Thought Leaders

Employee Benefits

Free Access: Medical Biz: Why are you paying 8400% MORE than you should?

Former Major Leaguer, Tom Mastny is an Employee Benefits consultant with the Pennant Group. He did some research on healthcare costs. In our continuing series this week, he looks at why your premiums and out-of-pocket costs are so high and what you can do about it. Watching this 90-second clip could save you a bunch of money!

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Darin Myers

Free Access: Resolve to be better at time management

You are a hardworking business owner who is consistently stressed about time. You end each day reflecting on all those tasks and activities that you didn’t check off your tick list. Darn. You should have called that vendor to negotiate a better price. You forgot to review the marketing calendar that you promised to approve. You completely missed an important scheduled meeting with your distribution manager. And that was just today. Important tasks and activities are being dropped regularly. But who can blame you? You are just one business owner

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Office Support

Free Access: Staying “in the know” with ABD

Running a business takes a lot of time, so Augusta Business Daily is a great resource to quickly find out all the things you need to know. Amy Richardson of Richardson Professional Solutions talks with ABD publisher, Neil Gordon about five reasons how a subscription to ABD helps business professionals.

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Digital Marketing

Free Access: Web 3.0 is here, but what is it?

Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, blockchain, Web 3.0, and Bored Apes are all the rage in the world of technology. So what really is Web 3.0? Web 3.0 is the future of the internet and it promises to be even more convenient, efficient, and user-friendly than the current version of the web. What sets it apart from its predecessors? To understand that, we will look at the predecessors to Web 3.0 in this article and briefly touch on what Web 3.0 is. Web 1.0 (1991ish to 2004) This period of the web was

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Cyber Security

Local company reps discuss pros and cons of offering remote work options

After the pandemic, some companies have required their employees to return to the office, but that hasn’t been the case at Sizemore, Inc., according to Joey Warren. Warren, the staffing agency’s senior corporate communications coordinator, said many of its employees have the option to work remotely. “We have a lot of flexibility within our company, and we’re very accommodating to people’s schedules,” he said. “We’ve been hesitant to force people to be back in the office.” Warren said he’s worked for Sizemore, which hires employees for a variety of positions,

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Shawna Woodward

Free Access: Real Talk Real Estate: How to Get an Offer Accepted at the Start of 2023

As the mortgage rates started to increase, so did the amount of time homes lingered on the market. At the height of the market, homes were selling in a few days. Now, they are taking months. Sellers now have to negotiate to sell their homes. Even though the market has started to normalize, offers are still being denied. Quite frankly, they get denied because they are just bad offers. Yes, the market has returned to normal but no, we are not at the point where low-balling will do you any

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