Wednesday - June 01, 2005
Scott and Jim talk about how healthcare financial planning is part of the 21st century ownership society, and how to do some of this planning.
June joins Jim from Baghdad to report on the current state of that country as well as the current condition of small businesses who are trying to build the Iraqi economy.
Al and Jim talk about what it takes to be resilient, how to find out if you are, and how to help others to be so.
Mike joins Jim to cover the top issue in the 2004 Dallas Fed annual report, which is education. They discuss how the education system is working in America, and whether it's preparing our children to be competitive in the 21st century.
Thursday - June 02, 2005
Beverley and Jim continue their discussion about how to avoid being taken by scams that sell home-based business opportunities "in a box."
George joins Jim from Office Depot's 1,000th store in North America. They talk about how retail has changed over the past 20 years, why it's important to use milestone events as a way to gain PR, and at least two reasons why giving back to the community is good business.
Joan and Jim begin their visit talking about the revelation of the name of the Watergate era mystery person, Deep Throat. They move on to talk about whether Kiplinger thinks there will be a broad pension collapse by major corporations with defined benefits programs. They move on to discuss the future of alternative fuel and the vehicles that will use it, plus recent political issues, like appointments to the Supreme Court.
Monday - June 06, 2005
Noah introduces his Mind Makeover program, which helps you to make sure you're conversations with yourself are productive and not destructive. Noah helps you give yourself permission to success.
Steve and Jim continue their profitability series with a discussion about the importantance of preventive maintenance for all business tools, whether trucks or computers.
Renee joins Jim to talk about how to become media savvy, including the importance of practicing what you'll say if and when you're interviewed. She also talks about the differences between of being interviewed for print, radio and television.
Peter and Jim discuss how and why small businesses should conduct proper evaluations before purchasing any technology, whether hardware or software.
Tuesday - June 07, 2005
Barbara and Jim talk about current tax planning tips, including tax filing deadlines, healthcare strategies, and whether your business qualifies for a brand new deduction.
Jim and Grace-Marie continue their discussion about the benefits of a market-based solutions for the challenges we face providing healthcare for ourselves and our employees. Both agree that Congress needs to pass the Association Healthcare Plan legislation, which will allow small business to band together with industry organizations or others, like chambers of commerce, to purchase health insurance in bulk.
Barbara joins Jim to talk about how to deal with an employee that isn't cutting it. She describes how to identify slackers, how they can have a negative impact on an organization, and what to do with them.
Steve and Jim talk about some of the newest security issues
Wednesday - June 08, 2005
The two Jim's discuss the difference between your living your life and pursuing your destiny.
Jack Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame for another installment of how to hug your customers. They talk about some of the things you can do to make individual customers have a unique experience in your business, as well as how to do cool things for all of your customers on the small business radio program, The Small Business Advocate Show.
Ilise and Jim continue their series on "Buzz Marketing." Today they talk about the importance of training your customers how to help you get other customers.
Steve and Jim talk about some of the business lies that are generally accepted in the marketplace, but are not only not true, but could actually be holding your business back.
Thursday - June 09, 2005
Jeff and Jim talk about the increased availability of wireless Internet connections, how to use them effectively, and how to make sure you're wireless activity is safe and secure.
Floyd joins Jim to talk about who to establish your business in the marketplace, including a few things not to do.
Joan and Jim talked about the national and global economy, including Kiplinger's projection for how the U.S. economy will grow over the next 18 months. They go on discuss the future of trade unions, how the Army is working with employers to coordinate recruit training, the Bush influence on the Federal courts, a little bit about Spy Ware legislation, and finally a report on small business taxes.
Friday - June 10, 2005
Mike and Jim talk about how small businesses can do successful marketing without a big budget.
Now in his 8th year on the show, Mike joins Jim to talk about the progress being made on Social Security reform. According to Mike, there very well may be legislation that reforms SS this year.
Colleen helps Jim with the challenges of proper etiquette in the office as well as outside the office. Apparently, Jim's staff thinks he needs this instruction.
Jori and Jim talk about the strategy of having multiple URLs that point to your single Web site, including the possibility of one that is a common misspelling of your name. They go on to discuss getting started on tuning up your Web site for 2006. Jori also offers the link to her excellent site for children, which is monitored full-time by an adult during an interview on The small Business Advocate Show.
Monday - June 13, 2005
The two Jim's talk about the importance of intuition as a tool to manage change.
Rick and Jim begin by talking about what a feduciary is, and why you need to know. They move on to discuss how to properly establish a beneficiary for your IRA.
Ken and Jim talk about one of the hottest topics in the marketplace, blogging, as they discuss whether a small business should have a Web site and a blog.
Ellen and Jim celebrate Family Business Week by talking about some of the secrets of success of family businesses, including having the children go to work somewhere else before they join the family firm full time.
Tuesday - June 14, 2005
Ilise and Jim continue their series on "Buzz Marketing." Today they talk about some specific buzz marketing examples that small businesses have used.
Steve joins Jim to launch his newest book. They discuss how the public sector employee groups are influencing American politics and public policy.
Giovanni joins Jim with a report on small business public policy issues in Washington, D.C. Specifically the guys talk about proposed changes to the ADA law, the progress on the energy bill, among other topics.
Ken joins Jim to talk about the importance of identifying, managing, and leveraging intellectual property more and tangible property less. Jim has been talking about our Intellectual Property journey for a long time, often quoting from Ken's research on the topic of IP.
Wednesday - June 15, 2005
Barbara is a successful serial entrepreneur and she joins Jim to talk about some of the things she learned along the way.
Russ and Jim continue their business buying and selling series as they discuss some of the reasons why a business becomes for sale.
Monica is receiving the Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League and Jim congratulates her. They go on to talk about what it takes to have a successful online strategy.
Mike and Jim talk about why it's important to be direct with our salespeople in telling them what we expect of them, and then how to hold them accountable.
Thursday - June 16, 2005
Kate and Jim discuss the process that small business owners whose business is personal services, like consultants, etc. should go through to establish their price, per hour or per project, based on what's fair, what's competitive and what's profitable.
Sam and Jim conduct their monthly review of the economic conditions in the U.S. as reported by the Tatum Partners across teh nation who are running small and medium sized businesses. As of the first of June, the news is good. Listen to what Sam and Jim have to say about this and other issues, including what the survey respondents say about the next sixty days and the challenges of capitalizing the development of intellectual property.
Joan and Jim discuss the increased revenues states are collecting these days compared to two years ago when states were singing the blues. They go on to talk about reasons for the reintroduction of the 30-year T bill, the heir apparent to Alan Greenspan, the trend in health care premium increases, and new FTC regulations on email marketing, among other things.
Friday - June 17, 2005
Bill and Jim talk about tips for making sure you properly handle and dispose of customre credit reporting information.
John joins Jim from the National Taxpayer's Conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss the tax reform movement that's now global.
Jim's 2005 tribute to Father's Day.
Pat and Jim discuss VoIP, which is telephone over the Internet. They talk about how to make it happen and why you should consider it.
Marc joins Jim to talk about the four things he did to go from being a poverty case to a multi-millionaire.
Monday - June 20, 2005
John and Jim discuss several ways to make sure you make an impact on others, employees are productive and loyal, and people love you.
Bill and Jim talk about the good economic news in teh recent NFIB survey Bill conducted. His small business respondents had very positive things to say about how things look in their world.
Ben joins Jim to talk about some very effective ways to get customers to not just do business with you, but actually become excited about your business.
After talking about the process her company went through changing their name, Gail and Jim talk about how to collect custoomer and prospect contact information, how to build it into a resource you can use, and how to deploy that resource to get more business.
Tuesday - June 21, 2005
Jan and Jim continue their series on what she calls "Workships," which are essentially friendship at work. Jan discusses what they are and how to manage them to the benefit of all.
Andrew joins Jim to discuss how companies can grow fast and grow right. Andrew is actually his launching a new Web site which is dedicated helping emerging companies grow effectively.
Nancy and Jim continue their series on the role that intuition plays in whether we're successful or not. Nancy says if things aren't working out as we think they should, perhaps being more aware of our intuition, and a little less on the logical, might make a difference.
Tim and Jim talk about the three essential questions that all business owners need to ask themselves, in order to be able to create and execute a successful business plan.
Wednesday - June 22, 2005
Philip joins Jim to discuss why focusing on serving customers is more desireable than trying to manipulating them. Philip also talks about lessons he is teaching his daughters.
Ray and Jim talk about some of the challenges the U.S. Senate could be causing small buisnesses, specifically the Senate's recent behavior on tax reform, and the Kyoto Accords.
Frank talks with Jim about how the Department of Defense is helping small businesses owned by veteran and disabled veterans. They go on to discuss the role small businesses play in the defense of our country.
As a disabled veteran who is also a small business owner, Ray talks about the resources that are available to help him and others like him, to be successful.
Thursday - June 23, 2005
Beverley and Jim provide some tips on how a home-based business owner should find out if they need a business license, or not.
Zoltan joins Jim to report on the entrepreneurial soil on Planet Earth. They go on to talk about whether Europe's lack of entrepreneur energy is preventing it to be competitive in the 21st century.
Joan and Jim begin their visit talking about the economy, including specifics on several economic indicators. They go on to discuss intellectual property issues, as well as several current political developments.
Friday - June 24, 2005
Doug joins Jim to continue their series on small buisness export opportunities. Today, Doug talks about a 7 employee company that more than doubled their annual sales by expanding distribution to other countries. Tune in to find out how you can do this.
Leslie has moved to London, England, and joins Jim from there to talk about some of the differences between being a small business owner in England as opposed to the U.S.
Michelle invented a new product on her kitchen table, built them in her garage for two years, then quit her day job, and is now selling her product nationwide. Tune in to hear her story. You culd do this.
Gerald joins Jim to hold forth on his ideas of what's wrong and what's right about America and the world. This interview is not for the faint of heart.
Monday - June 27, 2005
Tim joins Jim for the first time to talk about his small business which produces and manages events, like large conferences, political events, etc. Tim and Jim have worked together for years with the SBA events, and Jim wanted Tim to tell his story about this interesting part of the marketplace.
Wayne and Jim discuss how the tension between market solutions and government intervention is evolving in the issue of cyber-security. They talk about the best way to balance these two solution options and the role both should have.
First time on the show, Denise and Jim have a lifely discussion about the difference between how women look at the
Ron and Jim discuss what Jim considers to be one of the most important debates of this generation, global outsourcing. Ron is less of a free trader than Jim is, but most people are. However, they have a lively and honest debate about this topic. Don't miss it.
Tuesday - June 28, 2005
Bill and Jim talk about wqays to find out what really matters in life and business. This is a topic that small business owners wrestle with quite often.
Ray and Jim celebrate National Columnist Day by talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly of that profession. They go on to discuss recent Supreme Court rulings regarding the Ten Commandments and eminent domain.
John joins Jim to discuss how to avoid common mistakes that business owners make when things are going well in the business. Specific examples include how to compensate your people.
Peter talks with Jim about the current state of social security reform, why President Bush has failed to get his message across, why the Democrats don't want it, and where wer should go from here.
Wednesday - June 29, 2005
Jeff and Jim talk about the challenges of managing your business when you're on the road, as well as some of the tips and tools to use.
Richard joins Jim for what Jim calls his "Fed Watch" show. Richard provides a tour of the economy as the two discuss the impact of petroleum prices on the economy, is there a housing bubble, and whether the Fed will raise rates this week. Jim points out that rising interest rates and rising petroleum prices has created a double whammy for small businesses.
Having won Palo Alto Software's Business Plan Pro award last year for her business plan to start a lingerie retail store, this is Terry's third visit as she reports on her progress as a brand new business.
Gene and Jim talk about five key things small business owners should know about their business's financial condition: Customer, products, inventory turns, collections and cash flow.
Thursday - June 30, 2005
Steven and Jim talk about how less-than-honest communication costs small businesses money and perhaps even success. Steven offers some tips on how to improve communication and get the most out of everyone. At the end, however, Jim reminds Steven of certain scenarios where white lies actually work.
First, Beverly and Jim discuss the state of women's business ownership in the U.S. Later, since Beverly has just returned from a trip to Belarus, in the former U.S.S.R., she reports on the challenges of starting and growing a small business there.
Sitting in again for Joan Pryde, Jim talks with our Jim about the prospects for the war in Iraq, the likelyhood of passage of a number of legislation currently before Congress, what a reverse mortgage is, and whether Hillary Clinton will run for president in '08.
