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Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Mike Lassiter with Rising Roll Gourmet. Sandy Springs Guru Katherine Fein and Elaine Sterling

risingrollPlease 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 anothers 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

First up we had on Katherine Fein with SandySpringsCommunity.com. Sandy Springs Community is an online resource for the City of Sandy Springs. The website provides valuable information for the people of Sandy Springs including a directory of all the businesses in that community. The site also offers visitors a trusted resource for finding the best deals and best businesses in the area. So if you are looking for a restaurant, doctor, spa, salon, mechanic or anyone else in Sandy Springs, Katherine’s website should be the first place you look. Every business in Sandy Springs should contact Katherine and get their business listed in her directory – it is FREE of charge. Please go to www.sandyspringscommunity.com for more information.

Next up we had on Mike Lassiter, president of Rising Roll Gourmet. Rising Roll was founded in 1996 by chefs. They use made from scratch recipes and have been Zagat rated for 10 straight years. Mike was kind enough to bring some breakfast paninis and breakfast burritos into the studio and they didn’t last long. They were delicious. It’s no wonder Rising Roll was voted Best Sandwich Shop in Atlanta by Atlanta Magazine. Mike also mentioned that he owns Franchising Concepts, a company that helps franchise great concepts like Rising Roll Gourmet. Mike is also working on franchising Justix, a healthy meal concept and Ageless Remedies, a medical skincare and apothecary. Sandy Springs residents be on the lookout for the flagship Rising Roll Gourmet which will be opening soon at the corner of Hammond Drive and Peachtree Dunwoody Road. And remember they are not only a great sandwich choice for breakfast or lunch they also cater! For more information please go to their website www.risingroll.com.

We closed the show with Elaine Sterling, an internationally trained, certified, licensed Beauty Therapist and Educator. Before opening the Elaine Sterling Institute, Elaine was the Director of Education of a large skincare school in Atlanta and the Esthetic and Training Driector of one of the largest day spa groups in Atlanta. For more information about her skincare training classes and her beauty products please go to her website www.elainesterling.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

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews CRM Guru Richard Brock; Traversa’s Sally Jamara, Author Theo Gilbert-Jameson & Margo Geller

man4Please 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 anothers 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

First up we had Richard Brock who literally pioneered the Sales Force Automation industry in 1984 when he founded Brock Control Systems (now FirstWave). Sales and Marketing Automation Magazine named him one of the 10 most influential people in CRM.

In 1990, Richard was named Georgia’s High Technology Entrepreneur of the Year. Formerly the Chairman of the Technology Association of Georgia, he has assumed numerous industry leadership positions and has received many accolades throughout his entrepreneurial career. He has served as President and Board Member of the Business & Technology Alliance, President of the Entrepreneur”s Division and Board Member of the Information Technology Association of America, President and Board
Member of the Southeast Software Association, Chairman of Georgia High Technology Month and Board Member of the Technology Executives Roundtable and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Electronics Association Southeast Council. FirstWave provides on-demand marketing automation solutions that generate, score and nurture leads for B2B marketers.

FirstWave offers powerful demand generation solutions that enable marketing and sales to automatically qualify and prioritize leads; track, score and nurture leads based on behavior; and measure the overall success of marketing campaigns (online and offline) in one view. FirstWave enables organizations to increase marketing ROI while maximizing resources. For more information about Richard and his firm please go to his website www.firstwave.netet

Next we were fortunate to have int the studio, Dr. Sally Jamara, a Founding Partner in the Atlanta office of Traversa. She has been consulting and leading major organizational change in global organizations for over twenty years. Sally is retained to consult with Board of Directors, CEOs, senior executive team members and high potential leaders. She works with executives as a trusted advisor to align their teams to support the efficient and effective delivery of the corporate strategy. Sally provides the road map to make organization change successful for both the organization and the individual.
Dr. Jamara has been consulting with companies in the consulting, consumer product, financial services, high technology, hospitality, non profit, and real estate industry. Previously, Sally was Senior Vice President of America’s Human Resources for Bass Hotels & Resorts, Inc. In addition to her significant Human Resources experience, she has been Vice President of Customer Service and Sales, managing the P&L and overseeing client development. Sally has been the recipient of numerous executive leadership awards including: Executive Committee Award, Outstanding Teamwork Award and multiple Top Performer Awards in a number of different companies. For more information on Traversa and Sally please go her website www.traversaconsulting.com
Next we had on Theo Gilbert-Jamison, author of the book, The Six Principles of Service Excellence. Theo is also Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Performance Solutions by Design, an elite performance consulting firm that caters to luxury and premium brands with an emphasis on creating the ultimate customer experience.

Prior to launching Performance Solutions by Design in 2003, Theo was Vice President of Training & Organizational Effectiveness for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. During a 17-year career with The Ritz-Carlton, she oversaw the daily operations of The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center and was also responsible for the company’s worldwide training and development initiatives.

Today, Theo works closely with a diverse group of organizations, ranging from automotive, legal and financial services, to education, hospitality, healthcare, professional golf and home building. She recently co-authored a new book with her business partner Vivian Bright, titled The Leadership Book of Numbers, and is also currently working on her third book, Becoming a Level Three Organization, scheduled to be published in 2009. To learn more about Theo and her firm please go to her website www.psbydesign.com

We closed the show with Margo Geller. Margo is a distinguished Personal, Business and Financial Coach who has lived and worked in Atlanta for over 20 years.
She began her career as a psychotherapist then evolved into coaching after a financial planning firm hired her to act as a financial therapist for their clients. Margo is currently working on her e2e program – a unique, highly personal coaching program where she prepares her clients to make the journey from being an employee to an entrepreneur. For more information about Margo, her networking events and her brand new e2e program please go to her website www.margogeller.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

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Brian Cork with brian cork Human Capital and Holly Green Author of More Than A Minute

man5Please 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 anothers 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

Erik Wolf with Zero-G Creative was kind enough to guest host for Amy this morning. Check out Erik’s website at www.ZeroGCreative.com

Our guests this morning were serial entrepreneur Brian Cork founder of brian cork Human Capital. Brian is a leader in executive recruiting and executive coaching. He explained the difference between an entrepreneur, an intrapreneur and a corporate employee. He also explained his philosophy about business and success, You can learn more about Brian and his firm at www.bchcroi.com or on his personal blog www.briancork.blogspot.com

You can check out Brian at the Vinings Club for a Catalyst Magazine sponsored talk on Raising Capital on September 11. Go to www.catalystmag.com to register. Brian is also speaking at Radford University’s Economic Summit in October – go to Brian’s website for more information on that. Also a big congratulations to Brian for in inclusion on the Inc magazine Top 500 companies list and also to being named one of Catalyst Magazine top 25 Entrepreneurs…both honors are for the second year in a row.

We also had on Holly Green is the CEO and Managing Director of THE HUMAN FACTOR, Inc. based in San Diego, California. She has over 20 years of executive level and operations experience in FORTUNE 100, entrepreneurial, and management consulting organizations.
Her book, More Than A Minute: How To Be An Effective Leader & Manager In Today’s Changing World lends voice to her corporate experience and goes beyond the theory of leading and managing by providing practical action oriented information to those aspiring for greatness in business. For more information about Holly and her firm please go to her website www.thehumanfactor.biz or www.morethanaminute.com Holly will be in Atlanta speaking about Bursting Your Bubbles on October 10. Check out her website to register and to get more information.

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

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Social Media Master Teo Graca with NetTeams and LinkedIn Expert Sean Nelson with Acuity

aabbcPlease 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 anothers 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

This morning we had our social media special featuring Teo Graca with NetTeams and LinkedIn Specialist Sean Nelson with Acuity Benefits Solutions.
We started off with Teo explaining his company’s turnkey membership management system and how it bridges the gap between face to face online networking. The idea was developed by President and CEO Teo Graca who has over 25 years of design research including experience with the State Department, the Military, Fedex, Lockheed Martin and other Fortune 100 companies. Mr. Graca has leveraged this intensive background to develop the Net-Teams community solution to customer relationship management. His burning passion to develop a single networking platform for multiple networks has produced an easy-to-use and intuitive system. It is focused on users in the small to mid-sized business market, but can be used within larger companies too. For more information please go to Teo’s website www.net-teams.com

Next up we had on Sean Nelson, author of Got LinkedIn, From Clueless to Connected in 6 Days. He is also President of Acuity Benefits Solutions. Sean shared some of his best tips to maximize the powerful networking tool LinkedIn. He believes the vast majority of people who have a profile on LinkedIn are not using it to its fullest potential. He also explained how he uses linked in while networking offline as well as online. For more information about his book or his company please go to his website www.linked101.com or www.acuitybenefits.biz

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.