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Mark Deschaine with Gulf Coast Grill and Cravens Doggett with Quick Wash Express Car Wash

May 7, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Mark Deschaine with Gulf Coast Grill and Cravens Doggett with Quick Wash Express Car Wash

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

Mark Deschaine/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.

Cravens Doggett/Quick Wash Express Car Wash

Quick Wash Express Car Wash is an express exterior car wash with free self-service vacuuming. They have express car washes starting at only $4.99. They are the car wash for those customers that can’t have a dirty car and don’t have the time to wait. Each express car wash takes only four minutes. The only difference in the car wash is the chemical application that is applied. They also have express car wash memberships available for one low monthly charge, so there is no excuse why your vehicle should not be clean.

Dennis Bonin, Cravens Doggett, Mark Deschaine, Randy Hicks

Wendy Brant with Anchor Home Mortgage, David Post with Care for Cops and Marie Fratoni with Reinvent Yourself Seminars

May 2, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Wendy Brant with Anchor Home Mortgage, David Post with Care for Cops and Marie Fratoni with Reinvent Yourself Seminars

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Wendy Brant/Anchor Home Mortgage

Anchor Home Mortgage is a full-service broker. They work with banks all over the country to bring the best programs with great rates to their borrowers. Their entire team is committed to providing their clients with a world-class service experience along with the lowest interest rates available, period. Their outstanding mortgage professionals will work with you one on one to ensure that your financial solution is tailored specifically to meet your needs. Whether you are purchasing your dream home, refinancing an outstanding loan, or consolidating debt, their highly experienced team of loan officers can help you find the right loan program at the lowest possible rate no matter what your needs may be. Their ultimate goal is to create lasting relationships with each of their clients so they may continue providing excellent service for many years to come.

David Post/Care for Cops

Every day those in law enforcement risk their lives to protect us. The rising numbers of officer deaths in recent years has made us aware of the sacrifices we ask these men and women to make every day. Together we can help families of fallen officers in their time of need.

Care for Cops is a non-profit organization that has provided direct financial assistance to more than twenty-eight families since 2004. They provide direct financial assistance to families that have lost a loved one, helping to:

Provide resources in times of great need
Bridge the financial gap when a loved one is lost
Acknowledge the sacrifices made by law enforcement officers in Georgia

Law enforcement officers deserve to have the peace of mind of knowing their families will receive the assistance needed if they are killed in the line of duty.

Marie Fratoni/Reinvent Yourself Seminars

Reinvent Yourself Seminars is a Coaching and Training Company which supports people in creating happy, fulfilling careers. They provide speaking engagements, skill-building seminars, 1-on-1 Coaching, and vacation-courses in Italy where people develop success skills and business growth strategies to make the leap from “same old, same old” to a thriving and prosperous career or business.

Marie Fratoni, M.Ed. is a talented human potential expert and a top reinvention strategist. She is a dynamic Coach and Speaker, and brings a wealth of talent and experience to her programs, demonstrating a high level of commitment and expertise.

Paige Powers with Keller Williams Realty, David Post with Future Security and Nate Norton with Yellow Van Handyman

May 1, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Paige Powers with Keller Williams Realty, David Post with Future Security and Nate Norton with Yellow Van Handyman

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Paige Powers/Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners

Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners Sugarloaf opened its doors in early 2000 with a handful of agents. Today, the Sugarloaf KW office is home to over 220 real estate sales associates. KW Sugarloaf is #1 in Gwinnett County in Listing Volume, Sales Volume, Listings Sold and Overall Sales Volume. The culture of their office, combined with the training and leadership, make the office very attractive to top producing agents in the area.

Paige Powers is an Atlanta native who has held a Georgia Real Estate License since 1994. After ten years as a sales associate, with the top producing team in her office, at over $300,000 in Gross Commission Income, Paige became a team leader for a KW office in Buford. In 2006, she became the team leader at the Sugarloaf Office, and has guided the office through the recent market correction.

David Post/Future Security

Future Security meets the specific and unique needs of each of their clients by providing the very best security services to business and professional organizations of all types and sizes in metro-Atlanta and surrounding counties in Georgia.

Founded in 1972 by company president David Post, Future Security became well-known for providing outstanding client service and trusted security to businesses ranging from the small company to the Fortune 500. Headquartered in Buford, GA Future Security understands that businesses need a range of defenses to be secure in today’s world.

They have dedicated themselves to recruiting only the very finest and qualified personnel in the area of security, loss prevention and investigations. They take pride in a well-qualified security team and handle each assignment individually and confidentially. Through continual and ongoing training, their staff is able to maintain a high level of proficiency and professionalism.

Their experienced team has expertise with the methods and technology needed to ensure the complete security of your business. They are dedicated to offering superior quality consulting and investigative services. Higher standards mean better security.

Nate Norton/Yellow Van Handyman

Yellow Van Handy Man provides services that give members some of their much needed time back. They help you check off items on your “to do” list so that you can spend time going to your children’s events, going on date nights, or just relaxing and enjoying your time off. Their mission is to understand their member’s needs and provide honest, ethical, and the highest quality services possible so that members expectations are met or exceeded. Let their team help you with your “to do” list.

Paige Powers, Kate Schermerhorn, David Post, Nate Norton

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (Debut Show/April 25)

April 25, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (Debut Show/April 25)

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

The show hosts and their guests from the first show

Jessica Knight/Clickaroo Websites

Clickaroo Websites is an Atlanta web design company which provides all the services needed in one place for a successful website and online marketing campaign. Their company’s outstanding reputation in the web design industry and years of knowledge in online and social marketing makes them a standout solution for your company. From web design, hosting, ecommerce, SEO, SEM and social media coaching, they offer everything in one place.

Dr. Lauren Millman/Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center

Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center specializes in providing a unique and specialized form of chiropractic to help naturally heal those suffering from pain or dysfunction. The unique approach that Dr. Millman utilizes naturally and effectively restores the body back to a balanced position so that the body can heal and live as it was intended. Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center operates under the foundation that unless you correct the underlying problem (spinal imbalance), no pill, potion or lotion can make you better. When you can effectively correct the underlying dysfunction, your body can heal. Their spinal care procedure effectively and uniquely evaluates the state of your whole frame, which in turn effects your overall health. Your structure dictates your body’s function, and their practitioners understand how to effectively evaluate structure to optimize your body’s function.

Belinda Harris/Rocket Science HR

Rocket Science HR was created to assist people with resume and interviewing skills. Their motto is “It’s not rocket science; It’s Rocket Science HR”. Belinda Harris, the CEO/Owner, has been in the HR field for the past 10 years. She has a Masters Degree in Human Resource Development and she is a certified SPHR (Senior Professional Human Resource). Rocket Science HR offers many services such as resume review, resume writing and interview coaching. They also provide many seminars that include resume, interviewing and follow up sessions. Your resume gets you the interview, your interview skills land you the job. Let them help you at Rocket Science HR.

Lori Manns/Quality Media Consultant Group

Quality Media Consultant Group is a consultancy firm specializing in providing media strategies that work to give you more visibility, more clients and make you more money. They develop and implement marketing plans and advertising programs that have impact and provide measurable results.

Jeanne’ Smith with Ultra Touch Cleaning and Wayne Stoneback with Atlantic & Pacific Real Estate

April 24, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Jeanne' Smith with Ultra Touch Cleaning and Wayne Stoneback with Atlantic & Pacific Real Estate

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Jeanne’ Smith/Ultra Touch Cleaning

Ultra Touch Cleaning provides residential, turnkey and business office cleanings. They have been in Gwinnett County since July 2007 and have been in the industry for 20 years. They service Gwinnett & surrounding counties. Ultra Touch Cleaning is a drug-free workplace that is licensed & insured.

Ultra Touch Cleaning specializes in custom home cleaning services available on a weekly, bi-weekly, tri-weekly, monthly or one-time basis. Ultra Touch Cleaning cleans each home/office individually to guarantee that they meet each client’s objectives and budget.

Wayne Stoneback/Atlantic & Pacific Real Estate

Atlantic and Pacific Real Estate is one of the 18 members of the Carrington family of companies. Carrington was founded in 2001 by Bruce Rose, a former Wall Street securities broker. The Carrington family of companies is involved in the finance, asset management or sales of residential real estate. Atlantic & Pacific is a leader in the disposition of REO, Short Sale and retail homes. They are also heavily involved with local and national investors as well as several large hedge funds in purchasing properties for differing investment goals. They are a full service company that has the expertise in the current market to assist the individual home buyer in navigating these new and exciting times.

Jeanne' Smith, Kate Schermerhorn and Wayne Stoneback

Paul Kendig with Dinova, Norm Stahl with Primepay and Don Walters with The Ephraim Group

April 23, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Paul Kendig with Dinova, Norm Stahl with Primepay and Don Walters with The Ephraim Group

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Paul Kendig/Dinova

Dinova is a unique service that increases restaurant business while saving corporations money. By bringing together well-known restaurants with Fortune 500 companies, Dinova enables corporate clients to direct their employee expense account dining to restaurants in the Dinova network.

For corporations, having preferred restaurants for their employees to use when dining out on corporate business results in lower costs. Dinova makes it easy for employees to locate preferred restaurants.

For restaurants, gaining a greater share of corporate dining spend results in increased business. This spend is generated by the highly sought after weekday business customer, whether they are traveling on business or entertaining in-town.

For both, the entire process is simple and transparent. Dinova performs all of the administrative work. There are no new processes or procedures for the restaurants, and no cards or coupons for the corporate employees to carry.

Norm Stahl/PrimePay

PrimePay is a national company offering complete payroll and HR solutions to businesses from 1-200 employees. For Payroll, they calculate the Gross to net payroll, providing paychecks to the employee, collect the appropriate Federal, State and Local taxes, electronically pay those taxes and finally complete and file electronically the required reporting to Federal State and Local taxing authorities. Your complete solution.

On the HR side, they provide solutions ranging from an HR library for reference to solutions including live talk with an HR professional or online employee benefit sign up and administration.

Don Walters/The Ephraim Group

The Ephraim Group is an independent agency with the ability to write insurance with over 50 companies on Property & Casualty side, and over 50 more on the Life Insurance side. It was formed because of Don Walters’ experience as a captive agent and only being able to write with just one main company. There were so many people that he could not help because they did not fit the company box, which was very frustrating to him. So after many years in the captive world, Don looked toward avenues that would allow for more people to be served, thus the independent agency was created almost five years ago.

The Ephraim Group has five agents and support staff that can provide a “one stop shop” moment for most everyone from Commercial General Liability, Workers Comp, Commercial Auto… to… Personal home and auto. The Ephraim Group has a very diverse clientele. They serve your typical southerners, to northerners, Bosnians, Koreans, Chinese, Jamacian, South African, Camaron, Indian, British, and many others in between. They have developed this wide cultural draw due to their willingness to stop, treat everyone with respect, and really try to listen to their clients, even when the communication is sometimes in “broken English” mode. The Ephraim Group motto is “We represent the Insurance Companies, But We Work for You!”

MAKING A DIFFERENCE with John Ernst: Lee Blodgett with Northpoint Mortgage, Wendy Brant with Anchor Home Mortgage, Mark Scarratt with On Q Financial and Gary Lewis with Carrington Mortgage Services

April 19, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

MAKING A DIFFERENCE with John Ernst: Lee Blodgett with Northpoint Mortgage, Wendy Brant with Anchor Home Mortgage, Mark Scarratt with On Q Financial and Gary Lewis with Carrington Mortgage Services

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE is hosted by John Ernst with Ernst & Partners.

Lee Blodgett/Northpoint Mortgage

Northpoint Mortgage is a branch of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. They create raving fans by providing customer service that is legendary, not just satisfactory. At Fairway, the way they do things is as important as what they do. Closing loans timely and accurately is vital to their business. Delivering closing documents to title companies days in advance provides added peace of mind. A friendly smile and firm handshake is a must, but it’s the person behind it who makes all the difference. At Fairway, the culture is driven by this commitment to speed – they strive to be prompt, efficient, and accurate 100% of the time – while providing superb, unsurpassed service.

Wendy Brant/Anchor Home Mortgage

Mark Scarratt/On Q Financial

On Q Financial is a Top 50 Lender in the U.S, based in Scottsdale, AZ and with retail offices in several states. On Q Financial is dedicated to making mortgage experiences simple, quick, and easy. Their signature Client First Service streamlines your mortgage experience in four time-saving ways. They make applying for a new home loan or refinance easy. You can apply over the phone, in person or on the web.

Gary Lewis/Carrington Mortgage Services

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, Carrington Mortgage Services operates two loan servicing locations that together provide integrated full life cycle mortgage loan servicing support to borrowers and investors. Their mission is to deliver exceptional customer care to their borrowers and investors. They create value for their borrowers and investors by preserving home ownership through programs that support their borrowers and their ability to stay in their homes.

John Ernst/Ernst & Partners

Ernst & Partners is a law firm that handles Personal Injury, Real Estate Closings, Bankruptcy, Criminal and Divorce.

John A. Ernst Jr. is a graduate of Emory University and University of Georgia, School of Law. After graduating from Emory, Mr. Ernst was the assistant to Georgia Governor Roy Barnes, in which capacity he had the opportunity to meet with the leaders of the state and from around the world. Mr. Ernst is also a veteran of many political campaigns around the state. He then continued his education and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. During his tenure in law school, Mr. Ernst was a member of the prosecutorial clinic where he served as a prosecutor in the Athens-Clarke County District Attorney’s office and was a summer clerk for the Honorable John J Ellington, Georgia Court of Appeals. After law school, Mr. Ernst served as the Attorney of the Majority Caucus in the Georgia House of Representatives for the 2004 Legislative Session. John opened his own law firm in 2005 where he handles Real Estate Transactions, Bankruptcy cases, and Personal Injury Clients.

Dennis Daniels with Renaissance Executive Forums, Shawn Mahoney with Computer Alli, and Andrew Draper and Eric Draper with Armher

April 18, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dennis Daniels with Renaissance Executive Forums, Shawn Mahoney with Computer Alli, and Andrew Draper and Eric Draper with Armher

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Dennis Daniels/Renaissance Executive Forums

Renaissance Executive Forums brings together the top executives from non-competing companies of similar size, into a peer advisory board process, whereby thousands of leaders gain fresh ideas and new insights that produce tangible improvements in their business results. They believe “you don’t have to go it alone”.

As President and owner of Renaissance Executive Forums – Atlanta East, Dennis Daniels builds and facilitates Top Executive Peer Advisory Boards, comprised of business owners, CEOs and Presidents in the Atlanta area. Each board serves as a “personal board of advisors” for each member, as they develop actual business solutions and improve business performances in any and all areas, such as business strategies, customer acquisition & retention, financial & operating issues, people & organization issues, business growth, M&A, succession, fighting commoditization, securing their businesses, etc.

Dennis has more than 30 years of global human resources and executive management experience from companies such as PepsiCo, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., Solectron, StatsChipPAC, Ltd. and Silicon Graphics. As an independent consultant, he has been instrumental in helping late-stage, privately-held businesses achieve M&A strategies, restructuring and

performance improvement.

He is a seasoned C-Level executive with a demonstrated track record in start-ups, corporate turnarounds, organization effectiveness, compensation & performance strategies, organization development, M&A, succession planning, executive coaching, corporate governance and Board structure.

Dennis has traveled and worked extensively throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also lived and worked as an expatriate in Singapore.

Shawn Mahoney/Computer Alli

Shawn Mahoney is the Owner, CEO and President of Computer Alli, Inc. and author of a weight loss book. Computer Alli is a computer networking and support company that also does web-based operational application and websites. The company currently has 28 full and part-time employees and sub-contractors.

Shawn is also an inspirational story, having spent half of his adult like struggling with obesity. In fact he was carrying over 100 pounds in excess weight for 20 years. His story of the transformation he went through to drop the weight and get healthy is the topic of his book “How I Lost Myself – A healthy weight loss story”. He talks about the process he went through, from the mental commitment to goal setting and tracking, including the food changes, workouts and accountability. He discusses handling different ways around “will power” with the reprogramming of your brain on how to look at food in a different way, along with planning and preparing meals while integrating them into your busy everyday life. He also writes about how he maintained his new transformation with diet, exercise and goal setting.

Andrew Draper & Eric Draper/Armher

Armher, LLC is a company that was created out of the necessity of safety targeted at those who are unsafe. They have modeled their classes based on simplicity and convenience. Not only do they come to a location that the client or group is comfortable with, but they also bring a fun time! They enlighten girls and women, ages 13 and up, about how to stay safe from assault and how to escape or evade attempted attacks. All the while, they are smiling and shedding positive light on a negative subject!

Leighann Russell with Keller Williams Realty, Jim Lester with Uncommon Property and Kirk the TV Guy

April 17, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Leighann Russell with Keller Williams Realty, Jim Lester with Uncommon Property and Kirk the TV Guy

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Leighann Russell/Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners

Leighann Russell is a Realtor at Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners. Leighann’s mission is to provide exceptional service to her clients and be the trusting source they can go to as an advocate and knowledgeable advisor.

Jim Lester/Uncommon Property

Jim Lester of Uncommon Property owns and manages a portfolio of single and multi-family properties. As an agent, he helps investors find, renovate, manage and sell investment properties in emerging and high growth areas. He works with HR departments to provide their employees with a home purchase benefit of a rebate of one percent of the home’s purchase price. The program has no cost to the employer as the rebate is paid at closing from the commission paid by the seller.

Kirk the TV Guy

Kirk The TV Guy provides you a more convenient and easier way to setup and install your existing or new service with Dish TV, DirecTV, Comcast and Charter. They are dependable and dedicated in working with you to establish service at your home or business so there are no more excuses to wait for days or weeks to get installation.

They are here to assist you with your installation within 48 hours of your call. With their quick response, they guarantee a happier you!

Kirk The TV Guy will completely get your satellite or cable service into your home or business from start to finish. Everything you need from top-of-the-line equipment and excellent customer service to sending a professional installer to your home or business for quick and thorough installation. Kirk The TV Guy is your one-stop site for all your video entertainment products with the best HD quality, picture and sound.

Don’t forget to ask about their TV sales with custom installation. “Trust Only The Pro with Your Installation”