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Atlanta Business Radio with Matt B Davis from BMT Promotions and Talent Guest Hosting Interviews Mark Krikorian with Swyzzle, Steve French with Digital Tool Factory and Fred Spring with EDM – Elite Digital Marketing

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On today’s show we had Matt B Davis from BMT Promotions and Talent guest hosting.

Steve French with Digital Tool Factory, explained how you should go about building your web site. You can probably do a lot more yourself than you think.

Mark Krikorian from Swyzzle talked about how to improve your online marketing results using video and multimedia. Video spices up your website and engages visitors.

Fred Spring with EDM – Elite Digital Marketing talked about the importance of measuring your marketing efforts.

A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthly events www.bmaatlanta.com/events/.Also . . . if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about, please email Amy Otto at Amy@ atlantabusinessradio.com and we’ll invite them to appear on the show.

And be sure to join the National Association for Business Resources on June 3 as they reveal the Top 3 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Atlanta for 2011. Please visit www.101bestandbrightest.com/winners/2011/atlanta for more information

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Robert Patterson: President 200 Peachtree

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On today’s show we shined the spotlight on Robert Patterson with 200 Peachtree & 200 Office.

A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthly events www.bmaatlanta.com/events/.

Also . . . if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about, please email Amy Otto at Amy@ atlantabusinessradio.com and we’ll invite them to appear on the show.

And be sure to join the National Association for Business Resources on June 3 as they reveal the Top 3 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Atlanta for 2011. Please visitwww.101bestandbrightest.com/winners/2011/atlanta for more information

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Brett Mancuso with Moe’s Original BarBeQue, Bill Doyle with Vytex, Britt Menzies with StinkyKids, Nadine Phillips with ComForCare and Yuki Oikawa with Happy Science

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Today we shined the spotlight on Brett Mancuso owner of Moe’s Original Bar B Que.This award winning Southern Alabama style BBQ just opened so give them a try. They are located in the renovated Kool Korners Midtown Building near Atlantic Station.

Next Bill Doyle with Vystar came on to discuss Vytex NRL his allergy free latex product. This green product is just what the medical industry needs. If you are allergic to latex you must check out Vytex from Vystar Corporation.

Next Mompreneur, Britt Menzies shared the amazing success story of her StinkyKids dolls, clothes, books and more.All you moms with a great idea and a dream you must listen to this inspirational story. If you never assume no and battle hard each and every day you can be a success just like Britt, as long as you also have an awesome product like StinkyKids.

Next Nadine Phillips came on to celebrate the one year anniversary of her South Atlanta ComForCare Senior Services business. Her non-medical home healthcare company is providing great in home care service to the families in South Atlanta.

And we closed the show with Yuki Oikawa USA Chief Ambassador for Happy Science Center for Spiritual Growth and Meditation in Atlanta. Yuki explained the importance of meditation to lower stress and de-clutter your mind. He also invited all of our listeners to a free meditation seminar each Sunday at the Happy Science meditation center on Piedmont Road. Please go to his website for directions and m,ore information.

A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthly events. www.bmaatlanta.com/events/

Also be sure to join the National Association for Business Resources on June 3 as they reveal the Top 3 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Atlanta for 2011. Please visit www.101bestandbrightest.com/winners/2011/atlanta for 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’ll invite them to appear on the show.

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Rick Evans, Owner of Atlanta, Georgia’s First Yogurtland

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Today we shined the spotlight on Rick Evans owner of the very first Yogurtland in Atlanta, Georgia. Rick is opening the first of six Yogurtland stores on West Paces Ferry Road near I-75 in the OK Cafe Shopping Center.

Yogurtland is based in California and offers its customers 16 flavors of yogurt with 26 toppings. Some of the flavors and toppings change so you never know what you’ll find. Rick explained that he will offer the best tasting yogurt at a super affordable price – much less than his competitors. So if you are looking for a healthy and delicious dessert treat be sure to check out Rick’s Yogurtland. The Grand opening is May 21 so check it out and enjoy some free yogurt as well as lots of other fun stuff.

A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthly events. www.bmaatlanta.com/events/

Also . . . if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about, please email Amy Otto at Amy@ atlantabusinessradio.com and we’ll invite them to appear on the show.

BMA Atlanta Spotlight: Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Erik Balkan With The BOSS Group

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Today we shined the spotlight on Erik Balkan with The Boss Group.

The BOSS Group is an award-winning boutique provider of interactive, creative and marketing talent. We’ve been supplying temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire professionals to leading organizations across virtually every industry sector for more than 20 years. Our clients attest to our expertise in creative staffing, the high caliber of our talent and our track record of service excellence. The BOSS Group has local offices in many major metropolitan areas and is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise and a member of the BLR Holdings family of companies.

A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthly events. www.bmaatlanta.com/events/

Also . . . if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about, please email Amy Otto at Amy@ atlantabusinessradio.com and we’ll invite them to appear on the show.

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Charles Feyt with Verity Partners, Sharon Morgenstern & Sarah Chambers with Home Helpers North Atlanta and Erik Wolf with Zero-G Creative.

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With Amy out with car trouble Lee had to solo.

Today’s show opened with Charles Feyt with Verity Partners and Verity View. Charles talked about a new integrated capability for internal activity and process assessments his firm uses with their clients. VerityView is the only tool that fuses people, process and content views, in one capability, for measurable organization improvement.

We then moved to mother/daughter team of Sharon Morgenstern & Sarah Chambers, who have recently opened Home Helpers of North Atlanta.They talked about how to run a successful parent/child business. Their company specializes in non-medical home care and companionship services.

And we closed the show with some online marketing tips from our good friend, corporate marketing director and founder of Zero-G Creative Erik Wolf. Online marketing can be very mysterious for small businesses – when should you pay for adwords or other online advertising and when do you invest in search engine optimization (SEO)? He shared ways to get more leads and opportunities from your website and talked about ways to leverage social media and build the care and nurturing of your website easily into your work week.

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 with Guest Host Mike McDaniel’s Association For Corporate Growth Special

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With Amy out we had our good friend Mike McDaniel from Sovereign Risk Health Solutions co-host the show with Lee.

Today’s show put the spotlight on the Association for Corporate Growth. Katherine Morris with Smith & Howard and Greg Cinnamon with Kilpatrick Stockton shared their experiences as members of ACG Atlanta. Today ACG has over 12,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance and professional service firms worldwide. ACG Atlanta provides a great forum to exchange information on corporate growth and meet others with similar interests. They have events and programs with great content monthly where you can network and connect with others who are also focused on best practices and growth.

They mentioned the upcoming Fast 40 Gala that is coming up this June 30 at the St Regis in Buckhead. This event honors the 40 fastest growing middle market companies in Georgia. Tickets and sponsorship for this great event are still available. Please go to their website for more information www.acg.org/atlanta

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 Daniel Summers, Rachel Shirley, Hillery Douglas, Bernadette Boas and Sucheta Rawal

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On today’s show we opened the show by shining the spotlight on Daniel Summers with the Center for Puppetry Arts. This center is part performing arts center part museum part educational center and all fun. Nearly everyone in Atlanta has brought their kids to the Center for Puppetry Arts at least once. Adults should plan on attending some of their adult only performances and schools and camps should be reserving their places for shows as well.

Next up Rachel Shirley and Hillery Douglas, new Independent Distributors for FreshnFit Cuisine came on to discuss this great business opportunity. Who doesn’t like eating right but FreshnFit helps you help others eat right and save time. These two new distributors are helping to make FreshNFit more available to more people throughout the metro Atlanta area.

Next Bernadette Boas came on to discuss her new book Shedding the Corporate Bitch.Bernadette is an original Ball of Fire and she has been tearing up the business world for years. Her new book is a personal story about how she transformed herself from a sassy young girl into a greedy power hungry ego led corporate woman. And then how she has shed all of the negativity and has been able to find happiness and riches in her life. This book is a must read!

And we closed the show with philanthropist Sucheta Rawal who founded the Go Eat Give movement. After years of community service, travel and magazine writing Sucheta started a website to raise awareness about international volunteerism. And that website has started this movement that combines all of her passions, travel, food and helping others. Learn more about how to make your next vacation more meaningful at her website.

A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthy events www.bmaatlanta.com/events/

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 Local Music Special w Guest Host Angela Durden Interviewing Andy Orlin, Joe Gransden, Chicago Joe Jones and Joshua Crook

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With both Amy and Lee out we had Angela Durden co-host the show with Stone Payton.

Angela Durden is owner of WRITER for HIRE! — a company focusing on providing words and graphic design to the business community, and WRITER for HIRE! Press — a company providing publishing services to authors. She is a three-time author, has completed a novella, and is almost finished with a crime novel set in Georgia.

She can be reached at angeladurden@msn.com or her office at 404-315-7740. Her portfolio can be viewed at www.angeladurden.com

Andy Orlin has played guitar since he was 14 years old; more seriously from around 17-23 and then again for about the last 10 years.  In between was spent building his careers and raising two daughters. He enjoys a mix of music leaning towards Americana, Chicago Style Blues, and Texas Swing as well as the British blues scene.  He was in a performing blues style band from 1976-1980 with Scott Trowbridge called The Cliftones.  His current band King Brisket Boys is a continuation of that earlier endeavor. To find out his playing schedule and locations, he can be reached at aorlin@bellsouth.net.

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Joe Gransden is the soul of live Big Jazz and Big Band. Clint Eastwood discovered his talent and described Joe as “a young man with an old soul and a classic voice.” Kenny G, the saxophone great, says, ” Joe Gransden is one of those rarest musicians that has it all. He is an incredible instrumentalist with the technique of a virtuoso.”  Joe performs worldwide and has recorded over seven CDs. Jazz aficionados, musicians, and locals gather to play, listen, and bring live Jazz to life at Joe’s Jazz Jam every Tuesday at Twain’s in Decatur. 

www.joegransden.com/ and www.joegransden.com/live/
Facebook Joe Gransden. He can be reached at email@joegransden.com

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The parents of some of Chicago Joe Jones’ students believe his approach to teaching and performing merits a wide audience. They believe Joe possesses a unique set of skills and qualities that make him unusually qualified to work with young musicians who wish to play rock and roll, blues, and jazz. Joe possesses an uncanny ability to connect with young people. Perhaps a level of skill which has come from a lifetime of teaching kids, nevertheless his combination of patience, understanding and just plain “cool” makes him a special person to all of his students.

To reach Joe, call 404-454-1307 or email chicagojoejones@aol.com
The Chicago Joe Jones Band. http://chicagojoejones.com/

and  rockandbluescamp.com

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Joshua Crook received his Bachelor and Master degrees in horn performance from Florida State University. He has performed with orchestras throughout the southeastern United States and abroad, and is currently principal horn with the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra. He is also solo tenor horn with the Georgia Brass Band and The Premiere Brass Quintet. Crook is finishing his tour serving as a soldier musician in the U.S. Army’s Ground Forces Band at Fort McPherson. He also plays bass guitar with indy band Beautiful Little Fools. Joshua’s focus is on playing and teaching.

Premiere Brass Quintet, Beautiful Little Fools, Georgia Brass Band
http://www.georgiabrass.com/ and http://premierebrass.com/
Facebook Joshua Crook, Beautiful Little Fools, Georgia Brass Band, Premiere Brass Quintet
To contact, please email jcrookfl@hotmail.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 Robert Galanti with 200 Peachtree & 200 Office, and Alan Urech with Stage 2 Business Accelerator

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On today’s show we shined the spotlight on Robert Galanti with 200 Peachtree & 200 Office, and Alan Urech with Stage 2 Business Accelerator.
A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthy events www.bmaatlanta.com/events/
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.

On today’s show we shined the spotlight on Robert Galanti with 200 Peachtree & 200 Office, and Alan Urech with Stage 2 Business Accelerator.

A special shout out to our new sponsor – the Business Marketing Association – Atlanta Chapter.  Please go to their website to register for their monthly events www.bmaatlanta.com/events/

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.

200 Peachtree is a place where memories linger… and are still yet to be made. A beautifully restored, living tribute to glamour, style and the elegance of a bygone era. A destination designed to showcase life’s celebrations, both large and small.

Established as a historical landmark and heralded for its grandeur and magnificence, 200 Peachtree has been known for its innovation and beauty since its beginning. Built in 1927 on a vein of granite from Stone Mountain, the building opened as Davison’s department store and was renovated in the 1980s for Macy’s. Today, 200 Peachtree still serves as an impressive facility that is host to a variety of clients and events. Whether you are planning an intimate gathering or a large social function, we will assist you with every detail to make your event a memorable success.

Situated on Peachtree Street in the heart of downtown Atlanta, affordable 200 Office offers a prime location for conducting business that is both convenient and inexpensive- especially when compared to leased downtown office space.

Adjacent to the Westin Peachtree Plaza, across the street from the Ritz-Carlton and MARTA Peachtree Center and within walking distance to CNN, the World Congress Center and America’s Mart, there is no workspace with better accessibility.

Along with this ideal setting, 200 Office provides a comfortable, state-of-the-art, urban loft venue that is the perfect place to work, meet and network complete with the latest in cutting edge technology in 7,700 square feet of space. Glass-walled private meeting rooms are equipped with flat-screen monitors, teleconferencing pods and full-wall greaseboards.

Built in 1927, the historic Macy’s building is the ideal location for this innovative flex-office space.


Stage2 – The Bridge Between Incubation and the Real World

Business incubators are a relatively new force in developing businesses. In 1980, there were 12 in North America. By the end of 2006, there were more than 1,400. Many incubators are housed in colleges, universities and government agencies, and they help entrepreneurs develop concepts into products.

Business accelerators, such as Stage2, are an even newer phenomenon. Backed by a private / public partnership with its local community, they help new companies commercialize and expand their products and services by building a strong corporate operational infrastructure that is sustainable through every business stage.

The Stage2 Business Accelerator is a 501(c)6 corporation whose mission is to provide business resources to help Georgia based young high-growth-potential companies succeed, which in turn will create jobs, increase the community tax base and improve quality of life. The Stage2 Business Accelerator main goal is to make our community a “live, work, play” environment.

The Stage2 Business Accelerator believes entrepreneurial companies require three areas of organizational support to be successful:

1. Practical and methodical education to help entrepreneurs learn the skills necessary to succeed.

2. An upfront agreed upon “Business Roadmap” of tasks to be learned and completed

3. An outside Advisory Board in appropriate functional areas to support the organization.

We partner with entrepreneurs, community service providers and capital resources to support our companies’ growth and sustainability as viable organizations able to grow and flourish.