Wed, 20 August 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer. Today's show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest
Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings together
owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new
opportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic business
coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one another's successes and
mistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve Greater
Success with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest
Atlanta. www.tab-nwatlanta.com Our first guest this morning was Elizabeth Gordon, Author of the Amazon Best Seller The Chic Entrepreneur and President of Flourishing Business. Elizabeth told us all about her work with The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta and how she is able to help women owned businesses flourish. For more information please go to her website www.flourishingbusiness.com Next we had on Dr Andrea Robbins and Brent Darnell co-hosts of The Total Leadership Conference, a four-day kickoff of to a yearlong program that will create fundamental behavioral change by focusing on individuals’ mind, body and life. The conference will take place from Sept. 25 – 28 in fabulous Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. Hosted by Brent Darnell International, a training and consulting company that teaches people skills to technically trained professionals, and Naturally Balanced, a natural healthcare provider headed up by Dr. Andrea K. Robbins, DC, ND, The Total Leadership Conference will offer a myriad of interesting classes on improving communication, self-awareness, and wellness. Prior to the conference, participants will be given emotional intelligence and health evaluations in order to assess their particular needs. During the conference, participants will create personal development and wellness plans and be given all the tools that they need to improve their leadership skills, improve their health, and reach their goals both personally and professionally. . After the four-day kickoff, participants will be contacted by a health/wellness coach and a life/leadership coach throughout the year to encourage them, motivate them and give them what you need to become the best that you can be. Space is limited to the first 100 people. For more information, visit www.BrentDarnell.com or www.NaturallyBalanced.com. Next up we had on small business marketing expert and web design guru Erik Wolf with Zero-G Creative. Erik has leveraged his corporate experience in several diverse industries like packaged goods, information technology and journalism into a thriving small business marketing consulting business. Heading the marketing communications department of a global manufacturer helped prepare Erik for his work with small business owners at Zero-G Creative. Working in the corporate sphere and tasked with the job of managing traditional
advertising, marketing and design agencies as well as freelance designers, Erik
quickly learned that the system was flawed — and that very few companies were
well-suited to serve the small and medium-sized businesses that he worked for.
Realizing that his experience made him uniquely qualified to help small
business owners market their products and services. For more information about Erik and Zero-G Creative please go to his website www.zerogcreative.com Comments[0] |
Wed, 13 August 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer. Today's show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings together owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic business coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one another's successes and mistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve Greater Success with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest Atlanta. www.tab-nwatlanta.com Our first guest this morning was Stone Payton a Sales & Marketing Troubleshooter who specializes in helping Training & Consulting firms Solve Their Sales Problem. Affectionately known as "The Most Candid Consultant On The Planet," and widely recognized as the man who literally wrote the book on SPEED®, Stone is no theorist. He works exclusively in the "No Bull” Zone, and has a real job just like you and your team. Several actually . . . serving as Chief Sales Officer, Trusted Advisor, Sales Troubleshooter, and Top Producer for some of the world's most respected Training & Consulting firms. For over 20 years, Stone has been helping organizations drive their business strategies more effectively. His unusual candor and energetic style provide a refreshing and much needed perspective to clients striving to improve their organizational SPEED (the ratio of results to time invested). Mr. Payton is an accomplished speaker, published author, and
co-founder of MarketMateTM a unique network of consulting firms and
individual specialists solely dedicated to helping clients Grow Their Business Fast. He is speaking at a Growth Answers event on Wednesday August 20 at
7am at the Georgian Club for more information please go to www.growthanswers.com. For more
information about Stone please go to his website www.marketmate.org or blog www.stonesells.blogspot.com Next we had on Procurement Guru Norman Conway with Prorizon. Norman was just named the Pro to Know from Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine. Norman explained that if your company issues more than 500 POs per month, his Web-based e-procurement system can streamline and automate your processes, cutting costs by 45-75%, an average of $60 per PO. It"s so easy to implement you can go live on their Web services platform within 45 days without having to buy and implement software or overhaul your current systems. Prorizon helps you Streamline procurement processes; Maximize resource utilization; Standardize user-controlled buying; Track assets and Audit performance. For more information please go to Norman’s website www.prorizon.com Next we had on Michael Thomas National President of the CRM Association. Michael explained that Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is now part of the mainstream. Customer strategy is “ordinary” and something that is a day-to-day concern for all enterprises, large or small. The business universe has shifted its focus from the company at its center to the customer at its hub. As a result, the CRM industry has matured. More than ever, firms that do nothing but work involving the analysis and enrichment of customers abound. CRM as an industry has not just practitioners, but vendors, integrators, management consultants, boutique specialists, evangelists, analysts, pundits, bloggers, authors and even detractors! As the industry has matured, so has the customer – not just the industry’s customer but the customer that CRM was created to support. The customer experience, formerly an art and a gut check, is now a cutting edge science that is necessary for business growth and differentiation in an era where customers are fully empowered and highly volatile. CRM Association represents the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) industry and all its constituents. CRM represents what is now becoming an organized body of knowledge and strategy to be reckoned with. The CRM Association aims at representing the industry as not just a purveyor of knowledge and information, but an action-oriented association that will protect and promote the interests of customer relationship management and its institutions and provide the members with the tools that it needs to enrich and improve that customer experience – be it the member’s direct customers or the customers of the members customers. Please learn how to join Michael at his association’s big Return to Customer event August 26-27. For more on the CRMA please go to www.crmassociation.org or to learn more about Michael and his company Neighborhood America please go to www.neighborhoodamerica.com We closed the show with Susan Knox Founder of Corporate Connections. Corporate Connections provides direct Access & Highly Targeted Introductions to individuals helping fill your Pipeline & Accelerate the growth of your business. Susan explained that People Do Business with people they Know, Like and Trust. The challenge is it may takes weeks, months and often years to get connected to the Right Relationships. Being a native Atlantan, Susan has spent the last 10 years of her career building Trusted Relationships which helps others expedite their business development initiatives. Corporate Connections Accelerates your opportunity to meet the right people at the right time at the right place. For more information about how you can tap into Susan’s Golden Rolodex please go to her website www.corporateconnections.us Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show. Comments[0] |
Wed, 6 August 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer. Remember if you want a pretty comprehensive listing of all kinds of Atlanta Events including Business Networking events please check out www.AtlantaEvent.com. Before we got started we had big news from one of our recent guests, Bart Foster with SoloHealth. Remember Bart created that innovative EyeSite™ self-service vision testing kiosk. Well, SoloHealth has been selected
as a semi-finalist for the $100,000 entrepreneurial contest from a list of more than 1,500 entries. SoloHealth is the
only Georgia company to make it to this
stage of the competition. Online voters will select the top five finalists by
going to www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/boostyourbusiness/,
watching the finalists" 30-second videos, and voting for their favorite
entrepreneur between now through Sept. 30. Winners will go to New York later in the
fall to compete in the finals. So please support Bart by going to the Forbes website and voting for him. Our first guest this morning was Blake Hauger with Waterford Loan Consulting, a fully licensed and professionally certified mortgage consulting firm. His compnay is not a mortgage broker or a lender. At Waterford they do the mortgage shopping for you. They
help eliminate the shopping headaches, last minute changes, and offer
security during the mortgage process. They are making sure their clients get the best rates and terms from the mortgage brokers and lenders. Next up we had James Galloway with Intown Healthy Hound & City Kitty. This innovative retail store helps you feed, wash and treat your pet the natural way. Owned by James and his wife Bridget, Intown Healthy Hound's mission is to provide products and services to keep our community's pets safe, happy and healthy. The store's products and practices are designed to be environmentally-friendly as well. Located in the heart of Grant Park, Intown Healthy Hound & City Kitty is also a great neighborhood gathering place after a romp in the park. For more information about James' store as well as his home pet food delivery servie please check out his website www.intownhealthyhound.com Comments[0] |
Wed, 30 July 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. Today we talked to Debbie Shannon COO of Action Secure Shredding. She started the business in October 2007 after a battle with identity theft. She and her partners have continued to grow the business to a thriving new company. All materials that the company shreds are recycled and shredded securely. She drives the truck as well as doing sales and marketing. She enjoys helping her community and looks forward to community shreds. She has been in Atlanta for 9 years and calls Atlanta, Georgia home. She is a member of PowerCore and the Atlanta Downtown Express Network of the American Business Woman's Association. In her spare time she is a plus model here in Atlanta as well as being a beauty queen with the Miss Plus America Pageant. For more information please check out her website www.actionsecureshredding.com Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show. Comments[0] |
Wed, 23 July 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. Today we talked to Louk Damianov a fitness professional and owner of DL Elements. We also spoke with Mary Moak, CEO of Physician Interlink. Physician Interlink enables practices to migrate to a highly sophisticated system without the usual disruption and cost associated with researching, choosing, installing and operationalizing new information systems. Their clients receive a level of support and benefits that sets Physician Interlink apart in the marketplace. for more information please go to her website www.physicianinterlink.com Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show. Comments[0] |
Wed, 16 July 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. Today we talked toDavid Cohen, founder of Equation Arts, the place to go for Whole Brand Thinking. David also brings an artist's eye and creativity to his work. His
paintings have been exhibited in galleries in New York, New Jersey,
Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Atlanta. His award-winning web design
and user interface work has been displayed in articles in PC Magazine
and Internet World and used as an example in the book Dynamic HTML
Black Book for his innovative use of dynamic content. He has led
creative teams on co-branded projects with CompuServe, The Weather
Channel, Erols, Bigfoot, USA.net, Polygram, and American Express. For more information about David, his blog, his art and his firm please go to his website www.equationarts.com Comments[0] |
Sat, 5 July 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. Today we talked to Joyce Bone, an accomplished business woman and
published author who’s recognized nationally as an expert in
entrepreneurialism and real estate. She’s been featured on TV, books
and magazines such as Money, Kiplinger’s and Millionaire Blueprints.
She's appeared on CNBC's The Squawk Box and with Peggy Klaus on The
Excellent Women's Club. Joyce's latest venture is a complimentary blend of her love for all things entrepreneurial and her sisterhood with other women. One in every ten adult women is a business owner. The Millionaire Mom membership site is designed to support mothers in the unique challenges of raising a family and a business at the same time. The site not only offers a forum for communicating advice, insights and a place to commune with other like-minded moms, it also provides concrete business advice from millionaire moms who have "been there, done that" and achieved phenomenal success in the process. Our goal is to help each woman become accomplished and profitable in her own venture-one family at a time. Swan, LLC is Joyce's business consulting firm. She consults with small to mid-size companies and executives. Joyce can help a company improve its marketing and sales, increase profitability, identify and solve specific problems. Having managed 350 employees herself she understands the dynamics and challenges involved in creating a synergistic environment that supports the various divisions of business. She is adept at coordinating teamwork between traditionally at odd divisions such as sales and operations and helping employees overcome their fear of change.Joyce is a sought after speaker and will soon announce the release of her book called, "Millionaire Mom: The Art of Raising a Business and a Family at The Same Time." What makes Joyce Bone unique is not only her uncommon business story but her enthusiasm and the belief that each person can create the ideal life for them self. She has the ability to help others take seemingly unattainable goals and make them reachable. It is her greatest pleasure helping individuals and businesses become more efficient and successful. For more information please go to Joyce's website www.joycebone.com Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show. Comments[0] |
Wed, 2 July 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer. Remember if you want a pretty comprehensive listing of all kinds of Atlanta Events including Business Networking events please check out www.AtlantaEvent.com. Today we talked to Rick Hewatt, President of Atlanta Check Cab, Atlanta's premier taxi cab company. Checker Cab was founded in 1947 by Richard F. Hewatt, Sr. with the
most modest beginnings, one cab. Over the next 60 years under the leadership
of three generations, Richard F. Hewatt, Sr., R.F. Hewatt, Jr. and Richard
C.Hewatt, the company has grown to a state of the art, 200 vehicle transportation company, serving more than 3000 passengers per day, throughout Atlanta.
Along the way Checker Cab made a point of being first. First in Atlanta to utilize two-way communications,
First to implement computer dispatch,
First to employ alternative fueled powered cabs in the interest of
the
environment,
First in providing the newest, best maintained vehicles with a fleet
featuring 75 percent Crown Victoria's and 25 percent Vans for top of
the
line comfort and reliability.
Beyond passenger transport, Checker Cab service also includes rush
package delivery, corporate accounts, and the convenience of accepting major
credit cards.
For more information please go to their website www.atlantacheckercab.com or to call a taxi call Atlanta Checker Cab Company at 404-351-1111 Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show. Comments[0] |
Wed, 25 June 2008  Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from
Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer. Remember if you want a pretty comprehensive listing of all kinds of Atlanta Events including Business Networking events please check out www.AtlantaEvent.com. Today we talked to Joel Nunez founder of ImHonest.com. ImHONEST.com is a non-traditional lost and found service that provides identification and recovery for items of value. In addition to offering an affordable and user friendly solution for owners to proactively label and register their valuables, ImHONEST.com makes it easy for the finders of lost items to act on their honesty. ImHONEST.com was founded in 2004 by international marketing executive Joël A.Núñez, after a frantic search for his missing wallet drove him to create a solution that rewards honesty and donates a portion of proceeds to not-for-profit organizations. The issue of finding lost valuables is becoming growing in importance. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, the average American household now owns 26 consumer electronics products. MP3 players, digital cameras, and notebook computers - all easily lost or misplaced – are three of the top five fastest-growing product segments in the study. Unfortunately, as the number of portable electronic devices continues to grow, so too does the risk of losing them. In fact, a global survey of 900 taxi drivers by mobile devices security firm Pointsec showed that thousands of mobile phones, PDAs and laptops are forgotten in taxis every day. Two of the most common reasons that lost items are not returned to their owners are: Inability to identify the owner of the lost item and Lack of an easy way to return the found item The ImHONEST.com system, with its user-friendly label registration and reporting system, solves both of these issues. ImHONEST.com makes it easy for finders of lost items to return the items to their owners by providing:
Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show. Comments[0] |
Wed, 18 June 2008  Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Mike Gomez with Allegro Consulting, The Business Growth Specialist
Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio
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Atlanta, GA, USA. Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. After leaving the corporate world Mike started his consulting firm to assist mid-sized business with creating and executing growth strategies. Among his successes was guiding the growth of a $8M logistics business to $35M in just over two years. Mike will be conducting a free seminar for business owners serious about growing their companies titled "The 10 Essential Elements of Long-Term Sustained Growth”. It will take place on Wednesday, July 16th from 7:30 to 9 AM at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center. You must RSVP to attend so please go to Mike's website www.allegroconsultant.com and click on the Register Now link in the bottom left hand corner. Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show.Comments[0] |
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