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Joe Stone with BlueFin HR, Todd Tipton with CEO Business Centers, Melody Glouton with Webb, Tanner, Powell, Mertz & Wilson and Russell Estey with RooterPLUS/Atlanta Cooling Pros

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Mike Sammond, Joe Stone, Melody Glouton, Todd Tipton, Russell Estey

Mike Sammond, Joe Stone, Melody Glouton, Todd Tipton, Russell Estey

Joe Stone/BlueFin HR

BlueFin HR is THE most comprehensive, easy-to-use recruitment, applicant tracking and HR management software available. Small to enterprise-class employers can enjoy this configurable and quick-to-implement application. From job request to recruitment to applicant screening to hiring to onboarding to benefits management, BlueFin’s manageable portal has you, your managers, your applicants, and employees covered.

BlueFin has expanded from just servicing the K-12 education districts to higher education institutions and health delivery systems. BlueFin has clients primarily in the Southeastern U.S., ranging in size from 450 employees to 12,000 employees. They also have experience with the largest financial service company in the world that has 20,000 employees in 12 different companies in the U.S.

Todd Tipton/CEO Business Centers

At CEO Business Center, it’s their business to make your business flourish by enabling you to spend time and money on what’s really important: increasing productivity. They significantly reduce your company’s overhead, eliminating the costly distractions associated with administrative staffing, full-time office rent and build-out, and technological infrastructure. CEO Business Center offers you, the independent executive, a wide range of affordable business solutions tailored to suit your needs, whether you require minimal presence in the Atlanta market, or full-time office space with the complete catalogue of related services. Their Virtual Office Packages and Executive Office Rentals are thoughtfully designed to propel your company toward success.

Melody Glouton/Webb, Tanner, Powell, Mertz & Wilson

Webb Tanner has been known in the Gwinnett legal community since 1929 for its timeless values and progressive solutions to complex legal issues. They are a team of skilled and dedicated attorneys that have been providing a full- service practice to their clients for eight decades. Their attorneys are capable of handling a broad range of legal matters including civil litigation, real estate, business law, corporate finance, municipal and government law, estate planning and probate administration, and personal injury.

Russell Estey/RooterPLUS and Atlanta Cooling Pros

RooterPLUS has been providing plumbing, sewer, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and septic tank service to residential and commercial customers since 1994. Their extensive service area includes Atlanta, Marietta, Alpharetta, Cumming, Gainesville, Roswell, Lawrenceville and the surrounding areas. Their experienced, professional staff is state licensed. RooterPLUS provides high quality service at affordable rates to residential and commercial customers. They never charge extra for answering your call at night, on the weekend, holidays or for emergency service.

Atlanta Cooling Pros has been providing all HVAC services to residential and commercial customers since 2008. They employ qualified, highly trained and experienced professionals to provide heating, cooling and indoor air quality services. Their licensed technicians are experienced professionals and can do everything from minor repairs to extensive new installs.

Jim Denny with Navicure, Teryn Ashley with Your Online Marketing Pro and Lori O’Brien with Atlanta Special Events

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Mike Sammond, Lori O'Brien, Teryn Ashley, Jim Denny

Mike Sammond, Lori O’Brien, Teryn Ashley, Jim Denny

Jim Denny/Navicure

Navicure is a leading medical claims clearinghouse that helps physician practices increase profitability through improved claims reimbursement and staff productivity. Serving over 40,000 healthcare providers in practices nationwide, Navicure’s solutions automate account receivables processes, including primary and secondary claims reimbursement; patient eligibility verification; rejected and denied claims management, including appeals; electronic remittance and posting; claims and remittance reporting and analysis; and patient statement processing. Navicure’s solution is supported by its unique 3-Ring Client Service which guarantees that a client service representative will answer every client call in three rings or less, even during times of transition like 5010 and ICD-10.

Navicure is the exclusive clearinghouse of the MGMA AdminiServe Partner Network. The company received “Best in KLAS” distinctions for the claims and clearinghouse services market segment as part of the 2008, 2010 and 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. KLAS is a leading source of information on healthcare information technology vendor performance. Navicure also received the 2013 Gold Stevie Award for Healthcare Customer Service Team of the Year as part of the 2013 Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service.

Navicure is the founding sponsor of www.icd10hub.com, a free educational website devoted to making physician practices’ transitions to ICD-10 easier. Navicure continues to be ranked among the fastest growing companies nationally in the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Fast 500 rankings.

Teryn Ashley/Your Online Marketing Pro

Your Online Marketing Pro focuses on website design, search engine optimization and lead generation for local businesses. Teryn is an expert in Reputation Marketing to help businesses build a 5 star reputations, build trust in the marketplace, convert more customers, build authority in the market place and enhance the marketing that they are already doing.

Lori O’Brien/Atlanta Special Events

Atlanta Special Events is a full service corporate Event Planning Company with over 25 years of experience in the events industry. They have won 5 Consumers Choice Awards for Event Planning, Casino Events and Atlanta DJ. They provide Entertainment, Catering, Attractions, Décor and Rentals for Corporate Events, Company picnics, Team building, Conferences,  Holiday and Themed Parties.

Henry Hardin with SCI Companies, Greta Cairns with Strategic HR Initiatives, and Bryan Nicholson and Fielding Alderman with Credible Solutionz

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Mike Sammond, Henry Hardin, Greta Cairns, Bryan Nicholson, Fielding Alderman

Henry Hardin/SCI Companies

SCI Companies is a first in class Human Resource Provider specializing in offering solutions to help companies leverage the full potential of their human capital. SCI offers professional HR and business consultation, Human Resource Information Technology, HR administration in the areas of payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation, performance management, talent acquisition and efficient processes to help maintain compliance with both state and federal regulations. SCI’s professionals maintain expertise in all areas of Human Resources to support companies at every stage of their life cycle. SCI Companies has developed innovative services designed to allow businesses to focus on their core areas of performance in order to fully support the business goals of the organization.

Greta Cairns/Strategic HR Initiatives

Strategic HR Initiatives, LLC provides human resource consultation and services to companies that do not see the ROI for maintaining an internal HR infrastructure and/or need to augment their HR capabilities with expertise that is not core to their business. Over 45% of companies have recognized a need to reimage their HR structure to ensure more efficiency and build a workforce whose skills match their business priorities. Strategic HR Initiatives professionals are skilled in analytics, consulting, compliance and HR services that will help a company’s leadership achieve a leaner HR structure that provides more value for every dollar spent on their Human Capital.

Bryan Nicholson & Fielding Alderman/Credible Solutionz

The NUMBER ONE problem facing small businesses today, listed on the U.S. Small Business Administration website, is the lack of knowledge.  The US/SBA says it’s the number one reason that over 70% of small businesses close their doors by the tenth year.  The knowledge demand forces business owners to wear too many hats.  Chaos, by definition, is a gaping void. The lack of knowledge is chaos!

Credible Solutionz understands chaos. Their Chaos Quotient Process is the only tool of its kind to help business owners understand exactly how chaos shows up in your business. Escape The Chaos/Small Business Re-Invention is the only business plan designed to take your small business of 1-9 employees from chaos to no chaos!

A plan for you to Escape The Chaos is now available – a plan that will restore the hope that your business can create the freedom you desire!

Mani Krishnaswamy with Synergy America, Lisa Meeks with SeniorCare Options, Jamie Dempsey with Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce and Karen Backus with Avion Energy

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Mani Krishnaswamy/Synergy America

Synergy America, Inc. is a full service staffing company located in Atlanta, GA. They have 20 years of experience in the staffing industry and specialize in the fields of IT, Engineering, Finance and Accounting, Healthcare, Administrative Areas and all Professional Staffing Services. Synergy America can help fill any position, whether it’s Contract, Contract to Permanent or a Permanent Position. They have highly trained recruiters and staffing experts getting superior results by focusing within one area of expertise. Their passion at Synergy America is finding the right person for the right job.

Lisa Meeks/SeniorCare Options

Lisa Meeks is the CEO and Geriatric Care Manager with SeniorCare Options. Part clinical case manager and part “daughter for hire”, Geriatric Care Managers impart advocacy, quality of life and independence for an aging loved one. Call it the “golden rule”, “karma” or “paying it forward”, they care and champion for older adults and their families in a way we would all want to be treated as we age. With changes in the family dynamics, increasing caregiver responsibilities, fragmented healthcare and a desire for cost containment, as well as the need for generalized person-centered support for all involved, they create a specific plan, tasks and a focus to reduce the chaos surrounding senior care needs. Ask how they can help!

Jamie Dempsey/Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce (GECC) has a slogan of “Where Business and Community Meet”… and that is something they take very seriously. When the business community of an area is healthy, it spreads health into the community at large, creating jobs, raising housing prices, strengthening the local economy and creating a better place for people to live, work and play. GECC is very involved in continuing business education and philanthropy throughout the cities of Loganville, Snellville and Grayson, and has been a binding force for the three cities since 2004.

Karen Backus/Avion Energy

Avion Energy seeks commercial consumers to offer them savings from 46 energy providers that are licensed either in electric or natural gas as determined by how their state is deregulated. General savings range from 5 – 30% and in some cases over 50% simply because people do not read their contracts. They offer this service at no cost or obligation and they retain a 98% renewal rate once they land prospects as clients. They are paid by the provider once the contracts are in place.

Roger Kurth with Senior Transition Services and Barbara Scurry with The Money Moxie

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Roger Kurth/Senior Transition Services

Senior Transition Services is a certified senior move management company providing complete relocation services to seniors and their families.

Moving can be an overwhelming and traumatic time for seniors and their families. The mission at Senior Transition Services is to provide caring and compassionate service that will help reduce the stress during this difficult time by taking the work and worry out of your move. Imagine spending the day with friends and family on move day, then arriving in your new home with all the furniture in place, clothes in the closet, TV connected, beds made and pictures hung. Just like home.

With a hands-on approach, they plan, handle and supervise all aspects of the transition including floor planning, downsizing, packing, move coordination, and complete unpacking and set up of the new home. They even handle excess possession disbursement and clean out of the old residence.

Senior Transition Services provides services throughout North Georgia. They help relocate seniors into senior communities, apartments, continuing care retirement communities, independent living, assisted living and memory care communities. As a member of the National Association of Senior Move Managers, they can help you with either end of your long distance transition. They are bonded and insured to protect you and your possessions.

Barbara Scurry/The Money Moxie

The Money Moxie is a daily money management company that brings peace of mind to senior citizens and busy professionals by providing day-to-day personal finance, document and appointment management services in the Gwinnett, North DeKalb and North Fulton communities in the metro Atlanta area.

Mike Haswell with Storing Treasures, Beth Levine with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Courtney Legg and Sarah Biehl with Ivy Springs Manor

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Mike Haswell/Storing Treasures

Storing Treasures is dedicated to providing new and unique options regarding financial coaching. Rather than assuming everyone responds to handling finances in the same manner, Storing Treasures recognizes each person’s unique financial personality regarding money. The Financial Personality Assessment is the cornerstone of the entire Storing Treasures Program. Our financial personalities are driven by specific traits that define how we think and how we behave financially. In order to reach many more people with the Storing Treasures approach, they have developed a new web-based program called STAFF (Storing Treasures Automated Financial Foundation). STAFF is a unique, one of a kind educational platform designed to provide the user with a personalized plan. It is an 8 session course that allows the individual to learn about educational topics and then input their own information into a secure environment. Individuals can then get a personalized report, based on their own financial personality, that they can use time and time again. Once you understand how you and those around you are wired from a financial standpoint, you can make better decisions that will ultimately lead to better communication, lower debt, higher savings and improvement in your finances.

Storing Treasures promotes this program to employers, financial professionals, churches and non-profits as a way for these organizations to provide a new program for those they serve. Statistics show the incredible amount of time people worry about their finances in any given day… leading to stress-related illnesses, absenteeism and a lack of productivity. Your organization will become stronger by offering a way for people to get the basic financial help and support they need… helping them become a better employee.

Beth Levine/Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Georgia Campus)

The M.S. in Organizational Development and Leadership from the GA campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is located in Suwanee, GA. Their program is geared toward working adults. As a result, they have evening and weekend classes and a flexible curriculum. The classes rely on experiential learning and they bring students’ current work-related issues into the classroom so students can discuss them in light of the theories they are learning about. That way they can immediately apply the classroom learning to their work environment.

Courtney Legg & Sarah Biehl/Ivy Springs Manor

Ivy Springs Manor was designed to reflect the heart and culture of Buford. The genuine warmth and gracious hospitality of this region permeates through Ivy Springs Manor. They envisioned and designed a community where vibrant living continues in a friendly, caring atmosphere. Ivy Springs Manor offers a resort style community serviced by a team of individuals ready to provide the highest level of care and assistance, whenever needed. This is Buford’s new alternative option for assisted living at its finest.

Residents moving to Ivy Springs Manor discover a new beginning as they meet new friends and enjoy both companionship and shared experiences. This is a place where independence thrives but assistance is only a call away. The philosophy developed and embraced by the staff is one which recognizes the uniqueness of each individual and inspires creativity. You will enjoy the many on-site activities for residents to enjoy as well as local excursions to take.

Dr. Nick Tedder with Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia, Kraig Streetman with Kraig Streetman State Farm Agency, Michelle Anderson with DateNightATL and Keith Vencill with EFSI Restoration and Construction

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Dr. Nick Tedder/Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia

Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia is located in Dacula, GA. Upper Cervical care is a rapidly growing form of chiropractic that focuses on the intimate relationship between the first two bones in the neck, called the Upper Cervical spine, and a vital portion of the nervous system, known as the brain stem. This relationship is essential to the body’s ability to preserve and restore health. Think of the brain stem as the control center that extends down an opening in the base of your skull, making it vulnerable to injuries or irritation around the upper neck. The brain stem works like a telephone cable with thousands of individual wires or nerve fibers sending signals back and forth between the brain and spinal cord to every cell, organ and system in the body. Every nerve impulse between the brain and the body must pass through the brain stem. The nervous system is responsible for all communication within the body. It controls your immune system, emotions, vision, hearing, balance, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, muscle tension, posture, hormones and every other function. Irritation or pressure within the central nervous system can interrupt communication between the brain and the body, thus creating a variety of health problems.

Kraig Streetman/Kraig Streetman State Farm Agency

The mission of Kraig Streetman State Farm Agency is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams. They offer not only auto and home insurance, but life insurance, long term care products, disability insurance along with investments. They pride themselves on offering exceptional customer service. When you purchase insurance through their agency, you will never have a reason to shop again. They give their cell phone number out to all customers. This gives customers the ability to reach them all hours of the day and even on weekends. When it comes to insurance, being there is very important. If you are ready to meet your last agent ever, give them a call at 678-541-2990.

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.

Keith Vencill/EFSI Restoration and Construction

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.

Keith Nabb with Affordable Medicare Solutions, Caroline Ventry with A Place for Mom and John Dunleavy with FirstLight Home Care

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Senior Resource Partners

The businesses that make up the Senior Resource Partners team specialize in understanding the needs of the senior community. These businesses have specific expertise and training working with seniors and many offer special discounts or programs. In addition, they sponsor health fairs, senior living showcases and other events in order to bring the newest and best offerings to the community.

This Gwinnett Business Radio show highlights three companies that are part of the Senior Resource Partners group.

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.

Caroline Ventry/A Place For Mom

A Place for Mom, Inc. (APFM) is the nation’s largest senior living referral service providing resources and personalized assistance in finding senior living services. Using its nationwide network of more than 18,000 providers, APFM helps families find options based on a loved one’s stated needs, preferences and budget. This may include independent senior living, home care, residential care homes, assisted living communities and specialized Alzheimer’s memory care.

The service is offered at no charge to families as providers pay a fee to APFM. For more information, visit www.aplaceformom.com, call 1-877-311-6099 or visit one of APFM’s social networks at Twitter, Facebook, Google +, Senior Living Blog and Pinterest.

John Dunleavy/FirstLight Home Care

FirstLight Home Care provides the best home care, elderly care and senior care. You and your family are special, so it takes a special kind of person to be a FirstLight Home Care caregiver. Compassionate, caring, sincere, experienced and attentive: these are just some the qualities they insist that their home companions possess. They care about the quality of their at-home caregivers because you care enough to invite them into your home — into your life — allowing them to share in all the ups, downs and joyful moments that make your family unique. And that’s a trust FirstLight Home Care doesn’t take lightly. Ever.

Most people prefer to stay in their home, among familiar and comfortable surroundings. That’s why they provide home care services wherever home is – a nursing home, assisted living facility, retirement community or hospice. Providing first-class personal service to help you or a loved one maintain independence and quality of life is always their upmost priority.

Laurie Sossa with Southern Barter Club and Angie Reese with Accurate Protection

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Laurie Sossa/Southern Barter Club

Barter (also commonly referred to as “trade”) is a smart and powerful business tool that represents a solution for companies with available inventory, resources or services. By accepting payment in “trade dollars” instead of cash, a business maximizes their efficiency by increasing inventory turnover or billable hours. Southern Barter Club (SBC) provides businesses with an alternate business community and parallel economy using a global trade currency. It is a currency that complements (rather than replaces) income from cash paying clients.

Members are free to spend earned trade dollars on whatever they want or need from thousands of businesses within their worldwide network. This model of round robin trading eliminates the challenge of finding a direct trading partner that is interested in the specific goods or services that you have to offer and enables you to trade efficiently and conveniently.

Angie Reese/Accurate Protection

Accurate Protection is an independent insurance agency specializing in business insurance. Safeguarding your company from potential losses requires more than just the purchase of an insurance policy. They invest themselves and their time to understand your business and assist you with developing strategies that lower your overall business risk as well as your cost of insurance over an extended period of time. From your first meeting with them and throughout your interactions, you will see that they strive to consistently go beyond the expected standard routine and deliver results that exceed your expectations.

Workers’ compensation is a fixed commodity and a controllable expense. Their job is to ensure that you do not pay a dime more than you have to for coverage. Accurate Protection will provide you with money-saving strategies that reduce your bottom line. They understand how the system really works. Let them teach you how to control your workers’ compensation program, instead of allowing it to control you.

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (June 27, 2013)

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Pam Estabrooke, Stacey Gross, Jeanne' Smith, Theresa Conklin, Ayauna Barron, Melissa Cammack

Melissa Cammack/Nicholas Greene Agency Nationwide Insurance

The Nicholas Greene Agency is a full-service insurance agency. The agency is much more than a property and casualty insurance company. In addition to auto and home insurance, they write commercial insurance and provide a wide array of financial services. In addition, the agency is On Your Side certified!

Ayauna Barron/Once Upon A Fairy Tale

Once Upon a Fairy Tale is a princess makeover and royal tea party palace for girls. Allow them to make your little princess’s fairy tale dream come true! Whether your princess is being treated to an individual makeover session or celebrating her birthday with friends, her magical experience with them will be one to remember.

They specialize in individual princess makeovers and photo shoots, birthday parties/tea parties, mommy & daughter dress up and tea time, daddy & daughter tea time, craft events and fairy tale dress-up play

Pam Estabrooke/ProTect Painters of Central Gwinnett

ProTect Painters of Central Gwinnett is a residential and commercial painting company. They have over ten years of service in Gwinnett county. They offer most wood repair, whole house siding replacement, window repair & replacement, garage & basement floors, decks and many other painted surfaces.

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.