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Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Rick Hewatt President of Atlanta Checker Cab Company

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Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from Atlanta, GA, USA. Here’s how to listen to the podcast of our show.
First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer.

Remember if you want a pretty comprehensive listing of all kinds of Atlanta Events including Business Networking events please check out www.AtlantaEvent.com.

Today we talked to Rick Hewatt, President of Atlanta Check Cab, Atlanta’s premier taxi cab company.

Checker Cab was founded in 1947 by Richard F. Hewatt, Sr. with the most modest beginnings, one cab. Over the next 60 years under the leadership of three generations, Richard F. Hewatt, Sr., R.F. Hewatt, Jr. and Richard C.Hewatt, the company has grown to a state of the art, 200 vehicle transportation company, serving more than 3000 passengers per day, throughout Atlanta.

Along the way Checker Cab made a point of being first.

First in Atlanta to utilize two-way communications,
First to implement computer dispatch,
First to employ alternative fueled powered cabs in the interest of the
environment,
First in providing the newest, best maintained vehicles with a fleet
featuring 75 percent Crown Victoria’s and 25 percent Vans for top of the
line comfort and reliability.
Beyond passenger transport, Checker Cab service also includes rush package delivery, corporate accounts, and the convenience of accepting major credit cards.

For more information please go to their website www.atlantacheckercab.com or to call a taxi call Atlanta Checker Cab Company at 404-351-1111
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.

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Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Joel Nunez with ImHonest.Com

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Today we talked to Joel Nunez founder of ImHonest.com. ImHONEST.com is a non-traditional lost and found service that provides identification and recovery for items of value. In addition to offering an affordable and user friendly solution for owners to proactively label and register their valuables, ImHONEST.com makes it easy for the finders of lost items to act on their honesty.

ImHONEST.com was founded in 2004 by international marketing executive Joël A.Núñez, after a frantic search for his missing wallet drove him to create a solution that rewards honesty and donates a portion of proceeds to not-for-profit organizations.

The issue of finding lost valuables is becoming growing in importance. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, the average American household now owns 26 consumer electronics products. MP3 players, digital cameras, and notebook computers – all easily lost or misplaced – are three of the top five fastest-growing product segments in the study. Unfortunately, as the number of portable electronic devices continues to grow, so too does the risk of losing them. In fact, a global survey of 900 taxi drivers by mobile devices security firm Pointsec showed that thousands of mobile phones, PDAs and laptops are forgotten in taxis every day.

Two of the most common reasons that lost items are not returned to their owners are: Inability to identify the owner of the lost item and Lack of an easy way to return the found item

The ImHONEST.com system, with its user-friendly label registration and reporting system, solves both of these issues. ImHONEST.com makes it easy for finders of lost items to return the items to their owners by providing:

Personalized labels containing a unique ID code
Choice of toll-free and online “found item” reporting
Over 4,000 drop-off locations at all of The UPS Store® locations
Pick-up service from any residence or business location
Support for international shipping of found items
A gift rewarding the finder’s honesty
For more information about Joel and his company please go to his website www.imhonest.com. And for more stories about honest people please check out his blog www.honestyblog.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.

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Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Mike Gomez with Allegro Consulting, The Business Growth Specialist

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Remember if you want a pretty comprehensive listing of all kinds of Atlanta Events including Business Networking events please check out www.atlantaevent.com.

Today we talked to Mike Gomez, Managing Partner of Allegro Consulting a growth specialty firm. Mike is a former USAF pilot and sales and program management executive with aerospace giants, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, and Lockheed where he accumulated an impressive sales record of over $4 billion.

After leaving the corporate world Mike started his consulting firm to assist mid-sized business with creating and executing growth strategies. Among his successes was guiding the growth of a $8M logistics business to $35M in just over two years.

Mike will be conducting a free seminar for business owners serious about growing their companies titled “The 10 Essential Elements of Long-Term Sustained Growth”. It will take place on Wednesday, July 16th from 7:30 to 9 AM at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center. You must RSVP to attend so please go to Mike’s website www.allegroconsultant.com and click on the Register Now link in the bottom left hand corner.

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.

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Atlanta Business Radio Interviews TrueGritz Co-Creator Grayson Daughters and Jay Hale & Jake Laughlin from AllYall.TV

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Today we talked to Jay Hale and Jake Laughlin co-founders of AllYall.tv and Grayson Daughters co-creator of True Gritz as we celebrate Southern Culture in a Web 2.0 world.

Jay and Jake created AllYall.tv to be the premier spot on the Internet for top-quality videos about the South. They are trying to corral the most original and compelling Southern video content online – from videos about your favorite hole-in-the-wall Southern eateries to content about festivals, Southern politics, sports, businesses, and more. If it makes for a great story, then they want it on video and available for all to see on AllYall.tv.
But that’s not all. AllYall.tv is also all about what YOU love about the South! They make it easy for all of their users to upload their own videos, and share them with the rest of the world. We’re totally free of charge, and our goal is to showcase not only our own original content, but to also broadcast the things our user community loves about the South.
This is a Southern-style social networking site. Everybody gets his or her own profile to customize, and everybody’s invited to the party: mingle with other members, hobnob with artists, share videos, share opinions. For more information about advertising on Jay and Jake’s new website or if you just want to stop by for a spell and visit please go to www.AllYall.TV
We also had on Grayson Daughters owner of Waysouth Media. She produces and co-stars in the web show TrueGritz .

TrueGritz is the first Southern culture variety show created exclusively for the Internet. TrueGritz brings a global audience the art of Dixie – the best the South has to offer. They endeavor to entice viewers and subscribers with a mix of low and highbrow cultural offerings – each yummy morsel chatted about, digitized and presented in short easily digestible and enjoyable bites.

When Grayson isn’t working on TrueGritz she is a thought leader in new technology. She is an experienced and thoughtful writer, Internet content developer and video/broadcast producer. She’s capable of taking media and communication projects through every stage of development and production. She has over eighteen years of news and corporate experience developing and marketing video, print, broadcast and Internet communications. To check out TrueGritz episodes please go to www.truegritz.com and to learn more about Grayson and what she is up to check out her blog www.mostlymedia.wordpress.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.

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Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Joe Blumberg, With The Men's Health and Wellness Center at St Joseph's

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Today we talked to Joe Blumberg, an active member of the Men’s Health & Wellness Center “team.” As Chair of the Advisory Board of the Center, Joe has taken the lead in establishing meaningful programs and services for men and their partners as they navigate a health care crisis. He is an advocate for men and for screening and disease prevention as men age.

Joe told us to mark our calendar and plan to join him for the First Annual Men’s Health & Wellness Expo on Saturday, June 14, 2008, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Saint Joseph’s Carroll Conference & Education Center. Download and print the Expo brochure.

This full-day community education program is free to the public and features a variety of physicians and other health care experts on health and wellness-related topics. Sessions throughout the day will explore how to prevent illness as you age and how nutrition, exercise and stress specifically affect your body’s ability to function in the areas of heart health, prostate health, digestive health, bone health and diabetes prevention.

There will be free health screenings offered throughout the day to both men and women. Screenings include: Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Blood sugar, Body Mass Index (BMI) and Bone Density. You can also get a
FREE voucher for a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test & DRE (digital rectal exam) by appointment with an Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist from Saint Joseph’s

The Men’s Health and Wellness Center at Saint Joseph’s is a comprehensive program that meets a variety of men’s needs before, during and after treatment for a health condition. As men age, they often experience low testosterone, heart and vascular disease, cancer, obesity and bone related injuries or illnesses. Good nutrition and exercise, stress reduction techniques such as yoga and meditation, and therapeutic massage can each play a vital role in helping a man regain and maintain vitality and achieve emotional and spiritual well-being.
The Center also educates and helps couples dealing with issues of sexual intimacy and communication, conditions which are exacerbated as men age and during times of illness. For more information about the Men’s Health and Wellness Center at Saint Joseph’s, contact Renee Sevy at (404) 851-5670 or rsevy@sjha.org or go to www.saintjosephsatlanta.org/menshealth

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.