• NEWS
    Samsung Will Actually Pay You to Buy This Device

    Samsung is literally paying for customers to buy its smartphones. The company is lagging behind Apple in smartphone sales lately and hopes paying the first three months of a new customer’s phone installment payment will sway some people to try one of its devices. The company’s offer lasts until Oct. 16. Customers who agree to […]

  • NEWS
    Top Five Small Business Radio Podcasts

    The April numbers are in for the top five downloads of Small Business Trends Radio podcasts. The following archived radio shows were the most popular downloads for April 2006 from our podcast site, SMB Trendwire: Hiring New Employees – The Technology They Need Guest: Michael Dees of Esecurity-Direct Michael Dees explains how to choose and […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Email Marketing STILL Not Dead, New Podcast Claims

    “Email marketing is dead.” If you’ve been involved in the world of marketing over the last few years, you’ve likely heard that declaration more than once. But a new podcast wants to bring a new perspective to that discussion about email marketing. Email Marketing’s Grave is a new podcast from the team at marketing solutions […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    The Connection Between Business Podcasts and Running

    Jack Yoest, who has started doing some guest writing for Small Business Trends, points out the connection between running and radio and podcasts. He writes over at our sister site for our Radio show about how so many of us multi-task, and running is a popular time to listen to business podcasts: “Runners are listening […]

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    SBA Offers Podcasts, But Are They Really Podcasts?

    The The U.S. Small Business Administration is the latest organization jumping on the podcasting trend — but is it really “podcasting” as that term is defined? I wrote about it over at my BNET column, Selling to Small Business. On the one hand, the SBA is to be commended for offering podcasts, but on the […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Great Big List of 100 Small Business Podcasts

    Over at the Small Business Trends Radio show site, we have published a great big list of 100 small business podcasts. The Back-story Behind the List Staci, the Program Manager for the Small Business Trends Radio show, has been working on the list for a couple of weeks now.  To put together a list of […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Podcasts: Your Key to Understanding Venture Capitalists

    Get ready for some name dropping. How about venture capitalists Guy Kawasaki and David Morgenthaler? The rock star of the venture capital world, and the senior statesman of venture capital, respectively. This little name-dropping saga starts this past week when Guy Kawasaki came to Cleveland, Ohio. He spoke at an event that I could not […]

  • NEWS
    The Top 100 Small Business Podcasts of 2011

    0“It is great to learn from in-depth interviews in a business-casual style.” – Martin Lindeskog, in a recent interview with me, regarding the Top 100 Small Business Podcasts of 2011 When I say “business casual” I’m talking about fashion,  but when our community member Martin Lindeskog says it, he is talking about the way we […]

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    eBay Launches Open for Business Podcast to Serve Entrepreneurs

    Looking for new podcasts or sources of business related content? You’re in luck. eBay recently launched a new podcast alongside Gimlet Creative, a media company founded by veterans of NPR and This American Life. The podcast, entitled Open for Business, features insights, tips and questions for new business owners. For example, the podcast’s first episode, […]