Monday - December 01, 2014
Siobhán Finn joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growing women entrepreneurship sector in Ireland, and what is being doing done promote this market segment.
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it looks like when companies grow their revenue and operations beyond what their capital strategy and resources can support.
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what he calls “consolidation capitalism” and Jim calls, “financial capitalism” as options by corporate America to grow without investing in the economy.
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Bridge Act could create tax relief for growing small businesses that can’t overcome the capital drain their tax bill creates.
Bob Negen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how small businesses must serve customer traditionally and digitally in order to make every week have a Small Business Saturday.
Bob Negen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why every small business must blend their traditional and digital marketing strategies in order to first be relevant to customers so they then can evaluate your competitiveness.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on whether small businesses are actually paying too much in taxes or if they just don’t like the ROI from the government.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the legislative issues the 114th Congress will be working with President Obama about and the likelihood of progress.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new Obamacare case being considered by the Supreme Court and how damaging this could be to the law.
Siobhán Finn joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growth of entrepreneurship, for men and women, in Ireland in general and the Cork market area specifically.
Tuesday - December 02, 2014
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the wisdom and practice of valuing an existing customer over a new one.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the reality that innovation as a way of life is at the heart of your business’s ability to survive the fast moving 21st century marketplace.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it looks like when your stubbornness is preventing you from being successful.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the marketplace is doing around you when you refuse to realize that you’re convictions have turned into stubbornness.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the inconvenient truth that we all get in our own way more than we think, and how that holds us back.
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the “Power of 3” as a way to get an audience of guests or customers to remember your message.
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three elements of sticky content that helps an audience remember what you told them.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that getting your financial records ready for the new year works best when you keep things simple.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to talk about getting your financial records ready for the new year by getting help and streamlining systems.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to clean up bad inventory and accounts receivable so you don’t take that baggage into the New Year.
Wednesday - December 03, 2014
Tom Garr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the Favor Bank System is and how to make the right kinds of deposits to your account with customers.
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to make the connection between what your customers are expecting from your business and the kinds of changes you’re going to face as a result.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report the shocking statistic that since the election of President Obama, regulations on small businesses have increased almost 25%.
Tom Garr joins Jim Blasingame to explain why the Favor Bank System can be used to produce the Holy Grail of business, the referral.
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to emphasize the imperative that your business must have an innovative mindset and that your next innovation will be determined by your customer expectations.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report that the direct cost of regulatory compliance by businesses adds an additional 50% cost of government and is almost completely funded by businesses.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss possible approaches to reign in out of control regulatory costs, including sunsetting every regulation in some future date, unless it’s re-approved.
Thursday - December 04, 2014
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss all of the named shopping days and why small business shouldn't get caught up in them, but rather focus on being the best every day.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk some of the recent big time security breaches and how the next wave could be on small business.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal of the reasons why entrepreneurship is always on the minds of people who want to be self determined.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of being able to read body language, and how to position yourself physically.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why being authentic is one of the most powerful brand building attributes.
Jim Blasingame reveals that there are two kinds of entrepreneurial passion, market and operating, and why they matter.
Jim Blasingame reveals some tips and best practices that will help you acquire a passion for the operations side of your business.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the consequences of the Ferguson, MO events to local small businesses.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the agenda and ideology of President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have promoted painful and dangerous behavior that have hurt small businesses.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent polling that shows an increased belief by black and white Americans that race relations have worsened in the past six years.
Friday - December 05, 2014
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why it’s important to pay attention to the behavior of our leaders and mentors and value their lessons, whether intentionally given or not.
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the mentoring influence you may be having on those who work for and with you by the way you demonstrate leadership.
JJ Ramberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how her business had to make adjustments in their strategy to remain relevant to customers.
JJ Ramberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the business model of her company, Goodshop.com, is to make a profit while helping charities.
JJ Ramberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal evidence that the real economy on Main Street is finally in a measurable recovery.
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how connecting with other humans is more than just practical, it’s biologically good for us.
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to explain that success in the 21st century will depend upon something primordial – maximizing the human connection.
Laura Miller joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increase in optimism among small business owners and why they are.
Laura Miller joins Jim Blasingame to report on how small businesses are recognizing the power of their ability to customize the experience for customers.
Laura Miller joins Jim Blasingame to report that small business owners are more focused on work-life balance than before.
Monday - December 08, 2014
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to discuss copyright information for bloggers.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to talk about tips and best practices on marketing your franchise business with multi-media resources.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the definition of entertainment when it’s applied to your marketing strategy, including specific practices.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to reveal reasons why you have to broaden your marketing strategy to include digital resources and how to execute them.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why following up with customers to confirm what they want and how they want you to connect with them is non-negotiable.
Ana Weber joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why how she rose from almost-orphan in a Communist country to significant business success in America.
Ana Weber joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power that can be attained if you just get out of your own way.
Doug Barry joins Jim Blasingame to tell a customer service story he learned while serving reindeer herders in Siberia.
Doug Barry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the significant support available from the U.S. Commercial Services to help you develop a successful export strategy.
Doug Barry joins Jim Blasingame to report how much local resources are required to accomplish a successful export strategy.
Tuesday - December 09, 2014
Mitch Free joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two business strategies to incorporate into your business and market strategy, including customer expectations and other humans.
Mitch Free joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of embracing technology in order to execute virtually all strategies.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history of entrenched, legacy business models resisting in non-competitive ways, new tech-driven disruptors.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the controversy between ridesharing, tech-driven transportation companies, like Uber, and legacy taxi industry, like Yellow Cab.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on how politics and policy is being used to defend legacy industries against disruptive ventures, instead of competition.
Tracey Hope-Ross joins Jim Blasingame to reveal research about empty-nesters, women over 45, with regard to their new expectations of businesses.
Tracey Hope-Ross joins Jim Blasinagme to reveal the ways that tech-savvy empty-nester baby boomers will use mobile computing in their consumer activity.
Daniel Burrus joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what hard trends and a soft trend are and why we have to prepare our businesses for both.
Daniel Burrus joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are soft trends in your future that will either be valuable or perilous, and you have to prepare for both possibilities.
Daniel Burrus joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that just when you thought new media would take over old media, you realize they’re not more compatible than ever.
Wednesday - December 10, 2014
Kathleen Quinn Abernathy joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how hundreds of rural communities can compete for millions of dollars to improve their infrastructure thanks to three corporate citizens.
Kathleen Quinn Abernathy joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the issues and players that are involved in the net neutrality debate, and take the position that the Internet should not become a government regulated utility.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a few reasons why the U.S. economy is showing some signs of growth and what we should be doing to take advantage.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal reasons why the Chinese economy is experiencing a decline and why American businesses should be paying attention.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what a declining European economy means for imports and exports of American businesses.
Jim Blasingame reveals two kinds of entrepreneurial desire and help you identify which one you have.
Jim Blasingame asks why the Democrat Senate intelligence committee released the report on extreme interrogation which will surely help our enemies.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how vulnerable we may be to enemy cyber-attacks and why the Senate Intelligence committee report could make us more vulnerable.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the breach of the Sony Pictures networks and how this one is different from others.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the bad guys do with your stolen credit card information.
Thursday - December 11, 2014
David Clayman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the problem small business owners get themselves into when they fail to seek advice in areas they don’t know about.
David Clayman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why and how small business owner should have a retirement plan separate from their business assets.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use the sharing economy to get more out of your limited capital resources
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the small business tax extenders are, why they haven’t been approved and what happens if they aren’t.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things you can do before the end of the year to cut your tax bill for this year.
Sean Callahan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what big data is, how it works, and how businesses can benefit from tracking it.
Sean Callahan join Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Bizo B2B big data platform works and how small business owners can use it to convert marketing into sales.
Friday - December 12, 2014
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why business planning is more important than just having a plan, and how to do both.
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why it’s wise to develop the early stages of your entrepreneurial dream while you’re working as an employee.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small business owners are more optimistic based on what they think will happen than what has happened.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the most recent NFIB Index that shows optimism about the future is not based on what operating fundamentals show us.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways that a stock bubble on Wall Street could hurt the Main Street economy.
Tom Hegna joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of elements of choosing the right social security decisions for your retirement planning.
Tom Hegna joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements that make up a hybrid retirement plan and who this type works for.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the concept stage of any project is critical to success and what the elements of this stage are.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the schedule is so important when your project moves from concept to design.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key elements of the development stage of your project and how to use them.
Monday - December 15, 2014
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a few thoughts on how to get the holiday stress level down to a manageable and practical level.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to talk about not being afraid to talk to those around you about how you feel about focusing the holidays away from commercialism.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of strange behavior where the left and right agreed on a budget bill.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Senators Cruze and Lee may have outsmarted themselves by going for a short-term win against the appropriations bill.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report that the 114th Congress will work on the debt ceiling, Medicare and Obamacare, among other important issues.
Mitzi Perdue joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how she watched her father and husband both find success in business, including how they were the same and how they were different.
Mitzi Perdue joins Jim Blasingame to share her thoughts on why her late husband was able to turn a tiny family business into a Fortune 500 industry leader.
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to predict that now is a good time to keep an eye out for Corporate employees who are looking to escape to Main Street.
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several tips and tactics on how to find and hire employees who will be successful in your organization.
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role that being patient, disciplines and a little more sophisticated can be when you're trying to find the right employee for your business.
Wednesday - December 17, 2014
Jerry Silberman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different business conditions and indicators to look for to see if you’re heading toward desperate debt trouble.
Jerry Silberman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what it looks like when a business is in trouble with a cash flow and debt and how to get help.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the implications for Obamacare that will result from the revelations of Professor Gruber.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the revelations of Gruber proved that Romney was right about why Obamacare was a fraud and wouldn't work at the national level.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a ruling by the Supreme Court in 2015 could result in the full collapse of Obamacare.
Jim Blasingame reminds you of his predictions for 2014 along with what actually happened and his score.
Jim Blasingame reports on the results of a recent poll of small business owners about concern for their own business being looted by rioters.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the current Fed meeting may be different due to oil price fluctuations that impact inflation, currencies and economies.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the price of oil can have varied and significant implications for global economies and their currencies, as well as for consumers.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the economic implications for the U.S. due to the drop in oil prices, from consumer spending to trade.
Thursday - December 18, 2014
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to compare notes about these two holidays among Christians and Jews.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the hacking of Sony’s digital information and subsequent threats by a North Korea agent is unprecedented.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what a lucky accident is and talk about how to increase your chances of having one.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what you have to do to increase your chances of finding a lucky accident.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to propose that the best way to make lucky accidents part of your life is to make yourself available to the possibilities outside of your comfort zone.
TJ Scimone joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his family’s multi-generational entrepreneurial story going back more than a century.
TJ Scmione joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how his entrepreneurial experience has included more failures than successes.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the absurdity of Congress passing important tax provisions at the end of the tax year, and how this behavior hurts small businesses and the economy.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on several key issues that the new Congress will be taking up, including tax reform, trade, immigration and Obamacare.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the big legislative issues her organization will be working on on behalf of small businesses, especially tax reform and Obamacare.
Friday - December 19, 2014
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the wired customer behaves and offer suggestions on how to make sure your business stays relevant to them.
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what you have to do to prepare your employees to connect with and serve the wired customer.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to report on the executive order on immigration by President Obama and how effective it will be.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to report on the likely response by Congressional Republicans to the executive order on immigration by Obama.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that shows newly pardoned illegal immigrants might take jobs from U.S. citizens.
Matt Peterson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how easy it is for small businesses to back up and secure their work, records and content in the Cloud.
Matt Peterson joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Sony hack and subsequent threats by North Korea, including whether it is an act of war.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tax extenders that provide benefits for individuals that Congress finally passed at the last minute.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several tax extenders that benefit businesses as they consider making capital expenditures.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several tips on how individuals can save taxes at the last minute before the end of the year.
Monday - December 22, 2014
Deltina Hay joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that’s it’s time think of social media strategy as part of your primary plan, and to announce upcoming newsfeed changes by Facebook.
Deltina Hay joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how Facebook will change their rules on marketing posts and how to build a strategy around these new rules.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new mandate in Germany that requires the boards of large companies to have at least 30% female representation.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on a Germany gender mandate for corporate boards and how such a law would play in the U.S. board rooms.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss possible reasons why women are under-represented in corporate leadership, including how much of the deficit is caused by women.
Geoffrey Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the THRIVE Project is, how it’s structured, who are its stakeholders and how it will sustain itself.
Geoffrey Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his global non-profit, the THRIVE Project will be executed around the globe.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to report on one business that discovered their merchant account had a limit on how much a customer could pay them in a single transaction.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to build a cash flow projection for your business that includes a new real estate acquisition.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a cash flow projection is one of the most powerful tools any business manager has.
Tuesday - December 23, 2014
Jim Donovan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how we get too serious about unimportant things during the holidays and make ourselves unhappy.
Jim Donovan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his online networking has evolved over the years and now used LinkedIn to his best advantage.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the irony of how big companies wish they could be more like small businesses.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why big business want their organizations to be more entrepreneurial while small businesses often take the power of entrepreneurship for granted.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why it’s so difficult for large organizations to be entrepreneurial.
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why too many of us look in the wrong places for happiness.
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your career, geography and who you share life with has a great deal to do with how happy you are.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the details of how damaging the cyber-attack of Sony by North Korea was.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the cyber-attack and subsequent terror threat and how the way this played out established a dangerous precedent.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how much China may have contributed to North Korea’s cyber-attack on Sony and why it was to their advantage.
Wednesday - December 24, 2014
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the opportunities and exposure you have to make sure your team is what your company needs for 2015.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to help an unproductive employee “self-extract” themselves and move on to other opportunities.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the truth about the future of artificial intelligence, including how it will impact next year.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how affordable genomic testing is getting for the average person in the next year, plus the future of 3D printing in construction.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how technology is increasing having an impact on the price of energy.
Jeff Ericson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of a reputable brand, including a viable business model, knowing your customer profile, and location.
Jeff Ericson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what is driving the ride-sharing industry from economic and demographic standpoints.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to recommend ways to grow more time by setting and honoring boundaries.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to report on how one company grew time by establishing ownership of business segments and expecting results from that ownership.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how being nicer to others is actually a way to grow time in your life.
Thursday - December 25, 2014
On his 18th live Christmas program Jim responds to accusations that he might be a scrooge.
On his 18th live Christmas Day program Jim recognizes and honors all who wear a uniform in service to others.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent tax policy changes, as well as a holiday observation.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of tolerance as a way to solve society’s problems.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how Judeo-Christian values made America what it became .
On his 18th live Christmas program, Jim reads three important Christmas Day passages from the Bible and shares his thoughts.
On his 18th live Christmas program, Jim reveals the meaning of Anam Cara and reads a special poem for members of the military.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of tolerance and the cost of intolerance.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame on his 18th live Christmas Day broadcast with a discussion of the power of agape love.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to use the analogy of iridium to the potential power of small business values in fostering global tolerance.
Monday - December 29, 2014
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss goal setting vs New Year's resolutions, and whichaMarsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that business owners should focus starting the new year with goals that can be measured, instead of one-ended resolutions.works better for business.
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the five factors to focus on in order to break goals into elements you can measure and accomplish.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the best way to connect with, engage and keep customers is to post online content about the way they use your products and services.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the content a small business publishes is associated with what customers are most likely to ask, and why the effort will pay dividends in time.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it takes to mount a Facebook ad campaign and what the costs might be.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the political issues that will be debated in 2015, and why small business owners should be paying attention.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to predict that Obama and the GOP-led Congress will find little common ground in 2015, except maybe tax reform.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the paradoxical hidden advantage a start-up has over an established business.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why businesses have to make sure they’re giving customers what they really want, not just what they say they need.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that giving customers what they want instead of what they need will increase both sales and profits through long-term customer relationships.
