Monday - April 02, 2018
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that you have levels of personal power that you may not be claiming, and it might be because of the pronouns you use.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal tips on how to help your team members claim their own personal power so they can be more effective in their assignments.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some recent cyber-breaches and what they mean for companies, their vendors and customers.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the potential dangers of America’s industrial controls systems becoming vulnerable to cyber-threats and why this exposure could be a national disaster.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to explain how 50 million Facebook users’ information was exposed to cyber-bad guys because the company had no ethical parameters in place.
Rick Lepsinger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three things to focus on to avoid change mistakes, including being realistic, don’t make too many changes at once, and prioritizing.
Rick Lepsinger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three more examples of how to affect change in your organization, including talking with your people, focusing on behavior, and establishing the “autopilot”.
Jim Blasingame compares President Trump’s trade strategy, including the tariffs, some time to play out to see if he can get countries like China to correct their bad behavior as a trading partner.
Jim Blasingame reveals that the real problem with how Facebook allowed 50 million of its users’ accounts to be released wasn’t contractual, but was a complete lack of ethical bearing and behavior.
Jim Blasingame reveals that the initial blame for 50 million Facebook accounts being lost is due to the behavior of those same users, when they didn’t practice digital ethical behavior.
Tuesday - April 03, 2018
Dusty Staub joins Jim Blasingame to take a few minutes to celebrate the life and career of baseball great, Rusty Staub, and then discuss some of the challenges managers report when dealing with the Millennial generation.
Dusty Staub joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Millennials sometimes come across in a rude and disrespectful way that is actually contrary to their true nature.
Jim Blasingame offers his thoughts on how to think about the role crypto-currencies – including Bitcoin – play in the current and future marketplace.
Jim Blasingame to reveal the reasons why blockchain is what you should be watching as part of your future, more than crypto-currencies.
Jim Blasingame explains why he thinks the next great disruption, well beyond the impact of the Internet, will be blockchain-equivalent technologies.
Brett Clay joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the way buying online has had an impact on our ability to be professional negotiators.
Brett Clay joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you must know how far up – or down – you will go in a negotiation before you begin.
Janice Kephart joins Jim Blasingame to make him help her celebrate how Villanova – her alma mater – won the NCAA basketball championship.
Janice Kephart joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the dangers Americans can suffer if they marry someone who’s a foreign national, including unjustified report of abuse, etc.
Janice Kephart joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how bad it can go for an American accused by their foreign-born spouse who accuses them of abuse without justification.
Wednesday - April 04, 2018
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to offer her suggestions on how women should deal with unwanted sexual advances so that they don’t become a bigger problem.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to deal with sexual advances before they get out of hand, and how to know when something is reportable, or an inept admirer.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that even when the economy is going well, we still need to focus on the operating fundamentals that deliver profit.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to serve your customers so well that they’re not only afraid to do without, but that motivation causes them to pay you more.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the volunteers at SCORE work with small businesses to help them increase their profitability.
Bruce McClary joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new survey that indicates more Americans are under a greater credit burden and payment challenges than ever, especially young women.
Bruce McClary joins Jim Blasingame to report how college loan debt, especially among young women, has created an unprecedented credit collection challenge in America.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent accidents involving self-driving cars and whether this will deter the future of this technology.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the steps the Trump administration has taken on trade, and whether the tough stance is protectionism or a negotiating strategy.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the apparent war President Trump has declared on Amazon, and to debate other real abuses that Amazon creates for small businesses, especially small publishers.
Monday - April 09, 2018
Derek Lidow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are different kinds of entrepreneurs, and that the greatest number of them are bedrock entrepreneurs, also, one of four kinds of entrepreneurial stages.
Derek Lidow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three of the four entrepreneurial stages that a business goes through, including customer expectations and processes.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the myths and realities of how to value a business for sale, and why there is so much fantasy and delusion.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the methods used to value a business, including how it changes based on the size, plus how to recast the financial statement.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different ways to value a business for sale, including using a cash flow model or a profit approach.
Chris Rodgers joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new aspects of SEO that have been imposed by the search engines, and the importance of your on-page SEO elements.
Chris Rodgers joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to manage the SEO aspect of your online marketing strategy, including the off-page things to be careful of, as well as the technical elements that get out of date.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal when and how to comply with the various tax filing obligations, including when to consider using an extension, and how to use it properly.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the many different tax records and remittances that are due soon, including how to manage your cash against the various obligations.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a number of changes to the tax law concerning deductions that will change the way you do business in a number of ways, from customers to employees.
Tuesday - April 10, 2018
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the clinical definition of burnout, especially when it happens to small business owners, and what causes it.
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways to identify burnout in a small business owner, and recommend ways to avoid it, or eliminate it if you already have it.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that our attention spans have decreased in recent years, including why it’s happening, and how to recover.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that things that are free often come at a cost of some kind, and even if truly free, may not result is something of value.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the challenges independent contractors and freelancers have when it comes to paying their taxes, including not charging enough for their services to cover these expenses.
Jim Blasingame reveals the role of a CEO in a small business, what the job entails, and why the founder has to assume that job and perform it regularly.
Jim Blasingame uses the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica controversy to reveal who’s really at fault – you might be surprised – and to explain the difference between analog ethics and digital ethics.
Manny Avramidis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of a diverse workforce, and then the imperative of including those workers in all aspects of the operation and organization.
Manny Avramidis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to grow a diverse organization organically, and prepare all of your team members to be promoted.
Manny Avramidis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take to make sure your diverse workforce have full access to opportunities across the org chart.
Wednesday - April 11, 2018
Felice Friedson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how they created a very entrepreneurial news organization dedicated to delivering non-partisan reporting on what’s really happening in the Middle East.
Felice Friedson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how her organization is focused on non-partisan reporting from the Middle East, and are raising money to provide professional, objective reporting education for journalist students.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the March results that shows small business owners continue to be optimistic about the economy and their businesses, with their biggest concern being finding qualified employees.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the March response that shows small business owners are selling and hiring more, and paying their people more, plus profit is up.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report that small businesses have helped the U.S. economy perpetuate the first 3% growth for four consecutive quarters in over a decade.
Paul Krasnow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he turned his business bankruptcy into a world-class success story in another industry, and what he learned about success along the way.
Paul Krasnow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how trust continues to be the most powerful element in any success story, and why it’s becoming more powerful than ever.
Stephen King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that winners always keep score, and one of the ways is by identifying and tracking key performance indicators.
Stephen King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use a KPI – key performance indicator with your team to help them see the power of measuring activity at all levels of the operation.
Stephen King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a KPI – key performance indicator – template works, where to apply them and how to turn them into a lever you can use to become more profitable and stronger.
Thursday - April 12, 2018
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what they’ve seen in the evolution of home-based businesses over the past 30 or more years, from first being weird to becoming a natural way to launch a business.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how much a vibrant, stratified economy has created a market landscape and workplace where operating in a decentralized way, like being home-based, is a best practice.
Jared Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to report on the hundreds of occupational licenses that the states require of people to have just to open a business, like tree trimming, and what’s being done to reign this in.
Jared Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the way Gen Y will create businesses in the future may cause a rethinking of how we categorize employees and contractors.
Jared Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are millions of welfare recipients who may be required to demonstrate their inability to be gainfully employed.
Jerry Ripperger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the ESOP – employee stock option plan – could be a great way to help millions of baby boomer business owners transfer ownership.
Jerry Ripperger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps involved in a small business owner allowing employees to purchase all or part of the business, including the minimum parameters for size.
Shelly Francis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the influence integrity has on demonstrating courage, and vice versa.
Shelly Francis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that courage can manifest as physical, moral, social and creative, and the role that intellectual honesty plays in courage.
Shelly Francis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the possible negative impact that the increased velocity of change, due to technology, has had on the demonstration of courage.
Monday - April 16, 2018
Emilio Iodice joins Jim Blasingame to report on the three levels of modern courage, professional, personal and religious.
Emilio Iodice joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to look at challenges to your courage by asking what President Lincoln would do.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to compare notes on how they helped companies increase their pricing and grow profits.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the rules of thumb for how much you should be charging for your products.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to ask the question: Do you have enough courage as a business owner to charge your customers enough to stay in business?
Terri Maxwell joins Jim Blasingame to identify her role as a leader of a social impact accelerator, which is designed to invest in organizations that are dedicated to doing business in an ethical and socially responsible way.
Terri Maxwell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three practices that contribute to building an integrity-based business, including value, service and integrity.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the U.S. does indeed have a so-called Deep State of entrenched bureaucrats who think their idea of how America should work supersedes that of its citizens.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are better ways to influence fair trade without tariffs, and the importance of the balance of power in the Pacific Rim.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the key elements that indicate a strong economy going forward for the U.S., including energy and manufacturing.
Tuesday - April 17, 2018
Robert Bly joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are several website models, but there is one or two that is best for you. Do you know how to choose?
Robert Bly joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the biggest mistakes people make with their website strategy, including not staying up to date with capability and content.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that show more new businesses are being started as partnerships than in the past, likely because of startup capital limitations.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that long-term success in a partnership requires that the partners’ commitment, intensity and skills are aligned and complementary.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to reveal there are many reasons why a partnership would end, and to offer suggestions on how to make some of those transitions.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on the demographic shifts that might make buying a senior care franchise a good idea for the next few decades.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to share some ideas on what it takes to find and operate a senior care franchise business, including where to look for a franchisor.
John Chambers joins Jim Blasingame to lament the fact that there is a declining level of tolerance for true free speech and a free-form flow of ideas, especially on college campuses, and especially coming from the left side of politics.
John Chambers joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the so-called “Sanctuary” movement by states and cities violates the Constitutional right of the federal government to set the national immigration standards.
John Chambers joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the left side of politics would like to repeal the 2nd Amendment and take away guns from law-abiding citizens.
Wednesday - April 18, 2018
Rebecca Walser joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some ideas on how to not have your business be your only retirement income source, including focusing on real estate.
Rebecca Walser joins Jim Blasingame to encourage small business owners to focus their retirement plans on acquisition of income-producing real estate, and pre-taxed investments.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to report on her Q&A session with inventors and why you should do some preparation before you ask an expert questions.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how she uses goals and goal measurement to move her career along and toward sustained success.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what she has learned about what it takes to become an entrepreneur and inventor at the same time, and why most can’t do both.
Jim Blasingame reveals how businesses are evaluated today, which is different from word-of-mouth, and how UGC produces the “Nu-uh” effect that keeps your brand message honest.
Jim Blasingame reveals that the only thing constant in our digital future is the analog humans who will struggle with getting our ethics to move at the speed of light.
Chuck Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Digital Transformation 3.0 is what followed the first two, the Internet and mobile computing.
Chuck Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the seven internet-of-things transformers, including sensors, A/I, robots, voice assistants, etc., and why you need to know about them.
Chuck Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the Internet-of-things devices have not been designed to defend themselves against online hackers, and why will be done about this in the future.
Thursday - April 19, 2018
Suzanne Paling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some tips and best practices to use when managing Gen Y sales people, including coaching them not managing.
Suzanne Paling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Gen Y Americans want to be leaders and why we should help them achieve the skills necessary to take the reins from Baby Boomers.
Camden Fine joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that after leading the Independent Community Bankers of America for 15 years, it’s time to step down, and Jim congratulates him on the amazing legacy he’s leaving behind.
Camden Fine joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the state of American Community Banks is improving, and after a decade of being attacked by the overbearing government regulations, finally small banks will be treated differently from the big ones.
Camden Fine joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead for Community Banks, including the imperative of growing their numbers to keep up with attrition and consolidation.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that shows American manufacturers are facing a several thousand employee deficit, even when technology is taken into consideration.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the challenges of American manufacturers worker deficit and some of the steps that need to be taken to address this major challenge to our national economy.
Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to report on steps the Federal Reserve has been taking to balance various elements of the U.S. economy, and how those steps are manifesting.
Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss that they both think it’s time America began negotiating in its own interest more, and that President Trump’s strategy is just that, not isolationism.
Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to report that he things stocks are overvalued and that we should achieve a more liquid portfolio to be ready to take advantage of future buying opportunities in stocks and real estate.
Monday - April 23, 2018
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss his recent trip to Belgium and Holland and how that experience gave him a new perspective on the American Dream.
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to compare how doing business in the E.U. is so much different, and more difficult, than in the U.S., especially regarding taking risk, and the attitude toward redemption after failure .
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how one city purchasing agent used his office to scam the government out of over a million dollars before he was caught and sentenced to 50 years in jail.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how online phishing scammers have been able to insert themselves between a business and a customer to redirect payments to the bad guys, and how to avoid this.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tips, best practices, checks and safeguard policies to implement that will discourage otherwise good employees from stealing from you.
Allen Adamson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the concept of Shift Ahead, which is to lead change in such a way that you’re taking action ahead of the rest of the marketplace, more in line with customer expectations.
Allen Adamson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why watching competitors as your guide to future behavior is a plan for extinction, and that being relevant to customers is the key to sustained success.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are nuanced elements of the sanctuary city debate that shows the issue isn’t exactly black or white.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that there is a dearth of qualified employees in the U.S. today, and what should be done to address this crisis, which is only going to increase.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that at a time when there is increased reason for manufacturers to keep jobs here in the U.S., the dearth of qualified employees could be a block to this momentum.
Tuesday - April 24, 2018
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to share his thoughts and experiences on how he’s been able to sustain a home-based business for almost 30 years.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things to look for in your home-based business to tell if your model is viable and sustainable.
Scott Powell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the reversal of the Obama era regulatory regime has been one of the key factors behind U.S. GDP achieving over 3% growth, following eight years of barely 2%.
Scott Powell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the unnatural and unprecedented advantage companies like Facebook, Google, and especially Amazon have over Main Street small businesses, and what can be done to level the playing field.
Scott Powell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that small businesses have to focus on their “special sauce” of technical support and customized service emphasizing high touch with high tech in order to compete in the 21st century.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why content marketing won’t work for small businesses, if it’s not focused more closely on specific customer expectations and relevance.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use high tech to learn about customer expectations, and then deliver a print version of your proposed solution offering.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the research that’s being done on a new kind of membrane to be used where carbon emissions are found, to catch and recycle the carbon for other uses.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a new way to make graphene much faster than ever before, and the various implications this development could create.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the efforts that are being made to weaken the resistance of superbugs to the latest antibiotics.
Monday - April 30, 2018
Shannon O'Brien joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how important your mindset is to achieving success, including having a high level of confidence.
Shannon O'Brien joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the value of setting goals for your professional success plan, plus the power of believing in yourself.
Deb Calvert joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that customers like perseverance, but not so much persistence, and why you have to front-load perseverance.
Deb Calvert joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why unwavering commitment to customers is a level of persistence that will pay off, and whether this behavior is seen in the younger generation sales people.
Deb Calvert joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it means to have outsight, and how this can be more powerful than having insight.
Jim Blasingame reveals several tips to take into consideration when, and before you buy a business.
Jim Blasingame reports on a recent poll that shows small business owners are experiencing a shortage of qualified employees, and why that issue could be what holds back the U.S. economy.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you should check to see which customers are making progress and which ones are lagging, in order to determine who to put your energy into.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tips to use when sending an email to prospects/customers, including the first words are what gets the email open.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why numbers, names and time travel will get your prospecting email opened every time.
