2009 Archives

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2009 Show List

The Heart of Marketing: Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski
Refocus Your Business: Ron and Tasra Dawson
How To Find Money: Steve Wilkinghoff
The Surprising Solution: Bruce Piasecki
Selling Professional Services: Michael McLaughlin
Social Media Marketing For Dummies: Shiv Singh
Options Not Obligations: Marc Warnke
Passion, Plan & Profit: Christy Strauch
Life in "Twitterville:" Shel Israel
Toilet Paper and Business Success: Mike Michalowicz
Play To Win!: Thom McKinney
The New Social Economy: Erik Qualman
Bootstrap It, Baby -- Your Business That Is: Sramana Mitra
Craft Your Way Up: Debbie Chialtas
How to Enjoy "No Matter What" Living: Lisa Nichols
How to Market Your Professional Services: Mike Schultz
Get Your "Whuffie" On!!: Tara Hunt
Boost PROFITS Like A Fortune 100: Dr. Rosalie Lober
Women At The Top Juggling Career, Family and Success: Professor Diane Halpern
How to Recognize Employees to Perform Better For Your Bottom Line: Adrian Gostick
How to Leverage Social Media For Your Small Business: Juliette Powell
Start Your World Wide Rave!: David Meerman Scott
A "Wealthy Business," Defined: Lisa Nirell
Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice: Dennis Kimbro
How to Be a Genius Machine: Gerald Sindell
Beyond Booked Solid!: Michael Port
SEO For the Rest of Us: Heather Lutze
Become a Financial Grownup: Ramit Sethi
Divapreneurs, Off the Hook!: Monique Hayward
What's Your Great Work?: Michael Bungay Stanier
C'Mon You! Write That Book!: Sophfronia Scott
The Small Business Turnaround: Mark Kramer
Handmade Nation: Faythe Levine
Barack Your Business!: David Bullock
The Social Media Business Plan: David Silver
Are You Ready to Go Beyond Your Fear?: Jacqueline Wales
Rules of the Road For Small Business Owners: Andrew Sherman, Esq.
Small Business Owners Unite: Michael Kushner, Esq.
In Business and In Love: Chuck and Aprill Jones
Hot Causes, Cool Solutions: Professor Hayagreeva Rao
Tips For Launching Your Own Branded Niche Magazine: Rieva Lesonsky
The 2009 Change Your Life Challenge!: Brook Noel

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Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski 

Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski
December 14, 2009

The Heart of Marketing

Husband and wife business team Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski share tips from the book, "The Heart of Marketing."

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Ron and Tasra Dawson 

Ron & Tasra Dawson
December 7, 2009

Refocus Your Business

Husband and wife business team Ron and Tasra Dawson share tips for using the latest digital technologies to expand your business, plus share their tips for success in business with your spouse.

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Steve Wilkinghoff 

Steve Wilkinghoff
November 30, 2009

How To Find Money

Steve Wilkinghoff, author of "Found Money," will share simple strategies for uncovering the hidden profit and cash flow in your business!

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Bruce Piasecki 

Bruce Piasecki
November 23, 2009

The Surprising Solution

Bruce Piasecki, author of "The Surprising Solution," shares why social responsiveness is key to long term profitability and sustained success in business.

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Michael McLaughlin 

Michael McLaughlin
November 16, 2009

Selling Professional Services

Michael McLaughlin, author of "Winning The Professional Services Sale," will show you how to express unbeatable value to clients, win rewarding work and still have a life!

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Shiv Singh 

Shiv Singh
November 2, 2009

Shiv Singh, author of "Social Media Marketing For Dummies," will share how to select and employ the best social media marketing sites for your business!

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Marc Warnke 

Marc Warnke
October 26, 2009

Options Not Obligations

Marc Warnke, author of "Options Not Obligations," shares how rethinking our financial lives will help us improve our personal ones.

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Christy Strauch 

Christy Strauch
October 19, 2009

Passion, Plan, Profit

Christy Strauch, author of "Passion, Plan, Profit," shares simple business planning steps for people who are afraid of numbers.

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Shel Israel 

Shel Israel
October 12, 2009

Life In Twitterville

Shel Israel, author of "Twitterville," joins us to discuss the new global neighborhood created by Twitter, and how you and your business can thrive in it.

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Mike Michalowicz 

Mike Michalowicz
October 5, 2009

Toilet Paper Entrepeneur

Mike Michalowicz, author of "The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur," joins us to share tips for building a successful business, even if you're at the end of your roll.

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Thom McKinney 

Thom McKinney
September 28, 2009

Play The Game To Win!

Thom McKinney, author of "Play The Game To Win," joins us to pass along what he learned from his no-nonsense, take no prisoners single mother and his life in the military, and offers motivation for all who think that a successful business is just beyond their grasp.

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Erik Qualman 

Erik Qualman
September 21, 2009

The New Social Economy

Erik Qualman, author of "Socialnomics," shares his take on whether social media is a fad or the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution, and either way, how we can benefit from it.

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Sramana Mitra 

Sramana Mitra
September 14, 2009

Bootstrap It, Baby!

Sramana Mitra, author of "Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction," joins us to discuss bootstrapping as an essential route along the roadmap to startup success.

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Debbie Chialtas 

Debbie Chialtas
August 31, 2009

Craft Your Way Up!

Debbie Chialtas, Indie Beauty Network member, mom entrepreneur and author of "Soapylove," joins us to share how she turned a simple craft into a work of art, and then turned that into a successful business.

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Lisa Nichols 

Lisa Nichols
August 24, 2009

Success, No Matter What!

Lisa Nichols, author of "No Matter What," joins us to share her secrets for overcoming all kinds of adversity so you can shine and accomplish your goals.

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Mike Schultz 

Mike Schultz
August 17, 2009

Marketing Your Services

Mike Schultz, co-author of "Professional Services Marketing," shares the best strategies used by professional service providers to market effectively and position for growth.

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Sponsor: Essential Wholesale

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Tara Hunt 

Tara Hunt
August 10, 2009

Get Your "Whuffie" On!!

Tara Hunt, author of "The Whuffie Factor," joins us to share whuffie, the social capitol of the online world. We'll discuss what it is, how to get it and how to make it work for you and your business.

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Dr. Rosalie Lober 

Dr. Rosalie Lober
August 3, 2009

Boost P-R-O-F-I-T-S

Dr. Rosalie Lober, author of "Run Your Business Like A Fortune 100," shares what we can learn from Fortune 100 comapnies, including her 7 steps to boosting "P-R-O-F-I-T-S."

Sponsor: Indie Beauty Network

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Diane Halpern 

Prof. Diane Halpern
July 27, 2009

Women At The Top

Professor Diane Halpern, co-author of "Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family," will be sharing some of the best practices for women to be successful both at home and in business, without compromising either!

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Adrian Gostick 

Adrian Gostick
July 20, 2009

Appreciating Others

Adrian Gostick, co-author of "The Carrot Principle," joins us to share how business owners' recognition of the efforts and achievements of others, including employees, can add to your bottom line.

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Juliette Powell 

Juliette Powell
July 13, 2009

Leverage Social Media

Juliette Powell, Huffington Post blogger and author of "33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence and Run a Successful Business With Social Networking," shares how to leverage social media to benefit your business and the people it serves.

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David Meerman Scott 

David Meerman Scott
July 6, 2009

Start Your World Wide Rave!

David Meerman Scott, author of "World Wide Rade," shares just exactly how simple it can be to use social media (e-books, blogs and more!) to start important conversations about what you have to offer the world.

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Lisa Nirrel 

Lisa Nirell
June 29, 2009

A Wealthy Business

Lisa Nirell, "Chief Energy Officer" and author of "EnergizeGrowth NOW: The Marketing Guide to A Wealthy Company," shares the 7 characteristics of a "Wealthy Business."

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Dennis Kimbro 

Dr. Dennis Kimbro
June 22, 2009

Think and Grow Rich

Dr. Dennis Kimbro, author of "Think & Grow Rich: A Black Choice," has studied the work of Napoleon Hill and was commissioned by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to apply his work for the specific benefit of African American people. He'll share some of what he learned in this invigorating and inspirational interview.

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Gerald Sindell

Gerald Sindell
June 15, 2009

Be a Genius Machine

In this show, Gerald Sindell, author of "The Genius Machine," shared some fantastic tips and pointers to help you turn some of those ideas in your head into tangible business assets.

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Michael Port

Michael Port
June 8, 2009

Beyond Booked Solid!

Michael Port, author of "Beyond Booked Solid" and other books, offers tips on thinking big and creating a successful business without reinventing the wheel.

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Heather Lutze

Heather Lutze
May 4, 2009

SEO For the Rest of Us

Heather Lutze, author of "The Findability Formula," shares tips and action items to help you increase online visibility without having to become an SEO expert! Can I get an Amen to that??!

Sponsor: Indie Beauty Network

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Ramit Sethi
Ramit Sethi
April 27, 2009

Be a Financial Grownup

In his book, "I Will Teach You to be Rich," Ramit Sethi shares a 6-week system to help you optimize your money and become a "financial grown up." In this show, we explore his methods and uncover some of his secrets.

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Monique Hayward
Monique Hayward
April 20, 2009

Divapreneurs, Off the Hook!

Monique Hayward, owner of Dessert Noir Cafe & Bar and author of "Divas Doing Business: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being a Woman Entrepreneur," discusses essential, non-conventional wisdom for women in business.

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Michael Bunbay Stanier

Michael Bungay Stanier
April 13, 2009

What's Your "Great" Work?

Michael Bungay Stanier, author of "Find Your Great Work: Napkin-Size Solution to Stop the BusyWork and Start the Work that Matters," helps you stop going from "this and that," and start going to "great!"

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Sophfronia Scott

Sophfronia Scott
April 6, 2009

C'mon You! Write That Book!!

Sophfronia Scott, author of "Doing Business by the Book," moves you from concept to reality when it comes to the book that's living inside your head.

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Marc Kramer
Marc Kramer
March 30, 2009

Small Business Turnaround

It happens to the best of us. Things are going well, then suddenly, business takes a sudden downturn. Marc Kramer, author of "The Small Business Turnaround," shares tips and insights on what to do when it happens to you!

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Faythe Levine
March 23, 2009
Faythe Levine

Handmade Nation

Faythe Levine, documentary producer and author of "Handmade Nation," tells the amazing story of the production of her documentary and book on the rise of DIY art, craft and design.

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David Bullock
March 16, 2009
David Bullock

Barack Your Business!

David Bullock, co-author of "Barack 2.0," elaborates on the social media success blueprint left behind in the wake of President Obama's successful run for the White House. No matter which side of the aisle you are on, you will benefit from the tips and strategies on this show.

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March 9, 2009
David Silver

Social Media Business Plan

Facebook has 175 millions users and Twitter is close behind. Are you there? What about other social networks? David Silver, author of "The Social Network Business Plan," shares strategies to use social media to maximize your business success.

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Jacqueline Wales
Jacqueline Wales
March 2, 2009

Go Beyond Your Fear!

Jacqueline Wales, life coach and author of "The Fearless Factor," shares how to overcome your darkest fears, doubts and anxieties so you can be your best self now!

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Andrew Sherman, Esq.
February 23, 2009
Andrew Sherman, Esq.

Small Business Road Rules

Attorney Sherman, author of "Road Rules: Be The Truck, Not the Squirrel," joins us to help you pursue your goals like a truck, instead of scampering around on the ground grabbing up nuts.

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Michael Kushner, Esq.
February 9, 2009
Michael Kushner, Esq.

CPSIA Overview

On the eve of the first day of implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), Attorney Kushner and small business owners affected by the new law join us to discuss a planned class action law suit to ensure that the law does not unduly burden small businesses.

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Chuck and Aprill Jones
February 2, 2009
Chuck and Aprill Jones

In Business and In Love

With so many people pursuing the family business option these days, this is the perfect show for Chuck and Aprill Jones, co-authors of "In Business and In Love," to share their tips and experiences.

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Prof. Hayagreeva Rao
January 26, 2009
Prof. Hayagreeva Rao

Hot Causes, Cool Solutions

Stanford University Professor Hayagreeva Rao, author of "Market Rebels," shares how small business owners can use technology to create "hot causes" and "cool solutions" to be successful in today's economy.

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Rieva Lesonsky
 January 19, 2009
 Rieva Lesonsky

Launch Your Niche Magazine

Former Entrepreneur Magazine editor Rieva Lesonsky joins us for her second appearance on Indie Business Radio, this time to share tips and resources to help you launch your own niche magazine.

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Brook Noel
 January 12, 2009
  Brook Noel

Change Your Life Challenge!

As women small business owners, there's so much to life: work, family, self. How do you successfully integrate it all? Author, wife and mom Brook Noel says it's possible, and she's here to share some of her best tips.

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