After the past two years, people are ready to do in-person events. Amy Richardson of Richardson Professional Solutions tells Neil Gordon how her company can help you plan your next corporate event.
Urban and Rural Roost is creating a new way to work in the CSRA where entrepreneurs, remote workers, startup founders, and podcast hosts can gather for interaction and stimulate their creative juices. There’s a reason for the business name Urban and Rural Roost and it’s another bit of “out of the box” thinking by founder, Gary Finnan. “Aiken merges the urban and rural beautifully,” he said. “The area where we are, 703 Richland Avenue East, might be considered urban blight, but I believe this area has great potential and will
Name: Sabrina Hines Company/Title: Branch Manager for HireQuest Years Served: Staffing for 15 years, 7 years in current position Contact info: 706-798-5860 Sabrina Hines has learned how to scramble the hard way. She worked her way up over the years from a receptionist to a recruiter, to her present position as a Branch Manager with HireQuest. When COVID reared its ugly head a couple of years ago, staffing agencies struggled to meet their client demands for workers. The hardest-hit industries like travel, restaurants, entertainment, education, health care, and retail grabbed
After two pandemic years, local merchants and hotels were glad to see crowds and income on par with pre-covid years. It was standing room only at TBonz during the 2022 Masters Tournament, according to Henry Scheer. The restaurant drew much larger crowds than it did in 2019 and 2020. Scheer, co-owner of the well-known restaurant located just blocks from the Augusta National Golf Club, said he was very pleased with the turnout for the first full tournament in three years. The crowds were so large that customers had to wait
The Masters has a massive economic impact on the CSRA, but Augusta is home to many other large events during the rest of the year, such as meetings, conferences, and games. These events bring thousands of people to the CSRA and generate millions of dollars in revenue for local hotels, restaurants, retail shops, and other businesses. Destination Augusta and the Augusta Sports Council recently announced events held in the second quarter (April-June) of 2022 are expected to generate a total estimated economic impact of more than $6 million. “I’m extremely
Georgia Small Business Administration issues awards to small businesses and Elon Musk jokes about Coca-Cola – Augusta Business Daily by Mike Petchenik
Perry M. Smith, Jr. is a teacher, speaker, TV, and radio commentator and best-selling author, and executive producer of four videos. Hundreds of millions of television viewers worldwide came to know him during the 1991 Persian Gulf War for his more than 100 appearances as a military analyst on network television. Smith served for 30 years in the U. S. Air Force. He commanded the F-15 fighter wing at Bitburg, Germany where he provided leadership to 4000 personnel. Later, he served as the top Air Force planner and as the commandant
You don’t need to be Elon Musk to be a good online marketer (although he is a master at getting attention online). You will need to have a digital marketing strategy for your business, though. There is no single approach that will make your online marketing plan a success. Looking for a ‘silver bullet’ marketing solution is not a sound strategy in today’s ever-changing world. What is a digital online strategy? We’ll explore this topic over the next several months. Before we start, let’s address the elephant on the web…
Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he discusses the importance of being in sales, no matter what business you’re in. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: For many people, their image of a salesperson is a pushy car salesman, or for us older folks, someone like Herb Tarlek from the old WKRP in Cincinnati TV show. When you talk about sales, what’s different? Rick: It’s not like the
A new salon business called Elegant Nails is coming to Evans, according to Jordan Collier, Managing Director of Meybohm Commercial Properties. Collier said the 2,000-square-foot salon is scheduled to open in late summer in a mixed-use development called Eclipse at Riverwood, located just outside of Riverwood Plantation on Washington Road. The development includes Eclipse Storage, an 85,000-square-foot facility. Besides that, there are two buildings in the center. The first building is anchored by a new Dunkin’ Donuts location. “Elegant Nails will be the first tenant in the second building,” he
