This is a story about three small business owners who had one thing in common: a wise man named Luther. Oh, by the way, Luther is their janitor ... » More

Jim Blasingame reveals what customers want of businesses in The Age of the Customer, and what a small business must do to foster customer loyalty while potentially increasing profitability. » More

Jim Blasingame reveals how you may have the elements of a business plans in your head, and why you should convert it to paper. » More

Jim Blasingame explains how to recognize call reluctance and overcome its challenges to accomplish sales goals. » More

Jim Blasingame offers six networking thoughts to improve your networking skills and increase your chances of success. » More

Jim Blasingame tells Republicans, Democrats and small businesses: You can fall in love with what you do, but you can't fall in love with how you do it. Like the electorate, customers and the market... » More

Jim Blasingame offers advice on how to think of time as a commodity and how value your it by breaking big projects into small tasks to end procrastination and get more done. » More

Jim Blasingame reveals results of a recent Small Business Advocate Poll on local economies and small business sales. » More

Jim Blasingame offers questions to ask yourself and your staff in order to answer the Outsourcing Power Question: Must this task be done in-house? » More

Jim Blasingame reveals the four Power Questions that will help you mentor your employees to become leaders in your small business. » More