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What will the marketplace look like post-2009?The global marketplace is changing rapidly, and small busineses are having to change with it. Kirk Cheyfitz joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how 2009 is a transitional year between how we used to do business and how we'll do business from 2010 and beyond.

What is the current state of economic recovery? How long will it take for recovery to turn into expansion? Bill Brandt talks about this with Jim Blasingame, plus his thoughts on the current health care reform debate, as well as the credit environment for small businesses.

There are changes coming to help small businesses deal with the difficult issues around providing retirement plans for employees and Joan Pryde talks with Jim Blasingame about this, plus the rise of the Chinese economy and other topics from the most recent Kiplinger Letter.

The national great debate of 2009 is health care reform. Giovannia Coratolo talks with Jim Blasingame about the other side of the health care reform debate that is not being heard, but that would be best for small businesses.

What will the future hold for small businesses? What are the key survival and growth strategies for 2009 and beyond? Doug Tatum and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the critical issues that will help a small business survive and thrive in a global economy going forward in the coming economic recovery and expansion.

Do you know that your small business has an online reputation? Larry Weber joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reality of the online media world where customers are free to publish and distribute whatever they want about your company. Your job is to give them more good things to say than bad things.

In the coming decentralization of marketplace influence, what will be the role of leadership in small businesses? Stephen Covey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the evolution of leadership training and execution in the 21st century.

The current EPA leadership was recently given an opportunity to allow evidenced-based dissent from its political agenda on climate change and they refused. John Spisak talks with Jim Blasingame about a specific case where an veteran EPA scientist has been silenced because he produced and tried to publish non-politically correct findings.

How does a small business earn customer loyalty to the level that sustains successful repeat sales? Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to offer a number of valuable tips and best practices on how to make your customers think about you when they need what you sell and come back - and - tell their friends.

Sorry if this sounds rude, but as a population, Americans are overweight. Ken Leebow joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the cause-and-effect issues that are creating what has been termed an "obesity epidemic" in America. Ken also offers several ideas on how to lose weight and live healthy.