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Downtown marina hosts weekly holiday market

If you’re looking for unique handmade items to give family and friends as Christmas gifts, you can probably find exactly what you’re looking for in downtown Augusta. The sixth annual 5th Street Marina Holiday Market is being held every Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. until Dec. 18. It opened Oct. 30. The market’s vendors sell a variety of items, including soaps, candles, clothing, and crafts, as well as health and beauty products, according to marina’s owner, Beth Christian. There’s also a food truck that sells a variety of menu

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Josh Heath November 22, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local charity supports U.S. troops stationed overseas

Burt Sappenfield has never served in the military, but every year, he helps to warm the hands and hearts of U.S. servicemembers all over the world. In 2009, Sappenfield, owner of Majestic Floor Care, established the Operation Handwarmer initiative, which has collected more than 150,000 items, including not only hand warmers but also toothpaste, nuts, protein bars, candy, and gloves, to ship to U.S. Army troops stationed overseas. “We work with chaplains, and they take them to the troops,” he said. Unlike other charities, Operation Handwarmer doesn’t accept monetary donations

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Josh Heath November 21, 2022 No Comments
Digital Marketing

Free Access: A starter course in AI chatbots

We are continuing with our trends in digital marketing 2023 version. This week: Artificial Intelligence Chatbots. What is an AI Chatbot? One definition might be: An AI chatbot is like a digital puppet that you can talk to and it will respond in a way that simulates human conversation. A more formal definition is more like this: An AI chatbot is a software program that can carry out human-like conversations by responding to text chats. This type of AI bot will help a company reduce customer tickets or trouble reports

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Richard Brashear November 21, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Meybohm celebrates grand opening of new development division location

A major division of a local real estate company now has a new home. Meybohm Real Estate’s development division, known as CSRA Development, has relocated to a new building at 247 Camilla Ave. in Martinez. The company celebrated its grand opening, Thursday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce. For the last 30 years, CSRA Development has been responsible for overseeing the planning and development of neighborhoods throughout the CSRA, including Riverwood in Evans, Canterbury Farms in Grovetown, and Cornerstone Creek in Harlem. The division

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Josh Heath November 21, 2022 No Comments
Brian King

Free Access: Trademarks help protect your business

Trademarking is vital to protecting your business name. Neil Gordon sits down with Augusta Business Attorney, Brian King to discover some of the ins and outs of safeguarding your business name.

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Neil Gordon with J. Brian King November 21, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Mondays with Rick: Small businesses are the backbone of a community

  Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he talks about the importance of supporting small businesses for a strong economy. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: We hear a lot about the need to shop at small businesses to help the community. Why are small businesses so important to the CSRA? Rick: It’s the most important thing. There are big businesses that won’t make the investment to come to

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Gary Kauffman November 20, 2022 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Free Access: Data security starts at the top

Security for your data isn’t the sole responsibility of the IT department. Patrick Reynolds of Cross Link Consulting says leaders of an organization have to take ultimate responsibility for data integrity.

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Patrick Reynolds November 20, 2022 No Comments
Awards/Celebrations

Local counseling center wins phone makeover contest

Counselors help people find peace of mind and encouragement in the worst times of their lives. A local counseling center will soon contact its clients using a nearly $7,000 phone system, thanks to a CSRA technology company. Still Waters Professional Counseling Services in Martinez won the 2022 IntelliSystems Extreme Phone Makeover Contest, which required businesses to complete an online entry form and submit a video. “Our second Extreme Phone Makeover Contest proved to be another outstanding success,” said IntelliSystems CEO, Kevin Wade. “The winning entry was chosen by a select

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Josh Heath November 20, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Tips to make the most of Small Business Saturday

There are more than 33 million small businesses in the United States, and Saturday is a chance to celebrate them – and buy from them – during Small Business Saturday. American Express started Small Business Saturday in 2010 as a way to promote the impact small businesses have on local economies. Last year, 51 million people participated in Small Business Saturday, spending $20 billion according to American Express – an average of almost $400 per person. Small businesses are especially popular with women and with Millennials. A Lending Tree survey

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Gary Kauffman November 20, 2022 No Comments
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