The number of baby boomer business owners who will soon be of retirement age is growing at a rapid rate. Globally, as many as 125,000 people celebrate their 65th birthdays every day -- a demographic trend that will continue for the next nineteen years. Richard Morris, principal of succession planning consultancy Resource for Ownership Intelligence, known as ROI Consulting, says the number of owners looking to sell or hand down their businesses to the next generation is larger now than at any other time in history. On this episode of the Imaging Executive podcast, Morris offers advice on making that transition successfully.

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These days, many business owners and managers are marketing to consumers through social networks -- but fewer use those powerful social tools to reach out to B2B customers. Paul Gillin, co-author of the new book, “Social Marketing to the Business Customer,” joins the AIE Imaging Executive podcast to explain how social networks can be even more valuable for reaching business customers than for consumers.  

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Unhappy customers have always presented both a problem and an opportunity for businesses. Social networking sites have amplified each of these aspects, but the opportunity to turn around a poor customer experience through social networking vastly outweigh the damage a displeased customer is likely cause. On this episode of the Imaging Executive podcast, Brian Curran, vice president of RightNow -- a company dedicated to ridding the world of bad consumer experiences -- explains how.

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Interview ends -  10:47

Having set problem solving processes in place is critical to good decision making, says Dr. Todd Dewett, author of The Little Black Book of Leadership. In this episode of the Imaging Executive podcast, he explains why, discusses one such process, and offers advice for making good "gut" decisions.

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An interactive photo guidebook in the palm of our hand — that’s the promise of iFotoGuide. This week in the Imaging Executive podcast, co-founder Bret Edge tells us what goes into making an iPhone photography app.

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