For this episode of the podcast, I am joined by Dale Little. Dale is a business strategist who knows a thing or two about helping small businesses succeed. In the interview, Dale talks about marketing for small business, and low or no cost methods of bringing in the sales.

Learn more about what services Dale offers at DaleLittle.com. Contact her by April 1st, 2010 for a free 1 hour coaching call. Just mention this podcast.

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Call for Interviews: I am looking to interview business owners, authors, experts, and interesting people on a regular basis. If you would like to tell your story on this podcast, please contact me.

Credits: This podcast was recorded using Skype and Pamela. Thanks to Joe Magennis and Desiree Scales for technical advice. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Editing done with Audacity.

Bradford Shimp is the publisher of AllBizAnswers.com.

This is part two of a conversation with Phil Morley, of News Release Pro. In this part of the conversation, we talk about how to write a good news release and how to optimize it for search engine traffic. We also find out why news release is a better term for today’s world than press release.

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Call for Interviews: I am looking to interview business owners, authors, experts, and interesting people on a regular basis. If you would like to tell your story on this podcast, please contact me.

Credits: This podcast was recorded using Skype and Pamela. Thanks to Joe Magennis and Desiree Scales for technical advice. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Editing done with Audacity.

Bradford Shimp is the publisher of AllBizAnswers.com.

This is part one of a conversation with Phil Morley, of News Release Pro. In this part of the conversation, we talk about how Phil moved from an architecture firm to starting News Release Pro as a result of the housing burst. We also start talking about the importance of news releases, and how they can help businesses succeed. In the next part of our conversation, Phil goes into detail about how a news release should be constructed.

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Call for Interviews: I am looking to interview business owners, authors, experts, and interesting people on a regular basis. If you would like to tell your story on this podcast, please contact me.

Credits: This podcast was recorded using Skype and Pamela. Thanks to Joe Magennis and Desiree Scales for technical advice. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Editing done with Audacity.

Bradford Shimp is the publisher of AllBizAnswers.com.

This is a conversation with Holly Green, president of The Human Factor and author of More than a Minute. In the interview, we talk about how business owners can be strategic, burst the myths they believe, keep what’s important in sight, and much more.

Holly does serious research on business trends and digs deep into the facts about any company she works with. This helps her give the best possible advice, the kind that is real and actionable.

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Call for Interviews: I am looking to interview business owners, authors, experts, and interesting people on a regular basis. If you would like to tell your story on this podcast, please contact me.

Credits: This podcast was recorded using Skype and Pamela. Thanks to Joe Magennis and Desiree Scales for technical advice. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Editing done with Audacity.

Bradford Shimp is the publisher of AllBizAnswers.com.

In part two of my conversation with Desiree Scales, we discuss social media and how small business can benefit from getting involved on sites like Twitter and Facebook.

Follow Desiree on Twitter at twitter.com/desireescales.

Visit Desiree’s web site at www.bellawebdesign.com.

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Call for Interviews: I am looking to interview business owners, authors, experts, and interesting people on a regular basis. If you would like to tell your story on this podcast, please contact me.

Credits: This podcast was recorded using Skype and Pamela. Thanks to Joe Magennis and Desiree Scales for technical advice. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Editing done with Audacity.

Bradford Shimp is the publisher of AllBizAnswers.com.

On this podcast, I am joined by Desiree Scales, founder of Bella Web Design, in Atlanta, Georgia. Desiree left her job at a major airline over 10 years ago to start her own business and hasn’t looked back. Today, she balances the demands of business with the importance of her family. She has purposefully created a business that she can run from home, but has used a creative business model to allow the business to scale up easily.

The is part one of a conversation that I had with Desiree. In this section, we learn the story behind Bella Web Design and gain some insight into how she manages her business. In part two, we will hear Desiree’s thoughts on social media for small business.

Follow Desiree on Twitter at twitter.com/desireescales.

Visit Desiree’s web site at www.bellawebdesign.com.

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Call for Interviews: I am looking to interview business owners, authors, experts, and interesting people on a regular basis. If you would like to tell your story on this podcast, please contact me.

Credits: This podcast was recorded using Skype and Pamela. Thanks to Joe Magennis and Desiree Scales for technical advice. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Editing done with Audacity.

Bradford Shimp is the publisher of AllBizAnswers.com.

In this special inaugural edition of the podcast, I talk to Jason Markow about the project he is running this week called #FAILweek. Throughout the week, participants are encourage to blog about their biggest failures. Instructions on how to participate are located at bit.ly/FAILweek.

Why talk about failure? Because it is an important aspect of success. #FAILweek is about stories of failing, but then doing something about it. It is an exciting project that is sure to get participants thinking about failure and help all of us begin to normalize the idea of failure so we don’t have to be so afraid of it. To get good at failure is to know when to call it quits, when to change direction, and to develop the skills to adapt quickly. All of this leads to success in the end.

Jason Markow runs the think (here) Blog at JasonMarkow.com. He was inspired to start #FAILweek because of his own recent failure with an angel investment backed web-based startup. You can read his story or failure and what he’s doing about it, along with the stories of other participants, at bit.ly/FAILweek.

Next Episode

Join me this Friday for an interview with Desiree Scales, owner of Bella Web Design. We discuss how she started her own business, how she runs it with a loose team style approach, and we also get her advice to small business owners on social media.

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Call for Interviews: I am looking to interview business owners, authors, experts, and interesting people on a regular basis. If you would like to tell your story on this podcast, please contact me.

Credits: This podcast was recorded using Skype and Pamela. Thanks to Joe Magennis and Desiree Scales for technical advice. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Editing done with Audacity.