In this week’s BizCast Brief, Bush on SMB, UK bosses want pregnancy details, and social networking for SMB in Baltimore.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
Degrama (www.degrama.com)

Feedback Hotline: (206) 339-4366

Startup BizCast is produced by BizPodz, a business podcast production service from EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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Grand Prize: Grant Mucha of Degrama

Second Prize: Pam Buttikofer of Proud Papa Gifts

Third Prize: Ray DiDia of ABCPayroll

I have an interview scheduled with Grant, and assuming nothing unexpected happens you’ll be hearing from him in SB #45!

Happy Small Business Week!

In this episode I team up with my wife and fellow public relations practitioner, Jennifer! We conduct the drawing for the contest, and announce the grand prize winner as well as the second and third place winners. We also discussed the best advice given by you, the listeners, in your contest entries. It’s a fun episode that’s unlike any Startup BizCast before it!

In this week’s BizCast Brief, I have stories about video from Small Business Week festivities, Dell revamps the Vostro, and a new place to match business buyers and sellers.

Startup BizCast is produced by EndGame Podcast Production, a service of EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

Get each episode as it’s published: RSS – iTunes – Blubrry – Podcast Alley

The names of the contest winners will be announced in the episode to be published on Wednesday, April 16. That episode will be a departure from the normal format as well, as I’ll be joined by a co-host! My co-host and I will read through the best of the small business advice submitted in the entry forms. The show will break all the rules of Startup BizCast, so don’t miss it!

Click here for details on the contest.

Click here to go straight to the entry form.

Go to the Startup BizCast SBW Contest page for more details.

In this contest, I’m asking for your very best tips for small business owners. All completed entries will be entered into a random drawing for the three prize levels, and the best advice will be used in a “listener tips” episode to be published on April 16.

You can enter via voicemail (206-339-4366), or via online entry form. All completed entries will be given equal weight in the contest drawing, but when I select the “best advice” to use in the listener tips episode, I must admit that I’m likely to give more weight to advice given via voicemail. Give it a shot. When you’re passing along your advice, feel free to say something like, “Hi, this is Bob from Bob’s Plumbing Supplies at www.bobsplumbing.com, and my advice is… etc.” If I select your advice, I’ll use the entire thing … so your business gets a plug!

For full contest information, please visit www.startupbizcast.com/contest.

I’ve posted final details about the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest, and entries are now being accepted! Please proceed in a calm, collected manner to the contest page BY CLICKING HERE.

Details will also be available later today, in Startup BizCast Episode 40.

Prizes in this contest are valued at more than $2,000! These valuable prizes are all designed to help your small business, startup, freelance operation, or even your dream of a business. The prizes come from these great firms:

Check back here tomorrow, and listen to Startup BizCast Episode 40 (publishing at about 8am tomorrow) for FULL details!

One prize that I CAN talk about right now will be an opportunity to be interviewed and plug YOUR business during the episode of Startup BizCast that airs during small business week!

More details are coming, so be sure to check back on the blog and listen to the show!

If you have an idea for a prize, OR if you’d like to “donate” a prize in exchange for promotional consideration .. PLEASE contact me! I’m thinking of things like free small business counseling or online tools that are useful for small business owners, but I’m open to other ideas.

While I’m posting, I may as well give you a preview of this week’s Startup BizCast. In episode 39, which will publish tomorrow morning, we’ll hear from Jody Keenan. Jody is the Director of the Virginia Small Business Development Center and will have some tips for us about how to operate your small business during a weak economy.