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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Business RadioX and Online Radio

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Vlad Rusz, Mike Sammond

Vlad Rusz, Mike Sammond

On this episode of “Strategic Insights Radio”, host Vlad Rusz discusses digital media and online radio with Mike Sammond of Business RadioX.

MIKE SAMMOND/BUSINESS RADIOX

FullSizeRender (2)Mike Sammond is the operator of the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett and the host of the weekly program “Gwinnett Business Radio”. Mike is a veteran broadcaster and longtime Gwinnett County resident. The studio has recently been re-branded as the Subaru of Gwinnett studio.

Mike’s background in broadcasting is extensive. After receiving his journalism & broadcast news degree from the University of Georgia, Mike started his on-air career as Sports Director at WRBL television in Columbus, GA. In the late 1990’s he was a Sports Anchor at CNN Headline News.

His award-winning radio and TV play-by-play work includes several years of calling professional baseball at all levels including three seasons announcing Spring Training games for the Atlanta Braves.

Mike has also served as an announcer for the Olympic News Channel at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

In addition to hearing him on Business RadioX during the week, you can listen to Mike every weekend as a talk show host on Sports Radio 92.9 The Game in Atlanta.

VLAD RUSZ/STERLING ROSE CONSULTING CORP

Vlad 3-10-16Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. is a Gwinnett County, GA based company that provides business plan creation and review, online and offline marketing, marketing plan creation and review, ongoing marketing services, accounting, bookkeeping, financial analysis, operations and business consulting. Sterling Rose Consulting Corp.’s staff has over 100 years of successful entrepreneurial experience. In addition, the CEO of the Company, Vlad Rusz, has launched and ran four successful businesses that currently range in age from 17 months to 7 years old with gross revenues ranging from $175,000 to over $5.0 million.Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. prides itself on providing quality, investor ready documentation. The company takes it even one step farther to make sure that the client understands how to effectively present these documents, whether they are being prepared for internal use or outside investors. Sterling Rose Consulting also provides full loan SBA packages, Immigration Visa Business Plans, Commercial Lending Business Plans, Commercial Space, Growth, Not-For-Profit and Venture Capital/Investment Ready Plans.In addition, Sterling Rose Consulting Corp also provides Zoho Customization, Design and Implementation, Custom CRM solutions, Payroll, Bookkeeping and Accounting Services.

ABOUT “STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO““Strategic Insights Radio” is intended to be an interactive radio show hosted by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Listeners can Tweet their questions for a live response on the radio to @sterling_rose1 or via @strategicradio. Also, suggestions on business topics that listeners would like to learn more about are welcome. Please send suggestions to info@sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com.

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Ken Lewandowski with Aviation Institute of Maintenance and Anthony Mitchell with IMPACT! Group

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Mike Sammond, Ken Lewandowski, Anthony Mitchell, Steven Julian

Mike Sammond, Ken Lewandowski, Anthony Mitchell, Steven Julian

Ken Lewandowski/Aviation Institute of Maintenance

The AIM – Atlanta campus is part of the nation’s largest family of aviation maintenance schools, with headquarters in Virginia Beach, VA. Through AIM’s FAA-approved aviation program, students prepare for a high-flying career in aviation maintenance. AIM Atlanta also is home to a comprehensive combination welding program. Students in both areas learn the skills necessary to become successful in two of the world’s fastest growing industries, aviation maintenance and welding. AIM graduates are there to meet the increasing global demands of commercial, cargo, corporate and private aviation and equipment manufacturing employers. AIM’s other campuses are located in Chesapeake, VA and Manassas, VA, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Oakland, Las Vegas, Orlando and Philadelphia.

Anthony Mitchell/IMPACT! Group

The IMPACT! HomeOwnership Center was added in 1994 to meet the needs of first-time homebuyers and residents in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure, and it shortly thereafter became a HUD-Certified Housing Counseling Agency. The center today helps prevent foreclosures in Gwinnett County and greater Atlanta through group classes and free individual counseling sessions. The center also provides housing counseling, down payment assistance, and financial counseling services to first-time home buyers, current homeowners, and the general public in Gwinnett County and northeast Georgia.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS presented by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Bryan Ginn, Mike Sammond, Malinda Foster, Randy Hicks

Bryan Ginn, Mike Sammond, Malinda Foster, Randy Hicks

Bryan Ginn/GA PCOM

GA Campus – PCOM was established in 2005 to help address the physician shortage in Georgia and the southeastern United States. With academic programs including the Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine, Doctorate in Pharmacy, and a masters degree in BioMedical Sciences, their college focuses on the health sciences. The college anticipates an expanding academic program in the years to come to address other health sciences fields where there is a need for more practitioners.

Malinda Foster/Courtyard by Marriott – Mall of GA

The Courtyard by Marriott – Mall of Georgia is an award-winning hotel located in Buford, GA. Host hotel to the Gwinnett Braves, this Marriott hotel offers corporate and leisure travelers a place to call home while in the area. The hotel offers guests an exceptional facility, convenient location and outstanding customer service. The Courtyard by Marriott – Mall of GA is owned and operated by Hotel Equities which is a full service hotel development and management company located in Atlanta.

Randy Hicks/Merchant Data Systems

Merchant Data Systems was founded in 1997 on the principals of delivering outstanding service as well as a commitment to innovation and excellence with both their merchants and sales partners.

They are a full-service payment processing company offering a wide array of services to all business types including Credit Card Processing, Debit Card Processing, Automated Account Settlement, POS Equipment Sales & Leasing, 24/7 World Class Customer Service, Merchant Cash Advances, Proprietary Gift Card and Loyalty programs, as well as merchant-friendly PCI Compliance solutions.

They also offer industry-leading Payroll, Human Resources, Marketing and eMarketing programs and more to streamline their merchants’ operations and help them realize cost savings. Their consultative approach with business owners helps merchants get the products and services they need while helping to keep their costs low. This allows merchants to focus on their core business with confidence that their payment acceptance tools are working together with them to increase in-store sales.

Through the alliances Merchant Data Systems has forged, they are able to provide the most technologically advanced and secure payment processing solutions and products positioning Merchant Data Systems to be a one-stop shop for all your payment processing needs.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS presented by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Mike Sammond, Kimberly Shupe, Bryan Howell, Andy Morgan

Mike Sammond, Kimberly Shupe, Bryan Howell, Andy Morgan

Kimberly Shupe/Fenski Automotive

Fenski Automotive Center is conveniently located and now celebrating 10 years at 1010 Peachtree Industrial  Boulevard in Sugar Hill. Since 2004, they have provided complete auto repair services on your domestic, Asian and  European vehicles with the goal of helping you keep them up to 300,000 worry-free miles as they are designed to do. They understand the value of preventive maintenance and their industry certified technicians strive to offer each customer a consultation they can trust. Fenski Automotive Center… Helping you LOVE  your vehicle much longer than your loan!

Bryan Howell/Parker Young Constructioin & Firestar

Complete disaster restoration from fire, water, storm and mold for homes and businesses in Georgia and the Southeast. Parker Young Construction and Firestar are the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s July 2014  Business of the Month award winners.

 

Andy Morgan/The Morgan Law Group

The Morgan Law Group is a full service and transactional law firm providing legal counseling and support services to businesses and business owners primarily in the areas of corporate law, business law, and contracts.  Typical transactions would include business formation, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, agreements and contracts, deal structuring, private equity financing and business acquisitions and sales. The Morgan Law Group is the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s August 2014 Small Business of the Month award winner.

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Bryan Batson with Atlanta Gas Light and Jauxniece Palmer with R.E.C.E.S.S. Programs

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Steven Julian, Bryan Batson, Jauxniece Palmer, Mike Sammond

Steven Julian, Bryan Batson, Jauxniece Palmer, Mike Sammond

Bryan Batson/Atlanta Gas Light

Atlanta Gas Light provides American, abundant and affordable natural gas efficiently to 1.5 million Georgians. They’ve been a trustworthy source of safe, clean energy — and a constant partner to almost 200 counties they serve throughout Georgia — since they installed the City of Atlanta’s first natural gas streetlights more than 150 years ago.

Today, AGL is the eighth largest natural gas distribution utility in the United States and the largest in the Southeast. In Georgia’s deregulated natural gas market, AGL does not sell natural gas to customers. Instead, AGL operates and maintains the infrastructure that delivers reliable natural gas to customers of certified natural gas marketers.

Jauxniece Palmer/R.E.C.E.S.S. Programs

R.E.C.E.S.S. Programs is the only branded programs that offers health clubs of all sizes the ability to serve multiple generations simultaneously. They do this by seamlessly integrating youth and older adult programming into the fabric of the facility, without compromising the integrity of the club… but instead enhancing it.

 

Pam Blatchford and Wendy Ryoul with Solutions Marketing, Criss Maple with Champion Windows and Steve Kendrick with Infiniti of Gwinnett

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Steven Julian, Mike Sammond, Wendy, Pam, Steve Kendrick, Criss Maple

Steven Julian, Mike Sammond, Wendy Ryoul, Pam Blatchford, Steve Kendrick, Criss Maple

Pam Blatchford & Wendy Ryoul/Solutions Marketing

Solutions Marketing offers unique marketing solutions for your business! They know  marketing is imperative when it comes to gaining the attention of prospective consumers and clients, developing products or service demand, and turning those prospective consumers into customers. Marketing has an effect on sales, pricing and promotions as well as your advertising strategies.

Criss Maple/Champion Windows of Atlanta 

Without a quality product backed by excellent customer service, a business will not realize  great success. Champion Windows of Atlanta sets their standards of quality, value and customer service to the highest degree. They go the distance to ensure your experience with Champion is a pleasurable one, from the initial purchase to installation and years later, you will find them ready and willing to serve you.

Steve Kendrick/Infiniti of Gwinnett

A new car is where need meets desire. Anything that runs can get you from Point A to Point  B. But you’re not just anyone and you don’t want just anything. That’s where Infiniti of Gwinnett comes in.  The expert sales staff at their Atlanta Infiniti dealership will help you  pick the new car, truck or SUV with the options, and at the price, that make the vehicle right  for you. Treating you with courtesy and ensuring your satisfaction is important. With a large inventory and competitive prices, they’re confident they can  meet your automotive needs and desires. They welcome the opportunity to add you to their long list of satisfied customers who’ve shopped at the Infiniti dealer in Duluth, GA.

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INDIGO INSIGHTS: Tyler Williams with Tyler Williams Live

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Tyler Williams and Indigo Triplett

Tyler Williams/Tyler Williams Live

???????????????????????????????Tyler Williams is a transition coach based out of Athens, GA. Tyler believes we all have a  unique voice and when we connect that voice to the world around us, we all win. The coaching  process creates opportunity for significant life change by raising self-awareness, increasing  motivation and using accountability to fully experience life around us. Tyler is passionate  about helping people uncover their voice, helping clients to live life at their highest level. He  primarily works with those facing life transitions. A complimentary session is offered to those  interested in learning more about the coaching process. For more information visit tylerwilliamslive.com.

Fenski Automotive, Hi-Hope Service Center, Gwinnett County Health and Human Services and Suwanee Magazine

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Mike Sammond, Angie Veugeler, Rachel Fasig, Pat Baker, Susan Boldan Butts, Kimberly Shupe, Joe Fenski, Steven Julian

Mike Sammond, Angie Veugeler, Rachel Fasig, Pat Baker, Susan Boldan Butts, Kimberly Shupe, Joe Fenski, Steven Julian

Joe Fenski and Kimberly Shupe/Fenski Automotive

???????????????????????????????Fenski Automotive Center is conveniently located and now celebrating 10 years at 1010 Peachtree Industrial  Boulevard in Sugar Hill! Since 2004, they have provided complete auto repair services on your domestic, Asian and  European vehicles with the goal of helping you keep them up to 300,000 worry-free miles as they are designed to do. They understand the value of preventive maintenance and their industry certified technicians strive to offer each customer a consultation they can trust. Fenski Automotive Center… Helping you LOVE  your vehicle much longer than your loan!

Susan Boland Butts/Hi-Hope Service Center

???????????????????????????????Hi-Hope Service Center provides services to adults with developmental disabilities in  Gwinnett County.  Over 50 years ago the parents of six young students from Gwinnett County founded one of the first organizations in Georgia to teach children with intellectual disabilities. The Hi-Hope Service Center, formerly known as Gwinnett County Association  for Retarded Citizens, was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in 1960. Under the capable leadership of Vinie Lowry, and support from many parents and the  greater Gwinnett community, construction of a special needs school was completed in  1970. In the late 1990s when all student programs, including the pre-school program, were integrated into the public schools, Hi-Hope successfully transitioned to an organization supporting developmentally disabled adults. Currently, Hi-Hope supports 108 individuals through its weekday community access, employment and residential group home programs.

Pat Baker/Gwinnett County Health and Human Services

???????????????????????????????Gwinnett County Health and Human Services is a division in Community Services. HHS is  made up of Gwinnett Senior Services (four senior multipurpose centers – Buford, Norcross,  Lawrenceville and Centerville), two human services centers (One -Stops in Buford and  Norcross) and one community center (Centerville). The One-Stops offer many different  programs and house non-profits and service agencies.  The services offered by Senior  Services (those over the age of 60) are congregate meals, home-delivered meals, several different transportation programs, homemaker services, care management, information and assistance, and a wide variety of opportunities to volunteer. The Centerville Community Center offers a wide variety of programming for all ages.

Angie Veugeler and Rachel Fasig/Suwanee Magazine

???????????????????????????????Suwanee Magazine is a family, community & lifestyle magazine designed to keep pace and  flow with the active Suwanee lifestyle. Distributing over 20,000 free copies bi-monthly to hundreds of businesses and locations in the Suwanee area, the magazine shares insight with its readers and focuses on their unique interests. Suwanee Magazine devotes sections pertaining to the best of dining, shopping, music, local personalities, business, industry and everything in between that impacts the Suwanee area and beyond. Each month new  businesses emerge, new trends develop, new leaders move to the community forefront and Suwanee Magazine is there to keep you connected!

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Richard Young with Farmers Insurance and Kyle Glave with NOVAtime Technology

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Kyle Glave, Richard Young, Steven Julien, Mike Sammond

Kyle Glave, Richard Young, Steven Julian, Mike Sammond

Richard Young/Farmers Insurance

As your personal agent, Richard Young believes in keeping you informed and aware of Farmers Insurance products. It is his mission to help you develop the right plans to meet your insurance needs. Through dedication, knowledge and a tireless work ethic, Richard will be the agent that his customers will want to send their friends and families to. He will strive to protect his clients’ assets.

Kyle Glave/NOVAtime Technology

In 1999, NOVAtime Technology was founded with the mission to continually research and develop the capabilities of Workforce Management solutions. Driven by forward-thinking people and the latest advances in technology, NOVAtime has gained recognition as a technical leader of the industry and is now one of the largest Time and Attendance providers in the United States. Our solutions automate and simplify time and resource management through the use of innovative technology that controls labor costs and promotes the growth of business.

Maria de la Guardia with Assisted Living Locators and Luis Hernandez with Regus Business Centers

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Mike Sammond, Maria de la Guardia, Luis Hernandez, Steven Julian

Mike Sammond, Maria de la Guardia, Luis Hernandez, Steven Julian

Maria de la Guardia/Assisted Living Locators

Assisted Living Locators is a free service for seniors and their families to help explore and understand elder care options, senior housing and resources. They will be at your side advocating for you and helping you feel comfortable and “at home” with the decision you make. They are locally owned and operated and experts at what they do.

Luis Hernandez/Regus Business Centers

Regus is the world’s largest global provider of flexible workspace with 1,800 locations in 600 cities in 100 countries. They help more than a million customers work more effectively – to work their way – every day. Their products and services allow their customers to concentrate on their core business, and use their talents to best effect. Whether it’s a larges global corporate business or an entrepreneur with an idea, Regus helps businesses and individuals be more flexible, more cost-effective and more agile – and better able to face the unexpected challenges of business in the 21st century.