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As a small business owner, your entire business sits in that computer on your desk. What happens to your business if the computer is lost, destroyed or hacked. While online backups like Carbonite preserve your information, they don’t protect it.

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In this segment of More Than a Few Words we take a look at social media and non profit causes. We are joined by Alex Keys, Vista Corps Volunteer for Indy School on Wheels.

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This is a great example of a simple voice message.

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This cheerful greeting doesn't cost any more then a boring one.

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Social media sells houses.  At least it can in the hands of a real  estate agent  who understands how to use the tools to connect and promote a business or product.  Today we will be talking with Kristie Smith the founder of Indy Homes Real Estate about marketing and social media.

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I caught up with Scott Case, CEO of Startup America  after his presentation at the launch of Startup Indiana, and he was gracious enough to share a few thoughts with me.  So even though you can't capture the energy of the event, you can get a feel for what it was about from the short podcast below.

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Ever wonder what would happen to your business if you just “hit the road” for a month or more? Join us for today’s episode of More than a Few Words as we talk to Jon Arnold, founder of Tuitive, a truly virtual business. Last year, after more then a decade of operation, Jon shut his office, but not his business. His employees went home, and he and his family hit the road in their camper. Their goal was to spend a year touring the US before his kids were too old.

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Join us for another  episode of More than a Few Words as we talk to Duncan Alney, owner of Indianapolis social media company Firebelly.  In addition to running a successful social media firm, Duncan has been a force connecting the Indianapolis social media community.  From informal breakfast meetings, to the popular social media club after hours events he has pulled us away from our computers for a series of lively face to face networking events which have helped us get to know each other a little better.

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Lately it seems like everyone is talking about Pinterst.  While we have written a few blog posts on the topic, it is hard to scratch the surface in 400 words.  So this week Allison and I will be talking about this new platform. What it is, and more importantly what we think the business applications are.

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How do you train young entrereneurs?   Long before the internet, budding entrepreneurs sold Lemonade.   On street corners all across the country, on sunny days, you could find them with paper cups, cardboard signs and pitchers of lemonade.   Today a national movement runs programs to bring back this old style entrepreneurship.  In Indianapolis, Lemonade Day will be  Saturday May 19th.

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