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Free Access: Optimizing Your Google Listings Part 1

In the last article, Get your business noticed with Google Business Profile, we shared how to claim your business profile on Google. In the next few articles, we will look at how to optimize your profile to get maximum business and exposure for your company. The more complete your Google Business Profile is, the more likely you will have to better your chances of getting noticed through a local search. In fact, three major factors: relevance, distance, and prominence impact local search ranking. Relevance measures how closely your listing matches

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Richard Brashear September 5, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local nonprofit launches coloring book project to help downtown businesses

Jeremy Rueggeberg has found a creative way to help businesses in downtown Augusta. Rueggeberg, the co-founder of Beautify Augusta and former publisher of Medical Professionals Augusta magazine, has developed the idea for a downtown coloring book project and is currently looking for businesses interested in participating. Beautify Augusta is a non-profit organization devoted to funding public mural projects in that part of town, such as its recent restoration of the Pink Slips building on Jones Street. The idea is to use the murals to draw more people to downtown Augusta.

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Josh Heath September 1, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local watersports business to host a community event on the river Sunday

Dayon Walker wants to provide a day of fun and education for the local community, which is why he’s hosting the second annual Cooler Fest on Sunday. Walker, the owner of Reserve and Ride Watersports, which offers guided jet ski tours of the Savannah River, said the all-day, family-friendly event will also include food, music, horse rides, as well as water slides. It will be held at 105 Riverfront Drive in Augusta near the Boathouse Community Center. He’s offering free entry for anyone donating book bags or fall/winter clothing, which

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Josh Heath September 1, 2022 No Comments
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Life in the fast lane proves dangerous for tow truck drivers

It’s raining during Friday afternoon rush hour and your car breaks down on I-20. Traffic is whizzing past. You call a towing service. They arrive and proceed to hook up your car and mount it on their massive tow truck. They can feel the wind from passing cars and 18-wheelers. Working in the elements coupled with distracted drivers could be a disastrous combination, especially when your “office” is on the side of the road. Justin Watkins, the owner of Watkins Towing Service in Augusta, knows the dangers, but it’s part

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Mitzi Oxford September 1, 2022 No Comments
Shawna Woodward

Free Access: Real Talk Real Estate: Selling a Home with Pets

I hope that we all share the love of a beloved pet or two. I can admit I am fully pet-crazed and love my fur babies like they are my children. My friends affectionately refer to me as the crazy cat lady! When I am helping buyers and sellers, pets often take center stage with their needs. Those who have pets want to buy a home with a fenced yard for the dogs or a screened porch for the cats. If you are a seller, you are concerned with what

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Shawna Woodward, Re/Max Reinvented Evans September 1, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Faith Friday: Full Speed Ahead in Faith: Young businessman tests his faith limits, one ride at a time

Bible stories on faith Tyrique Robinson heard about as a child, he admits, didn’t mean much. Now, as a 20-year-old father of one, businessman, and military veteran, he says his faith means everything.  After all, it is only by God’s grace that he has beaten negative statistics that often plague young, Black men. He wants to share his blessings with others through Dream Luxury Transportation & Limousine Service. “Our motto is ‘Making Dreams Come True,’” said the Augusta native. “Transportation is my skillset, and I already had a trucking company.

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Monique Williams September 1, 2022 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Augusta home prices expected to increase next year

Patti Ellis’s husband is retiring in December, so the couple would like to sell their home and buy a smaller house in the Augusta area. But because local home prices have skyrocketed, she said every home they’ve viewed has cost much more than they want to spend. The couple currently lives in a two-story house in the Tudor Branch neighborhood in Grovetown. Ellis said they should be able to get between $450,000 and $475,000 for that home. She said they would like to sell it and make a very large

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Josh Heath August 31, 2022 1 Comment
Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: McNeely’s Place

Editor’s Note: Our regular lunch reviewer, Wes Hennings, is taking a few weeks of paternity leave. While we assume he is still eating something, somewhere, he won’t be writing about it while he’s off duty. Meanwhile, ABD editor, Gary Kauffman will pinch-hit with the reviews of his lunches with a colleague, as a way to advise our business community on the good, the bad, and the tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let the restaurant know where he is going; his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he

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Gary Kauffman August 31, 2022 No Comments
B2B Stories

Local photographers create unique Christmas experience for children, families

It’s still summer, but 5-year-old Jackson Williamson and his 3-year-old brother, Jones, got to spend an hour with Santa Claus Saturday morning (shown above), thanks to two local photographers. Melissa Gordon, the wife of Publisher Neil Gordon and owner of Studio Gordon, LLC, and Addie Strozier, owner of Addie Strozier Photography, LLC, have developed a unique Christmas experience for children and their families. In the past, Gordon and Strozier took quick photos of children with Santa. This is their first year doing one-hour sessions. “I love seeing the excitement on

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Story by Josh Heath Photos by Addie Strozier August 31, 2022 No Comments
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