
We are giving away 5 copies of the new book by Dan Schawbel that’s making waves, “Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success.” (See the review of Me 2.0 by Ivana Taylor, our book editor.)
For a chance to win a copy of the book, all you have to do is give us…

BizCamp Akron takes place April 17 – 18, 2009. I will be keynoting there. Several of the Ohio-based Small Business Trends Experts will be speaking at this “unconference” event: including Joel Libava, Ivana Taylor and Jim Kukral.
The event is patterned after a BarCamp —…

UPDATE April 1, 2009 at 8:00PM: The live “Roadmap to the New SBA” webcast took place today and was broadcast on SBTV.com.
You can watch the archived broadcast here:
http://www.sbtv.com/SpecialPrograms/AmexOpenForum/
You can read the Twitter discussion that was held during the…

Previously, I took on the impossible task of composing a list of key voices on Twitter who regularly address small business issues.
Following our initial publishing of the list, we got a ton of suggestions for people to add (thank you!).
We’ve now expanded the list — pretty…

We’ve got a rescheduled data and time for the Townhall meeting on what the Obama Stimulus plan means for small businesses.
It is tomorrow, Thursday March 12, 2009 at 3 PM Eastern time (Noon, Pacific time).
Raymond Keating, author and chief economist of the Small Business &…

Looking to improve your online business results? Then don’t miss this series of 4 free educational webinars this month. The webinars are put on by the good folks at Infusionsoft, and it’s all about online marketing. They call it March Madness.
The first one is tomorrow (Tuesday,…

For a moment there I thought it was something I’d said — except I hadn’t said anything yet! When I was kicked out of the “What the Stimulus Package Means to Small Business” Townhall meeting this afternoon, it felt like the Web equivalent of being voted off the…

Ready to do some Spring cleaning? Tired of listening to the same old things over and over again? If so, it might be time to freshen up your iPod content.
We have lots to choose from over at the Small Business Trends Radio website where we have compiled a list of our picks of the top 100 audio…

Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM Eastern time (Noon Pacific time). I will be one of the featured panelists in an Intuit Small Business United Townhall meeting, via Facebook.
The topic we’ll be discussing is the Obama Stimulus Plan and what it means for small…