Those who have visited the Profits Plus website or attended a Tom Shay session have already seen a lot of the work of D Wendal Attig. Since the early days of Profits Plus, D Wendal has been responsible for the creation of many components - starting with the Profits Plus logo. He has also been the announcer of the monthly Small Business Conversations. Most importantly he is a brilliant consultant when it comes to marketing a small business. Join us for this program as we share our friend, D Wendal Attig with you.

Having written for  over 75 trade magazines, I get to see the material by a lot of columnists. Without question, Robbie Brown is the best when it comes to small business and anything that has to do with numbers. Enjoy with us an hour with this awesome small business consultant.

In addition to having written the book, "Selfish Giving", Joe Waters is an expert on how a business can leverage their giving to the community as a way to get customer attention as well as build customer loyalty. We refer to this as "Cause Marketing". Spend the hour with us as we visit with Joe and how you can make this a big part of messaging to your customers (instead of doing the usual "item and price" advertising).

How did you select your POS (point of sale system)? Was it because a vendor suggested it? Another business owner had the system and liked it? Perhaps, you saw it at a trade show?

Mike McCormick has a very unique talent. Listeners have told us they are challenged when speaking with their accountant. They do not understand what the accountant is trying to tell them as the accountant often gets into "tech speak". Mike is different. As a former small business owner he understand there is a place for "small business accounting" which is information being presented in a format you can understand and use to make decisions for your business.

Henry Hutcheson, author of "Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business" visited with Tom Shay during this program. If you are a part of a family business you know there are often many dynamics of family members working together. When there is a transition from one generation to another, there are often challenges of who has what responsibility and who gets what.

Henry answered many questions during this visit as well as explained how to eliminate the "drama" that could occur in your business.

Ken Banks is a member of the retail advertising hall of fame. The names of businesses that he has consulted with and worked for reads like a "who's who" in retailing. Ken spent an hour answering questions from listeners and addressing why we are seeing so many casualties in the retail arena. Understanding why big retail fails gives insight as to what you can do differently in your business. Listening to this session is a wise investment of your time.