Monday - May 03, 2021
Pat Sigmon joins Jim Blasingame to report on the journey she took after selling her business in order to reinvent and redirect her life and career instead of retiring.
Pat Sigmon joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how her new venture pairs small business CEOs with veteran business consultants who act as part-time vice presidents and you pay for them by the hour.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to report that the American Jobs Plan is all about government but nothing about where jobs really come from – entrepreneurs.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that as we’re making the shift from mid-pandemic to post-pandemic, now is a good time to take a vacation and reboot your brain and perspective before the new whirlwind begins.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the post-pandemic economy will continue to evolve over the next two or three years, and what you’ll have to do to adjust to those changes.
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to offer his advice on how to make the shift from your job to retirement, and live long enough to enjoy the life you’d planned.
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on where you can park your retirement funds and earn 5% return with as little risk as possible.
Dr. Roy Spencer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of climate change and why your perspective should be based on the full scientific evidence, and not on what religious zealots claim.
Dr. Roy Spencer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the Biden climate policy has the potential to weaken the U.S. and the world against the designs and duplicity of China.
Tuesday - May 04, 2021
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why every business owner with any organization should have, or be grooming, a second in command.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to create a second in command to whom you can delegate important decisions and responsibilities you no longer have to make – and so you can take off a week if you want.
Richard Berman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the reasons why the concerns we all have about the world are really different in many ways than past eras.
Richard Berman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the power of Big Tech today is much more concerning than past eras of big corporations, plus our dangerous dependence on China.
Richard Berman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current war China is waging with the U.S. and the rest of the world in order to become the dominant force, and what we can do to prevent this.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why we’re in another stock market bubble, and why this one is similar but also different from past bubbles.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the indicators that show the current financial markets are in unprecedented bubble territory.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while we were dealing with a pandemic, GM announced the end of internal combustion engines and Shell announced their “peak oil” moment.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while we were dealing with a pandemic, the economy and marketplace shifted from analog to digital at a much faster pace, especially in the direction of Big Tech.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that during the pandemic, U.S. broadband last mile distribution was exposed as being cause for a major infrastructure commitment.
Wednesday - May 05, 2021
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to define balance, and reveal how to achieve it in your personal and professional life.
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of your spirit as the most unique part of you, and how to achieve spiritual balance, and not just in your faith life.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that every customer in the post-pandemic economy will have a different sensitivity to health safety practices, and you’ll have to stay attuned to them.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to report on what business sellers need to know about SBA loan rules before they price their business to a seller that is getting SBA funds.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to report on the legal rights of a business owner to manage their business in the “woke” era of employee bullying.
Sean Doyle joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that customer expectations about how they interact with businesses will continue to shift over the next year, and how to develop a more sensitive antenna.
Sean Doyle joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the increased level of self-service during the pandemic, and whether customers will continue to value this, or return to more face-to-face.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to report on what he’s seeing across the cyber-security landscape, and what we have to do today to continue to protect our data and that of our customers.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons why your mobile phone should have the same cyber-security protection as your computer.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the future of cyber-security in the quantum computing environment, and the role of micro-token exchange technology.
Thursday - May 06, 2021
Jessica Moser joins Jim Blasingame to report on the MetLife/USChamber Index which shows that most small businesses are still concerned about the immediate future.
Jessica Moser joins Jim Blasingame to report on the MetLife/USChamber Index which shows that most small business owners are still concerned about keeping employees and customers safe from pandemic exposure.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new Court of Appeals case that established new precedent on individuals being able to have standing to sue for a breach of their private information.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on a testimony before Congress that the U.S. is currently “in a state between peace and open warfare with foreign adversaries” and that China and Russia pose and existential threat.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on a 300% increase in the incidence of ransomware attacks, and how to prevent it from happening to you.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on several futuristic innovations that are now, or soon will be, our reality, including graphene applications, 3D printing expansion, and electric vehicle growth.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on innovations that are about to become our reality, including small atomic reactors to create municipal electricity and medical innovations, including vaccine and stem cell progress.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the many internal challenges China has which creates the potential for that country to be a bigger threat to itself than to its competitor/enemies.
Jeff Pallister joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current state of the manufacturing sector, including its dependence and exposure from a weakened global supply chain.
Jeff Pallister joins Jim Blasingame to report on the elements that make a manufacturing company a high value business, including proprietary processes and trade secret intellectual property.
Friday - May 07, 2021
Amy Kardel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the idea of growing your own qualified people though in-house or external apprentice programs.
Amy Kardel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the increased expectation of younger employee candidates to be attracted to an organized and ongoing training program, and how to make that happen.
Joe Collins joins Jim Blasingame to report on his work with inner-city youth to help them prepare professionally and politically for a better life out of poverty.
Joe Collins joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some basics for personal financial education and growth, including the power of life insurance products and home ownership in creating generational wealth.
Joe Collins joins Jim Blasingame to report on his plans to run against Maxine Waters in California’s 43rd district in 2022, and why that district and the country needs this change.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on what it looks like when businesses have to reinvent themselves, as is the case during the pandemic for the music event industry.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his customers are talking to him about business and the pragmatic way people are thinking about investing in reopening.
Deb Calvert joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why failing to take quick and decisive action when a customer issue or even conflict arises will only allow it to get worse and eventually take down your business.
Deb Calvert joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the maxim “no news is good news” doesn’t work when keeping customers informed about anything that might become a problem.
Deb Calvert joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the entire organization must be trained and committed to providing customers with all the news that they need to stay informed about your ability to perform.
Monday - May 10, 2021
Stacey Brown Randall joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the direct connection between customer referrals and their experience when they do business with you.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many microwave attacks American citizens have received on foreign soil and within the U.S. by China, Cuba and others, and why this is another element of the ongoing World War III.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many examples of China’s stated intention to dominate and destroy the U.S., and the many levels of attacks being used, including biological weapons and cyber-attacks.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss China’s desire to claim Taiwan as its own, and whether the Biden administration and other countries will allow that to happen.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of a positive culture in your business, and ways to influence more positivity through your management style, including asking more questions.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how Biden is exporting California’s AB-5 law against independent contractors in his PRO Act, which is a direct assault on small businesses.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new law that, in the name of economic recovery, will extend legal leverage by employees over management decisions.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Biden/Harris policies that would significantly increase union control without convincing anyone that they have a better idea, by trying to end right-to-work laws, and promote secret organizing ballots.
Stacey Brown Randall joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of customer experience in getting repeat and referral business, and how to define and develop it in your business.
Tuesday - May 11, 2021
Gerri Detweiler joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current financing conditions that are conducive to restructuring outstanding debt into better cash flow terms.
Gerri Detweiler joins Jim Blasingame to report on the continued availability of the EIDL loans from the SBA, and what you have to do to qualify.
Dr. Eric Cole joins Jim Blasingame to report on yet another cyber-breach that adds evidence that the U.S. is under attack by foreign actors, including Russia and China, and it’s not a cold war.
Dr. Eric Cole joins Jim Blasingame to report on the poor commitment by the U.S. government and businesses to defending against cyber-crime, and why this is tantamount to military defense.
Dr. Eric Cole joins Jim Blasingame to report on what can be learned from his new book about how to avoid being a victim of cyber-crime.
Mike Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of a positive corporate culture as a best business practice, because it motivates employees and makes customers want to come back.
Mike Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are seven specific needs that employees need to thrive at work.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of the subliminal lens through which we respond to the world and project our life, and how to manage it to our benefit, including change it if necessary.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to better qualify how you view your world and work, including not striving to be busy, but to think of your effort more about quality, not quantity.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to identify fear as a deliverer of valuable information and not something to avoid or be frozen by.
Wednesday - May 12, 2021
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges of government encroachment on Main Street entrepreneurs, which are the job creating engines of America.
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the next generation of entrepreneurs learn and what has to be changed in the education system to be relevant to them.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report why it’s likely Biden won’t get much more done with the current Congress, which is through 2022.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges Biden’s agenda has in boosting the economy, and whether that will cause grassroots pushback on future policies, plus the perilous nature of China’s intentions.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current and future relationship between China and the rest of the world, and to predict that the U.S. will continue to be in peril from the expansionist plans of the Chinese government.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things to practice and track in order to be profitable, including identifying what’s working or not and how competitors are bearing on the marketplace.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you want to create more profit, focus on local advertising, setting goals and establishing associated strategies.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current demographic trend across the globe, which is generally that the population of planet Earth is aging fast, and the associated implications of that fact.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the demographic/geographic shifts of the American population, and what policies and investments need to be made to address this future reality.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current housing boom in America, and what is being done to address the impact demographic and geographic shifts on this.
Thursday - May 13, 2021
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current tax proposals by the Harris/Biden administration and why these changes will significantly hurt small businesses.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the dishonestly named American Family Act, which is the current most urgent danger to Main Street businesses that needs to be stopped.
Brad Van Horn joins Jim Blasingame to describe how an Employee Stock Option Program works and how it’s increasingly a divesting option for owners of small businesses.
Brad Van Horn joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the advantages a business owner can accrue by selling to employees through an ESOP, including significant tax advantages and leaving a legacy.
Brad Van Horn joins Jim Blasingame to report that it’s easier to use an ESOP for businesses as small as 20 employees, but the sweet spot number is closer to 50-100.
Gary Pittsford joins Jim Blasingame to report on the confluence of events in the past year that have led many Baby Boomer business owners to rethink and accelerate their retirement timing plans.
Gary Pittsford joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many examples of harmful Biden tax proposals that will hurt, and therefore accelerate, the divesting/retirement plans for millions of Baby Boomer owners.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the April Index which shows small business owners are optimistic about their own business, but uncertain about the larger macro economy.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current NFIB Index, which shows that both hiring plans are up, but also is the reality of inflation, and its impact on pricing and expenses.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to offer his perspective on the future economic conditions, including strong growth through the next 18 months, parallel with plenty of challenges from inflation and government interference.
Friday - May 14, 2021
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to attract the talent you need by focusing on areas like mission, vision and values, not just the work and the compensation.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current reality of a shortage of employee candidates, and whether now is the time to hire for intelligence and attitude and train your own, rather than looking for experience.
Chuck Baker joins Jim Blasingame to explain how the short-line railroad industry is structured and operates, and plays a critical role in the overall national distribution system, including contribution to Main Street businesses.
Chuck Baker joins Jim Blasingame to report on the importance of short-line railroads as a critical link in the supply chain, plus some of the challenges that can be created by government overreach.
Chuck Baker joins Jim Blasingame to report on the apparent increased interest by the Biden administration to add new and onerous regulations on the short-line railroad industry.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to explain why even after all shutdowns are behind us, we’ll still be doing Zoom calls and will need to keep our best online etiquette and behavior.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tools and expectations that the hosts of online video meetings need to know and practice, including how and when to mute someone.
Doug Stephens joins Jim Blasingame to define the concept of retail, how it began, what it looked like for generations, and how it’s morphing in the digital age.
Doug Stephens joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role the pandemic played in accelerating ecommerce at the expense of Main Street retail, and the future of retail with a dominant Amazon.
Doug Stephens joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Main Street retailers have to do to achieve and maintain relevance when customers need them only for what they want – customization – and no longer to purchase merely what they need.
Monday - May 17, 2021
Jim Blasingame reveals to the audience that after over 23 years The Small Business Advocate Show is coming to an end at the end of the week.
Jim Blasingame reveals his almost final thoughts on what small business owners must do to sustain their business in a heightened era of digital transformation and dangerous Tech Giants.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to report on the dangerous policy plans coming from the Biden administration and Democrats that will create significant harm and hardship to America’s small business owners.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many marketplace and policy challenges facing small businesses, including higher taxes and regulations, plus the extreme digital leverage wielded by Big Tech.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his thoughts on why the most important focus of any business should be on their customers – any questions?
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the extended filing deadline, plus a new extension strategy that can be advantageous for those who have already filed their return.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current and ongoing war between those states that share the domicile and income generation bases of remote workers with another – often adjoining – state.
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the re-release of Judge Bork’s book, The Antitrust Paradox, and that that concept means the solution of an anti-trust case often creates harm for the ultimate customer.
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the inadequacies and lack of speed in the government’s antitrust toolkit to adequately deal with any excesses of Big Tech.
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to report that the best way to deal with the excesses of Big Tech is through organic, grassroots changes and innovations from the public.
Tuesday - May 18, 2021
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to recommend her method of sustaining profit by setting aside in a savings account $1 for every $100 in revenue.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of creating sustainable revenue, including how it works and how to do it.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on why small businesses continue to be harmed by encroaching policies created and executed by government.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that inside of Biden’s infrastructure bill - which isn’t really about infrastructure - are other dangers to small businesses, including the PRO Act, which strikes at the heart of American entrepreneurship.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the potential power small business owners could wield if they would just get organized politically behind a handful of basic commonalities that aren’t at all political.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to report on the global chaos that China is creating in their stated goal to take away the birthright of every American, and the best defense we have is to not think our fellow Americans are the enemy.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to lament the loss of American CEO leadership as they’ve transitioned from running their companies to becoming insulated figure heads, pandering to political correctness.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the performance traits that create results, including having a killer instinct first, and executing that with an intentional mindset.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how being rigorous and expending effort are critical traits that are essential to create and sustain performance.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of diligence as a critical trait in achieving better – more – more often.
Wednesday - May 19, 2021
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal franchising is the gift that America gave to the world, and why this intellectual property business model is so powerful.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how digital leverage will challenge and deliver advantages to franchising, and how that will impact Main Street.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Harris/Biden administration removed the sunlight provision that made it easy to see all regulations and impacts in one place, essentially eliminating access to that information.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the way unelected regulators make regulatory rules that exceed the goal of the underlying law, and how these actions harm the most vulnerable businesses at the last mile of the economy.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what he thinks is the near-term impact of the current regulatory policies of the Biden administration.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal research that shows the best times to post to various social media sites.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current social media landscape, the abuses and overreach of the platforms, and what the future of this sector is likely to hold.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the emergence and adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as an alternative asset and store of value.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current extraordinary popular delusions called cryptocurrency, and whether it will stick or become part of the history of the madness of crowds.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current and future digital trust technologies that will have more to do with all aspects of our lives and business, not just to deliver cryptocurrency.
Thursday - May 20, 2021
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to wrap up their 22 years together and discuss how teleworking and home-based businesses have evolved since they each began theirs in 1989.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the way working from home has become normalized thanks to technological innovations, especially ubiquitous broadband internet.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of success in terms that don’t just focus on money and stuff.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss balancing the financial goals of your success equation with the impact you have on humanity – did you make a difference?
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role that cash management and earning and retaining profits is essential to your short and long-term success in business.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the extreme leftward approach to healthcare by the Biden administration, which is in the direction of unlimited Obamacare subsidies.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to compare the heroic acts of the private sector healthcare industry and why this example proves we need less government managing our health care.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how trust is more than just the right thing to do, it’s a business best practice, and how to make that happen in your relationships.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that acting like a victim hinders the foundation of trust, and focusing on solving problems, not wallowing in them, is the key to leveraging the power of trust.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenge of the current generation to install trust in digital leverage, as we increasingly leave the analog world – and analog trust -- behind.
Friday - May 21, 2021
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on the past 23 years of collaborating on Jim’s show as they reported on how technology has evolved and grown since then.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what the future will hold for the hand-held paper book, as well as whether the increasingly shorter attention spans will make long-form non-fiction books irrelevant.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on where tax policy was the year she first joined Jim on his program, including the Taxpayer Relief Act, which dropped capital gains tax.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on how the tax compliance burden continues to increase for small businesses, because policy makers don’t understand how such compliance hurts the millions of very small businesses.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the future of intrusion by the IRS and the Treasury department, including higher taxes and more access to your financial accounts and activity.
Cleta Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on the exact project she was working on on behalf of small businesses the day she was the first guest on Jim’s show in 1997, including grass roots organizing of small businesses.
Cleta Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame to be the last guest on his program (she was also his first guest in 1997) to warn every American that there are internal forces that intend to destroy the American way of life.
Jim Blasingame reveals that he is ending his program after over 23 years with the story about why he began broadcasting every weekday in 1997, and why that same motivation kept him going – small business owners, and thanked the sponsors that supported him, especially Insperity for 18 years.
Jim Blasingame signs off with his audience in this next-to-last segment continuing his goal of helping small businesses success by re-emphasizing that they focus on THE School fundamentals.
Jim Blasingame says goodbye to his audience after thousands of hours on the air since 1997, and encourages you to stay focused on delivering your special sauce to meet customer expectations, and always believe in yourself.
