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Audio Dust Jacket Volume 13

July 12, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Audio Dust Jacket Volume 13

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On This Episode of Audio Dust Jacket:

Mike Hawkins/“SCOPE of Leadership” Book Series

Mike Hawkins is the award-winning author of “Activating Your Ambition: A Guide to Coaching the Best Out of Yourself and Others” (http://www.ActivatingYourAmbition.com), a seasoned executive coach, and an expert in improving organizational performance. He is president of Alpine Link Corporation, (http://www.AlpineLink.com), where he is a respected practitioner, speaker, and thought leader on leadership, self-improvement, and business improvement. He is known for consistently leading organizations and individuals in higher level achievement.

Prior to founding Alpine Link, Mike developed his practical perspectives on leadership through his unique combination of experience in engineering, sales, and senior management. He has a rare blend of technical, operational, and leadership knowledge. He has worked in multiple industries, including management consulting, information technology, financial services, manufacturing, and construction. Mike developed the SCOPE of Leadership framework to help leaders break through their limitations and achieve higher levels of success. Few have practiced, studied, and coached on the topic of leadership to the extent Mike has.

Business Radio Interviews: This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs July 8 – July 12, 2013

July 12, 2013 by angishields

This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs

July 8 – July 12, 2013

Featuring Business Radio Interviews with Executives and Entrepreneurs from our Sandy Springs Studio

Trade Show Radio

Trade Show Radio Spotlights Booth 61 with Ricky Steele at the Atlanta CEO Council Executive Reception

High Velocity Radio

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

Eugeria

Assisted Living? Assisted Choice!

Global Leader Radio

Leadership Tips for Micro & Small Business Success!

Meeting Pros Radio

Jordan Glastetter & Denise Rindsberg with Let’s Celebrate, Vanessa Parker with PinkBoss, Inc

Atlanta Business Radio

Ken Robbins with Response Mine Interactive, Steve Kapaun with TrainingPros, Perry Bell with Solar Energy USA and Brian Simon with Unishippers

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

Mr. Rooter and Veteran Entrepreneurs Clean Up

Audio Dust Jacket

Audio Dust Jacket Volume 13 Mike Hawkins

Audio Dust Jacket Volume 14 Marvin Brown

Leadership Tips for Micro & Small Business Success!

July 12, 2013 by angishields

Global Leader Radio

Leadership Tips for Micro & Small Business Success!

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In this edition of Global Leader Radio!™, we discuss the skills & leadership acumen necessary for success as a micro or small business owner. Laura Ann Hart and Veronica Maldonado joined Alvin C. Miles as in-studio guests to discuss the resources available for business owners, the importance of education to success, and the personal fulfillment of serving others!

Here are seven takeaways from our discussion:

What small businesses need is a helping hand!
When everyone takes care of their own backyard, the outcome is a great community.
Surround yourself with people that aid in your development.
Always seek more!
We are designed to be of service to others.
To be a leader is a gift!
Don’t be afraid to do the right thing, even when it’s not popular.

Listen in as Laura Ann and Veronica describe how they’ve gotten to a successful point in their careers. Add their insights, tips and resources to your leadership toolkit. Leadership IS a conversation!

Laura Ann Hart/ President, Quickie Coupons, LLC

Laura Ann Hart is a true “Georgia Girl!” Having been born and raised in the South, Laura has taken “southern hospitality and customer service” to a whole new level in her young and vibrant sales & marketing company Quickie Coupons! “First Class is Free” has been her philosophy and building blocks that she hangs her pearls on every day! Over the past 8 years Laura has sold over 40 million dollars in goods and services and continues her “Pursuit of Excellence” Vision in everything that she does.

Laura Ann created a company in a downturn market that is helping businesses survive and thrive with the simple introduction of coupons into their marketing plan. Since the beginning of Quickie Coupons Laura Ann has increased overall sales by 55% in year two and another 35% in years three and four. Quickie Coupons has consistently maintained a 94% customer retention level – all without long term contracts. In February of 2011, Quickie Coupons became an official Franchisor, with a federally registered trademark and the ability to sell franchises throughout the country. Laura is currently in the process of opening up Quickie Coupons Roswell in September of this year. Quickie Coupons was a finalist for business of the year in 2010 and 2011.

Before starting Quickie Coupons, Laura spent five years as a Top Producer with RE/MAX Unlimited where she learned the true value of helping and serving others. Under the mentoring of Pam and Gerry Rogers, Laura was able to make the transition from stay at home mom to an award winning Top Producing Agent. During her real estate career Laura helped hundreds of clients buy and sell property. Laura received the “Rookie of the Year” Award in 2005, earned the #1 Top Producing Individual Agent in 2006 & 2008, #3 Top Producing Individual Agent in 2007 and was also honored with the RE/MAX 100% Club Award four years in a row. Laura also had the privilege of writing a monthly real estate column in the local paper sharing her experiences and best “tips & tricks” on how to navigate the real estate world.

In 2012, Laura was the President of the Kennesaw Business Association (the largest non-chamber business association in the state of Georgia), a board member for the Acworth Business Association and a character education teacher at Kennesaw Mountain High School. In 2013 Laura graduated from the esteemed Leadership Cobb Program. Currently Laura serves as a director/ past president for the Kennesaw Business Association and participates in several committees dedicated to improving our local community and helping businesses grow.

Giving back and taking care of their community is a must for Laura and her family. The Hart’s have actively participated and contributed to several charity and service organizations ranging from “Shop with a Hero Programs”, Carrabba’s Culinary Cook-off, Must Ministries, Calvary Children’s Home, Hayes Elementary Food Pantry, Kilometer Kids, Northstar Church Volunteers, NJROTC, Boy scouts, One Call Foundation, Susan G Komen Breast Cancer, Northstar Couples Group Leaders, ARC (Atlanta Recovery Center / Homeless Shelter) and MDA. Teaching their children to “give back” has been a priority for both Laura and her husband Eric. Laura and Eric recently celebrated their 21^st wedding anniversary. They have three children, Joshua, Alexandria and Jeffrey and live in Acworth, Ga.

Laura received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Shorter College in 1997 and her Associates of Arts Degree in Fashion Merchandising from Bauder College in 1990. Laura holds and maintains a Georgia Real Estate Sales Person License and is certified in several areas of scuba diving.

Contact Laura: (678) 918-6961, laura@quickiecouponbook.com

Veronica Maldonado/ Program Director, Ga. Mentor Protégé Connection

Ms. Maldonado is a dynamic and versatile Latina community business leader whose voice, passion and purpose are focused on building up the human spirit, creating synergy amongst communities, and fighting for the “inalienable right” for all to progress and excel in any environment.

She is an expert in fostering strategic alliances, creating win-win negotiations and implementing effective marketing strategies that increase any brand value throughout the pipeline. She is ready to meet and exceed any challenge set before her, a quality most recently demonstrated as director of the Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection, which is a mentor protégé program—the first of its kind in the nation.

The product of hard work, determination and perseverance as well as an entrepreneurial family tree that spans generations in the U.S & Latin America, Ms. Maldonado is uniquely qualified to lead the MPC program and thereby to help provide a path to sustainability, progression, and economic growth for small business owners in Georgia.

Contact Veronica: (404) 589-4929, veronicam@georgiamentorprotegeconnection.org

Which Book Has Most Impacted Your Leadership Ability?

Laura:

Veronica:

Mr. Rooter and Veteran Entrepreneurs Clean Up

July 11, 2013 by angishields

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

Mr. Rooter and Veteran Entrepreneurs Clean Up

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Are you preparing to transition out of active duty? Do you want to have positive income and build wealth in your next career? Is quality of life for you and your family important? Are you thinking about owning a franchise but are not aware of the many choices?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, then it’s time you considered opening a Mr. Rooter franchise. Mr. Rooter can show you how to launch and grow a plumbing business, follow an established and proven system, and build an asset that you can pass onto your children or sell when the time is right.

The plumbing business is not glamorous, however, it is one of those industries that enjoys a kind of natural job security. As long as there are sinks, drains and toilets, homeowners and businesses are going to need plumbers. It’s not the kind of repair you can put off for very long. The Department of Labor lists the job prospects for plumbers as excellent.

Mr. Rooter is an all-franchised, full service plumbing and drain cleaning company with approximately 300 franchises worldwide that is consistently ranked among Entrepreneur magazine’s “Franchise 500.” You can take our franchise business systems and solutions and four decades of plumbing expertise and put them to work for you as a business owner. Our professional franchise system will help you find new customers, gain market share over local competition and take your business to a level of prosperity.

As a Mr. Rooter franchise owner, you will be equipped with marketing and public relations support, vendor rebates and incentives, and a dedicated franchise consultant to keep you on the right track. We’ll provide ongoing training in our World Class Frontline Service System, designed to give your customers the best possible experience, and our Code of Values to keep your business focused on what matters most.

Mr. Rooter is part of the Dwyer Group family of service based franchises. Leading the Service Industry is more than a statement at The Dwyer Group. It means providing the best experience for our customers and franchise owners without compromise. Simply put, we strive to be the best franchise company offering the best franchise opportunities. It’s about reaching financial and personal goals while maintaining a commitment to integrity. It’s about creating businesses that communities can look to for more than just service. There’s a reason they call us Mr.!

Thanks to Mary Kennedy Thompson, herself a Marine veteran, now president of the Mr. Rooter brand and Glenn Galles, also a veteran and an owner of two franchise brands within the Dwyer Group for describing how Mr. Rooter and Veteran Entrepreneurs Clean Up. Mary has over 20 years of experience in the franchise industry, a former franchise owner and twice chairwoman of the VetFran program as part of the International Franchise Association. Glenn has grown a significant business in the relatively small city of Hot Springs, Arkansas and has won many awards recognizing his success including multi unit franchisee of the year.

For more information about Mr. Rooter and the other Dwyer group brands, please contact Bill Williams, your host of From Boots 2 Biz Radio at bwilliams@4axxiom.com for no cost, no obligation franchise advice.

Ken Robbins with Response Mine Interactive, Steve Kapaun with TrainingPros, Perry Bell with Solar Energy USA and Brian Simon with Unishippers

July 11, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Ken Robbins with Response Mine Interactive, Steve Kapaun with TrainingPros, Perry Bell with Solar Energy USA and Brian Simon with Unishippers

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Ken Robbins/Response Mine Interactive (RMI)

Ken Robbins is the founder and president of Response Mine Interactive (RMI), an award-winning digital agency that helps clients acquire more customers using direct response digital marketing. RMI was founded in 2001 with the goal of taking hard-core direct response techniques and media optimization to Internet marketing.

For the past decade, Ken and his team have generated billions of dollars in revenue for leading brands in the B2B, healthcare, travel and home services channels. RMI is also a leader in acquiring boomers and seniors for clients. Some of the companies his agency has worked with include The Home Depot, Rooms To Go, Carter’s/Osh Kosh B’gosh, Liberty Medical, The Scooter Store, Education First Educational Tours, Maid Brigade, Terminix and formerly Staples, Travelzoo and Hallmark.

With more than 26 years of combined sales and marketing experience, Ken is a well-respected marketing guru and business strategist who has spoken at a variety of tradeshows, conferences and events.

Ken is also a sought-after marketing resource for a variety of leading industry publications. He is a contributor to the book, The Digital Media Innovation Playbook, that hit shelves in August 2011 and was featured on the cover of USA Today’s Money Section in the first article written using only Twitter. He was also quoted in the 2009 book, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business and is a guest marketing and business lecturer at Emory University and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Steve Kapaun/TrainingPros

Steve Kapaun is the Founder and President of TrainingPros. They specialize in providing learning and development consulting talent to companies when they do not have the internal expertise or capacity to design, develop and deliver training solutions that improve the performance of their employees, the organization and the business. TrainingPros unique serves local markets through local relationship managers who are, themselves, learning and development practitioners having spent 15 – 20 years in the L&D industry managing the design, development and delivery of L&D programs.

Perry Bell/Solar Energy USA

Perry Bell is President and CEO of Atlanta-based Solar Energy USA. His previous career saw him as Co-President of one of the nation’s largest replacement window companies. Recognizing an opportunity in home energy efficiency and savings via the popular ENERGY STAR window offering, Perry made a transition and started an energy focused company. Now, as the head of two energy related companies, Perry is taking the experiences learned in the home improvement world and radically changing the way home and business owners look at paying for power. Solar Energy USA, his first renewable energy venture, is a national provider of Affordable Solar Solutions and the largest residential solar company in Georgia. Net Zero USA, the most recent undertaking, exists to help others understand how energy reduction and energy production can have dramatic effects on a power bill. The term “net zero” refers to a home or building that has zero net energy consumption, or produces 100% of its own energy needs, and Net Zero USA is showing the world how great it is to be energy independent.

Brian Simon/Unishippers

Assisted Living? Assisted Choice!

July 10, 2013 by angishields

Eugeria

Assisted Living? Assisted Choice!

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Stephanie Sutton was born and raised n Medina, Ohio. She started her career in senior services at a skilled nursing facility in Ohio. A number of years ago, Stephanie moved south to be with her family in Atlanta. She took a job at an assisted living community, working both in admissions and marketing. Over the course of time, Stephanie became interested in helping families in their search to find long term care for their loved ones.

Stephanie now works for Assisted Choice, where she helps families find the best care for their loved ones every day. Assisted Choice knows that evaluating and selecting Senior Housing and Care is difficult, confusing and stressful. They have created a thoughtful, intelligent and managed process that guides families from start to finish in a seamless process. Assisted Choice removes the guess work and the unknown and empower families with knowledge and certainty, bringing confidence to their choices and decisions.

For more information, check out their website at www.assistedchoice.com, or call them at (404) 465-3500.

We want to thank Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 20 years.

Atlanta’s Cyclorama and Emerald Data Networks Featured

July 10, 2013 by angishields

Good Morning Atlanta

Atlanta's Cyclorama and Emerald Data Networks Featured

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In the first part of the podcast Host Dana Barrett is joined by Monica Prothro and Anthony Knight from Atlanta’s Cyclorama to talk about the attraction and the upcoming events there. The group talks candidly about the Civil War and roles that African Americans and others played. They also talked about the balancing act of presenting history without alienating anyone. Monica and Anthony also talked about some of the upcoming programming and encouraged Atlantans who hadn’t been in awhile to come back to Cyclorama!

In part 2 of the interview, Dana chats with the Darrell Rodgers, the President of Emerald Data Networks about his companies recent recognition at Atlanta’s 101 Best & Brightest awards, his unique and careful employee selection process and his beliefs about a positive work environment. They also discuss how Emerald Data Networks helps their customers select and implement the right technologies for their business and Darrell stressed that your technology should meet your needs in both times of growth and in tougher times.

Trade Show Radio Spotlights Booth 61 with Ricky Steele at the Atlanta CEO Council Executive Reception

July 10, 2013 by angishields

Trade Show Radio spotlights Booth 61 with Ricky Steele who was broadcasting live as Atlanta area executives gathered for an invitation-only networking event hosted by the Atlanta CEO Council at the Ritz Carlton in Buckhead on Monday, July 8, 2013.

The Atlanta CEO Council Executive Receptions are regular networking events held exclusively for invited executives. For more than 10 years, the Council Receptions are the one place to see the decision makers from growing technology companies, active investors and industry insiders.

During this event, Host Ricky Steele spoke with some of Atlanta’s top executives.

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Bob Pinckney

EvoShield

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David Rubenstein

Cresa Atlanta

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Dilip Naik

NE Technologies, Inc.

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Eric Parker and Tino Mantella

CONima Architects and TAG

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Tina O’Hailey

SCAD

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Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing

July 9, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing

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Scott Sadler/Boardwalk Capital Management

Scott Sadler is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Boardwalk Capital Management, an Atlanta, Georgia-based independent investment advisory firm specializing in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing. The firm is the Southeast’s first Certified B Corp investment management practice.

Boardwalk is focused on providing individuals and institutions with cost effective, risk-managed sustainable investment solutions, tailored to their unique values. Scott has 26+ years of investment/financial management experience, including seven years at the helm of a top-ranked global emerging markets equity mutual fund.

Scott Hitch/Burr & Forman

Scott practices in Burr & Forman’s Environmental group and works with clients in all aspects of environmental law. Scott counsels clients on business strategy, regulatory compliance, permitting, policy, transactions and resolution of disputes. Scott’s services include: land conservation, historic preservation, brownfield redevelopment, environmental remediation, corporate responsibility/sustainability and recycling and regulation of wastes. He also consults with corporations in dealing with resource allocation and regulation such as water quality and its environmental impact, air quality, greenhouse gas, climate changes and energy sources. Scott’s environmental services also include dealing with commercial real estate transactions and the entire sustainable building process.