There has never been more help available to small business exporters. Jim Blasingame reveals the multiple layers of export/import support available though government organizations as well as business resources, all of which take the intimidation out of doing business abroad.
What lesson can small business learn from the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street? Jim Blasingame uses the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street to teach a small business lesson about how to write and tell your own brand story.
There are two words that can do more to increase sales than any others. Jim Blasingame explains how just saying "Thank you" to customers when they do business with you will go a long way toward getting them to come back.
"The more high tech we have, the more high touch we want." John Naisbitt. Jim Blasingame talks about why small businesses must balance the power of high tech mobile apps and the primordial human need for high touch.
A campaign promise and what can really be done are two different things. Jim Blasingame talks about the need to distinguish between the political reality of campaign rhetoric from the reality of what can actually be accomplished.
How can you be more like Steve Jobs? Jim Blasingame talks about the late Steve Jobs’ entrepreneurial vision on innovation, customer focus, and uncompromising quest for excellence and how you can be like him.
Is your bank your business's best friend? Jim Blasingame reveals results of Small Business Advocate polls which indicates what kinds of banks small business owners use and how satisfied they are with these relationships.
It's okay to fall in love with what you do, but don't fall in love with how you do it. Jim Blasingame talks about historic, game-changing killer apps and encourages you to take a hard look at the innovation and creativity of your small business.
Are you creative enough to develop your own killer app? Jim Blasingame reveals what the process of developing a killer app might look like in a Main Street small business.
Why would a customer come back to your small business? Celebrating Customer Care Week, Jim Blasingame reminds you that customers come back for the way you make them feel, not because of your products or price.
