Startup BizCast

Hi all! The next episode of Startup BizCast is in production and on the way. Episode 15 will feature small business advice on using local search to help your customers find your website *and* your physical business location. I expect to have the show published before lunchtime tomorrow (Wednesday 9/12).

Something new is coming in this episode, by the way. Starting in episode 15, when time allows, I’ll be doing what I call BizCast Brief. It’s a quick newscast-style rundown of interesting small business news that’s come out in the previous week. I thought it would be a great companion to the Recommended Reading post I do once per week. While I’m on the subject, Recommended Reading, which is posted generally on Mondays or Tuesdays, will move to Wednesdays or Thursdays … since I want to make sure I have links in it that point to the stories I discuss in BizCast Brief. Confusing? Hopefully not!

I would like Startup BizCast to be as much listener-driven as host-driven. That’s why I’m asking you … the blog visitor, podcast listener, and small business owner … the following question: What would you like to hear?

• Is there some small business problem with which you’ve been wrestling?
• Is there an issue you’re curious about?
• Do you have an idea for an interviewee?
• Are you an expert in a subject that you think small business owners should learn about?

If the answer is “yes” to any or all of the above questions — please contact me! The best way is via voicemail, so I can use your comments in the show. The number to call is 206-984-0860. If you’d rather, you can use the contact form on the Startup BizCast blog to send me an email (http://www.startupbizcast.com/contact-startup-bizcast) or send it direct to info@startupbizcast.com. Finally, you can call me, Steve Mullen … your host … at 804-382-0017.

Thanks for your input and your help making Startup BizCast a better podcast!

Hi everyone! Here’s this week’s Small Business Recommended Reading!

Small Business Online Spending To Top $70 Billion (Jupiter Research Study)
Web Pro News

Small-Business E-Commerce Revenue to Swell (survey)
eMarketer

Dell Throws Small Business a Storage Line
Small Business Computing

Warning: What Every Small Business Should Know Before They Start an E-Newsletter Campaign
Internet Marketing in the Midwest