I Interviewed speaker, author and referral marketing expert, Bob Burg about his unique system for building a small business with referrals.

Did you know that every 60 seconds, 5 women launch new business ventures across the US? That’s 7000 per day!

If you’re thinking of starting up your own small business, our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain has a lot to share. Karin Abarbanel is the co-author of the new book entited, Bithing The Elephant—The woman’s “go-for-it guide to overcoming the big challenges of launching a business.

I visited with TNNW Sales & Marketing Editor, Bill Doerr about the links between sales, marketing and networking as well as the Ultimate Client Development System.

I interview Shannon Wilburn and Daven Tackett on their development of a successful consignment shopping system which is now a franchise system that can be started by any community-minded individual. Shannon and Devon have put together a system for the non-business savvy individual to make money and serve local families.

David Nour has a tremendous amount of research behind his work. A great discussion on the benefits of building relationships and how to quantify the return on people interaction. A must shoe to listen to

Our guest today is Mark Johnson. Mark is the founder and Managing Partner of Eagle Wealth Management; a Dallas based financial management company. Mark has been doing this for over 15 years and brings a tremendous amount of experience as a financial advisor as well as a small business owner. He has a unique perspective wearing both hats. Mark is active in the Boy Scouts and local government. He also serves on the Board of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and is on the board of trustees for the Dallas Human Resource Association.

I interviewed Jason Alba, author of I’m on Linkedin…Now What?

I interviewed Matthew Walsh to discuss the Alternative Board—a very interesting small business-coaching-franchise-model that he runs in New Mexico.

In this segment I spoke with Tricia Ryan about the work her company, The Marketing Chefs does to help focus the marketing initiatives of small business owners.

In this episode, Darryl Galen, founder of dGalen graphics, a Plano, Texas based advertising and promotional company talks about the things small business owners need to consider when it comes to advertising and promotion of their business. Many business owners spend money hoping to get results. Darryl provides some practical tips to help any business owner maximize their advertising and promotion dollar.