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Michael Moon with Tilted Kilt Mall of Georgia, Jeanne’ Smith with Ultra Touch Cleaning and Lisa Campbell with Emergency Flood Services, Inc.

June 25, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Michael Moon with Tilted Kilt Mall of Georgia, Jeanne' Smith with Ultra Touch Cleaning and Lisa Campbell with Emergency Flood Services, Inc.

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Randy Hicks, Michael Moon, Lisa Campbell, Dennis Bonin, Jeanne’ Smith

Michael Moon/Tilted Kilt Mall of Georgia

Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery is “the best looking sports pub you’ve ever seen”! Tilted Kilt is more than just a restaurant and so much more than a sports bar. Their fun, festive atmosphere makes Tilted Kilt the place to go to watch sports, enjoy a cold beer and hang out with friends.

Jeanne’ Smith/Ultra Touch Cleaning

Ultra Touch Cleaning provides residential and commercial turnkey cleaning, with 20 years experience in the cleaning industry. They are “not afraid to clean anything”!

Lisa Campbell/Emergency Flood Services, Inc. (EFSI)

Emergency Flood Services, Inc. (EFSI Restoration and Construction) is your one-call resource for water, fire and storm clean-up and restoration. Established in 1996, and local in Gwinnett, EFSI is a full service restoration and construction company providing comprehensive damage assessments utilizing industry standard software, Xactimate. As a preferred contractor with major insurance companies in the metropolitan Atlanta and North Georgia areas, EFSI is experienced in processing client claims and dedicated to quality work and complete customer satisfaction. Whether you are in need of a one-call resource for disaster clean-up and restoration, or you wish to add value to your home with improvements, EFSI can do it all. Trust them for rapid response, reliability, quality workmanship, attention to detail and fair pricing. They are a State of Georgia licensed general contractor, fully insured, Institute of Inspection, Cleaning & Restoration/CleanTrust Certified and EPA Lead Safe Certified.

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (June 20, 2013)

June 20, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (June 20, 2013)

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Michelle Anderson, Amy Fitzpatrick, Theresa Conklin, Stacey Gross, Jeanne’ Smith, Marie Fratoni

Michelle Anderson/DateNightATL

Are you stuck in the same tired routine and so overworked that you can’t find time or energy to plan a special night with the one you love? It’s your anniversary… her birthday… his big promotion… or you just want an evening out. Where do you start?

That’s where DateNightATL comes in! They specialize in tailoring an evening (or two) for you. They make it simple: You pick the date, they’ll plan the night. DateNightATL plans date nights and special occasions for busy couples.

Amy Fitzpatrick/Gulf Coast Grill

Gulf Coast Grill is a family friendly restaurant with a beach feel serving up great fresh seafood, oysters shucked to order, drinks and music. They have a full bar, kids play area and live music on the weekends.

Marie Fratoni/Get Clients Everywhere

Get Clients Everywhere is a comprehensive, innovative and fun coaching program that helps shy business owners become confident, savvy, and systematically find clients, make money and be successful.

Hosted by women business owners and featuring other women business owners and executives, LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success is hosted by Theresa Conklin with Pinnacle Custom Signs, Stacey Gross with Favorite Place Travel and Jeanne’ Smith with Ultra Touch Cleaning.

Tim Grizzle and Beth Hunter with Real Property Management Executives, Hugo Zamora with American Family Insurance and Annette Bates with Piedmont CASA

June 19, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Tim Grizzle and Beth Hunter with Real Property Management Executives, Hugo Zamora with American Family Insurance and Annette Bates with Piedmont CASA

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Tim Grizzle, Beth Hunter, Hugo Zamora, Annette Bates, Kate Schermerhorn

Tim Grizzle and 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.

Hugo Zamora/American Family Insurance

For more than 80 years, American Family Insurance has given its customers peace of mind by making their insurance experience easy and convenient. Their caring agents strive hard to meet customers’ unique needs by offering just the right mix of American Family’s auto, home, life, umbrella, business, health and farm & ranch insurance, as well as retirement products.

As your American Family Insurance agent, Hugo Zamora believes there’s more to insurance than the policy itself. It’s about providing dependable protection and service. That’s why earning your trust is his policy.

Annette Bates/Piedmont CASA

Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) trains and supports community volunteers who advocate in Juvenile Court for children in foster care. These children need someone to speak for them in the areas of their lives where the children’s voices need to be heard.

Steve Damerow with Loyaltyworks, Jeff Greene with Greene Worldwide Transportation and Randy Hicks with Meridian Star Merchant Services

June 19, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Steve Damerow with Loyaltyworks, Jeff Greene with Greene Worldwide Transportation and Randy Hicks with Meridian Star Merchant Services

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Steve Damerow, Jeff Greene, Dominick Rainey, Randy Hicks

Steve Damerow/Loyaltyworks

Loyaltyworks is a 35 year-old debt-free employee managed award winning technology firm based in Atlanta whose cloud based platform helps companies manage multiple employee and sales loyalty or incentive programs simultaneously. The company has 40 employees and has been awarded Inc 5000 and Best and Brightest Place to Work by National Association of Business Resources.

Getting maximum impact, Loyaltyworks creates and manages full-service incentive, loyalty and reward solutions that maximize the impact of the people and relationships that drive your business results.

Jeff Greene/Greene Worldwide Transportation

Greene Worldwide Transportation (formerly Greene Classic Limousines) is the number one rated limousine company in Atlanta and is recognized worldwide. They feature new vehicles, online reservations and 24/7 service.

Randy Hicks/Meridian Star Merchant Services

Run your business without it running you. Having value is one thing, but adding value is another. Meridian Star Merchant Services is more than an electronic payment processing company – they are a team. Every step of the way, they are committed to your company’s success by focusing on delivering the best products and services. It’s a perfect partnership.

Meridian Star’s fast and cost-efficient payment processing options will increase your bottom line. You make the sales and they handle the rest. Helping you increase your profitability is their goal.

They are one of the most important business partners you will ever have. Their electronic payment processing solutions, savings, security and settlement options have propelled them to the top of the industry. Meridian Star is a full-service company offering equipment sales, leasing, rental and financing programs, and their user-friendly equipment ensures swift transmissions. Through their strategic alliances with some of the largest FDIC insured settlement banks and transaction processing networks in the country, your business benefits from having the powerhouses of the electronic merchant banking industry at your service.

At Meridian Star, their payment processing systems are a lifeline for any business, large or small. They provide each and every customer with a payment processing system that fits their requirements. Their processing specialists will design and implement a customized system that will enable you to achieve efficient point-of-sale transactions and rapid settlements. Meridian Star’s team of specialists combine the knowledge of consumer habits with expertise in electronic processing to develop a streamlined system for every business.

If your company already accepts plastic payments, they will provide you with a free analysis of your current statement to lower your overall processing costs. Their competitive pricing includes state-of –the art technologies, customer support and an account or a specialist. Together, they can help you run your business without it running you.

Calvin Koon with Southern Cal Flooring and Keith Nabb with Affordable Medicare Solutions

June 18, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Calvin Koon with Southern Cal Flooring and Keith Nabb with Affordable Medicare Solutions

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Randy Hicks, Calvin Koon, Keith Nabb, Dennis Bonin

Calvin Koon/Southern Cal Flooring

Southern Cal Flooring is a full service flooring company for commercial and residential properties. Guided by over thirty years of ‘hands on’ experience, Southern Cal Flooring can furnish and install hardwoods, carpeting, ceramic tile, natural stone, laminate, bamboo and many others. Southern Cal Flooring specializes in the true ‘dustless refinishing’ of your hardwoods and stairs. If you’re looking for “Affordable Excellence” in floor covering, you’re looking for Southern Cal Flooring. Call Cal!

Keith Nabb/Affordable Medicare Solutions

Affordable Medicare Solutions is the premier source in North Georgia for Medicare planning. Their staff of seven will educate you on the parts of Medicare, Medicare Supplements & Advantage plans as well as Part D Rx coverage choices. They are experts in senior plans, plans for the disabled, and special needs plans. Their services are always at no charge to you.

They are unbiased and represent all of the major insurers and partners for Medicare plans. They use the Medicare.GOV website to begin a search analysis of your plan choices. Then they narrow that list based on your preferences for providers, access, out of pocket costs and Rx coverage. This expert guidance truly makes a daunting task very easy on the consumer.

Spend a half hour with them each year and you will have the best planning and peace of mind.

Rodney Peters with Because We Care, Ana Marie Roesch with George & Schwartz Contracting and Gary Lewis with Carrington Mortgage Services

June 12, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Rodney Peters with Because We Care, Ana Marie Roesch with George & Schwartz Contracting and Gary Lewis with Carrington Mortgage Services

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Rodney Peters, Kate Schermerhorn, Ana Marie Rousch, Gary Lewis

Rodney Peters/Because We Care

Because We Care has been providing In-Home Private Duty Home Care to the senior community since April 2004. Their services include personal and companion care. Their job is to meet the client’s needs with the right caregiver so that the family’s loved one can remain at home for as long as possible. They assist a family member with the activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, transferring, feeding, grooming and toileting. They also prepare meals, provide light housekeeping, medication reminders and run errands.

The caregivers are carefully chosen for the client’s needs. Families use Because We Care on an hourly or a live-in basis anywhere from 3 hours per day to 24/7. For more information, visit their website http://becausewecare.net/ or contact their office at 770-385-0300.

Ana Marie Roesch/George & Schwartz Contracting

George & Schwartz is an Atlanta based contracting company that provides many services in demand by the commericial and property management industry as well as single family homes. With over forty years of experience in the contracting business, they have the experience and resources to get virtually any job completed on time and on budget. They have a Commercial Division that is highly skilled in the pressure cleaning of parking decks, garages and high rise office buildings and industrial buildings. Additionally they have a full service Residential Division that caters to apartment communities, condominium associations and subdivisions. You will find that they are fiercely competitive! Their experience gives them the edge over the competition.

Gary Lewis/Carrington Mortgage Services

Carrington Mortgage Services is a full-service direct lender. This means Carrington is not a broker but closes with their own money and sells the paper to Fannie or Freddie. Carrington is very strong with FHA and securitizes bulks on behalf of FHA.

Their customers are real estate agents and borrowers buying or refinancing. What is important to them is their company has engineered the mortgage process and has the process fine tuned to care for each loan individually.

Ken Kingery with Mosaic Corporation, Steve Budde with Promozation and Gary Lewis with Carrington Mortgage Services

June 12, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Ken Kingery with Mosaic Corporation, Steve Budde with Promozation and Gary Lewis with Carrington Mortgage Services

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Ken Kingery, Steve Budde, Dominick Rainey, Gary Lewis

Ken Kingery/Mosaic Corporation

Mosaic Corporation is an Atlanta based company that focuses exclusively on paperless document and content management solutions. They specialize in the transition from “paper based” (manual) work processes to more efficient “paperless” operation with the overall goal of improving business results. Their success stems from an understanding of cultural adoption challenges and their ability to bridge to new and improved methods of operation through education, training and practical application.

Their competency also reaches into a wide variety of general business applications for imaging including accounting, HR, Operations and much more. They also provide customized solutions for many segments. Visit Mosaic “Industry Solutions” on their website http://www.mosaiccorp.com/ for information relating to key vertical markets benefiting from their experience.

Steve Budde/Promozation

Promozation is a promotional products distributor connecting companies to promotional products. The focus of Promozation is to serve as a one-stop shop for businesses looking to promote their company name/brand. They offer a wide variety of promotional items to fit the needs of companies any size.

From pens to polos, Promozation has you covered. Their website http://promozation.com/ contains thousands products that can be customized with your logo. If you can dream it, they can brand it!

Gary Lewis/Carrington Mortgage Services

Bruce Jackson and Scott Allen with Johnny’s New York Style Pizza and Kristina Insley with First National Insurance Group

June 11, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Bruce Jackson and Scott Allen with Johnny's New York Style Pizza and Kristina Insley with First National Insurance Group

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Partners For Success is hosted by Dennis Bonin and Randy Hicks with Meridian Star Merchant Services.

Randy Hicks, Scott Allen, Kristina Insley, Bruce Jackson, Dennis Bonin

Bruce Jackson & Scott Allen/Johnny’s New York Style Pizza

Johnny’s Pizza Franchise Systems sells and oversees the operation of family type sit-down pizza restaurants in eight states. They have been in business in the Atlanta market since 1977. They started in the pizza business in Syracuse, NY in 1971. In 1995, they started Johnny’s Pizza Franchise Systems and sold their first franchise in 1996.

Kristina Insley/First National Insurance Group

First National Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency representing lots of carriers including Amtrust, Travelers, Auto Owners, Donegal, Hartford, Zurich, Philadelphia, Berkshire, Infinity and many more. The agency has been in Gwinnett County for 18 years and the Principal is a Dave Ramsey endorsed local provider. The agency is active in the community with employees involved with Kiwanis, Rotary, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Apartment Association and BNI.

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (June 6, 2013)

June 6, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (June 6, 2013)

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Mary LaMont, Stacey Gross, Jeanne’ Smith, Sherry Shelley, Theresa Conklin, Lisa Lee, Lenise Williams

Lenise Williams/Crimson Academy Preparatory

Crimson Academy Preparatory is a small private Christian child care and accelerated preschool. They love, educate and encourage children emotionally, spiritually and intellectually.

Mary Lamont/First Fitness Nutrition

First Fitness Nutrition is a 24 year old Dallas-based weight loss and health & wellness company. Their products are all natural, safe and effective, recommended by doctors and 100% guaranteed. People will see real results including dramatic weight and lifestyle changes.

Sherry Shelley/Encore Events & Entertainment

Encore Events & Entertainment is a full-service event planning company specializing in weddings, casino parties, bar/bat Mitvahs, corporate parties, themed parties, team building, family reunions and entertainment.

Lisa Lee/Luv-a-Bowl

Luv-a-Bowl owner Lisa Lee is delighted to bring delicious and super nutritious acai bowls and smoothies to the Johns Creek community. Their bowls are made with all of the good, none of the bad, and satisfy cravings for healthy food that tastes really good! Luv-a-Bowl is that place to come to enjoy delicious, one-of-a kind acai bowls, as well as to experience a range of products to help you look and feel better! Drop by to try out a great bowl you will love!

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success is hosted by Jeanne’ Smith (Ultra Touch Cleaning), Stacey Gross (Favorite Place Travel) and Theresa Conklin (Pinnacle Custom Signs). Highlighting women business owners and the companies they run, Lucrative Ladies gives a ”voice” to the women leaders in our business community.