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On Second Thought…

  Don MacNeil is the former Marketing Director of Windsor Jewelers and long-time on-air radio professional.   Is it just me, or… On Second Thought… There’s a general misconception among those who don’t do it for a living that great ideas come in a flash, as if from on high. Yes, there may be that “Voila!” moment when it all comes together, but the truth is that significant work typically leads up to that kind of epiphany. Fresh ideas themselves are the result of the mating of a known thing

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Don MacNeil March 29, 2022 No Comments
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Mondays with Rick: A strategic plan for success at Augusta University

  Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, we take a look at Augusta University’s new strategic plan. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: As Augusta University looks at developing its strategic plan, maybe first we should talk about why a strategic plan is important. Rick: For any business to be successful, you have to create a long-term plan. It helps you decide what investments you’re going to make to

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Gary Kauffman March 28, 2022 No Comments
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Augusta native takes a swing at the golf shoe business

Augusta native Edgar Evans, Jr. doesn’t have a lucrative shoe contract like Tiger Woods, but he loves golf and has a passion for sharing the sport with young people from underserved communities. Evans golf instructor for the Atlanta Country Club and host of a golf TV show, Saturday Foursome, recently developed a signature golf shoe he calls The Edgar 1’s. The shoes will only be available during Masters Week from Saturday, April 2 to Sunday, April 10. Evans plans to release a different shoe the first week of April every

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Josh Heath March 28, 2022 No Comments
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Unleash the power of your brain for professional and personal success

The human brain weighs just three pounds and is mostly water, yet it contains incredible power. According to marketing expert Mark Alison, it has power far beyond what the average person realizes. Alison, a marketing expert and founder of The Alison Group (now Alison South), presented Future Planning in a seminar at Auben Realty last Thursday. His goal was to help those in attendance unlock the power of the brain. “You have two brains – the working or subconscious brain and the thinking or conscious brain,” Alison said. “A thinking

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Gary Kauffman March 28, 2022 No Comments
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Turning Masters Week visitors into business customers is the subject of the Chamber event

You usually don’t have to wait for a table at TBonz Steakhouse, but during Masters Week, there won’t be an empty seat in the house. Each year, the tournament brings thousands of visitors to the CSRA, which makes for a very busy week for local businesses, particularly those on Washington Road near the Augusta National Golf Club. The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce wants to help you turn those visitors into customers. That will be the topic of this month’s Special Edition Business Builder on Thursday, March 31 from 11:30

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Josh Heath March 25, 2022 No Comments
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Aiken company spreads AHH little sunshine with promotional products

What started as a hobby 30 years ago for Jim Hanna, grew into a successful business. He used to play in slow-pitch softball leagues, more than 300 games a year, which led to unique sales opportunities. “I started selling bats out of the back of my car and suddenly everyone wanted one,” he explained. Those sales were a catalyst for the promotional product business that he started. Over time, it grew from bats to banners, signs, T-shirts, vehicle wraps, and everything in between. If you can put a logo on

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Mitzi Oxford March 25, 2022 No Comments
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Fed’s interest rate hike will trickle down to affect CSRA businesses

Raising interest rates to prod people into spending less to fight inflation may sound counterintuitive, but that’s what the nation’s Federal Reserve System is attempting. While the increments may seem small, they will affect local businesses and consumers. “Raising interest rates is the Fed’s main tool to deal with inflation,” said retired banker Dan Blanton, who had served as CEO of Georgia Bank & Trust (now South State). “The historic data bears out that it does work if you give it time.” On March 16, the Federal Reserve Board decided

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Gary Kauffman March 24, 2022 No Comments
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Simon Says: Glimmer of good news for jobs but inflation still a fear

The New Year brought some cheer to several sectors of the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area economy.  The retail sector continued to gain jobs, employment in this sector was up 400 and is close to providing 30,000 jobs. Reassuringly, leisure and hospitality added almost 400 jobs as well. Manufacturing added a further 250 jobs and mining, logging, and construction added 400 jobs. Professional and business services saw an increase of over 600 jobs, following five consecutive months of declining jobs. These job gains were offset by losses of about 400 jobs

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor March 23, 2022 No Comments
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Local entrepreneur to make trash cans sparkle

You probably don’t think much about your outdoor trash cans until the stench of three-day-old meatloaf hits you in the face and pesky flies swarm around your head. But Drayton Oswald wants you to leave the chore of cleaning your dirty cans to him. Next month, Oswald plans to launch Spic & Span Georgialina Cans, which will specialize in washing, disinfecting, and deodorizing cans. The home-based business will primarily serve Columbia County residents. Spic & Span will use a simple process that can clean two trash cans at the same

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Josh Heath March 23, 2022 No Comments
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Brace yourselves for the second orthodontics location

A local orthodontist will soon give Columbia County residents another reason to smile. Dr. Lee Andrews II of Rogers & Andrews Orthodontics, whose office is located at 3545 Wheeler Road in Augusta, plans to expand his practice by opening a second location just off I-20 Exit 190 in Grovetown. Andrews and his staff held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site located at 785 Gateway Center Blvd. near Home2 Suites on Thursday, March 10. Alison Andrews, the orthodontist’s wife, said a construction crew has already begun grading the property, and the

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Josh Heath March 22, 2022 No Comments
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