Monday - September 01, 2014
Greg Mourad joins Jim Blasingame to explain what it means for a state to have a “right to work” law and how a recent court case set back unions attempts to organize home health care workers.
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the positive effect of a “right to work” law can have on the economy of a state.
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to propose that Labor Day should be changed to “Worker Appreciation Day” and why he thinks that.
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to get the Millennial generation to be engaged when they don’t expect to be working for you for very long.
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether keeping the Millennial generation engaged is different from other generations.
Jim Blasingame proposes that if there’s a national day for labor, there should be such a day for those who employee over half of all workers.
Jim Blasingame reports on a recent online poll that shows how small business owners feel about using crowdfunding in their businesses.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to report on the executive order of President Obama to raise the minimum wage for government contractors.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to report on corporations changing their domicile outside the U.S. in order to avoid double taxation, and whether it’s good or bad for the economy.
Diane Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the truth about the impact of a national minimum wage increase, including the fact that it only impacts 3% of the workforce.
Tuesday - September 02, 2014
Richard Berman joins Jim Blasingame to share some of his insights into what motivated him to talk with business owners when they were looking to connect with the media and press.
Rich Berman joins Jim Blasingame to recommend customizing a press release and sending individual ones to local media, instead of a broad distribution.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on President Obama’s vociferous support for unions, but not so much for small businesses who sign the front of over half of private pay checks.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the challenges the world is facing with evil factors and whether Obama’s foreign policies are helping or hurting.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current standings of the Senate races and what the two parties have to do to retain or gain control.
Dr. Donald Gibson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the ways anger manifests within an organization, and how to identify and minimize that negative impact.
Dr. Donald Gibson joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Fairfield University was founded and its current approach to higher education.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why you shouldn’t have policies that pit your employees against customers.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame if you think you don’t have policies that impede customer service, do some management by walking around.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame if you want to keep the best people and grow customer relationships, invest in employee training.
Thursday - September 04, 2014
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of saying thank you, why too many small businesses don’t take advantage of this, and how to fix it.
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to recommend three marketing steps to take without spending more money, including business cards for all, and branding on forms and uniforms.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to debate the impact of climate change and what can be done to create a more productive conversation.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on new medical research that may regenerate aging protoplasm and extend our life expectancy.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how medical research may be creating breakthroughs that our society isn't ready for.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things he learned while producing and managing a large project with little or no money.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to report how to get ready for the upcoming tax return filing date at the end of the extension.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the critical steps to take when changing from a partnership to a corporation without creating a taxable event and phantom income.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to use retirement programs to lower your tax bill before you file your return.
Friday - September 05, 2014
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what a leadership blind spot is, how they can be dangerous, how to identify and get rid of them.
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the problem of leadership blind spots and how to use knowledge flow session to replace them with leadership vision.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the president’s plans for an executive order on immigration, who would be included and what’s motivating him to do it.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the connection between failed immigration policies and practices and the threat of a terrorist attack on American soil.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the founding principles of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution and how they hold up against a president who is an ideologue.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why taking the time and effort to give your business, product or other venture a name that connects with stakeholders and customers.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal her new service that focuses on helping small businesses conduct a successful naming effort for company and product names.
Conor Healy joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Cork Chamber of Commerce in Cork, Ireland is doing and how they serve their small business members.
Conor Healy joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Republic of Ireland, a member of the EU, has turned the economic corner after the financial crisis of 2011.
Conor Healy joins Jim Blasingame to report that the current coalition government in the Republic of Ireland is doing a good job of helping the business community grow their economy.
Monday - September 08, 2014
Jim Blasingame reveals some statistics and some personal perspectives on the generation gap between Generation Y and Baby Boomers.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to lead, manage and be successful with Generation Y employees.
Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what some businesses are doing during good times to prepare for tough times.
Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how and why you should be managing customer relationship so that you know the profit contribution each one is making to your business.
Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the fundamentals of business that help you develop a growth plan that also serves you if the economy takes a downward turn.
Michael Barrera joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what a family-owned small business looks like, how it is growing among Hispanics, and why it’s important to America.
Michael Barrera joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what Hispanic business owners expect from their government, including what should be done about immigration.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why interpreting the financial records your business produces is the most important task you have as the CEO of your business.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why it’s important to know the breakeven point for your business as well as the launch of a new project, product or expansion.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why it’s time to start thinking about what you want your business to look like when you sell it, even if that day is years away.
Wednesday - September 10, 2014
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why managers and team members should know what motivates them and why this indicator changes with time.
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to find out what your motivating identifier is and why do you need to know.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you have to be an operator during tough times and a merchant when opportunity presents itself.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it looks like when your operating style of survival management should transition to the merchant style of taking advantage of opportunity.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what it looks like when growth opportunities don’t match your capital structure.
Frank Mummolo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what your organization has to look like in order to sustain growth.
Frank Mummolo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the six major elements that must be managed in order to grow and sustain success.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Honda has been has had 60 years of sustained success because managers are required to be directly involved in all elements of their assignments.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Honda’s success was partially because their R&D department stayed involved all the way down the production line.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the founder of Honda encouraged strong disagreement as a way of creating excellence.
Thursday - September 11, 2014
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to ask, as Apple unveils their new iPhone 6, do you really need the newest version of technology, or should you wait until the work out the kinks.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to share their memories of the day America was attacked thirteen years earlier, and discuss whether we’re any safer today.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to report on a European court case that gave their citizens the right to ask for certain online references to them be removed.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to report on a court case where two parties tried to claim ownership of the “likes” of the users of an online community.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on whether we’re more or less prepared for the next terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Jim Blasingame reports on the results of a recent survey of small business owners about what party they will be most likely to support in the upcoming mid-term elections.
Jim Blasingame shares his thoughts on why we can never forget the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Janice Kephart joins Jim Blasingame to talk about President Obama's speech on ISIS and why it was less than adequate considering what is at stake.
Janice Kephart joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the areas that have improved in our quest to fight a terrorist attack, and where we've fallen short.
Janice Kephart joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the threat of ISIS and what the U.S. and allies should do about this evil threat.
Friday - September 12, 2014
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the one thing that would reduce small business failures significantly and make the survivors wealthy.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three questions every new and existing small business owner should ask themselves if they want to avoid failure.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how compression of the time between model generations has produced a velocity of change that is taking our breath away.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps small business owners can take that will help them avoid the pressures of the velocity of change, including what to ask customers.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what the Internet of Things means, and how to take advantage of this emerging paradigm.
Joyce Weiss joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the more you love your business the less likely you are to recognize the signs of burnout.
Joyce Weiss joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how recognizing that you’re burned out actually could turn into a gift that helps you reinvent yourself.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to remind about several tax deadlines, including some last minute things we can do to cut our taxes.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that reveals the costs and expenses required to start a new business today.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to identify four critical traits that you will need in order to be a successful small business owner.
Monday - September 15, 2014
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the impact of the social experience and behavior of customers, and how that’s impacting businesses.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to offer the best ways to think about return on investment for our social media strategy, and how to improve that return.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss several indicators that show the economy is growing ever so slightly, and probably not going back into a recession.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to identify some of the changes and innovations that is making this period unique in terms of disrupting the transition of workers within the marketplace.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index and his interpretation and explanation of why the U.S. economy is probably not going back into a recession this year.
Kevin Paul Scott joins Jim Blasingame to report on the efforts Apple is taking to remain relevant and whether it will be enough.
Kevin Paul Scott joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several key fundamental lessons small businesses can learn from the way Apple has attempted to maintain relevance after Steve Jobs.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to explain that reputations tend to stick around, whether they’re good or bad, so what are you going to do about it?
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how our reputation is transferred between people without a digital connection and how these can be powerful for good or not.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to report on the state of the San Antonio, TX economy and compare it to the rest of the country.
Wednesday - September 17, 2014
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps to take to take advantage of a group prospect when such an opportunity is identified.
Jim Blasingame reveals four of the common business ownership myths and then explaining why believing them can be dangerous.
Jim Blasingame reports on a recent online poll that shows almost three-fourths of small business owners are very concerned about world conditions.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether the Fed’s recent monetary policies have created more problems than solution.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on multi-decade research that show entrepreneurship is declining in America and why it’s happening.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to comment on why it’s taken President Obama more than five years to admit that the world expects and needs the U.S. to be a global leader.
Laura Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a survey of small business owners that shows how women and men deal with their work and their home life differently, and how it impacts their performance.
Laura Miller joins Jim Blasingame to report on a survey that shows more than half of small business owners expect to expand their businesses geographically, hire more people and adopt more technology.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to help you anticipate what to do next when you learn you have to make a sales presentation to a group.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps and practices necessary to successfully make a sales proposal presentation to a group.
Thursday - September 18, 2014
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the way Generation Y thinks about employer provided benefits, including non-insurance benefit elements.
Jim Donovan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to define being happy and report on research on how being happy increases productivity and accuracy.
Jim Donovan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things that contribute to happiness, including music.
Jim Blasingame recommends that the place for leaders to start when trying to have a great workplace culture is with themselves.
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he stated his vision for the company’s future as a way to increase the engagement of his team.
Adam Witty joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how much of an impact the values of top management has on a thriving corporate culture.
Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what he did when a major prospect for a large contract tried to get him to cut his price during the proposal presentation.
Jay Myers joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why small businesses have to stand up for their brand and stick to the price they have to get to sustain their business.
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to explain that open enrollment is the period of time during the year when you can change your employee benefits, including health care options.
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to integrate members of Generation Y into the workforce, including the interviewing and hiring process.
Friday - September 19, 2014
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasngame to report on the current state of mid-term campaigns around the U.S. as the GOP attempt to take control of the Senate.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some ways members of Generation Y should communicate their ideas and challenges to upper management without seeming rude and entitled.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of being mentored and how members of Gen Y have to make adjustments in order to benefit from a mentor.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current condition of borrowing money from online lenders and whether this option is right for you.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the challenges still facing the online lending industry and how to navigate these waters.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps and practices you have to employ if you expect to be able to borrow money from a commercial bank.
Bev Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the power of telling stories continues to be one of the best business communication skills to practice.
Bev Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why training in the 21st century has to combine some of the fundamental elements with some of the new trainee expectations.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the emergence of Generation Y as a voting force as well as the now majority of Americans who are single.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the growth and strength of ISIS has resulted from the lack of leadership, vision and poor decisions of the Obama administration.
Monday - September 22, 2014
Marc Ensign joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power for small businesses of having an online strategy that contributes before asking for the sale.
Marc Ensgin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of keeping your online strategy focused on what your human customers expect from you, instead of Google algorithms.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the challenges the rapidly changing global economy is creating and how to handle them on Main Street.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the most important source for how your business should address global changes in the economy is your own customers.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your customers, not your competition, are who you should be watching and engaging, more than the competition.
Karl Ronn joins Jim Blasingame to recommend a new way to think about other players in the marketplace as potential future partners, not disruptive competitors
Karl Ronn joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the impact on business models at all levels by the next group of Americans, the members of Generation Y, who are now younger than 30.
Austin Kiplinger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it’s like being almost a 100 years old, and what he’s seen in his life as a witness to the most amazing century of mankind.
Austin Kiplinger joins Jim Blasingame to offer his perspective as a 96-year-old professional journalist about how the American experiment has become the American idea.
Austin Kiplinger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Kiplinger organization used downsizing as a way to be more aggressive and effective than their former size in the 20th century.
Tuesday - September 23, 2014
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to explain that business is not really about business, but people.
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to explain that you should focus on making your job a happy one by being happy yourself.
Gary Harpst join Jim Blasingame to explain as CEO of your company, how to choose your top 3 priorities, both long and short term, to stay focused and avoid crisis management.
Gary Harpst join Jim Blasingame to reveal the questions you need to answer to determine your top 3 priorities, both long and short term, on The Small Business Advocate Show.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you should establish 3-4 simple rules for your business's strategy, communicate the rules to your people, and motivate them to follow the rules.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to establish non-negotiable rules for your business by understanding your costs, your competition, and your customer expectations.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to develop rules to delegate to and empower employees to provide solutions to customers and feedback to management, which establishes trust and develops leaders.
Wednesday - September 24, 2014
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the ways small businesses create intellectual property (IP) and why it must be used, protected and defended.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the different options you have for protecting and defending your intellectual property (IP).
Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the origins and roll of the Export-Import Bank as a government entity that helps finance trade on behalf of U.S. businesses.
Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to debate the uses of and possible abuses by the Export-Import Bank as a government entity that helps finance trade activity by large and small businesses.
Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether the Export-Import Bank’s charter should be renewed in the face of evidence it is a tool for crony capitalism.
Jim Blasingame proposes that joining small business owners around the world could be the best boots to put on the ground to create and maintain peace and good will among nations and cultures.
Jim Blasingame reports on recent poll results that showed almost half of small business owners will use their organic finances to fund the next opportunity to grow.
Doug Barry joins Jim Blasingame to report on his recent trip to south Asia, and how those economies are doing, including Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma.
Doug Barry joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons legal immigrant business owners seem to have an advantage over natives when it comes to exporting.
Doug Barry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the fact that small business owners from different countries and cultures have more in common than not, and would make excellent peace ambassadors.
Thursday - September 25, 2014
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to use big business examples of how to not launch a project until it’s ready.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the new challenges of managing generational conversations in the workplace.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on ways to be more effective as you use social media platforms to engage customer communities.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new annoying Facebook settings and how to avoid them without going off the grid.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the recent partnership by Microsoft and Go Daddy to offer web and office suite services for one low monthly price.
Mark Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to dispel the myth that all leaders are born and that you can’t learn how to be a leader, plus what are the top three leadership traits.
Mark Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to dispel the myths that leaders have to be loved, can’t be afraid and have all the answers.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the impediments to getting the current slow economy into a robust expansion level.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to propose that the threat from the terror group ISIS is not a small one, but not the global menace as many think.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to predict and explain why it’s more likely the Democrats will hold control of the Senate in November.
Friday - September 26, 2014
Katherine Crowley joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the problems that are created by co-workers who are aggressive, passive or otherwise, in ways that harm your career, and how to deal with them.
Katherine Crowley joins Jim Blasingame to acknowledge that women and men deal with difficult co-workers in different ways, plus how to use a mentor with these people.
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the concept of diligence and what it looks like in different applications, including a poem by Robert Frost and how Lincoln considered diligence.
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about examples of diligence as a means of developing expertise and accomplishment.
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of being diligence and how it produces excellence instead of chasing perfection.
Carmine Gallo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal research about the challenges most people have making business presentations.
Carmine Gallo joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices on how to stop avoiding making business presentations and learn how to do them well.
Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether how easy it is to start a small business is one of the reasons for so many failures.
Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to offer the idea that success as an entrepreneur requires loving the challenge of going it alone, not just loving what you sell.
Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to make an offer of an entrepreneurial evaluation that’s very accurate and free.
Monday - September 29, 2014
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the value of customers who take the time to let you know when they’re not happy, whether they’re high-maintenance or pointing out a problem you need to fix.
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to point out that when a customer complains you have two jobs: fix the problem and save the relationship.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the results of the performance of the 113th Congress and why it was essentially a failure.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several important bi-partisan bills that should be able to be passed in the lame duck session of this Congress.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growth of tax reform and fiscal conservatism in dozens of countries across the globe.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why most of us start our small businesses, and to reveal a very important question to ask ourselves when we do.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two more critical questions to ask yourself before you become a small business owner.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that cash is like oxygen for your business and profit is like food, but you have to have both for long-term sustainability.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the impact on cash when you reduce debt and debt service, and how this impacts profitability too.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some tips and best practices on how to ask customers for deposits or advances on their order so you can improve your cash flow.
Tuesday - September 30, 2014
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the teams he has worked on and led, and reveal what the best ones had in common that made them perform at a high level.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the best teams he’s observed are held accountable for performance and then celebrate accomplishment milestones.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the hidden inflation that’s found in product packaging.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to point out how big business reduces the value of what they sell small business, while demanding full measure from them.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways packaging can be used to create price inflation without raising the price you’re used to paying.
Erin Arvedlund joins Jim Blasingame to report on the global LIBOR interest rate manipulation, and how it impacted every business and consumer that uses financial products.
Erin Arvedlund joins Jim Blasingame to report on the LIBOR rate manipulation scandal and show how this global indicator finds its way down to Main Street.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the good and the potentially scary parts of owning stock in the Chinese online marketplace, Alibaba.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on indicators that show how poorly the U.S. middle class has performed for more than a decade, including the forces that caused it.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the inclination for Americans to look to the government for solutions, and why this behavior has failed them.
