October 3, 2022

Consumer Stories

Local senior living community celebrates its third anniversary

The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll helped a local assisted living and memory care community celebrate its third anniversary Friday. Thrive at Augusta, a more than 62,000-square-foot facility located at 313 Furys Ferry Road in Martinez, opened its doors in Sept. 2019, which was just six months before the pandemic began. Like most businesses, covid forced Thrive to make major changes. With its older, more vulnerable population, the community needed to be especially careful to protect its residents. “The National Guard helped us with sanitation, cleanliness, and testing,” said community

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B2B Stories

Georgia ranks No. 1 – in business

Georgia is once again named the best place for business and Georgia Power wants to hike its rates. Enjoy the new video format of the Augusta Business Daily Business Update by Mike Petchenik.

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Digital Marketing

Free Access: Posting to Your Google Listing

Now that you have optimized your Google listing, it’s time to create some interactivity with customers and potential prospects. One easy way is to post to your profile through the update process. To start, simply click on the “Add Update” button. This opens the Add Update dialog, which allows you to enter a description (up to 1,500 characters), a button of your choice, and up to 10 photos. In the example below, we are going to link to the weekly digital marketing columns at Augusta Business Daily using the Learn

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Expo Preview

Free Access: Expo Preview: Keys to successful marketing

Kate Sanders of Alison South Marketing, the keynote speaker at ABD’s business expo on Oct. 20, talks to Neil Gordon about some of the topics she’ll be covering that day – including how customers decide on interacting with a business, the optimal number of words on a billboard ad and other vital information for successful marketing.

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Consumer Stories

Evans entertainment spot contends with the county to remain in business

The covid pandemic may be over, but it could soon claim another victim – this time, an Evans business. Stay Social Tap + Table announced on Facebook that it faces revocation of its alcohol license, a move that could put it out of business. Owner, Renee Hajek received the notification from the Columbia County Development Services Division on Sept. 6 and has requested a hearing with the county commissioners scheduled for this evening. Stay opened in August 2020 at 7025 Evans Town Center Blvd., offering customers a unique venue where

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Consumer Stories

Augusta Entertainment Complex celebrates most successful year ever

The more than month-long Beyond Van Gogh exhibit at the James Brown Arena (JBA) and the eighth annual Augusta Blues Festival at the Bell Auditorium were just two of the events that helped those venues record their most successful year ever. The JBA and Bell, collectively known as the Augusta Entertainment Complex (AEC), are managed by a company called OVG360, which operates under the direction of the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority. The company’s Regional Marketing Director, Tyler Gambrell, said more than 161,000 people attended shows, concerts, and other events, which

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Local senior living community celebrates its third anniversary

Georgia ranks No. 1 – in business

Free Access: Posting to Your Google Listing

Free Access: Expo Preview: Keys to successful marketing

Evans entertainment spot contends with the county to remain in business

Augusta Entertainment Complex celebrates most successful year ever

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