TWO UP:

Jeff Sherman reminded fans about the parking scams that had been going around Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Is Breakfast Busting the Budget? Breakfast foods and drinks had been getting more expensive and that included coffee. Jeff Sherman went over the prices.

It's The Upswing New Years Special

Jeff Sherman revisits his favorite conversations from the first year of The Upswing.

Pat Miller is back, and he is looking towards the future with Small Businesses but starting with how politics will affect things with Donald Trump taking office in 2025.

Pat opens the talk and text line for questions and comments. He continues the conversation for predictions and believes many small businesses will close and explains why. He also discusses return to work policies in big business.

We move to the conversation to AI in 2025 and the mass improvements expected as early as January.

A prediction and question for social media in 2025: Will TikTok be banned? Pat says no and explains why it’s important for small business owners.

The future of shopping is next on Pat's list and how TikTok shopping is on the rise and new ways to monetize social media.

Lightning Round Recap of 2025 Predictions!

Pat Miller is BACK and he’s going all in on small business as a whole and opens the talk and text line for small business owners to weigh in.

The Small Business Year-in-Review continues with how inflation affected small business owners.

What else affected small business owners? The Election; and not for the reasons you think.

AI had a big effect on small business owners as well; Pat admits it has its’ limitations.

AI Part 2: Pat goes over how fast it makes things and more. Pat explains how it allowed small business owners to be more efficient with their deliverables.

Wrap-Up: Delegation, outsourcing and more are also useful tools for small-business owners in 2024 to help buy back your time. PLUS, the strain on in-person versus virtual work.

Pat Miller is in for Jeff Sherman; back on WTMJ airwaves. Pat introduces himself to talk about small businesses; the heart of commerce and community. He tells his radio story.

Pat's story continues as he went from radio to small businesses and how COVID-19 in 2020 changed exposed the crisis of small businesses.

Pat opens the talk and text line for small business owners to weigh in on the conversation. Plus, it's the slowest news week of the year and Pat proves it with some odd headlines about President-Elect Donald Trump’s promises and President Joe Biden naming the bald eagle the official national bird.

Small business owners are all around us, Pat lists some things you can do that are not-so obvious to show appreciation.

Yesterday was weird...there was football on Christmas...and it was streamed? Pat thinks it’s time to bring back cable and goes over streaming prices.

Inside the Head of a Bears Fan: The Bears take on the Seahawks on Thursday Night Football and Pat gives a sense to the Packers fan audience of what it’s like to be a Bears fan.

TWO UP

1. You’ve heard of the Milwaukee Athletic Club, get ready for the Packers Athletic Club in Title Town

2. Let’s look at Monday Night Football tickets for tonight’s Packers game.

MONDAY MARKET PREVIEW: Jeff Sherman and Annex Wealth Management CEO Dave Spano discuss the Fed’s cautious approach this week, consumer sentiment in the last days of the holiday shopping season and Jeff and Dave’s top headlines from 2024.

-The container store has filed for bankruptcy, Jeff and Dave give market predictions for 2025 and Jeff asks Dave for his favorite holiday moving.

We play Debbi Lazaga’s feature on winter driving.

Cory Ampe, owner of Campe & Co. Joins Jeff Sherman in-studio to talk about supporting local stores at this time of year.

-Jeff asks Cory for business trends from 2024.

-Jeff asks Cory for her predictions for 2025.

Cory Ampe, owner of Campe & Co. Joins Jeff Sherman in-studio to talk about supporting local stores at this time of year.

Jeff asks Cory for business trends from 2024.

Jeff asks Cory for her predictions for 2025.

MONDAY MARKET PREVIEW: Jeff Sherman and Annex Wealth Management CEO Dave Spano discuss the Fed’s cautious approach this week, consumer sentiment in the last days of the holiday shopping season and Jeff and Dave’s top headlines from 2024.

The container store has filed for bankruptcy, Jeff and Dave give market predictions for 2025 and Jeff asks Dave for his favorite holiday moving.

TWO UP

-You’ve heard of the Milwaukee Athletic Club, get ready for the Packers Athletic Club in Title Town

-Let’s look at Monday Night Football tickets for tonight’s Packers game.