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Antonio Thornton from Money Mouth Marketing with Roshawnna Novellus and Tanya Edwards

March 24, 2015 by angishields

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Antonio Thornton from Money Mouth Marketing with Roshawnna Novellus and Tanya Edwards

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Antonio Thornton / Money Mouth Marketing

Since the ripe young age of 13, selling candy in the eighth grade, Antonio has been a serial entrepreneur and run several successful businesses including a magazine, music production studio, and IT firm. He openly admits that of all the businesses he’s run, he was never the best at what he did, but like Microsoft, he was the best at marketing.

Through his books/products, coaching and speaking, Antonio has helped over 2,500 companies achieve massive success. Antonio’s unique and highly effective approach to marketing comes from his background in Psychology and the study of Human Behavior.

He’s written three books on marketing and currently is VP of marketing and business development for Money Mouth Marketing, a marketing consulting firm based in Atlanta Georgia. Money Mouth Marketing’s proprietary 4 Core methodology delivers rapid results for their clients. They’re proud to be the only marketing firm in Georgia to guarantee a 3X minimum return on investment for their clients.

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Roshawnna Novellus / Novellus Financial

Roshawnna Novellus believes that you should lead your life on purpose. She believes that you can have the lifestyle of your dreams if you let her guide you. Roshawnna helps people that are drowning in clutter, overscheduled, overwhelmed, always rushing, losing sleep, and constantly under pressure. She believes that finances don’t have to be stressful, and that solid financial strategy is the key to successfully reaching your business goals.

Roshawnna loves working with driven, ambitious, forward thinking entrepreneurs and professionals who are looking for the extra push for financial stability. The people that she helps range from those who want to understand finances to families who are determined to leave a solid financial legacy. She is diligent about helping hardworking professionals who have fallen behind on taxes and who are stressed about notices, fees, levies, liens and seizures, and is passionate about helping businesses and individuals resolve their problems with the IRS so that they can relieve stress and get back to focusing on what they do best.

Providing a unique, holistic approach that includes finance, analytics and yoga, Roshawnna creates strategic financial strategies for each individual situation. To take your financial hassles away, she provides Concierge Financial Audit, Concierge Tax Preparation, Concierge Tax Resolution and Business Financial Strategy.

Roshawnna prides herself on creating a personable and friendly experience for her clients and is available to respond to client questions. She makes the process of reaching your financial goals as simple as possible.

Educational Background:

Roshawnna Novellus holds a Doctorate of Science in Systems Engineering, with a minor in Finance from George Washington University, a Master’s of Science in Information Technology emphasizing Information Systems Engineering, a Bachelor’s of Arts in Business Management Economics, and a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Engineering, achieving Summa Cum Laude in each.

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Tanya Edwards / Optimum Living Consultants

Tanya Edwards is a firm believer in following your passions. With over 30 years in the field of holistic/alternative medicine she realized that no matter how much you focus on the health of the physical body, if the mental and emotional body’s are not healthy then the physical will not be either. She has, over the past few years, turned her focus to Life Coaching, emphasizing on Holistic Wellness and helping others to achieve and be who they choose to be.

Whether it’s overcoming fears, addictions, smoking cessation, trauma, relationships, achieving goals or creating life purpose, Tanya helps her clients remove the mental and emotional blockages that have prevented them from achieving mental, emotional,physical and/or financial success by utilizing hypnotherapy.

In the business and corporate arena, she uses her entrepreneurial background in conjunction with her coaching skills to help overcome the barriers of confidence, fear of public speaking or achieving sales goals. She has worked with large corporations in creating corporate wellness programs, such as lunch and learns, health fairs and onsite workshops.

Her specialties include: Life coaching, wellness, social media, marketing, newsletter writing, holistic practitioner, detoxification, cleansing, herbal line creation, coordinating and running workshops, creating health fairs, corporate/employee wellness fairs and lunch and learns.

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Kent Gregoire with EcoPlay Playgrounds and Sally Williamson with Sally Williamson and Associates

March 17, 2015 by angishields

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Kent Gregoire with EcoPlay Playgrounds and Sally Williamson with Sally Williamson and Associates

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Kent Gregoire / EcoPlay Playgrounds from Safeplay Systems

EcoPlay^®Playgrounds from Safeplay Systems manufacturers commercial playground equipment, and during March 2014 Kent Gregoire became owner and serves as its CEO.

Kent Gregoire has dedicated his career as an entrepreneur where he has served as founder and CEO of a gazillion companies and transitioning them into rapid-growth. Having been the founder and lead stakeholder of more than a dozen organizations including a highly successful multi-division national software design and development company, he is well aware of the complexity of day-to-day operations. His expertise is in sales and marketing, with an emphasis on business development and channel sales.

EcoPlay Playgrounds from Safeplay Systems, based in Marietta, Georgia, was founded in 1989 –celebrating 25 years in business. The company custom-designs, manufactures, fabricates, builds and installs EcoPlay Playgrounds – made from post-consumer, recycled HDPE plastic (milk jugs). Target markets for these commercial-grade playgrounds include residential multi-housing communities, churches, preschool/daycare centers, parks, schools and government installations such as military base housing.

EcoPlay Playgrounds are impermeable to water, cannot be eaten by insects, never need painting or sealing, and won’t splinter, crack, rust or swell. EcoPlay Playgrounds do not use any PVC, making them Phthalate-Free; and they meet and/or exceed standards set by CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission), ASTM (American Standards for Testing and Materials), and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). EcoPlay Playgrounds products are certified by IPEMA (International Playground Equipment Manufacturers Association). In addition, installations are supervised by a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) to assure compliance with all safety codes.

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Sally Williamson / Sally Williamson & Associates

Sally is a leading resource for improving the impact of spoken communication and executive presence. She is a nearly thirty-year veteran of developing key messages and coaching executives to deliver them effectively. As President and founder of Sally Williamson & Associates, Sally specializes in executive coaching and developing custom workshops for groups that focus on improving spoken communication skills, ranging from formal presentations to everyday communication, as well as selling situations.

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Buddy Hull of TAB Atlanta East with Howard Krinsky and Soraya Rouchdi

March 10, 2015 by angishields

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Buddy Hull of TAB Atlanta East with Howard Krinsky and Soraya Rouchdi

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Buddy Hull / TAB Atlanta East

For over 20 years, Buddy has worked in and around the small business community with great success and impact. After graduating from the University of Tennessee in 1981 with a degree in Marketing, Buddy began his career as the assistant manager for a local steak house restaurant in Knoxville, Tennessee. By 1984, annual sales had surpassed $2 million, and Buddy had progressed to Manager, responsible for all operational aspects of the business. This included hiring and scheduling, forecasting daily sales volumes, purchasing and achieving target food costs. In 1984, Buddy joined the newly formed BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corporation as a yellow pages sales representative in the South Georgia territory. In 1986 he was brought into the Marketing organization and helped build the competitive strategy for the newly competitive directory publishing business.

Throughout the late 1980’s and 1990’s Buddy pioneered and delivered programs designed to help small businesses sell, market and manage their businesses more effectively. The programs included practical sales training for telephone and outside sales representatives, how to build a winning sales team, bringing a customer service culture into the small business, basics of forecasting and budgeting, and strategic and competitive planning.

After completing his Master’s of Business Degree in 1997 from Georgia State University’s Executive MBA program, Buddy joined IBM’s Information Services group as a Global Solutions Executive. He was fortunate to work internationally in the emerging mobile information industry with such giants as Nokia, Ericssen and Lucent Technologies. Working on a global team with partners in Australia, Finland, Great Britain and customers in Scandanavia, Germany, France, Iceland and the Phillipines gave him perspective on the potential impact of mobile and wireless technology on businesses both large and small.

In late 1999, Buddy was recruited back to BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corporation as Director of Marketing for the almost $2 billion print and online yellow pages business. Buddy drove investment strategy for the print yellow pages business which included new product development, a greater focus on competitive strategy and planning, innovative solutions for the growing spanish language market and expansion into new markets with an integrated print/electronic product portfolio. By 2007, the leadership team of which Buddy was a part had led BellSouth had led the industry for 4 consecutive years with consistent growth in an industry that was in decline. At the purchase of BellSouth by AT&T, Buddy was promoted to Executi ve of Marketing, and he served in that position until his retirement in 2008.

In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Buddy has also owned and run a small real estate investment and property management business for the last 7 years. He is married with two children and lives in the Brookhaven area of Atlanta.

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Howard Krinsky / Binders Art Supplies and Frames

Howard is an Atlanta native and is President and passionate owner of Binders Art Supplies & Frames, a 60 year old Atlanta based independent art supply retailer with stores located in Atlanta, GA. and Charlotte NC. He has been in the industry since 1982. Howard serves on the board of the National Art Materials Trade Association (NAMTA) and is currently its President Elect. Howard also serves as Chair of the Jay Shapiro Arts Legacy Foundation, a non -profit organization committed to removing barriers for graduating high school seniors wishing to pursue a continued education in fine arts.

Howard is married and father to twin girls, as well as a crazy dog.He is reminded in business everyday of a quote once said by Comedian Steven Wright: “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving is probably not for you.”

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Soraya Rouchdi / Little Davinci International School

Soraya Rouchdi is a passionate professional, a certified preschool director and entrepreneur. She experienced the importance of languages, travels and multicultural awareness in her early age. The valuable exposure tobilingual environment and various cultures and countries allowed her to speak four languages fluently. Soraya enjoyed living and studying in France, Italy, North Africa, and the United States. Soraya pursued her college education in Paris and Lille (France), where she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Lille III University.

Soraya moved to the United States from the French Riviera in 1998. Her objective with her husband was to raise international children, open minded and tolerant, while developing their multicultural and multilingual spirit in an era of globalization. In order to maintain her children’s exposure to the French language and culture, Soraya developed a new concept and program adapted to their needs. She also implemented it with different groups of native and non-native speaking children. Her thorough research related to public and private school systems in Atlanta and France, in addition to her cooperation with different curriculum and educational material specialists, led to the creation and elaboration of the Little Da Vinci International School approach of learning.

Soraya started her career as a Financial Advisor with Fleming Finance Holdings in Paris (currently JP Morgan), where she built and managed new accounts portfolio. In 2001, she joined Ahlstrom Paper Group in Atlanta where she managed the supply chain for strategic accounts ($12M revenue/year) in the label and packaging industry. Soraya enjoyed working in an international atmosphere where she could use her multilingual skills, and commitment to excellence.

Soraya is an active PTA member in the schools where her children attend; she is also an elected board member of Ridgeview Charter School, and a Parent Chair of the science and math text book committee. In addition to her volunteering and home schooling activities, Soraya enjoys spending quality time with her family. She likes cooking international meals, reading, listening to world music, meeting friends and Jazzercise.

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Tom Cramer with The Brain Trust

March 3, 2015 by angishields

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Tom Cramer with The Brain Trust

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Tom Cramer / The Brain Trust

Tom Cramer graduated with honors from Michigan State University and started the first of 7 companies when he was 25 years old. As an entrepreneur, Tom has authored and executed business plans for companies he started in such diverse industries as export trade (American Business Overseas, Inc.), computer software (Boris Systems, Inc.), television direct response marketing (Cramer Enterprises, Inc.), retail distribution (Hot Glove, Inc.), consulting (The Brain Trust) and Internet Publishing (Wisie, Inc.).

Most recently Tom co-founded Interactive Assets, Inc., a holding company for internet businesses. Their mission is to create, acquire and partner with companies that allow interactive content to be a daily part of your life, providing inspiration and entertainment for all ages.

As founder and Chairman of The Brain Trust, Tom currently provides a forum for CEO’s to escape the isolation of being the top person at their company and share their problems, challenges and solutions confidentially with a select group of chief executives….all with bright, experienced minds who are interested in helping each other learn and grow and make good decisions. Members get honest, real life, battle scarred information …. avoid making mistakes others have made by exposing themselves to the priceless insight that only peers can offer one another.

Tom is a 4-time All American athlete and an honors graduate of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, with a BA in Marketing. A native of Essexville, Michigan, he enjoys reading, golfing and parenting. He resides in Woodstock, Georgia, and is most proud of his role as father to his 30 year old daughter, Kacy, 25 year old son, Steven, 23 year old stepdaughter, Brittany, and as mentor to 26 year old Ben Marchuk.

Desiree Scales Interviews Carlton Smith About Search Engine Optimization

May 27, 2014 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Desiree Scales Interviews Carlton Smith About Search Engine Optimization

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Carlton Smith

Carlton Smith has been focused solely on web since 2000, and has been an internet marketing consultant since 2007.

Career

Internet Consultant to businesses in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, & New Jersey, and Tennessee
Director of E-Commerce, International Expeditions
Senior Editor, Search Engine Optimization, Time Inc.
Travel Editor, Time Inc.
Concept Writer & Editor, Hecklers.com (RIP), Birmingham, AL
Senior Editor, Vulcan Publications
Stringer and Fact-Checker, The Sunday Times, London, UK
Arts & Entertainment Editor, Vail Trail (RIP), Vail, CO

Accomplishments

Exceeded web-enabled revenue by 30% and online bookings by 34% in 2013 with aggressive strategy of SEO, SEM, PPC, and Emarketing
Increased organic search referrals by 20%, leading SEO campaign leveraging custom web content from freelance writers.
Exceeded organic search traffic +19% in FY12 with aggressive SEO campaign.
Launched and project managed Drupal website redesign, hiring external vendors and project managing.
Launched online travel portal aggregating content from Southern Living, Sunset, Coastal Living, Cottage Living, and Southern Accents magazines.
Led advertising partnership with travel portal website, 10Best.com.
Member of team that won: Society of American Travel Writers Lowell Thomas Award; SouthernLiving.com “Byways of the South” web-exclusive feature, 2007 and Honored with the Webby Awards Honorable Mention—“Best Site Redesign” SouthernLiving.com, 2006

Find Carlton at www.flagstonesearchmarketing.com/

Chevon Hines – Founder of Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization at GSU

May 30, 2012 by angishields

BRX National

Chevon Hines - Founder of Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization at GSU

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In today’s edition of 200 Peachtree Radio, current 200 Office team member Chevon Hines talks to Alan Urech and Dana Barrett. Ms. Hines is a recent graduate of Georgia State University and she has always has a passion for entrepreneurship. She started her entrepreneurial career at the ripe old age of six by selling candy around the neighborhood.

Chevon founded the CEO program at Georgia State to pass on her knowledge of and love for entrepreneurship. She is also spearheading the Collegiate Ambassadors at 200 Office to spread the word about our space and the services we provide to the local business community. Chevon is the perfect addition to our team here at 2-O. You can contact her at chines@200-office.com.

Joshua Grotheer – Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration

May 17, 2012 by angishields

BRX National

Joshua Grotheer - Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration

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Joshua’s full title is External Awareness & Alumni Relations at the Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration at Georgia State University. His background is in food service and restaurant management. Joshua landed a job as a food stylist for Paula Deen in his hometown of Savannah soon after graduating in 2010 and recently came back to Atlanta to take the position at Georgia State. The GSU School of Hospitality will be celebrating it’s 40th anniversary next year.

Joshua also discusses GSU’s global reach, the School of Hospitality’s short and long term goals, and the diverse backgrounds of the wonderful faculty and staff at the School of Hospitality. What better place to study the hospitality industry than in the Jewel of the South? Look for more information at robinson.gsu.edu/hospitality or search GSU Hospitality on Facebook and Twitter.

Chattman Johnson – CEO, J&K Distribution and Consulting, Ltd.

May 10, 2012 by angishields

BRX National

Chattman Johnson - CEO, J&K Distribution and Consulting, Ltd.

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Mr. Johnson’s core capabilities are in finance and commercial real estate. He was in China on business relating to commercial real estate when one of his partners there asked for help importing several American pet food products to China. So the business started strictly as a distribution company in 2004. After 2007 Mr. Johnson and his brother, a veterinarian, decided to formulate and sell their own brand of pet food. Benchmark has plans for cat food and a new website in the near future.

The group goes on to discuss the issue of increasing food quality through better packaging rather than more preservatives, assembling an advisory board, business opportunities overseas, and gaining access to the American big box stores. Mr. Chattman also speaks on his professional inspirations and family history of entrepreneurship. Find out more at www.benchmarkpetproducts.com.

Pamela Joiner – Director at Municipal Market Company

May 3, 2012 by angishields

BRX National

Pamela Joiner - Director at Municipal Market Company

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Pam grew up in New Orleans and moved to Atlanta by way of Hilton Head, SC. She is another proud downtown Atlanta resident. Here she speaks with Alan Urech about one of the things that makes downtown so special: the historic Sweet Auburn Curb Market. Pamela was initially a financial consultant to the Municipal Market Company. After working through audits and getting the business back on track she was asked to stay on and manage the market herself…and she has been there ever since.

The Municipal Market (also known as Sweet Auburn Curb Market) is owned by the city of Atlanta and has been on Edgewood Avenue since 1924. Pamela discusses the market’s origins at the geographic center of the city, other markets around the country that inspire her work, and the challenges of advertising the market among other topics. This is a great interview for anyone with an interest in Atlanta history.