Market Your Brand with Constant Contact, How My Workouts Changed After Back Surgery, Straight Shot of Jim

Episode 269: 06-19-14 Market Your Brand with Constant Contact Sandi Abbott is owner of Xpresso Content Café. Sandi helps small businesses and brands CAFFEINATE their sales! Xpresso Content Cafe is a digital marketing agency specializing in developing interactive online and onsite marketing campaigns for brands and small business clients. She uses email marketing and social […]
How to Travel Light, New Ways to Control Cholesterol

Episode 268: 06-12-14 How to Travel Light Bruce Turkel is CEO/EDC of TURKEL Brands. Turkel is one of the leading experts on branding in the USA. TURKEL Brands is a full-service, multicultural brand management firm located in Miami, Florida, offering creative, account management, brand strategy, research, production, digital, media planning and placement, public relations and […]
Hotel and Hospitality Update

Episode 267: 06-05-14 Hotel and Hospitality Update Bo Ashbel is managing director at Aztec Group, Inc. Ashbel focuses solely on hospitality acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and debt and equity financing. He is both an investor and a transaction intermediary. His experience includes select and full-service hotels, convention-oriented resorts, as well as condominium hotels. Ashbel’s 25 […]
Dress for Success with Shelly Bloom, South Florida’s Newest Magazine, What’s on Jim’s Mind?

Episode 266: 05-29-14 Dress for Success with Shelly Bloom Shelly Bloom has provided clothing to Miami’s business community for 50 years from his Wynwood location. Shelly Bloom’s Fashion Clothiers’ ‘evolutionary success’ has transcended decades of competition by embracing timely and evolving fashion trends. Whether making a ‘fashion statement or a business impression’, Shelly and his […]
Tailor Your Marketing to the Hispanic Consumer, What’s on Jim’s Mind?

Episode 264: 05-15-14 Tailor Your Marketing to the Hispanic Consumer Mike Valdes-Fauli – President and CEO, Pinta – is an award-winning marketing professional with experience, having lived in five U.S. cities. Based in Miami, he runs one of the fastest-growing marketing agencies in the country, with clients such as Facebook, Florida Blue, FOX, Johnnie Walker, […]
The NEW Miami Condo Marketplace, Energy Management In Commercial Real Estate, Breakthroughs In Cardiac Care

Episode 252: 02-20-14 The NEW Miami Condo Marketplace Neil Fairman is president and founder of The Plaza Group. Over the last two decades, Neil has successfully foreseen opportunities that result in world-class real estate developments. From hotels and high-rise, luxury residences to retail shopping centers and commercial space, The Plaza Group’s diverse portfolio of real […]
LLM in Real Estate Development, Breakthroughs in Cardiac Care, CRE Energy Management Tips

Episode 251: 02-13-14 The University of Miami and its LLM in Real Estate Development Howard Shapiro served as a director and the senior vice president of Pacific International Equities, Inc., for over 25 years. During his tenure, the firm was Miami Beach’s largest luxury condominium high-rise developer. His responsibilities included overseeing Pacific’s acquisitions, planning, design, […]
Fried On Business Celebrates 250th Episode

Episode 250: 02-06-14 This week, Jim Fried marks 250 episodes of the Fried On Business radio program. Some friends stopping by to help him celebrate include: Larry Zinn on 2014 auto trends Larry Zinn, general manager of Warren Henry Infiniti, Jaguar, Volvo, and Fisker, will discuss 2014 auto trends. Bruce Turkel on consistency in branding […]
Networking Tips From Ivan Misner – Founder of BNI, Energy Saving in Commercial Real Estate, REO Real Estate Opportunities

Episode 249: 01-30-14 Networking Tips From Ivan Misner, Ph.D. -> Founder of BNI Dr. Ivan Misner is the founder and chairman of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. BNI was founded in 1985. The organization now has 6,300 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 7.1 million referrals […]
Jim on 2014, Wellness Tips From UHealth and the NFL

Episode 248: 01-23-14 Jim on 2014 Jim will discuss topics such as: Are we facing another recession? A prominent banker Jim knows says yes. Why? Why not? What is up with health care in this country? Jim has been directly exposed to the changes in the system recently. He will discuss his personal experience and […]