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Mark Mitchell with Virtual Properties Realty and Greg Allen with A&C Consulting Group

August 13, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Mark Mitchell with Virtual Properties Realty and Greg Allen with A&C Consulting Group

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Mark Mitchell/Virtual Properties Realty

As a full time realtor in Georgia, Mark Mitchell’s passion with Virtual Properties Realty is to help you with your real estate needs and whether you are buying, selling or both, he can help you reach your goals. He enjoys working with first-time home buyers, repeat buyers, relocations and working with sellers. He is a buyer’s representative and his experience in bank-owned properties (REO’s) gives his clients the confidence to know that they are represented by a professional who understands the process and can give them the best advice. As a Seller’s Representative Specialist (SRS) and an e-Pro, he has the experience to market your home and as a technologically savvy agent, he can maximize your online exposure.

What sets Mark apart from other realtors is his experience in sales and marketing. He follows the Golden Rule when it comes to clients. He treats you the way that he likes to be treated. From the beginning of the relationship to the closing table, he keeps his promises and maintains the trust of clients. He is always proactive in solving potential problems before they arise to ensure a smooth and successful closing.

Greg Allen/A&C Consulting Group

A&C Consulting Group in an independent accountant company providing full service bookkeeping for small and medium businesses using QuickBooks, Peachtree, Quantum and other Intuit and Sage products.

President and CEO Greg Allen completed his education at Merrimack College, the number two school for accounting education in New England during the mid 80’s. Greg began his career as an accounts payable clerk advancing with each new position to Controller/CFO. He has worked for various companies in different industries such as banking, government, manufacturing, distribution, computer information technology and software firms. In 2001, Greg started A&C Consulting Group, LLC where they apply the real world knowledge they have gained working in the business arena and use that to help your company grow. Since then, the company has helped small & medium businesses get control of their finances and streamline procedures.

Henry Hardin with SCI Companies, Greta Cairns with Strategic HR Initiatives, and Bryan Nicholson and Fielding Alderman with Credible Solutionz

August 8, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Henry Hardin with SCI Companies, Greta Cairns with Strategic HR Initiatives, and Bryan Nicholson and Fielding Alderman with Credible Solutionz

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Mike Sammond, Henry Hardin, Greta Cairns, Bryan Nicholson, Fielding Alderman

Henry Hardin/SCI Companies

SCI Companies is a first in class Human Resource Provider specializing in offering solutions to help companies leverage the full potential of their human capital. SCI offers professional HR and business consultation, Human Resource Information Technology, HR administration in the areas of payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation, performance management, talent acquisition and efficient processes to help maintain compliance with both state and federal regulations. SCI’s professionals maintain expertise in all areas of Human Resources to support companies at every stage of their life cycle. SCI Companies has developed innovative services designed to allow businesses to focus on their core areas of performance in order to fully support the business goals of the organization.

Greta Cairns/Strategic HR Initiatives

Strategic HR Initiatives, LLC provides human resource consultation and services to companies that do not see the ROI for maintaining an internal HR infrastructure and/or need to augment their HR capabilities with expertise that is not core to their business. Over 45% of companies have recognized a need to reimage their HR structure to ensure more efficiency and build a workforce whose skills match their business priorities. Strategic HR Initiatives professionals are skilled in analytics, consulting, compliance and HR services that will help a company’s leadership achieve a leaner HR structure that provides more value for every dollar spent on their Human Capital.

Bryan Nicholson & Fielding Alderman/Credible Solutionz

The NUMBER ONE problem facing small businesses today, listed on the U.S. Small Business Administration website, is the lack of knowledge. The US/SBA says it’s the number one reason that over 70% of small businesses close their doors by the tenth year. The knowledge demand forces business owners to wear too many hats. Chaos, by definition, is a gaping void. The lack of knowledge is chaos!

Credible Solutionz understands chaos. Their Chaos Quotient Process is the only tool of its kind to help business owners understand exactly how chaos shows up in your business. Escape The Chaos/Small Business Re-Invention is the only business plan designed to take your small business of 1-9 employees from chaos to no chaos!

A plan for you to Escape The Chaos is now available – a plan that will restore the hope that your business can create the freedom you desire!

Tim Grizzle and Beth Hunter with Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta, Tom Cowan with Atlanta Property Management by RE/MAX Center Team Cowan, and Tal Kramer with Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage and Avalon Property Management Services

August 7, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Tim Grizzle and Beth Hunter with Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta, Tom Cowan with Atlanta Property Management by RE/MAX Center Team Cowan, and Tal Kramer with Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage and Avalon Property Management Services

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Tim Grizzle, Beth Hunter, Kate Schermerhorn, Tom Cowan, Tal Kramer

Tim Grizzle & Beth Hunter/Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta

Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta is a full service property management company based in Buford, GA that manages all aspects of rental property management for their clients. They locate and help to select the best and most reliable tenants, collect rental payments monthly, handle all repair and maintenance issues, provide inspections to all properties once a year, ensure that their clients’ properties meet or exceed all local real estate codes, handle evictions if and when necessary, provide 24/7 emergency and property update status via telephone and internet, and conveniently send monthly rental income payments to their clients’ banks of choice by way of ACH transfer. Their ability to perform all of these tasks, at a below industry average flat rate fee with no hidden charges, is what has led Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta to become one of the Atlanta area’s leading property management companies.

Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta proudly serves the northern Atlanta metropolitan area including Gwinnett, Barrow, Forsyth, Hall and North Fulton.

Tom Cowan/Atlanta Property Management by RE/MAX Center Team Cowan

Maximizing Your Rental Income While Protecting Your Investment! Atlanta Property Management of RE/MAX Center is the total solution for all of your property management needs in Atlanta. A professional and experienced property management company, Atlanta Property Management offers full service property management, tenant placement only, or eviction services. Take your pick! They will customize the services you need. They specialize in single family homes, duplexes, 4-plex’s and small apartment communities throughout the Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Let them deal with the stress and time-consuming responsibilities that come up in self managing. Their staff is equipped and trained to handle every aspect of managing properties and solving problems that may occur from time to time. This allows you – the owner – to sit back and relax while someone else is handing your rental property.

Property management services is an area best suited for the professionals who continue to stay on top of the local trends, marketing, inventory evels and laws that cover the property management enviorment.

Tal Kramer/Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage and Avalon Property Management Services

Avalon Property Management Services has owned its own rentals since the 1980’s so when Tal and Jeanette Kramer became licensed agents in 1990, it was only logical to put that experience to use by serving others with their property management needs. They serve investors and they serve owners that choose to lease rather than sell. They handle it all: market for the tenants, screen tenants, write leases, move-in/out inspections, collect rents, handle repairs and more. All you have to do is collect your monthly rent check. They take care of the rest!

Robert Bentley with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Ken Dalton with MRP Design Group and Waylee George with Eastern Data

August 7, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Robert Bentley with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Ken Dalton with MRP Design Group and Waylee George with Eastern Data

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Robert Bentley, Ken Dalton, Waylee George, Dominick Rainey

Robert Bentley/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country. Whether treating a toddler in an emergency or supporting a teen through chemotherapy treatments, they are dedicated to the care of each patient. It’s through teamwork at every level of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and with you, the family, that they are able to achieve excellence in pediatric care.

Ken Dalton/MRP Design Group

Based in Atlanta, MRP Design Group is in its 25^th year providing commercial architectural and engineering services to local and national restaurants, convenience stores and retail concepts. Tailoring their services to individual client needs, MRP Design Group has completed more than 2,000 projects both locally and across the United States.

Waylee George/Eastern Data, Inc.

Since 1997, Eastern Data, Inc. (EDI), a certified minority-owned business, has been a value-added provider of, and a trusted advisor for, building high quality customized and integrated IT systems, servers and computing solutions that are the lowest priced, offer the greatest quality and are quickly delivered to their customers from their 56,000 sq. ft. facility in Atlanta. Additionally, they offer quality IT systems and supplies from leading suppliers including HP, Microsoft, Lenovo, Intel and more.

Jim Johnson with Peachtree Interactive and Donald Brooks with Suwanee Service Station

August 6, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Jim Johnson with Peachtree Interactive and Donald Brooks with Suwanee Service Station

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Jim Johnson/Peachtree Interactive

Peachtree Interactive is an interactive advertising and marketing agency specializing in interactive media creation and publishing. They continue to lead the charge in interactive ways to do online audio and video advertising for their customers, connecting advertisers with consumers every day. They provide interactive experiences that provide high value return on your advertising investment and bottom line including the effective use of Digital Signage to provide education and advertising content for display on digital billboards such as LED, LCD and projector screens.

Donald Brooks/Suwanee Service Station

Suwanee Service Station offers comprehensive automotive services, from routine maintenance to engine replacement and everything in between. They strive to provide honest and reliable service and keep your satisfaction as their top priority.

Suwanee Service Station is a locally owned and operated car repair facility proud to call Suwanee home. They take great pride in their work and value your business. They offer robust automotive services and stand by their slogan “We Fix Everything”.

Their technicians provide prompt and fair service removing the hassle and worry from automotive repairs and maintenance. Other than transmission and engine replacement, all of their repairs come with a 3-year, 36,000 mile warranty, unless otherwise noted. You can feel confident in knowing that their service team is reliable, dependable and trustworthy. Count on Suwanee service Station for courteous and friendly service, affordable prices and reputable auto repairs.

Mani Krishnaswamy with Synergy America, Lisa Meeks with SeniorCare Options, Jamie Dempsey with Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce and Karen Backus with Avion Energy

August 6, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mani Krishnaswamy with Synergy America, Lisa Meeks with SeniorCare Options, Jamie Dempsey with Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce and Karen Backus with Avion Energy

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Mani Krishnaswamy/Synergy America

Synergy America, Inc. is a full service staffing company located in Atlanta, GA. They have 20 years of experience in the staffing industry and specialize in the fields of IT, Engineering, Finance and Accounting, Healthcare, Administrative Areas and all Professional Staffing Services. Synergy America can help fill any position, whether it’s Contract, Contract to Permanent or a Permanent Position. They have highly trained recruiters and staffing experts getting superior results by focusing within one area of expertise. Their passion at Synergy America is finding the right person for the right job.

Lisa Meeks/SeniorCare Options

Lisa Meeks is the CEO and Geriatric Care Manager with SeniorCare Options. Part clinical case manager and part “daughter for hire”, Geriatric Care Managers impart advocacy, quality of life and independence for an aging loved one. Call it the “golden rule”, “karma” or “paying it forward”, they care and champion for older adults and their families in a way we would all want to be treated as we age. With changes in the family dynamics, increasing caregiver responsibilities, fragmented healthcare and a desire for cost containment, as well as the need for generalized person-centered support for all involved, they create a specific plan, tasks and a focus to reduce the chaos surrounding senior care needs. Ask how they can help!

Jamie Dempsey/Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce (GECC) has a slogan of “Where Business and Community Meet”… and that is something they take very seriously. When the business community of an area is healthy, it spreads health into the community at large, creating jobs, raising housing prices, strengthening the local economy and creating a better place for people to live, work and play. GECC is very involved in continuing business education and philanthropy throughout the cities of Loganville, Snellville and Grayson, and has been a binding force for the three cities since 2004.

Karen Backus/Avion Energy

Avion Energy seeks commercial consumers to offer them savings from 46 energy providers that are licensed either in electric or natural gas as determined by how their state is deregulated. General savings range from 5 – 30% and in some cases over 50% simply because people do not read their contracts. They offer this service at no cost or obligation and they retain a 98% renewal rate once they land prospects as clients. They are paid by the provider once the contracts are in place.

Bill Harrison with Coleman Allied Moving Services and Leonard Millsaps with Minuteman Press of Snellville

July 31, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Bill Harrison with Coleman Allied Moving Services and Leonard Millsaps with Minuteman Press of Snellville

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Bill Harrison, Kate Schermerhorn, Leonard Millsaps

Bill Harrison/Coleman Allied Moving Services

As movers since 1914, Coleman Allied has an expertise in transportation and storage services that is unequaled by other moving companies. At Coleman Allied can coordinate local, long distance and international moves that incorporate all the necessary moving services to best serve your individual move. In addition, they offer their commercial clients a wide array of specialized transportation services for high-value products. They are committed to safe, simple moving experiences for families, businesses and employees.

Leonard Millsaps/Minuteman Press of Snellville

Minuteman Press of Snellville believes that your business is their business and that if you succeed, they succeed. That philosophy is at the center of everything they do. It is why they work hard to deliver the highest-quality products and services on time and within budget. It is why they strive to provide all of their customers with first-class service each and every day.

Their mission is to provide you with the highest-quality products and services possible in a timely fashion and at a competitive price. They promise to listen to you and help you achieve your business goals. They will always be there with honest, expert advice and quick, friendly customer service. Their goal is to meet and exceed your expectations.

Fred Elsberry with Better Business Bureau, David Geller with GV Financial Advisors and Greg Galvez with PROSHRED Security

July 31, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Fred Elsberry with Better Business Bureau, David Geller with GV Financial Advisors and Greg Galvez with PROSHRED Security

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Dominick Rainey, David Geller, Fred Elsberry, Greg Galvez, Nikole Toptas

Fred Elsberry/Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau’s vision is a marketplace where buyers and sellers can trust each other. They want to be a leader in advancing marketplace trust. The BBB of Metro Atlanta, Athens and NE Georgia is a standards-based organization and is one of five BBB’s in the state of Georgia and 113 BBB’s in North America. They are one of the largest BBB’s and provide pre-purchase information to the public, rating companies from A to F. They handle over 50,000 complaints each year (over 80% are resolved) and receive over three-million inquiries on their web site. The BBB reviews charities against their standards, they offer mediation/arbitration services where they believe it is necessary to resolve an issue between a consumer and a company, they do ad reviews and investigations on practices that need attention, and they invest a great deal of time and resources to consumer education.

David Geller/GV Financial Advisors

Since 1991, GV Financial Advisors, one of Atlanta’s leading wealth management firms, has worked to find ways to help its clients enhance their lives by helping them better manage their money and mindsets. Led by CEO David Geller, eight senior advisors and partners, and more than 40 dedicated professionals, GV Financial believes that its clients can, and should, use their wealth to create the life they desire. GV Financial Advisor’s Guided Wealth Transformation process includes more than 40 tools to help clients overcome the five barriers that often prevent them from effectively using their wealth to build a more satisfying life.

Greg Galvez/PROSHRED Security

PROSHRED Security is a customer service and security focused mobile shredding company, providing the most secure on-site document and hard-drive shredding services available, to safeguard private information, maintain legislative compliance and protect public image.

With more than 25 years building trusted relationships, unmatched mobile paper shredding expertise and a rigorous commitment to ISO 9001 and NAID AAA quality standards, PROSHRED Security offers a proven and effective system that certifies the shredding of confidential documents and electronic data storage devices “at your door”.

As a locally owned and nationally operated network of mobile shredding companies, all PROSHRED Security operators combine unparalleled customer service with absolute document security for business, home office and residential customers.

DeBrandon White with ATLiance and Sonny Fisher with Mahala

July 30, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

DeBrandon White with ATLiance and Sonny Fisher with Mahala

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Randy Hicks, DeBrandon White, Sonny Fisher

DeBrandon White/ATLiance

ATLiance is a “one stop shop” strategic marketing and branding firm specializing in content management, distribution, and monetization through cutting edge multimedia and entertainment technology. The main focus for ATLiance is to become a liaison between independent artists/labels and the distribution outlets by developing and building value in the artists to establish more leverage in the negotiations with the major labels and distributors.

Sonny Fisher/Mahala

Mahala was formed in Atlanta in 2012 by retail technology expert Sonny Fisher, one of the youngest CEOs to list a company on the South African stock exchange. With Mahala’s secure mobile payments, merchants, content owners and nonprofits can finally accept money anywhere – without installing card readers or being charged fees. Consumers simply scan Mahala’s secure QR codes with their phones to complete transactions. The S-QR enables payments without forcing buyers to another site to pay. It turns content into cash. And calls to action into transactions.