Jim Blasingame 
Jim Blasingame is the creator and host of the nationally syndicated weekday Radio/Internet talk show, The Small Business Advocate Show, on the air since 1997. Click HERE for more about Jim Blasingame.
Interviews with Jim Blasingame
Jim says goodbye to his audience after over 23 years of The Small Business Advocate Show
Jim’s last advice to his audience: Remember THE School fundamentals
Jim reveals why and how he started The Small Business Advocate Show
Jim’s next-to-last parting thoughts for small business owners
The long goodbye
How the employee shortage crisis will be an economic headwind
Managing your business finances is a non-negotiable practice
You’re never too cool for THE School
Avoid professional scurvy with these Professional Vitamins
Connecting your success to customer loyalty arising from customer care
Articles by Jim Blasingame
The "Customer? What Customer Syndrome?" Part I
Do you worry about the competition? In the Age of the Customer, an obsession with the competition can result in an unfortunate and dangerous condition Blasingame calls the "Customer? What Customer?...
How Much Is Call Reluctance Costing You?
Professional salespeople are the most important players in the marketplace. But professional selling is as hard as it is important, so the last thing salespeople need is to be fighting call relucta...
How To Get Success To Come And Play In Your Backyard
Get your small business off to a good start in the New Year by incorporating these ten fundamentals into your management practices. And, remember, there’s a reason some things are fundamental. They...
In Defense Of The Misunderstood Scrooge
In his traditional holiday message, Jim acknowledges being a Scrooge, submits evidence in his defense, plus offers two challenges to us to make the world a better place.
Personal Service Businesses: Think Prices Not Wages
Millions of small businesses sell personal services instead of tangible products and because the pricing isn’t as intuitive, many service businesses too often don’t charge enough. Don’t make the pr...
Spring Cleaning For Small Business, In December, During A Pandemic
Each New Year deserves to have the maximum opportunity to be successful, so don’t saddle it with last year’s obsolescence, waste, and bad decisions. Have the discipline to set up 2022 for a clean a...
Business Planning Will Always Be Relevant To Success
A written business plan is an assembly of facts, ideas, assumptions, and projections about the future. Planning is measuring your business motion against the baseline of assumptions and projections...
When Cause And Effect Converged With Humanity
Jim challenges us all, as we celebrate Thanksgiving this year, to make a difference by focusing on our shared humanity instead of our differences.
Age of the Customer Prospecting Rules for the Age of the Pandemic
If your sales effort isn’t getting the job done, it’s probably not because your team isn’t working hard enough, it’s because in The Age of the Customer, vendors are being ruled in or out before the...
On Veteran's Day, We Should Recognize All Who Served
Since World War I, America has honored its military veterans. Again this week, we recognize all who have taken the oath to protect and defend our country, including those who served in the National...