Monday, June 01, 2015
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the true reason why customers buy what they do, which is more emotional, and how to see if your strategy is aligning with this truth.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three things you have to do to be successful in sales: keep current customers, poach customers, and deliver what you sell the way they want it delivered.
Jim Blasingame reveals that one of the reasons for a slow economy is the anti-business policies and rhetoric of Washington toward our big business customers.
Jim Blasingame reveals a few of the reasons why the minimum wage is a jobs killer and why it not only shouldn’t be raised, but why it should be abolished.
Jim Blasingame congratulates and agrees with Hillary Clinton’s appraisal of how small banks are being harmed by overregulating big banks, and why that hurts small businesses.
Jim Blasingame tells the story about how he was fired 26 years ago this week and after starting his own small businesses, a year later thanks his old boss for firing him, plus what the real attraction is of entrepreneurship.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the IRS, NLRB, FCC and EPA are each assaulting small businesses with taxes and regulations that is making it difficult to operate successfully.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming Supreme Court decision on Obamacare and how small businesses will be impacted regardless of which way the decision goes.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his unique way of approaching the business planning process, including three key elements that get everyone involved.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to identify three more business planning pillars he uses for business planning, especially with regard to team ownership.