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Episode 41: Streamlining the Book Writing Process with Win Charles

April 15, 2019 by Mike

Business Infrastructure

Episode 41: Streamlining the Book Writing Process with Win Charles

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As an energetic author, artist, podcaster, journalist, teacher and fashion designer, Win Kelly Charles cannot afford to waste time nor let a physical disability slow her down. “Just Do It!” is her response to anyone contemplating their next business move, especially aspiring authors. In this episode, Win shares the essential people and tools she relies on to streamline her book writing process. With nine published books and three in the queue, you don’t want to miss what she has to say!

Location: Aspen, Colorado USA

Show Notes:

Visit Win’s Amazon Author’s Page for a full listing of her books which include:
Dragon Naturally Speaking: mobile dictation software – sign up for a FREE trial
Siri Dictation Guide: a visual guide for using text dictation on an iPhone
Kindle Direct Publishing: Amazon’s platform to self-publish eBooks and paperbacks for free
On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft: a book by Stephen King – “Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work.”
Alicia Butler Pierre on Ask Win: Alicia’s interview on Win’s podcast
Win’s Podcasts: Ask Win, A Diary of a Fashionista, Welcome to Journalism

MARKETING MATTERS WITH RYAN SAUERS: Marcie Reif with Marcie Reif Photography

April 11, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

MARKETING MATTERS WITH RYAN SAUERS: Marcie Reif with Marcie Reif Photography

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Marcie Reif/Marcie Reif Photography

Marcie Reif is an in-demand kids, family, and commercial photographer in Atlanta, GA. In addition to running her portrait business she is also a photography educator. Marcie is the co-founder of The Photographer’s Retreat, and educational experience for female photographers, and the author of the best selling instructional resource Bringing Home the Story of the Beach. She started her professional photography career in 2010, transitioning from a hobbyist taking pictures of her own children to begin growing the Marcie Reif Photography brand into the commercial and portrait photography experience it is today. She speaks several times a year at conferences around the country leading other photographers by giving them the confidence and tools to create strong portraits of family and children, as well as motivational strategies on building their photography community. Her work has been featured countless times by industry-leading companies and has appeared in multiple highly-acclaimed magazines.

Jane Bishop/Take the Next Step

Jane Bishop, is CEO of Take the Next Step which emerged out of her passion to help others “go for their It.” She helps small business owners, entrepreneurs strengthen and align with their inner core for success by using her coaching and training skills. When you work with Jane you will experience accomplishing your “it,” and be a greater influence to those around you. Jane uses her E4U system to help clients get to the core faster to create and execute a plan for effectiveness. Jane is also a professional speaker and published author. Curious? Reach out and book a complimentary session and see where that leads.

Ryan Sauers/President of Sauers Consulting Strategies

Ryan T. Sauers has spent over 25 years leading and/or consulting with marketing, media, and related companies. He is also owner of two Our Town Gwinnett monthly magazines. Sauers is a frequent national speaker and global columnist. He serves as an adjunct university professor teaching leadership courses. Ryan is a Certified Myers Briggs, DiSC, and Emotional Intelligence practitioner. Ryan is working on his Doctoral degree in Leadership. He is author of the best-selling books Everyone is in Sales and Would You Buy from You?

Show Overview

Marketing Matters is a radio show discussing topics as they relate to marketing, communications, sales, leadership and more. Host Ryan Sauers, a best-selling author and national speaker, discusses how these topics play a role in every aspect of our lives. Each episode shares tangible nuggets of information that listeners can easily understand and apply to their everyday life, whether personal or business. The show challenges listeners’ current state of thinking so they can grow to new heights and see new opportunities in business, which is rapidly changing, multi-generational. and noisy in nature.

The Georgia Advanced Directive for Health Care

April 10, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

The Georgia Advanced Directive for Health Care

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Senior Salute Radio brings timely information to leading age Boomers and Seniors addressing the issues of aging, care-giving and maintaining quality of life. Learn from both professionals and regular people going through the process with their families.

The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm was established to serve the legal needs of senior citizens when their health care needs increase. The Firm focuses its entire practice on Asset Protection and Estate Planning matters, which encompasses the areas of Medicaid Planning, VA Benefits Planning, Special Needs Planning, and Estate Planning. Victoria Collier has grown her law practice through her personable nature and good management skills. The office is located in downtown Decatur, GA. The Firm makes house calls to those clients who are unable to come to the office. They understand that you might not be able to make it into the office, so they have no problem coming to you! Take comfort in knowing that it is the mission of Victoria Collier to support her clients in the creation of a long-term care plan for preserving assets, maximizing independence, and enhancing quality of life.

Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

April 10, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

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Todd Fine/Wintellect

Wintellect is a software development, cloud, and developer training company founded by a team of technology experts renowned in the industry, with the goal of providing the highest level of custom software development, training, and architecture expertise to their clients. Wintellect’s mission is to help customers “build better software, faster,” and to do this they have structured their company as a dedicated team of technology experts accompanied by the top tier of software engineers. Their employees have published over 30 software technology books and hundreds of articles, and along the way have won a host of accolades, including the Worldwide Microsoft Channel Partner of the Year Award in 2018. Wintellect is one of the top trainers on the Microsoft platform in the U.S., including for Microsoft itself where they train their product team developers in Seattle and around the world. On the Consulting side, Wintellect is recognized as a leader in mission critical software design and development, and continually work with major companies on large enterprise systems around the country and worldwide.

Emily Bridges/Choate Construction Company

As one of the largest general contractors in the Southeast, 100% employee-owned Choate Construction Company considers its Reputation as its number one asset, with future success founded upon the strength of its client relationships. Choate Construction excels in both base and interior construction with office locations in Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, and Savannah. Choate strives to lead the industry in financially viable, functional solutions and continually invests in the tools to do so, promoting advances in safety, virtual construction, sustainability, and risk mitigation. Please visit www.choateco.com for more information.

Episode 40: Lowering Overhead and Increasing Revenue with Forrest Tuff

April 8, 2019 by Mike

Business Infrastructure

Episode 40: Lowering Overhead and Increasing Revenue with Forrest Tuff

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“When you call yourself the CEO, you have to make hard decisions.” This is how Forrest Tuff describes the revelation that led to him redefining what success is at his film production company. In this episode, he describes the two specific actions he took to reduce overhead that radically transformed his business model. Find out how this transformation also increased his company’s operating capacity as well as competitive advantage leading to greater agility, revenue and profitability.

Special Guest: Forrest Tuff, CEO of One Vision Productions

Location: Atlanta, GA USA

Show Notes:

SBA: the Small Business Administration offering free business counseling, access to business loans, and info to secure federal government contracts.
SCORE: the Service Corps of Retired Executives offering free small business mentoring.
Sales: Easily Sell Anything To Anyone & Achieve Sales Excellence In 7 Simple Steps (Sales, Sales Techniques, Sales Management, How To Sell, Charisma): a book by Steve Gold.
Run Your Business Like a Fortune 100: 7 Principles for Boosting Profits: a book by Rosalie Lober, Ph.D.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant: a book by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

POWER PLAY: Kemper Smalley with Super Hero Fire Protection and Bryan Butterstein with Sweet Tomatoes

April 3, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

POWER PLAY: Kemper Smalley with Super Hero Fire Protection and Bryan Butterstein with Sweet Tomatoes

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Bryan Butterstein, Kemper Smalley, Kyle Peacock

Bryan Butterstein/Sweet Tomatoes

Sweet Tomatoes is known for its 50-foot salad bar, made from scratch soups, hot pastas, freshly baked breads, muffins and desserts, serving more than 25 million guests each year. Guests have the freedom to create their own, one-of-a-kind wholesome meal in a family friendly atmosphere at an everyday value. Visit Sweet Tomatoes in Atlanta with locations in Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Duluth and Kennesaw. Follow Sweet Tomatoes on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Kemper Smalley/Super Hero Fire Protection

Super Hero Fire Protection is a full-service fire protection company. They install new construction systems and inspect, service and repair existing systems. Sprinklers, Alarms, Extinguishers – Super Hero Fire Protection does it all with integrity and excellent customer service.

Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

April 3, 2019 by Mike

Case In Point

Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

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Doug Ireland/Freeland Painting & Construction

The mission at Freeland Painting is to bring excellence to their clients through home repairs. Painting, roofing, and general renovations are not a unique business but Freeland Painting & Construction intends to be unique within this industry. They believe that their customer’s fulfillment and happiness is their ultimate goal and their only assignment. They believe that only by serving their customers FIRST can they then serve their employees, suppliers, and families.

Todd Latz with GoHealth Urgent Care

April 3, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Todd Latz with GoHealth Urgent Care

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Todd Latz/GoHealth Urgent Care

GoHealth Urgent Care is one of the country’s fastest-growing and largest urgent care companies. At GoHealth Urgent Care, they provide unparalleled experiences that are effortless, personal and connected through partnerships with market-leading health systems and their communities as a whole. GoHealth Urgent Care operates over 125 urgent care centers in the greater New York metropolitan area, the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington metropolitan area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Hartford and Southeastern Connecticut, Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina, St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. GoHealth Urgent Care is a d/b/a of Access Clinical Partners, LLC, a TPG Growth portfolio company. TPG Growth is the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, which has more than $103 billion of assets under management.

Chamblee Leads the Way: Mayor Eric Clarkson

April 2, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Chamblee Leads the Way: Mayor Eric Clarkson

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Eric Clarkson/Mayor of Chamblee

Located just 14 miles from downtown Atlanta, the City of Chamblee is a vibrant urban city with a diverse community and international flair. The City began as a small rail town and was incorporated in 1908. Through multiple annexations, the City has grown to more than 7 square miles and 29,000 residents. The downtown district has experienced significant commercial development including lofts and townhomes since 2000, while maintaining its vintage buildings and architecture.

The City of Chamblee operates under a mayor and council-city manager form of government. The services provided by the City under general governmental functions include police protection, planning and development, sidewalk and curb maintenance and parks operation and maintenance. Chamblee is located in Northern DeKalb County and is bordered by Dunwoody to the northwest, Doraville to the east and Brookhaven to the southwest.

Two major interstate highways that border the City, I-285 to the north and I-85 to the southeast, provide easy roadway access to and from the City. For commuters, the roadway access is complimented by a MARTA rail station and several MARTA bus stops throughout the City. The City also is home to DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK), which is the second busiest airport in the State.

From the South’s largest collection of antiques to the extensive collection of auto dealerships, Chamblee is an exciting city to explore. Also, Chamblee’s restaurants feature cuisines from all over the world.

Whether you are resident or visitor, we hope you get a chance to Discover Chamblee!

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