MLB teams can’t get enough of Lena Blackburne’s secret substance. Do you have a secret product? What are the challenges of keeping copycats away?

A new book offers search tips that can heat up your cold calls. What are your best online sales tips?

Soft sales, job cuts and weak capital-spending plans have owners hunkering down for continuing economic pain.  How do you feel about the economy?

Minnesota firm Vibrant Technologies is cashing in on hot demand for inexpensive, secondhand IT equipment. Have you bought used equipment? What do you think of the strategy?

Our website makeover experts help a small-business owner with design and branding changes that will translate into sales.  What do you recommend for Oceans of Change?

As China makes big moves to improve its environmental and labor conditions, U.S. companies that manufacture there face soaring costs. Have your say about the changes.

Customers can praise or pummel your business online. How do you deal with unfair reviews of your business online?

If getting maximum efficiency from Microsoft tools is key to your business, an office full of Macs could be the way to go, according to FSB’s tech columnist. What do you think?

Indie musician and label owner Ben Taylor charts his own career model. What do you think of the indie music scene?

With rates for “the death tax” changing each year, family business owners trying to plan for succession are left chasing a moving target.  What do you think of the two candidates’ plans?