Monday - February 02, 2015
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to emphasize the many reasons why you should help your managers learn how to be leaders.
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key elements of turning managers into leaders, including beginning with the hiring process.
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how SCORE is structured to offer support for small business from its volunteers who are senior business managers and leaders .
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal all of the many ways small businesses can get affordable support, including from the volunteers at SCORE.org.
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the research that shows entrepreneurship has declined, but that those who remain have 11 thousand SCORE volunteers to help them.
Barb Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that we’re surrounded by intellectual property – ours and someone else’s – and we have to know how to properly and legally use someone else’s IP.
Barb Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the USPTO has significantly increased their patent app and copyright response, but the Supreme Court has hurt digital patent opportunities.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several reasons why it makes no sense for a business owner to prepare their own tax returns.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that it’s never too late to get the legal part of your business right, or protect your intellectual property, or create better connections that will deliver referrals.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why we shouldn’t expect much service from the IRS from now on, unless you know someone who know the tricks of the trade.
Tuesday - February 03, 2015
Robert Kiyosaki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things that caused America to diverge away from the things that made us great.
Robert Kiyosaki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what America’s middle class, including small business, have to do to claim a second change to return to what has made America great .
Robert Kiyosaki joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how our banking system is being controlled by people we don’t know.
Janemarie Mulvey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about various components of Obamacare that demonstrate how it was structured without concern for how it would hurt small businesses.
Janemarie Mulvey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three reforms that Congress and Obama could do to Obamacare that would help millions of small businesses.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the truth about how poorly American corporations and the U.S. government have prepared for cyber attacks from criminals and countries.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several things U.S. companies and the federal government need to do to protect our financial information, intellectual property and for national security.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal an initiative that is recommending cyber security practices to corporate America and the federal government, plus an update on Net Neutrality.
Wednesday - February 04, 2015
Fay Cobb Payton joins Jim Blasingame to talk about research that shows minorities and women are under-represented in the technology industry, and what could be the causes.
Fay Cobb Payton joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how individuals, communities and the technological industries can improve diversity.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how Americans can take back their lives by reclaiming some of the individual responsibility America was known for a half-century ago.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the difference between freedom and liberty and why it’s important for Americans to contemplate this difference.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to say that each of us has to recognize that we may become unprepared for future employment and to prepare for that next job.
Jim Blasingame shows small business owners who deliver personal/professional services that they have to establish their rates based on pricing a product, not wages.
Jim Blasingame reveals the results of a poll that 70% of small business owners think President Obama is a failure, and he identifies some of the issues that give rise to these sentiments.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why managing a project might be logical and common sense to some, but not to everyone.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to establish a plan, goals and deadlines for each step and the final product of any project.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about to accomplish quality assurance and then test your project offline before you make your project available to customers.
Thursday - February 05, 2015
Dan DiSalvo joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the rise of public employee unions and why they’re becoming increasingly politically influential in a very dangerous way.
Dan DiSalvo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how dangerous public employee unions influence has become and what to do to reduce it.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history of Section 179 accelerated depreciation and how Republicans are trying to make it permanent instead of renewed each year.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on how much of a nightmare it will be for the IRS to enforce Obamacare and how this will hurt service to small businesses.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about whether the IRS will survive it’s primary role of enforcing the current bloated tax code and the new responsibility of enforcing compliance with Obamacare.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the importance of a good first impression and reveal some things you can do to help you.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that shows some names are more positive than others when it comes to making a first impression.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history of an unfettered Internet and attempts by some to fix something that isn’t broke.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new decision by Obama’s FCC to regulate the Internet as a public utility, like telephones.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to imagine the damage that would be done to the Internet if it becomes a regulated public utility.
Monday - February 09, 2015
Katherine Crowley joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on three things to keep in mind when an employee is ready to ask for a raise, including timing, preparation and being aware of the big picture.
Katherine Crowley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some tips and best practices employers should consider when, and in anticipation of being asked for a raise by employees.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the many factors that are making economic recovery a broad based reality for all participants in the marketplace.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the hiring behaviors of businesses, including how many hire after opportunity presents itself, instead of in anticipation of it.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his thoughts on how the economy will behave the rest of the year, including whether the Fed will raise rates or not.
Jim Blasingame reports on how President Obama says he wants to protect a “free and open” Internet, but in two critical cases his actions don’t match his words.
Jim Blasingame reveals how gross profit margin can be driven and to say that increasing this percentage is the most important job of a small business CEO.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to identify the single most important thing you have to do to achieve value pricing, instead of competitive pricing, is something you can do and will cost you nothing.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the connection between trust and a successful value pricing strategy.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what you have to do to achieve a value pricing strategy, including how to conduct your relationship with customers.
Tuesday - February 10, 2015
Andy Smit joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he spent an entire year immersed in the industry before he launched his start-up.
Andy Smit joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his start-up is designed to help “pet parents” find boarding and other services for their “babies,” and how his exit strategy matches his capitalization plan.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to make sure your goals align with those of your customers and their expectations of a vendor like you.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that just as you have to be accountable for what you can deliver, you can make customers accountable for what they have said they expect of you.
Joanne Black joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to stay connected with customer expectations to make sure the two of you aren't wandering apart on what they want and what you can deliver.
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to recommend not waiting too long to set annual business goals, including two major areas to focus on, financial and customers.
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to establish employee engagement goals by asking employees the right questions about their level of engagement.
Wednesday - February 11, 2015
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to discuss balancing several different ways to deliver for customers, including helping them move the performance needle and saving them time.
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of helping your customers help their customers as a way of moving their performance needle.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to report an uptick in demand for small business loan funding and what the capital supply side looks like.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new partnership that should make it easier to get financing for a franchise acquisition.
Ami Kassar jo ins Jim Blasingame to reveal how crowdfunding borrowing works and how to position it in the other borrowing options available for cost and degree of difficulty.
Scott Jordan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role passion played in his successful entrepreneurial journey, and how to find that element in your own journey.
Scott Jordan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how finding the right people to hire will determine how successful his company will grow over the next five years.
John Warrillow joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the value of creating a recurring revenue model at least from part of your business model.
John Warrillow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to convert your traditional model of periodic sales into one that produces recurring revenue every month from the same customers.
John Warrillow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key elements of creating value in your company that can be converted into a more successful exit strategy.
Thursday - February 12, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of getting outside the four walls of your business on a regular basis to meet other business people and share ideas.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the fundamentals of capitalizing a business that should be learned besides the focus of the show.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why Shark Tank does not demonstrate good fundamentals about how to capitalize a small business.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why a business loan is almost always a better way to capitalize your business than taking investor capital.
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what innovative service and how to deliver that like putting sprinkles on a cupcake.
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how training all employees about how to deliver innovative service is the key to customer retention.
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why Abraham Lincoln’s life and career are good examples of high achievement.
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to bring President Lincoln to recite and discuss his Gettysburg Address, plus his thoughts on the last 150 years of human development.
Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to recognize that in public discourse, winning the argument has become more important than accomplishing something of value for everyone.
Friday - February 13, 2015
Stan Bril joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the markers of a business loan lender that you should avoid because they are predatory.
Stan Bril joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements to look for in a lending organization that does not take advantage of desperate business borrowers.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Obama administration plans to turn the Internet into a utility and why that is a dangerous decision.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the validity of President Obama’s claim that climate change, not Islamic terrorism, is our great existential threat.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the religion of politics has cost us the problem solving power of intellectual honesty.
Marisa Lankester joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the importance of being able to keep your own company when you’re in a relationship with someone else.
Marisa Lankester joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the things we all do that keep us from being happy, and how to turn that story around.
Jim Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to report on the U3 and U6 unemployment rates and why one is bogus and the other provides useful information.
Jim Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to report on the false narrative the government has used to demonstrate unemployment in the U.S., and how to fix this hoax.
Jim Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons the economy isn't doing any better after all these years and what we need to do to turn it around.
Monday - February 16, 2015
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to help our host laugh at himself, and then to reveal two things to do to get rid of a bad habit or acquire a new, positive habit.
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the company keep and your commitment to something greater than yourself will both help you get rid of bad habits and acquire good ones.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the House has passed a law making Section 179 direct expensing permanent, but will the Senate follow suit and will the president sign it?
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the assault on a free and open Internet is being waged by the Obama administration and why small businesses should fight against it.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the assault Obama’s NLRB is making on franchises by trying to reclassify them as parts of a larger business, not individually owned small businesses.
Ken Davis join Jim Blasingame to reveal that this is really George Washington’s birthday celebration that turned into Presidents Day, as well as some things we didn't know about the U.S. presidency.
Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Founders struggled to give the executive the right balance of powers and restraints.
Olalah Njenga and John Harrison join Jim Blasingame to share their thoughts on how things have changed for black Americans since they were in elementary school.
Olalah Njenga and John Harrison join Jim Blasingame to share their thoughts on what America still has to work on to fully declare we’re truly post-racial.
Olalah Njenga and John Harrison join Jim Blasingame to say that black America will be better when they don’t need national figures to “represent” their race.
Tuesday - February 17, 2015
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several reasons why all small businesses are family businesses, even if the founder is the only employee of the business.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the different ways that family impacts the performance of a small business and the responsibility of the founder to family.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the January NFIB Small Business Index that shows optimism was down after two months of positive movement.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows small businesses want to hire more, but can’t find enough qualified prospects.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how decisions by the NLRB encourage unions and therefore, by definition, discourage hiring by small businesses.
Don Cooper joins Jim Blasingame to say that he believes all purchases are decided by emotion and why this is good news for small businesses.
Don Cooper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal ways to use the emotional impact of customer decisions to the advantage of your small business
Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the things small businesses have to do this year and next to comply with Obamacare regulations.
Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame to explain how the Obamacare penalty is calculated and how the IRS will be enforcing and collecting it.
Thursday - February 19, 2015
Cindy Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why small businesses must focus their communications on the target customer for their business, including traditional and social media.
Cindy Miller joins Jim Blasingameto reveal some of the steps to take to be prepared to communicate with community and customers in the event of a crisis associated with your business.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to say that in a small business, you should wait to promote someone with a new title when the move is obvious to everyone.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to help you know when and how to promote an employee into a leadership position with a title.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingameto reveal why upgrading the description of management positions can help when promoting from within or hiring outside.
Denise Koslowsky joins Jim Blasingameto tell the story of how one woman decided to start her own insurance agency 45 years ago.
Denise Koslowsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how this family business made the transition from the founder to her children and how they make it happen successfully.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the three different kinds of customers.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal specific examples of contests and promotional tools to help motivate salespeople to achieve the goals of the company.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to introduce a new resource to help small businesses train their sales management and sales staff.
Friday - February 20, 2015
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the issues that are impacting the future of non-fiction books, especially business books.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the pressures that are changing journalism, some for the better and some not so much.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current employment landscape for U.S. manufacturers, including the availability of qualified applicants.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the issues that are impacting the growth of manufacturing, including currency, global economics and consumer demand.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the dock worker on West Coast ports and how a lingering slowdown could hurt the economic recovery.
Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of a referral and why you must have a well-developed referral strategy in the Age of the Customer.
Jim Blasingame to reveal the exact steps to take to ask for and get a referral to a prospective customer.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how one husband used a 3-D printer to help doctors operate successfully on his wife and remove a tumor from behind her eye.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on climate models that indicate the second half of the 21st century could bring mega-droughts.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on two applications of nanotechnology that create advancements in medicine and steel.
Monday - February 23, 2015
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to offer reasons why anyone interested in being a small business owner should consider buying an existing franchise business that’s for sale.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NLRB’s notice to make employees of franchisees become de facto employees of the franchise issuing organization.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the tax law abuses and why tax reform that promotes economic growth and job creation is sorely needed.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on three tax change areas that impact small businesses, especially the way Sub S Corporations are treated.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on why the Obama administration’s plan to turn the Internet into a government-regulated utility is a catastrophic idea.
Jim Blasingame to reveal the character revealing difficulties Abraham Lincoln had in his life and why these should inspire us through our difficult challenges.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the management and communication practices that will help you influence others whose first response is to say “NO.”
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to report on how he’s helping small business owners as a SCORE volunteer.
Tuesday - February 24, 2015
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the leadership and communication steps that help you have productive corrective conversations with employees.
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to regulate the “hammer” and the “velvet” to use when correcting a veteran member of your team.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to propose that all of us have some kind of handicap that has the potential to hold us back professionally, but only if we let it.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways to identify your professional limp and prevent it from defining your level of success.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what mannerisms are, how they can hold us back professionally, and how to identify and eliminate them.
Ali Hashemian joins Jim Blasingame to identify several ways to build a retirement fund with tax-deferring resources.
Ali Hashemian joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how some life insurance products can be used as risk management, investment and tax avoidance all in one.
Clara Villarosa and Donald Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to share their thoughts on how things have changed for black Americans since the 1960s.
Clara Villarosa and Donald Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to share their ideas on what still needs to be addressed, within and without, the black community and America in general.
Clara Villarosa and Donald Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether there is a need for national leadership for black Americans.
Wednesday - February 25, 2015
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a new ad offering from Facebook, how they work, how to use them and what to be careful about.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what you have to do get your proven business idea into a form that can be licensed by others, based on how she did it herself.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps to take to protect your intellectual property, like a licensed program, from infringement and other abuse.
Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what you have to do regarding poor cash management in order to succeed yourself right out of business.
Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how one company achieved growth and sustainability by disrupting themselves instead of waiting for someone else to do it to you.
Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how one company expanded his business by making key employees partners managing regional branch operations.
Barbara Burke joins Jim Blasingame to reveal tips and perspectives on how to deal with the inevitable challenges and uncertainties we all face in our small businesses.
Barbara Burke joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how we can be our own worst enemy and how to get out of our own way.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Twitter lists are, how to create them and then use them to your advantage.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on how to test and execute your social media strategy for maximum conversion from eyeballs to sales.
Thursday - February 26, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how technology has eliminated the need to put an “I’m away” message on your phone, because customers expect us to always available.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the extra exposure potential you have when using WiFi connections out of your network.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a different kind of energy bar that we have to be aware of when affecting change in our organizations.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how our customers are often on a different energy level regarding our ideas than we are, and how to reconcile the two.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that you have a number of different groups who are accustomed to a different energy bar than you, and how to become adept at converting all of them.
Friday - February 27, 2015
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to talk about recognizing that you have a brand and how to put your best brand foot forward when seeking employment.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to talk to young people about the importance of building and delivering your personal brand as you enter the workplace.
Dennis McCormick joins Jim Blasingame to report on what customers in the New York area are telling him about the economy based on their expansion and hiring practices.
Dennis McCormick joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what you have to do to build and manage a successful sales force these days, including how to find people who want to sell.
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how SCORE is structured to offer support for small business from its volunteers who are senior business managers and leaders .
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal all of the many ways small businesses can get affordable support, including from the volunteers at SCORE.org.
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the research that shows entrepreneurship has declined, but that those who remain have 11 thousand SCORE volunteers to help them.
