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Will Artificial Intelligence take your job?

In case you missed Richard Brashear’s column last week, here is the link. How GPT-4 can boost your business marketing. Read it and read it again. He has done several columns about AI capabilities and the impact on marketing your business, but this article sent me down a research rabbit hole. As Brashear has reported, AI has revolutionized the digital marketing industry. In simple terms GPT-4 is an artificial intelligence model that is used to generate text, most of which comes from absorbing the internet, all of it. “From a

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Mitzi Oxford March 26, 2023 No Comments
Cyber Security

Tech Alert: Is public Wi-Fi safe?

People often wonder, should you use public Wi-Fi? Commonly, folks will use VPN tools, but I want to make sure you know that these tools can often be a source of malware and breaches. Beware of using these options when looking to protect your computer from attacks using public Wi-Fi. Here is what I recommend watching out for: First, if you are entering passwords or interacting with your bank, be sure that you are only interacting on sites that begin with HTTPS. If the website does not have HTTPS in

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Patrick Reynolds March 26, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local company hosts book drive to benefit students

For many children, reading over the summer sounds like punishment, but one local business owner hopes to change that with help from the business community. Tim Cox, the owner of Leisure Time Pressure Wash & Restoration located on Columbia Road in Martinez, is hosting a book drive this month and next month with the goal of providing one book to every student at Warren Road Elementary School in Augusta, where his wife, Tiffany teaches. He said the school’s enrollment is about 600 students. “We figured we have to come up

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Josh Heath March 26, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local business owners honor father’s legacy by establishing entrepreneurial scholarship fund

Wilkes Goolsby is honoring his father’s legacy by helping local high school students achieve the dream of business ownership. Goolsby is co-owner of Goolsby’s, a popular family restaurant that specializes in Southern cuisine located at 4460 Washington Road, Suite 9 in Evans. Every year on March 24, the restaurant hosts Richard Goolsby Day, which honors his father, the restaurant’s founder who died in a car accident on Feb. 10, 2021. March 24 was his birthday. On Friday, Goolsby’s celebrated the second annual Richard Goolsby Day. All sales and donations collected

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Josh Heath March 26, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Local college addresses nursing shortage with new building

Out with the old, in with the new. The demolition of one of Aiken Technical College’s oldest buildings has begun, marking a significant time in the College’s history. It also marks the future as one of the building projects includes the construction of a new Nursing Education Center. As ABD has previously reported, the nursing shortage is a concern in the CSRA. Aiken Tech has added evening nursing classes and now plans to address the growing need for nurses in the CSRA through new construction. In the next few months,

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Staff Report March 26, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Local business services company helps business owners take a break

Occasionally, business owners need a vacation, but they often wonder if they’ll still have a business when they get back. A local business services firm can help. Richardson Professional Solutions provides a variety of services for small businesses and non-profit organizations, including project management, bookkeeping, and marketing. But they can also keep your business running, even in your absence by offering virtual assistance, according to its Marketing and Sales Director, Payton Prather. Prather said their team can perform various tasks based on a business’s needs. “We can help return phone

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Josh Heath March 23, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Unique restaurant opens in time for Masters!

All poke bowls are not created equal, according to Angel Morgan. Morgan, co-owner of Build Yo Poke located in National Plaza, near Publix at 2816 Washington Road, Suite 101 in Augusta, loves poke, a Hawaiian dish made with raw fish or seafood cut into small pieces and served over rice. She runs the restaurant with the help of two of her children, Cayden and Shanna, who want to own their own restaurant someday. Her husband and other three children work at their other business: Pita Mediterranean Street Food located near

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Josh Heath March 23, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

CSRA businesses celebrate spring

We recently saw a post that Mother Nature will bake us this summer because she had seasoned us in pollen, then marinated us in the fridge. Regardless, North Augusta Forward and the Downtown Alliance are celebrating spring this weekend and it looks like the temperatures will be indicative of the season. The Downtown Spring Fest 2023 will be held in North Augusta Saturday, March 25, starting at 10 am. It will offer artists, food, and live music. Live music will feature Tanner Duckworth, Jaycie Ward, She N She, and Nick

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Staff Report March 23, 2023 No Comments
Shawna Woodward

Real Talk Real Estate: Buying or building? The struggle is real

My husband and I are in a new phase of life. We have found ourselves straddling life as empty nesters, but knew our current home couldn’t house our future. About 2 years ago, we decided it was time to make a move. In all honesty, I didn’t want to do it! Being a realtor, I am intimately aware of the hard work it takes to find a home and move. If you are familiar with the enneagrams, I am a 1 wing 9 and like to declare myself as a

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans March 23, 2023 No Comments
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