Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain is no stranger to advertising for small business. Jeff Dostal is the President of Marketing Firepower, a company that helps small business owners better understand how to use advertising effectively—-this is an area that clearly remains challenging for small and micro enterprises.

Katie K. Snapp comes from a corporate business environment and technical production, where the daily grind was less than inspiring, until she found the hidden secrets in transforming work into creative prospecting. After leaving the engineering world 21 years ago, she became a Leadership Performance Coach and a nationwide speaker. She thrives in interacting with groups and training teams to be more productive while having fun.

Our guest on this edition loves to turn small businesses into big business. Clate Mask is the CEO of Infusionsoft—- the “Inc 500 company” is a leader in marketing automation software for small businesses and is now revolutionizing the way small businesses grow. Clate is a pure entrepreneur through and through…

On this segment we’re joined by Carol Chapman and we’ll be talking about an approach to brand development that is often not considered. Carol is a principle at The Brand Ascension Group—-her company works with businesses to discover their one true brand from the inside out. They call it brand DNA. She’s been in the field for more than 30 years, is a speaker on numerous topics from driving culture change, building the brand from the Inside Out, and author of Getting Your Employees on The Brand Wagon e-book and co-author of an upcoming business novel, to be released later this year,

Returning to the Smallbiz Brain is Bill Kasko—-he’s President and CEO of Dallas-based Frontline Source Group, and provides both temporary and direct placements for technical services, IT, accounting/finance, HR, legal, admin/clerical positions. In this segment we discussed the current jon markets, trends he’s seeing on the street, and a new project called jobertalk.com.

In this segment with David Hallerman, Senior Analyst at eMarketer, discussed trends, observations and talks about how and what works in the world of internet marketing and advertising.

Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain says that if your business needs financing, don’t be afraid of credit cards. Darrell Hornabacher is a co-founder of Midas Financial. The company has successfully secured funding for clients in excess of $250mm since 2005. They’re experts in all types of capitall infusion for business.

In this segment I visit with Debra Aho Williamson, Senior Anaylist at E-Marketer, about trends she’s seeing and her observations and insights about internet marketing and advertising.

Craig James joins us to share how he found an unmet need in the small business arena and then designed a system to help that segment with sales training.

Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain is a recognized authority on living and working in business. Susan Rae Baker
is a Certified Life and Business Coach, and she’s the author of The Last Box: A Women’s Guide to Surviving Corporate America.