Friday - January 01, 2021
Ben Richmond joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent research showing the mental health toll being taken on employees who’re in extended remote-work situations.
Ben Richmond joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent research on the mental health of remote workers during the pandemic lockdown, and what leadership can do to minimize the stress levels.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to report on their research showing the significant revenue toll that companies experienced since the pandemic began, as well as the extent to which they have remote workers.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to report on their research showing that half of respondents indicated that spear-phishing and phishing attempts had increased, while 11% said they saw no attempts.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to report on his visit to Dubai as a member of an Israeli delegation to develop stronger business relationships and solidify the new peace agreement.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what he’s doing to stay connected with customers working remotely during the holidays, and all during a pandemic, including the use of e-cards.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you must check in with every customer to learn what they expect from you, since it is very likely much different from a year ago, before the pandemic.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to explain why you should never be afraid to cross-sell customers, because it’s all about making sure they get what they need and/or want, which is your job.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that it’s not your customer’s job to know what you sell, it’s your obligation to continually remind them, and he offers some ideas on how to do that.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways and reasons why you have to stay in front of customers with information about what you do and how they can do business with you.
Monday - January 04, 2021
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to report on the devastation Main Street retailers had in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus shutdowns.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that any Main Street retailer intending to survive in 2021 and beyond will have to come to terms with doing whatever is so customized that only a small business can do, and a giant like Amazon can’t.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growing evidence that China did create the novel coronavirus in a lab and allowed it to spread around the world while denying involvement.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report that we’re in World War III with China, and that it's not a cold war, but is a war using 21st-century weaponry, like cyber, bio, and disinformation weapons.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the liberty that Americans enjoy is the envy of the world, but it also has the potential to be used against its citizens and our future by other countries and interest groups.
Jim Blasingame reports on the new money and new rules associated with the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program, including new forgiveness and tax elements.
Jim Blasingame reports on the sad reality of how Washington treats Main Street businesses, and proposes a new attitude about our elected representatives, including a “Hold them responsible” question and a Small Business Mission Statement.
Joe Collins joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about why he decided to challenge Maxine Waters in CA’s 43rd district, plus whether Governor Newsom will be recalled.
Joe Collins joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that he thinks the 2020 election was corrupt and the presidency was stolen from Trump, plus his own campaign's legal challenge to the election process in the 43rd California district.
Joe Collins joins Jim Blasingame to report that he thinks minorities are seeing through the failed policies of the Democrat party for minority Americans and that the shift toward the Republican party will continue.
Tuesday - January 05, 2021
Grant Leboff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why your marketing strategy must be transformed digitally as soon as possible, which requires you to deliver your special sauce at the digital interface, not just inside your four walls.
Grant Leboff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the impact that the coronavirus lockdowns have had on UK small businesses, and what the government has done to help.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the real war that China has been waging on the U.S. for years, and how we can go on the offensive by bringing manufacturing back and putting factories on top of our energy sources.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that the so-called “Green New Deal” is a fraudulent strategy that will result in helping China to gain a dangerous advantage in the war they’re waging against the U.S.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the value in bringing manufacturing and redundant supply chains back to the Western Hemisphere and, specifically, to energy-rich regions of the U.S.
Mel Kleiman joins Jim Blasingame to recommend hiring stars who will leverage the corporate culture and are capable of assuming the assignments you’ll have in the future.
Mel Kleiman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to create and leverage your unique employment proposition to attract and hire your next stars.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the updates of deductibility of expenses that were paid for with forgiven PPP loan funds, plus the forgiveness of the EIDL grants.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to review more of the tax advantages that are part of the new law, including employment tax credits.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming payroll tax filing dates, as well as the new 1099 forms that will make it easier to file contractor activity.
Wednesday - January 06, 2021
Art Diamond joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Hayak approach to solving macro-problems like economies and ending pandemics, which is to rely more on decentralized decisions applying the wisdom of crowds.
Art Diamond joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why having the federal government support the effort of each state to respond to their coronavirus challenges is better than having a national plan.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the forces and factors that are putting upward pressure on stock valuations, and that small retail investors are merely useful pawns on the Wall Street chess board.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the new, likely more radical directions the federal government will take under the new administration and how the stock markets will respond to those policies.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how excesses by global corporations and Wall Street may cause the end of capitalism as we know it, instead of reforming it to the pure-form practices on Main Street.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the things that have been altered by the pandemic shutdown, in both the workplace and the marketplace, that likely won’t be returning to the original form.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways that society – including customer behavior – has been altered by the pandemic and the shutdown that will not likely revert back to the former behavior.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on four manufacturing and supply chain trends that will effect change on many levels, including reshoring, automation, skill shortages and digital transformation in marketing and sales.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increasing trend toward supply chain redundancy and why this is good news for the small business sector.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the initial mixed indicators of the new Biden administration and how their policies will reconcile pro-business policies with an increasingly left-leaning agenda, like the Green New Deal.
Thursday - January 07, 2021
Suzanne Paling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how prospecting in the Age of the Customer, in a post-pandemic marketplace, has disrupted old assumptions and what you have to do to prepare your salesforce for this disruption.
Suzanne Paling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of successfully hiring and training new salespeople to prospect effectively with immediate relevance.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the new government assistance law overrode the previous IRS decision to disallow the deduction of expenses paid by a PPP loan, plus new rules about the employment credit – in your favor.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons why President Biden will spend more money – and raise more taxes – than in the past four years.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new Taxpayers Right to Know Act, which inventories all government programs and makes that list available to the public to identify waste and obsolescence.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to report on the challenges companies have with an indefinite dispersed workforce and how maintaining a focus on the company culture will contribute to performance.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why a company's culture has to be intentionally nurtured and leveraged by leadership as they manage a remote workforce.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the mostly effective way that President Trump dealt with the Chinese government on behalf of America, as well as areas where he failed.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the challenges President Biden will have as he takes the China hand-off from Trump, including his past behavior as a example of future performance.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to report on three ways that Biden’s governing platform is at cross-purposes with the current trend toward reshoring, plus one challenge that any president would have.
Friday - January 08, 2021
Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on their recent fourth-quarter polling of small businesses that show an alarming number may close for good as a result of the lockdowns if they don’t get financial relief from the government soon.
Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new bill being passed in Congress to extend a new round of PPP funds to small businesses, including how this round is different from the last.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the frothy, over-confident nature of Wall Street, and how it continues to demonstrate how disconnected it is from the Main Street economy.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons why identity politics is racist by definition by focusing decisions on the color of a person’s skin – or other backgrounds -- instead of their individual capability, behavior, and accomplishments.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to suggest a two-pronged approach to your financial positions for 2021, including using a steady averaging investment strategy, while deleveraging toward less debt.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why every CEO has to get good at identifying the macrotrends that will shape your future, and then in turn develop a strategy that takes advantage of them.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how macrotrends represent the future coming at your business and how to identify as many as possible, especially the ones that have the greatest implications for you.
Steven Webb joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many reasons why our addiction to social media is producing dangerous trends in society from which we may not recover.
Steven Webb joins Jim Blasingame to report on five dangerous mobile apps that your kids are using, which are bad for them on many levels, including Snapchat and Tik Tok, as well as three you probably never heard of, but your kids have.
Steven Webb joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the politically incorrect reasons for having armed personnel, not just resource police officers, on the campus with your school children.
Monday - January 11, 2021
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the keys to professional success, including being organized, at least to the point of effectiveness, plus seeking collaboration and maintaining flexibility in the face of disruptions.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to continue to reveal professional success keys, including always improving communication skills, maintaining safe and protected digital elements, like your data, and maintaining poise in a changing environment.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the recent coordinated take-down of the Parler website by the Big Tech oligarchs, and the implications of those actions politically and Constitutionally.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how Section 230 works, why it exists, who it protects, and the future of it under the new Harris/Biden administration.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report that we can anticipate much about the Biden regulatory state based on what we saw during the Obama era, including more unions, and more contract work restrictions.
Jim Blasingame reminds about his Nov 7th article titled, “The New Pharisees” which identified “The Machine” coalescing between Big Tech, Social Media, Washington, Wall Street, and the Democrat party, and how this manifested again against Parler and the 1st Amendment.
Jim Blasingame identifies the abuse being used by the left to recriminate against anyone professionally who disagrees with them politically, and the assault this poses on rights guaranteed under the Constitutional.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how even good people make bad decisions if they allow their reasoning to look more like the application of situational ethics, which is usually heavy on justification.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of having integrity when making tough decisions about upcoming behavior, plus the role that redemption plays in dealing with good people who do bad things.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of generally accepted definitions of good and bad, and the dangers of the increasingly powerful assuming they have the power to hold that definition.
Tuesday - January 12, 2021
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to report that during the pandemic, remote working environments, where we may have allowed an hour for some things, like meetings, have now been compressed into 30 minutes.
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to report on how pandemic conditions have impacted how we smile behind masks, why listening has to be more intentional, and more awareness of our gestures on Zoom.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the apparent total cyber-penetration of Russia into our government, while many elected officials are obtuse about what is tantamount to World War III, which is not a cold war.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to report on how far inside of our government secrets did the recent Russia cyber-breach go, and what are the long-term implications.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the unprecedented level of power and control over society that the Big Tech platforms have, and what can be done about this danger.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the accelerated pressure of digital transformation on our business models, and therefore on how we rebrand digitally, including applying the SWAT analysis to your brand investment.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices of digitally rebranding your business, including being consistent in design and financially committed to it.
Rick Hann joins Jim Blasingame to report on their observation of a decline in ethical behavior by corporate America, especially since the 1980s, and what that behavior hath wrought on our society.
Rick Hann joins Jim Blasingame to tell the stories of his experience with corporate leaders who failed to inspire ethically, and how that looked like someone was intentionally trying to take down the company.
Rick Hann joins Jim Blasingame to discuss that taking personal, ethical responsibility, even when no one is watching, is the headwaters of returning our society and marketplace to a place of trust.
Wednesday - January 13, 2021
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why it’s more important than ever to focus on developing productive goals and staying devoted to them, especially through challenging times as we have now.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to encourage the addition of your team in your goal-setting process, as a way to energize their performance and develop and grow a high-quality corporate culture.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the definition of wisdom, which includes the acknowledgement that the failure element is essential to attaining enduring wisdom.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to begin journaling every day, even just a little, and that the ability to compare what you thought in the past with what happened contributes to the acquisition of wisdom.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of your written thoughts from the past looking back at you from a screen or piece of paper, in the acquisition of wisdom.
Bill Schley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the primordial practice of telling stories to prospects as a way to build your brand and business has to be focused on your brand making a unique and relevant difference to them.
Bill Schley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of telling stories that are based in real life and truth, and that will always be attached to your name in the head of the prospect or customer.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that small business optimism tanked in December, below the half-century average, because of the election results and COVID outbreak resurgence.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index results which indicate small business owners fear the Biden administration will become a redux of the Obama era policies, which produced a lost decade for Main Street.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to review the primary reasons 2020 presented unprecedented and multiple challenges for small businesses, and the possibility that 2021 will be different.
Thursday - January 14, 2021
Jim Blasingame reveals that digital transformation has moved your interface with customers to two-dimensional screens, and eight reasons why you have to move your message to match customer expectations.
Jim Blasingame reveals facts that expose that Congress is now only focused on its own petty, political dysfunction, and not on the security or business of the rest of America.
Kristina Podnar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that whatever your business’s digital transformation should be is whatever your customers tell you they expect from you.
Kristina Podnar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how your small business can compete in the digital race with Amazon without having to win the race, by using incremental digital tools and apps made for your size transformation.
Kristina Podnar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why your greatest value proposition – your small business special sauce – must still be delivered digitally to customers on the new interfaces, the digital screens.
Sean Doyle and Will Riley join Jim Blasingame to discuss why your small business must transform operations and marketing digitally in order to avoid becoming extinct.
Sean Doyle and Will Riley join Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices on how to automate your marketing strategy with affordable, if not free, digital apps designed for small businesses.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal new understanding of cognitive decline, and a new drug that addresses that new paradigm for mental recovery.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new process that converts wind power into electricity, which is used to produce hydrogen energy, thus addressing the sustainability, transportation and storage of energy.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how 3D printing is being used in a new method that creates an improved bone joint faster, cheaper and stronger.
Friday - January 15, 2021
Mel Kleiman joins Jim Blasingame to recommend hiring stars who will leverage the corporate culture and are capable of assuming the assignments you’ll have in the future.
Mel Kleiman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to create and leverage your unique employment proposition to attract and hire your next stars.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the updates of deductibility of expenses that were paid for with forgiven PPP loan funds, plus the forgiveness of the EIDL grants.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to review more of the tax advantages that are part of the new law, including employment tax credits.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming payroll tax filing dates, as well as the new 1099 forms that will make it easier to file contractor activity.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report on his favorite new book titled, “That Will Never Work,” by Mark Randolph, which is about the kind of thinking that has motivated thousands of entrepreneurs to become rich.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report on a book by Edward Shine about being a humble leader, who are dynamic people who don’t think less of themselves, but who think of themselves less.
George Levy joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the reason we aren’t as aware of blockchain proliferation is because what we can see is applications powered by blockchain, the same way we use a blender without thinking of the electricity that powered it.
George Levy joins Jim Blasingame to report on the next version of Facebook’s crypto-currency, called “Diem,” how this one will be different from Libra, and how it’s different from government digital currency.
George Levy joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the impending Facebook “Diem” crypto-currency, and the implications of such a development on sovereign currencies and geopolitics.
Monday - January 18, 2021
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to introduce Clubhouse, a new voice-only social media platform that focuses on networking conversations.
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current practices of the large social media platforms to limit speech as they see fit, and that small businesses shouldn’t have to choose between defending free speech and their business interests.
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether America is a systemically racist country, and what MLK would think about racial progress in America.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges facing a recovering 2021 economy, including the two Ps: pandemic and politics.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how free money from the government has impacted asset-based financing organizations in an unnatural and unprecedented way.
Jim Blasingame reveals the fact that small business owners have to consciously work to overcome the CEOs Paradox, which is largely getting out of your own way and delegating.
Jim Blasingame reveals the promises Biden has made about how his administration will behave and the people he’s brought onboard, and it sounds like a redux of the Obama team, only with a farther left agenda.
John Panaccione joins Jim Blasingame to report on the progress and increased focus of his organization on helping veterans become successful business owners through a comprehensive course that’s free.
John Panaccione joins Jim Blasingame to discuss his new crowdfunding platform which is designed to help veterans, minorities and women find the startup capital they need.
John Panaccione joins Jim Blasingame to remind that in the 2021 economy there will be new expectations that will become opportunities, and to focus on those instead of being nostalgic for how you did business before the pandemic.
Tuesday - January 19, 2021
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the factors that may be preventing you from being a better executor or problem solver, including the problem of procrastination, and he offers solutions.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways to get yourself established for success in selling your ideas, including role playing what motivates the other person, and questioning the validity of your assumptions.
Neil Hare joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new PPP money and rules that you need to know in order to apply for, use and get forgiven.
Neil Hare joins Jim Blasingame to report on the elements in the Biden relief package being proposed on his first day in office, in addition to the PPP, and whether spending more money we don’t have is necessary.
Neil Hare joins Jim Blasingame to report on the ambitions of the new Democrat-led government, including a national $15 minimum wage, immigration liberalization, vaccine distribution and Obamacare 2.0.
Alan See joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to deliver your special sauce to customers in the digital age by creating micro-videos where you tell stories that are relevant to them.
Alan See joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the technical tools and practices you can use to create short videos – by you – that help you tell stories to customers and break through the digital noise.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the transition small businesses made from the prohibitively expensive Obamacare to the more affordable options Trump provided over the past four years.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Biden doubling-down on Obamacare and beyond is a return to failed policies that cost small businesses more than was necessary without improving their health care.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the disconnect that is the current condition of cancelling ideas that don’t conform to the agenda of the Left, instead of an open and fair debate producing a product that serves best.
Wednesday - January 20, 2021
Stacey Brown Randall joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why focusing on getting referrals is the holy grail of selling, and how to become a professional at being referred.
Stacey Brown Randall joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenge of doing business in 2020, and what we learned about how focusing on referrals contributed to success.
Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on the difficult year 2020 proved to be for the franchise industry, especially for those who rely upon close contact and face-to-face delivery of their offerings.
Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on the stated policies proposed by the Biden administration, and why some of those will be detrimental to franchise owners, including especially employment regulations.
Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the impact of failing to including COVID liability protection for businesses in the recent PPP bill, and why that will hurt America’s franchise owners and employees.
Amanda Elam joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that showed women business owners were disproportionately hurt by the pandemic lockdown, and the expectations during the second wave of the pandemic.
Amanda Elam joins Jim Blasingame to report on the prospects for businesses owned by women, including the impact of the policies being proposed by the Biden administration.
David Rubin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the difficulty the Israeli lockdowns have caused small businesses in that country, especially without any assistance from the government.
David Rubin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the progress that’s been made in the Middle East in thwarting Iran’s regime, and whether that will be reversed by the Biden Administration.
David Rubin joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Israel is likely to behave against Iran if the Biden administration fails to maintain pressure on them to neither acquire or build a nuclear weapon.
Thursday - January 21, 2021
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to use the multiple digital platforms to connect with customers with an analog message from one human to another.
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways to establish customer engagement – like selfie videos – that foster relevance and trust.
Doug Wead joins Jim Blasingame to offer his thoughts on the legacy of President Trump, which will be one of energy, optimism, problem solving and accomplishment.
Doug Wead joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the reason the establishment in Washington – political, media and Big Tech – declared war on Trump was because he exposed the corruption and collusion between them.
Doug Wead joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why an objective review of the Trump administration will include a record number of impactful accomplishments, from economic, to Middle East peace, to national security, to the pandemic.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new ways to think about digital marketing post-pandemic by being smart and thinking smaller about how the marketplace and customer expectations have changed.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new trends – sometimes silly – in digital marketing, including some new colors that are designed to increase engagement.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why every business must take diligent steps to safe-guard customer information, as well as their own networks that connect with customers.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the recent Solar Winds breach of government files was the most extensive and devastating in the history of breaches, including the conditions that allowed such an intrusion.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how micro-tokens work and why they’re the future of reliable cyber-security, plus how SSL hacking works.
Friday - January 22, 2021
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the things that have been altered by the pandemic shutdown, in both the workplace and the marketplace, that likely won’t be returning to the original form.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways that society – including customer behavior – has been altered by the pandemic and the shutdown that will not likely revert back to the former behavior.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on four manufacturing and supply chain trends that will effect change on many levels, including reshoring, automation, skill shortages and digital transformation in marketing and sales.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increasing trend toward supply chain redundancy and why this is good news for the small business sector.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the initial mixed indicators of the new Biden administration and how their policies will reconcile pro-business policies with an increasingly left-leaning agenda, like the Green New Deal.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to report on the devastation Main Street retailers had in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus shutdowns.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that any Main Street retailer intending to survive in 2021 and beyond will have to come to terms with doing whatever is so customized that only a small business can do, and a giant like Amazon can’t.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growing evidence that China did create the novel coronavirus in a lab and allowed it to spread around the world while denying involvement.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report that we’re in World War III with China, and that it's not a cold war, but is a war using 21st-century weaponry, like cyber, bio, and disinformation weapons.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the liberty that Americans enjoy is the envy of the world, but it also has the potential to be used against its citizens and our future by other countries and interest groups.
Monday - January 25, 2021
Rachael Gillette joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the workplace shifts of 2020 will become our regular behavior in 2021, plus how to build on that, rather than try to repair a model that isn’t coming back.
Rachael Gillette joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to maintain and extend the corporate culture to your team when many or all are working remotely.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the problem of toxic people at work, how to identify them, and how to minimize their influence on your day and career.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of getting angry and how to minimize the instances that do not justify that emotion.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the benefits of commuting that you probably didn’t appreciate before, and how to incorporate some of them in your work-from-home regimen.
Jim Blasingame reveals that knowing and practicing the Magic Question in sales can be the difference between making a living and getting rich, and the good news is that it’s free.
Jim Blasingame reveals why America is currently in a full war - including invasions - from without and within, and the enemy is not a Republican or a Democrat, it’s China and Big Tech.
David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current unemployment numbers in the U.S., including those who want to go back to work, and the unreported who have given up looking for work.
David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the ironic employment challenge in the U.S. where millions of people are unemployed, while millions of job openings are unfilled because employers can’t find qualified candidates.
David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how disconnected and obtuse the Washington establishment is to the reality of Main Street businesses, and how their policies intended to help actually don’t.
Tuesday - January 26, 2021
Jim Schreier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of agility in the new year because of the adjustments that will have to be made to transition from 2020 and toward the new expectations of customers.
Jim Schreier joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that whatever agility will be required of your business in 2021 can be learned by asking customers what they expect from you going forward.
TJ Fox joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the acceleration of digital transformation of small businesses during 2020, which is continuing in 2021 with increasing focus on mobile.
TJ Fox joins Jim Blasingame to report on how small businesses can use mobile networks in coordination with cloud computing to accomplish more digital capability that answers customer expectations, especially with 5G expansion.
TJ Fox joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you must ask customers how they do business to determine how your digital strategy delivers mobile network capability.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to set goals that take into consideration the ability of your organizational bandwidth and budget to achieve resilience.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that goals are more attainable if you establish them in a more granular way, including four lenses as parameters that help you maximize achieving your goals.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current unbridled assault on our Constitutional right to free speech and what we can do to fight back.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to report on the de-platforming of the social media site Parler by its competitors, and how the same Tech giants have actually caused some individuals to be de-banked.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the technological ways we can protect ourselves from being silenced by the Big Tech oligarchs, the media and government.
Wednesday - January 27, 2021
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons that division and addition can add value to your leadership strategy, by bringing in ideas from all quarters of your organization.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices of teaching your people how to become more critical thinkers as they help you solve problems and take advantage of opportunities.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what is becoming a COVID vaccine debacle, and some of the steps being taken to correct this unnecessary problem.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the economic factors that will impact the post-pandemic economy, including a lot of cash waiting to be spent, and significant supply chain adjustments.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the lack of a plan by the Biden/Harris administration, other than returning to Obama-era policies.
Ed Marsh joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how small business CEOs can manage the information coming at them in a way that helps them achieve clarity as the futurist of their organization.
Ed Marsh joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some technological tools, like Roam Research, that can help CEOs organize key information into manageable tiers.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to discuss and promote COVID passports - digital evidence that a traveler has been cleared of having COVID-19 - which will promote business travel and grow the economy.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenge businesses have with COVID infection liability from employees and customers, plus how to minimize this problem locally with policies and nationally with legislation.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the recent unprecedented hack by Russia of the entire U.S. government through the Solar Winds network, which proves Washington doesn’t realize it’s losing World War III.
Thursday - January 28, 2021
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on how technology helped him manage his business remotely while taking a couple of weeks off for vacation.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss using only a mobile network to connect your smart home – lots of IOTs – to the Internet, including laptops and smart TVs.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you won’t succeed in business long-term if you don’t have a profit strategy that is based on charging customers enough.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to discuss having a plan that calculates profit based on pricing, not expenses, and making that pricing what you need to get, not what Big Boxes charge.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you have to calculate profit based on a margin calculation, not by mark up, and your ability to sustain success depends on whether you know the difference.
Ed Harrington joins Jim Blasingame to report on what his company did to stay productive and connected as they worked remotely during the pandemic shutdown.
Ed Harrington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how we’re having to convert our workforce and management from the adrenaline-fueled pandemic sprint of 2020 into the sustained marathon pace of 2021.
Steve Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the government policies that have set the table for future inflation, plus whether crypto-currencies will proliferate and the circumstances that will create.
Steve Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the initial Biden policies, like climate change, that will quickly start hurting small businesses.
Steve Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what the Republican Party will look like over the next two to four years, including Trump’s influence, and who the national rising stars are in the party.
Friday - January 29, 2021
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the accelerated pressure of digital transformation on our business models, and therefore on how we rebrand digitally, including applying the SWAT analysis to your brand investment.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices of digitally rebranding your business, including being consistent in design and financially committed to it.
Rick Hann joins Jim Blasingame to report on their observation of a decline in ethical behavior by corporate America, especially since the 1980s, and what that behavior hath wrought on our society.
Rick Hann joins Jim Blasingame to tell the stories of his experience with corporate leaders who failed to inspire ethically, and how that looked like someone was intentionally trying to take down the company.
Rick Hann joins Jim Blasingame to discuss that taking personal, ethical responsibility, even when no one is watching, is the headwaters of returning our society and marketplace to a place of trust.
Grant Leboff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why your marketing strategy must be transformed digitally as soon as possible, which requires you to deliver your special sauce at the digital interface, not just inside your four walls.
Grant Leboff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the impact that the coronavirus lockdowns have had on UK small businesses, and what the government has done to help.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the real war that China has been waging on the U.S. for years, and how we can go on the offensive by bringing manufacturing back and putting factories on top of our energy sources.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that the so-called “Green New Deal” is a fraudulent strategy that will result in helping China to gain a dangerous advantage in the war they’re waging against the U.S.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the value in bringing manufacturing and redundant supply chains back to the Western Hemisphere and, specifically, to energy-rich regions of the U.S.
