Jim Blasingame Explained

Jim Blasingame is an American small business expert, radio talk show host, author, syndicated columnist, keynote speaker, and president of Small Business Network, Inc., a media company serving small business.^[1] He is the creator and former host of the nationally syndicated talk radio show The Small Business Advocate Show, which focused on small business and entrepreneurship issues. He is the author of several books including The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed, The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance, Three Minutes to Success, and Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas.

Career

After more than 20 years as an employee/manager/executive of big businesses, including multi-year tenures with Sears and Xerox, Blasingame founded his consulting firm in 1989 to focus on supporting small business CEOs.

In 1997, Blasingame founded a media company, Small Business Network, Inc. (SBN).

The company's initial medium was radio, as Blasingame began broadcasting his nationally syndicated weekday radio program The Small Business Advocate Show, in November 1997. Two months later, in January 1998, he began simulcasting his program on the Internet. For over 23 years, Blasingame conducted over 1,000 live interviews annually with business experts on topics relevant to the challenges and opportunities of 21st-century small businesses. These live radio interviews resulted in the production of 10 separate Internet podcasts every weekday and 2,600 annually.

On November 19, 1999, Blasingame added another media channel, this time for his writing, with the launch of The Small Business Advocate Newsletter, which has been distributed every Sunday since its founding. In 2002, Blasingame published his first book Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas (SBN Books), and in 2006, his second book Three Minutes to Success (SBN Books), which have sold over 90,000 copies combined. His next two books have won numerous awards and sold approximately 100,000 copies each: The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed (SBN Books 2018) and The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance (SBN Books 2014).^[2]

Blasingame is a syndicated newspaper columnist and is a contributing columnist to BizJournals.com,^[3] Forbes.com,^[4] NASDAQ.com,^[5] and American Express OPEN.com. He has a blog at JimsBlog.biz. He has made TV appearances on Fox Business^[6] and MSNBC,^[7] and has been quoted in such publications as Fortune Small Business,^[8] CNN,^[9] New York Enterprise Report,^[10] U.S. News & World Report,^[11] and the Los Angeles Times.^[12]

Awards and recognition

• 2018 Axiom Business Book Award Gold Medal for his fourth book, The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed^[13]
• 2018 International Book Awards for The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed^[14]
• 2014 Independent Book Publisher Award (IPPY) for his third book, The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance^[15]
• 2014 Axiom Business Book Awards, for The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance^[16]
• 2009 Champion of the Chamber Movement, American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE)^[17]
• 2009 Champion of Small Business Development Award, Association of Small Business Development Centers ^[18]
• 2009 Small Business Advocate of the Year, New York Enterprise Report ^[19]
• 2006 University of North Alabama Alumnus of the Year^[20]
• April 2005 Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Small Business Advocate of the Month ^[21]
• 2002 Small Business Journalist of the Year, by the U.S. Small Business Administration ^[22]
• 2000 One of the 30 most influential small business experts, by FORTUNE Small Business magazine ^[23]

Publications

• Blasingame, Jim (2018) The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed. Alabama: SBN Books. p 314. ISBN 978-0-9709278-5-9
• Book: Blasingame, Jim . The Age of the Customer®: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance . SBN Books . Alabama . 2014 . 209 . 978-09709278-2-8.
• Book: Blasingame, Jim . Three Minutes to Success . SBN Books . Alabama . 2006 . 119 . 978-0-9709278-1-1 . registration .
• Book: Blasingame, Jim . Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas: You Have to Remove the Peels to Get to the Good Stuff . SBN Books . Alabama . 2002 . 122 . 978-0-9709278-0-4 . registration .

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Jim . 2022-11-08 . www.jimblasingame.com.
2. Web site: Jim Blasingame . 2022-11-08 . www.amazon.com . en-us.
3. Web site: Jim Blasingame, Contributing Writer . 2022-11-08 . www.bizjournals.com.
4. Web site: Jim Blasingame . 2022-11-08 . Forbes . en.
5. Web site: Jim Blasingame, Contributor . nasdaq.com.
6. Web site: Health Care Costs for Small Businesses . 2022-11-08 . Fox Business . 7 May 2011 . en.
7. Web site: Jim Blasingame with JJ Ramberg on MSNBCs "Your Business" . 2022-11-08 . www.youtube.com.
8. "Targeting local prospects for direct marketing", Fortune Small Business, February 12, 2008.
9. "Expert: Discipline, love key to home business", CNN, October 12, 2007.
10. "5 Minutes With... Jim Blasingame", New York Enterprise Report, December 1, 2008.
11. "Preparing Your Small Business for a Recession", U.S. News: Money Business & Economy, March 7, 2008.
12. "For three fragrance firms, joining forces sometimes makes scents", Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2009
13. Web site: 2018 Winners . 2018-05-05 . www.axiomawards.com . en.
14. Web site: Jim Blasingame's "The 3rd Ingredient" Receives Multiple Awards during New York's BookExpo 2018 Week . 2022-11-08 . PRWeb.
15. PR Web "https://www.prweb.com/releases/jim_blasingame_s_the_age_of_the_customer_wins_ippy_award/prweb11924456.htm"
16. Web site: Jim Blasingame's The Age of the Customer Wins Axiom Award . 2022-11-08 . PRWeb.
17. PR Web "NewsGuide.us ", NewsGuide.us, December 8, 2009.
18. Daily News "NewsGuide.us", NewsGuide.us, September 28, 2008.
19. PR Web "PR Web", PR Web, October 6, 2009.
20. Web site: Alabama . University of North . Past Alumni Award Winners . 2023-02-06 . www.una.edu . en.
21. Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council "SBE Council ", SBE Council, April 29, 2005.
22. U.S. Small Business Administration "Jim Blasingame Named Small Business Journalist Advocate Of The Year", The Small Business Advocate, June 2002.
23. FORTUNE Small Business magazine "2000 FORTUNE The Power 30", CNN Money, September 1, 2000.