Monday - November 02, 2015
Jack Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his family-owned business has thrived though decades of operation and several acquisitions by making sure each customer knows how important they are to them.
Jack Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that his company’s classic approach to “hugging” their customers is actually supported by some pretty important technology.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to report on the recent rule making by the SEC on how small firms can solicit equity funds from unknown investors who aren’t wealthy.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the sobering elements of seeking and managing multiple investors to help you fund your business.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the facts you should know before you invest your money in an equity position in a small business.
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why humble leadership is not only possible, but actually the best kind, because if comes from the perspective of having recovered from making mistakes.
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal four different types of traits in a leader that most of us wouldn’t think of when picking a leader.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the importance of combining perspective in your quest for wisdom.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how using third parties on a number of levels can contribute to gaining organizational wisdom.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to inject the value of wisdom into the management of Millennials who often have too much content in their heads and not enough context.
Tuesday - November 03, 2015
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal why you should think about personality types when developing and working in teams.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal why the people you hire should also be tested to see if their personality will work in the teams they will join.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal research that shows extreme conditions, like stress, can cause an employee to revert even deeper into their default personality type.
Mark Berven joins Jim Blasingame to report on their research that shows way too many small businesses are not ready for a business interruption event, and how to develop a plan for your before it happens.
Mark Berven joins Jim Blasingame to report on more business interruption research and offer suggestions on how to work with your insurance agent to make sure you’re prepared with coverage and a recovery plan.
Robert Brands joins Jim Blasingame to reveal Robert’s Rules of innovation and how to create an environment where your innovations are implemented.
Robert Brands joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the non-negotiable role and practices of leadership when your organization is implementing innovation.
Robert Brands joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how leadership has to engage and motivate the people in an organization to successfully implement innovation.
Wednesday - November 04, 2015
Jason Levesque joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he accomplished his dream of bringing jobs back to the U.S., especially Maine, and incredibly, the jobs he brought back were for call center services.
Jason Levesque joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of adding customer service features to your small business website, like the chat feature.
Bob Negen joins Jim Blasingame to identify the need for more sales training in retail, but why the first step is to hire people who want to be around other people.
Bob Negen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why you have to train salespeople to probe customers to identify where they are on their purchase decision journey.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to identify something called a Shemitah year and why some people think it has an effect on the outcome of worldly things.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what fundamental investing is and compare it to the technical approach, and how both can contribute to your decision-making.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the problems that are being created by a financial industry focused on short term goals and why we need to change this behavior.
Thursday - November 05, 2015
Bill Schley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the “marketing disease” is, and to identify the three things you have to do to immunize your business from the scourge.
Bill Schley joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that marketing and advertising have one goal: make a sale. So keep it simple and sell.
Pamela Harper joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how a little bit of uncertainty keeps you on your toes and even can bring out your most creative side.
Pamela Harper joins Jim Blasingame to remind you to avoid distractions that try to take your CEO focus on the big idea that is the essence of what your business stands for.
Pamela Harper joins Jim Blasingame to recognize that as a small business, you won’t always have the resources you need, so look around for collaboration opportunities, possibly even with competitors.
Jim Blasingame reveals how the expectations of customers have evolved to the point where the new prime expectation is no longer competitiveness, but relevance.
Jim Blasingame reports on a recent online survey of small business owners that showed 75% were less than positive about the near future economy, and to reveal why the current condition belongs to President Obama.
Gerald Celente joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the runaway debt of our government will take us to a financial train wreck when interest rates rise.
Gerald Celente joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why he thinks the process America goes through these days to elect a president has become tantamount to producing and watching a reality tv show.
Gerald Celente joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there is no one person who can turn America around, but rather it will take each American doing his or her part to reclaim what made this country great.
Friday - November 06, 2015
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to deal with relationships that are troubling, by setting the encounters up to begin in a way that minimizes the troubling behavior of others.
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the fact that dealing with troubled people successfully requires you to be more aware of your own behavior than trying to change them.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the business startup process and how much resilience it takes to get the business out of infancy.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the two prime motivators of startups, and to explain why you should check your position so you know which one if your number one reason.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the need for resilience morphs when you transition from a startup to the growth stage.
Deltina Hay joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of a mobile-ready business strategy.
Deltina Hay joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that when you have your website mobile ready, make sure you go experience it yourself.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of having a referral and why the opposite, a cold call, is worse than worthless, it’s damaging.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices to use to transition from poor prospecting practices to quality practices that produce more referrals.
Joanna Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why getting quality referrals is a lot like being a sales detective.
Monday - November 09, 2015
Gary Bentley joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story of his early life in foster homes, how he became an entrepreneur, and ultimately the largest exporter of turtle – yes, turtles – in the U.S.
Gary Bentley joins Jim Blasingame to tell his unique entrepreneurial story about how he got the idea to become an exporter of turtles – live turtles – to the world.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what ransomware is, how it gets in your computer, how it affects your data, and what you have to do to get rid of it.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what ransomware is and three tips on how to prevent it infecting your computer and encrypting your data.
Scott Aurnou joins JIm Blasingame to reveal how to think about the steps to take when your computer and data is infected with ransomware, including possibly not paying the ransom.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that the best way to keep good employees, at the compensation you can pay, is to have a strategy that combines the business model and employment requirements.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the most likely factors that cause good people to leave your company, and how to diminish or eliminate those losses.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to report on the details of the October jobs report that shows overall significant increase in hiring, but the internal numbers won’t contribute to robust economic growth.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the changes in demographics in the U.S. are making the middle class seem to be doing worse than what’s happening in reality.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why she thinks the Fed keeping interest rates low for so long has actually hurt the economy and why they should raise interest rates at their next meeting.
Tuesday - November 10, 2015
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three key elements of a speech and how to use them to create a successful speech in a few minutes.
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to identify different ways to structure a speech depending on the subject, the audience and the time available.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the branding of a politician often morphs from the time they seek the nomination to the time of the election.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to talk about examples of when some GOP politician have used the power of a brand to out-perform a competitor who has more money.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how branding is affecting the early stages of the Democrat presidential nominating process.
Walter Kiechell III joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you’re business isn’t performing as well as it should, perhaps it’s time to revisit the founder’s original reason for starting the business.
Walter Kiechell III joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why it’s important for founders to continually communicate why they went into business in the first place.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the one true fundamental that will turn your business around to profitability.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to clean up your books and break out the performance of each of your business offerings by profitability.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal – incredibly – why some people don’t invoice customers every month, and why that is a failure wish on so many levels.
Wednesday - November 11, 2015
Kenneth Davis joins Jim Blasingame to report on the original version of what we now call Veterans Day, including the individuals who got the ball rolling to change Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
Kenneth Davis joins Jim Blasingame to report on the implied commitment America makes to its veterans and how this promise has been broken for generations.
Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about patriotism, and the meaning of Veterans Day among these two veterans.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the presidential candidates, how few have any military service, and the long term implications of this trend.
Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the presidential debates and the fact that America is not living up to its contract with veterans.
Joe Davis joins Jim Blasingame to report on what his organization, the VFW, and other veterans groups are doing to celebrate Veterans Day across the country.
Joe Davis joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many reasons why you should consider hiring a veteran for that fact, if for no other reason.
Jim Blasingame talks about how our population is increasingly less represented by past members of the military and why that could have negative implications in the future.
Jim Blasingame reports on the origins of Veterans Day as it changed from Armistice Day and a poignant and practical way to define a veteran.
Jim Blasingame talks about the commitment our veterans made to us, and why failing to return that commitment in the form of support is a national shame.
Thursday - November 12, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on his experience of finding and buying a used smartphone, instead of a new one.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on his recent experience purchasing a used smartphone, and some thoughts on whether the used technology purchase should take place solely online or face-to-face.
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the origins of the idea for his new book about the diminishing of the American Dream.
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to report on the life and professional journey of an emigrant who came to America to claim the American Dream, not to have it handed to him.
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to report on the American Dream story.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how customers’ feelings should be included in your attempts to serve them.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of giving employees the authority to made adjustments in service to address the feelings of customers.
Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that trying to “anchor” an opposing negotiating party with a diverting fact, such as a lower number, can work to your advantage.
Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how telling stories to the people you’re trying to influence can be very powerful.
Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how entrepreneurs tendency to be sure of themselves can backfire, and how to keep that confidence and minimize any damage it might cause.
Friday - November 13, 2015
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why too many people are afraid to speak in public and how to lower the anxiety by improving the preparation process.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tips and best practices of how to properly and successfully bring a new hire on-board as a new member of your organization.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to report on new research that shows two-thirds of execs can’t pass the most basic financial literacy tests, even with true and false questions.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps to take to determine the financial indicator called EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization – and why every manage needs this information.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the direct connection of EBITDA and ROI and why you need to know both in order to make a business investment decison.
Zain Raj joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that branding has changed from a passive message-driven activity to one that requires constant active and aggressive steps to stay in front of customers.
Zain Raj joins Jim Blasingame to ask the question of what level of commitment do customers have with your brand and business, is it a habit, a routine or a ritual.
Monday - November 16, 2015
Jim Blasingame celebrates the 18th anniversary of his radio show by revealing the re-invention process he went through, his vision and what he had to deal with to make it a success.
Jim Blasingame relates his own practice of celebrating business milestones, like and anniversary, as a way to encourage a connection with customers and enthusiasm from employees.
Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the growing movement by some to declare sugar as tantamount to a poison, and try to rid it from our diet.
Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the fact that the unjustified and unprovoked attacks in Paris that killed 129 and wounded hundreds were completely predictable based on the failure of the French to assimilate their muslim population.
Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why compared to the rest of the West and some in Asia, the U.S. is in pretty good shape demographically.
Burton Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his relationship with a convicted murderer over 33 years, and how he helped him write a book about his life before and after the event that changed his life.
Burton Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why we can all be guilty of “presentism,” which is to fail to keep current events in perspective with those that are part of our past.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many ways that Obamacare is collapsing and taking down millions of people it was purported to help.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the proposals of various Republican presidential candidates about what they will do with Obamacare, and the alternative they will have to offer.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the failure of most of the Obamacare co-ops that were created and funded with millions from the federal government, which will never be repaid.
Tuesday - November 17, 2015
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to report on the apparent decline in people of faith in America, and connect this to the decline in capitalism as tide that raises all boats.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to propose that America is the lesser for the apparent decline in faith among Americans and why morality, if not religion, was at the heart of our founding.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows small business sentiment continues to be down for seven years in a row.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows key elements of small business performance, hiring, wages and investment, do not point toward economic growth.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Fed’s monetary policies for the past seven years and reveal why those policies have hurt the economy.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to identify what a “Positive Energizer” is, the contribution they make, and what you have to do to become one.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what a Positive Energizer does, and how they contribute to a more productive workplace.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how old asthma and cancer drugs are being re-purposed to fight Parkinson’s Disease and loss of mental capacity.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how some are looking at how we measure the viability of plankton and wild rice as a way to reset our understanding of the impact of climate change.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how some researchers created the first new polymer in 20 years by accidentally combining two plastics and got the new, more versatile one.
Wednesday - November 18, 2015
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to help celebrate the life of Dan Poynter, the world’s guru on self-publishing, author, speaker and long-time member of Jim’s Brain Trust, who had a positive impact on so many lives.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to use the servant life of Dan Poynter as a model for how to help others both in advance and after being the beneficiary of help.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the dangers of how Big Box customers can seduce a small business into committing too much it.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to do business with Big Boxes by using supply chain financing that smooths out the cash flow roller coast of these big companies.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether or not the reality TV program Shark Tank, provides good examples of how to fund a start-up.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why your marketing strategy has to be continually evolving and more and more around content marketing.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the four ways to structure your content marketing strategy around, including being a problem solver, tipster, reporter and critic.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the reasons why the Fed’s monetary policies intended to help the economy have gone too far and lasted too long.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the policies of the various GOP candidates, which ones have the best ideas and whether either can beat Hillary.
Thursday - November 19, 2015
Eugene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some little-known background on – and recite – the Gettysburg Address by President Lincoln, on the 152nd anniversary of the event .
Eugene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the power of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was partly in what he didn’t say.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the unique American resource that SCORE is for millions of small businesses every year, without charging anything.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to tell a story about how one company was unable to move forward until they sought and received help from a SCORE volunteer.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about how SCORE volunteer experts donate their time and expertise to America’s small businesses.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different ways the U.S. government is structurally corrupted and why that’s costing taxpayers more than we should have to pay.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on good news as the courts have upheld a law preventing states and local governments from taxing the Internet, but not yet the federal government.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how small businesses seem to be struggling with transitioning from traditional marketing strategies to the new media approach to marketing.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the sheer scale of Corporate America’s conversion to new media marketing, and how this can drown out Main Street small businesses .
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the new media trait that is frustrating small businesses: it takes longer to engage a customer on social media than traditional advertising.
Friday - November 20, 2015
John Fox joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current state of tax reform, what it looks like and why that’s not what we’re getting from presidential candidates.
John Fox joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the lack of tax reform among presidential candidates and reveal what it should look like to be real reform.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on new regulations the DOL is pushing which will hurt small businesses ability to educate themselves on retirement programs for employees.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report that there is bi-partisan support in Congress against Obama’s Department of Labor plans to restrict retirement education for small businesses.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the small business elements of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and to point out that the only thing worse than international trade is isolationism.
Jay Mincks joins Jim Blasingame to report on his perspective of the current economic condition – which is not great – and talk about what he’s seeing customers doing to overcome this adversity.
Jay Mincks joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the damage that is being done to companies that continue to cold call for prospects, and it’s never been a better time to acquire quality referrals instead.
Jim Blasingame reveals specific examples of how the Obama administration’s assault on businesses – especially small businesses – and how they’ve cost us in jobs and opportunity.
Jim Blasingame reveals what happens when we lie to ourselves by using personal red herrings, and how to replace that practice with the truth.
Jim Blasingame identifies some of the many ways that small business owners contribute directly to a better world and why that contribution is so inspiring.
Monday - November 23, 2015
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the calendar she publishes every year that come with 365 inspirational and motivational messages.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the motivational messages in her 2016 calendar for women, including several that help you focus on seeking excellence.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to review the economic and political evidence that has cost the American economy a decade of economic growth.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on the sentiment of consumers and small businesses as a factor in why the economy is still growing very slowly.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report that there are no indicators that would predict a better 2016 economy than 2015, including the upcoming presidential election.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Babson Global Index of Women Entrepreneurship that shows this sector is growing around the world.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Babson Index of Women Entrepreneurship which makes a direct connection between entrepreneurship and education, especially among women.
BIll Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on his participation in a conference to discuss global distressed investments and what this has to do with Main Street small businesses.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the factors that are causing the immigrant crisis in the middle East and Europe, including whether the U.S. will take any in.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on how global demographics will impact the world, plus the electability of Hillary Clinton.
Tuesday - November 24, 2015
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the impact of social media as a marketing paradigm shift and how a call-to-action is now less impactful than demonstrating relevance to prospects.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the fact that the term social media is unintuitive for small business owners and why they should think of it more in terms of different ways to connect with customers.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to offer some suggestions about how to use social media to maintain relevance on Small Business Saturday.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the shear enormity of eyeballs that are using social media to inform themselves on many levels.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Instagram and Facebook have increased the security for all associated apps.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the barnacles of life that attach themselves to you and how to avoid them.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to live your life with authenticity by being in reality what you appear to be.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some intangible business factors that can contribute to driving the valuation of your business.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how markets, products, customers and prospects contribute to how your business will be valued in a sale.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to identify how gross profit and your organization contribute to how a buyer will value your business.
Wednesday - November 25, 2015
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the concept of compassionate conservatism, how it works and a website to help you practice it.
Chester Elton joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the way American small businesses give back to their communities with their time and resources.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to keep your business practices simple with three management fundamentals.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how managing processes in your organization will help you attain a new level of excellence.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three ways to think about delivering product and service to customers as a way to seek a higher level of excellence.
AmyK Hutchens joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why all entrepreneurs keep deep secrets about themselves due to a kind of insecurity, which is very likely unfounded.
AmyK joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how we let stress and fears get out of hand because we keep them secret as if we’re the only ones who have them.
Jim Blasingame reveals the parallel universes of the Age of the Seller and The Age of the Customer, how the former is being replaces by the latter, and how that is impacting your business.
Jim Blasingame reveals that the energy driving The Age of the Customer is from the new expectations of customers provided by the increased availability of information.
Jim Blasingame reveals how to manage the balance between traditional marketing and new media in The Age of the Customer.
Thursday - November 26, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to share their thoughts on how they’ve been thankful for their small businesses, good times and bad times.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the allure of Black Friday and Cyber Monday and not buy something you don’t need just to save a few bucks.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the history of immigration in America from the originals to latter day newcomers.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history of immigration in the U.S., including how high school drop out rates and government welfare have impacted it.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether Syrian refugees should be allowed to enter the U.S.
Jim Blasingame tells the classic story of how America’s first immigrants were saved by an unlikely human being.
Jim Blasingame shares some thoughts on being thankful, including a special list from Mother Teresa and why he’s thankful for small business owners.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on their Thanksgiving Days as children and what it’s meant to their lives.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on recent terrorist attacks on Paris, and how it could have been prevented with better leadership, especially from President Obama.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his new book, “Fifty Plus” which reveals how the workplace and marketplace rules have and are changing for Baby Boomers.
Friday - November 27, 2015
Barbara Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to evaluate some of the offers you get in the mail and by email, as to whether they’re illegal or just not a good deal.
Barbara Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key specifications you need to use when choosing an intellectual property (patent) attorney, and how to work with the one you choose.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices that will help you have a great year-end finish in sales, including making sure you focus on those customers who can close this year.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to report on proposed changes that will require small businesses to change how they pay hourly and salaried employees.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to report on the government proposal that will require small businesses to give all employees seven days of annual sick leave.
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how small business owners think their perfect way of doing things holds their company back when they need to delegate to employees who can only do excellent.
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the trigger moments when you have to take action and go with excellent instead of holding out for perfect.
Monday - November 30, 2015
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why even customers who use lots of technology still want you to deliver classic low-tech love.
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why establishing a high level of trust with customers is not just the right thing to do, it’s a profit generating best practice.
Robert Brands joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why your innovation strategy will produce sustainable results if you think of it as incremental steps, instead of looking for the big discovery.
Robert Brands joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the connection between your next innovation that serves customers with what your employees already know.
Robert Brands joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use ideation as a process to become more innovative, including the first steps to take.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the idea that is the theme for his new book: How to get your next big idea developed in three weeks.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that having many little innovative ideas is often the incubator for your next big idea.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how critical thinkers acquire more than information when they learn, they also discover why they learn.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that when you ask customers the right questions about their experience expectations, you can produce emotional profit that drops to the bottom line.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why any small business owner should ask himself or herself why they are growing their business before they do.
