like today? Adam Boyden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss social media best practices on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and even FourSquare, including why you can't abuse your communities.

How can you use social media to influence customer behavior? Adam Boyden joins Jim Blasingame to offer social media tips to engage and leverage customers everyday or during promotional periods, like the holidays, including how to use special offers and coupons.

How many regulations are too many? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the pro-regulatory environment of the Obama Administration, plus the Republican Pledge for a regulatory reduction commission and mandatory sunsets for new regulations.

Why do regulations accumulate as a small business grows? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how regulations on small businesses accumulate as the business hires more employees and that the resolution is politicians who pledge to pursue regulatory reduction.

The federal government should ensure the business environment is open to all who want to participate. Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what the Republican Pledge could mean for small business regulation reform.

Reporting on inflation, deflation and the Small Business Bill. Kiplinger's Jim Ostroff joins Jim Blasingame to report on why a little inflation would actually be good right now, plus whether the Small Business Bill will actually help or is it just a fallacious political strategy.

What industries are venture capitalist investing in? Kiplinger's Jim Ostroff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the industries receiving venture capital, including retail, green technologies, and life sciences, plus how Sarbanes-Oxley has damaged investment opportunities in the U.S.

What will the reemergence of venture capitalists mean to your small business? Kiplinger's Jim Ostroff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increase in venture capital investing and why this trend is important to economic recovery and job growth.

Want to be more successful? Learn how to listen better. Diane DiResta joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that intentional listening shows emotional intelligence, and offer tips on how to listen effectively and adapt your listening style to the person you're listening to.

Are you a good listener? Diane DiResta joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that even though listening, which is the other side of speaking, is powerful, most people are poor listeners primarily because of two things: lack of listening skills and/or ego.