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The state of small business in America would be revealed in no uncertain terms were it a reporting of a state such as California, New York, Texas or the like. There has been no end to the copy that has been disclosed by our ever vigilant media sources during the pandemic so that we are agaze with all of the events and policies that these above mentioned states have employed in response to the wors...

Arthur Godfrey said it best, Few Millionaires can afford the cost of cancer. There are many things that can stop you as a small business owner in your tracks but very few that can effect that dramatic of a halt in your enterprise than the loss of your good health We have all experienced what the pandemic has caused in the shutting down of our businesses and the shutting out of our customer bases a...

During the last few years the printed media such as newspapers, magazines and coupon books that multitudes of Small Businesses have utilized in the past are now becoming dinosaurs in light of the advent of the internet and the newly emerging world of virtuality. The competition for the eyeballs on your business is growing ever more intense and the public has now a more discerning choice of whom th...

FEMA, USDA, DEA, DOJ . . . Washington, DC is abounding in abbreviations that represent massive bureauocracies. Some Good, Some Bad. That brings me to the infamous IRS. I have often believed that this massive agency is misnamed and should be termed as the Internal Reclamation Service because it seems that they continue to dig deeper and deeper into your resources on many levels. Having said that, J...

The Ides of March. Historically, not a good time of year as many events have occurred during that time period, the assassination of Julius Caesar being one. Suddenly, in March of 2020, an unseen enemy known as COVID19 attacked the world and in a heartbeat drove populations behind closed doors and consumers away from their merchant relationships. Chambers of Commerce represent, empower and support...

B2B, we know it as Business To Business. It has been a tried and true methodology for Small Businesses large and small to get into productive relationships that are mutually beneficial and mutually profitable. This was so popular that several organizations took upon the task of forming membership organizations to further the aims and goals of their constituents. The focus was the creation of a flo...

While this show is NOT an investigative reporting media agency, it does represent Small Businesses at large and there are numerous Senior Nursing Home/Facilities in the State of NY that are NOT large Corporate owned entities and it is in this light that this show and subject matter needs to be addressed. The Senior Community during the COVID19 crisis at the outset and continual has been spotlighte...

Marketing expenditures for a Small Business is one of the most important and costly outgo's of capital that must be spent month in and month out. The most dangerous mistake that any business can make is to pull their horns in and NOT continue to put out their message and expand their customer reach. This is a formula for eventual disaster. Now, enter COVID19. Marketing as we knew it prior to...

Multi Level Marketing. Commonly known as MLM. Companies such as Amway, Shaklee, Herbalife, Melaleuca and dare I say Avon calling? All of these and many more are still in business, still thriving and growing and still making a difference in the lives of millions of people worldwide. Today, I will be interviewing a Vice-President, International Sales Manager of an MLM known as Tranont. Tranont has b...

Eduk8tshon. I purposely misspelled the word education largely because since March 3, 2020, it has been largely absent from our society due to the current COVID19 Crisis. Human Capital. A term that I have seen and heard numerous times to express a word that has been formerly known as EMPLOYEE. Small Business in America is still the largest EMPLOYER of our total workforce and the value of this criti...

One of the greatest thrills of my lifetime was when I signed my first loan docs for the first home that I purchased in my young life. At times like that the emotions run high and the blood to the brain becomes impinged because we never really do read all that stack of paperwork at escrow office, do we? The first time I really paid attention to those documents was when I purchased my present home a...

In any Small Business you have Hard Dollar vs Soft Dollar Costs to incur. One (Soft) is much more malleable as (Hard) is mostly fixed expenses such as Lease Payments, Insurances, Payroll etc. Merchant Processing is for the most part in the (Hard) category and can be frustrating as it deals with the LIFEBLOOD of any Small Business which is your CASH FLOW. Between Credit & Debit Card useage for...

In January of 2020 had you been a stockholder in a company known as Zoom, today you would be smiling ear to ear because the Stock Price has gone from 73.06 to a peak in October of $559 per share. Jeff Spenard, CEO/Founder of Voiceamerica.com will be my guest and we will be talking about (2) of his newest visions for his 21 year old IP Radio/TV Network that will IMPACT the Small Business Community...

You have heard of Bitcoin? It was invented and implemented by the presumed pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, who integrated many existing ideas from the cypherpunk community. Fortune's made, Fortune's Lost. Rollercoaster describes this market in the past. It has undergone rapid growth to become a significant currency both on- and offline Now fast forward to the year 2020 and we have not onl...

One of the main focuses of this show has been to educate and inform the populace of this nation and other nations of the fallout that the COVID19 Pandemic has wrought upon the Small Business Community at large. Small Business is made up of many market sectors and one of the largest of these is the Restaurant Industry which indeed has fastly become one of, if not the most embattled industry in Amer...

While I have enjoyed a very Renaissance oriented career in Small Business most of my life, I have fond memories of being involved in an arena known as Association//Affinity Marketing. I have had the privilege in my past tenures to have worked very closely in the marketing, communication and negotiation levels between other Association relationships. Recently, I have discovered an organization that...

The War of 1812 more than doubled the nation’s debt. It increased from $45.2 million to $119.2 million by September 1815. The Treasury Department issued bonds to pay a portion of the debt, but it was not until Andrew Jackson became president and determined to master the debt that this “national curse,” as he deemed it, was addressed. By selling federally owned western lands and blocking spending o...

In 1934, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood and Maureen O'Hara charmed and educated audiences at Christmas Time and forever put their stamp on Christmas in America. NYC and Macy's were the backdrop and the story was all about the gift of giving as Santa Claus played by Edmund Gwenn so eloquently taught two NYC Rival Retailers how to exercise the Law Of Reciprocity by ultimately sharing their mos...

It's Christmas time again. In 1946 a movie entitled Its a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart was released and has been influencing and charming audiences for many generations thereafter. During that film George Bailey made a very foolish statement that he wished that he had never been born. The consequences of that coming true were depicted in this film in graphic detail. One man removed m...

Having been the CEO of a Non-Profit, Community Based Organization in the past I am well familiar with the challenges of the day to day operations and their resultant outcomes. Non-Profits have the same characteristics as any business entity. They have lease obligations, insurance, employees/payroll, marketing expenses etc. The ONLY thing that really does not enter their realm is taxation and that...

This show has been promoting the three R's. Recover - Rejuvenate and Return to Profitability. All of these are necessary to bring about a return to not just surviving but thriving once again. Technology is going to play a key role in accomplishing this goal as the world is becoming more digital with everyday that passes. The old means of marketing and promotion with the use-age of paper deliv...

Recently this show had some very Good News! We passed our initial trial of the 13 week pilot and now Voiceamerica has granted us a full years contract for the show! Many thanks to ALL of my Voiceamerica TEAM, my former sponsor MODA and ALL of my invaluable guests who participated and took this show where it needs to go. Now, the best of everything has happened because my newest sponsor is not some...

Recently, I did a show in DC to inquire as to the State of Small Businesses in the USA. In August of 2020, the NY Times published an article entitled, One Third of New York's Small Businesses May Be Gone Forever. Forever is a long time and NYC is a huge market sector in this country not too mention the main gateway of the nations entering this nation. This article is now 2 months removed from...

From the inception of this show, the three Rs, Recover, Rejuvenate and Return to Profitability have been Shouted From The Rooftops because this is the course of action that Small Businesses will have to trod to bring back the vibrancy that they once enjoyed prior to COVID19 Customer Shut Down. Now, another R has reared its UGLY HEAD, Regulatory. Hitting someone is one thing, hitting them when they...

In this age of uncertainty that we now seem to find ourselves in there is the tendency to withdraw or hunker down as if in a foxhole to avoid the next shell that might be headed your direction. Conservation and Preservatiion sometimes will rule the roost during times that just don't make sense, such as the ones that we now find ALL of us to be so embroiled in. MODA Business Solutions, Inc. th...