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Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with social media expert Kate Snyder, owner of Lansing-based Piper & Gold Public Relations, about the importance of creating a blog to get online visibility for your small business, five basic ways to promote your business online, ways to effectively use video to promote your small business, the value (and lack of value) of online reviews, Microsoft buying LinkedIn and how to use LinkedIn to connect to your customers.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Mark Grimm, a communications consultant with wide experience in the business world, to learn more about story-telling and the role it can play in helping small business owners promote their business and products. Grimm is a professional speaker, speaking coach, author, radio host, award-winning corporate trainer and elected official. He has conducted one-on-one interviews with Presidents Bush and Clinton and was an adjunct media professor for 11 years.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews nationally-known small business advocate Chris Holman to learn more about the seven qualities of people who are highly respected and the small business value of emerging drone technology.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with business coach and consultant Tom Borg about dealing with the mistakes you make when running a small business, developing and implementing good customer service policies, the value of proactively addressing change in your small business and how to implement a plan for self-improvement.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with tech expert Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, about the 2016 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews entrepreneur Mike Brennan, owner of MiTechnews.com Brennan is the founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. He won more than a dozen awards in his career from the Society of Professional Journalists and from the Society of Business Editor and Writers, including first place in the large newspaper category for the coverage he did for the Detroit Free Press of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s attempt to buy Chrysler.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews nationally-known business advocate Chris Holman. Mike and Chris talk about how to create a small business culture that nurtures great talent, travel tips for the small business road warrior and how to create effective email communications.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Greg Coyne of Gerry Weinberg and Associates Sandler Training. Greg and Mike discuss how small business owners can energize and improve their sales process.

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews nationally-known small business advocate Chris Holman about “Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide”, “7 Ways to Re-Motivate Yourself at Work”, and “Understand This Before You Enter Into a Relationship With an Entrepreneur". 

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Erika Block, the founder of Local Orbit, Ann Arbor, Michigan, the supply chain platform for people who are creating a new, connected food economy.