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THE SHOW
• The Small Business Advocate Show, with founder and award-winning host, Jim Blasingame, is the ONLY weekday radio show in America dedicated to entrepreneurs, and those who want to be. It’s been nationally syndicated continually since 1997.

• The show is Live M-F from 7-9AM Eastern, 6-8AM Central, 5-7AM Mountain, and 4-6AM Pacific. Jim always does a live show on all holidays.

• Available 24 / 7 on ABC Starguide III. Saturday and Sunday broadcasts are each from a different weekday show.

• Jim conducts over 1,000 live interviews annually with business experts, policy makers, and entrepreneurs. The show is fast-paced and content driven. The audience is encouraged to email questions which Jim answers, including sometimes on-air with the person who asked the question, at a later date.

• Jim has gathered the world’s largest community of small business experts, over 400 strong and growing, which he calls, The Brain Trust. Every show includes interviews with members of The Brain Trust, as well as other guests.

 

JIM BLASINGAME
• On the radio, on the Internet, in print, and in person, Jim Blasingame IS the voice of small business.

• A prolific writer, Jim has written over 100,000 words annually on small business issues for several years. He’s a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, plus his words are also published in various magazines, as well as his own weekly electronic magazine, The Small Business Advocate NEWSLETTER, which he offers free to his audience.

• Jim’s first book, Small Business Is Like A Bunch Of Bananas (autographed copy enclosed) has sold 20,000 copies, so far. His second book, $10,000 Of Small Business Consulting — For The Price Of This Book, is being published in the second half of 2004. Jim has written two more books, which are being edited.

• The SBA recognized Jim as the 2002 Small Business Journalist Of The Year, and selected Jim as a member of the SBA’s National Advisory Council.

• FORTUNE Small Business magazine named Jim one of the 30 most influential people in America representing small business. He was the only broadcaster and the only member outside the Washington Beltway on the list. FSB also named Jim one of the top small business resources in America.

• Named by TALKERS Magazine as a member of the 2003 HEAVY HUNDRED, the 100 most important radio talk show hosts in America.