May 2012 Features

  • Key Employee Protection: Preserving the Life of Your Business

    May 30, 2012

    As a business owner, you recognize the importance of insuring your building, inventory, and equipment. These assets are vital to the success of your company. But have you considered what would happen if a key employee died unexpectedly or became disabled?

  • The “Half of All Workers Don't Pay Taxes” Mantra is Starting to Get Taxing

    May 25, 2012

    One of my concerns over the past year or so is the continued use of the phrase “half of all workers don't pay taxes.” It's one of those ideas that needs some context, and it's probably not the kind of context you've read about anywhere else.

  • Mediacom Delivers Positive First Quarter

    May 23, 2012

    Mediacom, one of the leading cable operators focused on serving smaller cities and towns in the United States, posted its best first-quarter results in Georgia in four years, according to Mediacom Senior Marketing Manager for Georgia, Melanie Hannasch. Mediacom serves all of southwestern Georgia, passing about 300,000 homes.

  • Georgia Ports Support More Than 350,000 Jobs Across State

    May 21, 2012

    According to the UGA Terry College of Business, Georgia ports now account for 8.3 percent of total state employment, or one out of 12 jobs. The total impact of Georgia’s deepwater ports on the state’s economy was $66.9 billion, or 9.5 percent of Georgia’s output in FY11, and some of those jobs and money flow into South Georgia.

  • SBA Names Judy Randle 2012 Women in Business Champion of the Year for Georgia and the Southeast

    May 18, 2012

    Judy Randle, Owner and President of Central Monitoring, Inc. of Albany, Georgia has been named the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 2012 Women in Business Champion of the Year for both Georgia and SBA’s Southeast Region IV.

  • New Georgia Legislation Encourages Job Growth in State

    May 17, 2012

    Georgia citizens should soon see new job opportunities in the state thanks to aggressive measures passed this year by the Georgia legislature. Business-friendly bills signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal will benefit manufacturers, the film industry, technology and other start-up companies, the life sciences sector and businesses large and small in many other industries.

  • Local Wendy’s Owner Says It’s All About People

    May 16, 2012

    Business is up at the four Wendy’s restaurants in Albany this year, according to owner David Ivey. Sales have been building over the past two years despite a down economy.

  • How to Improve Financial Savvy

    May 14, 2012

    Unfortunately there’s not a mandatory class or training program each of us is required to take before we are allowed to earn our first dollar. No, we are left to our own devices. Bil Sadler talks about some ways you can improve your financial savvy.

  • Win Price Negotiations on Value

    May 10, 2012

    You have been working a prime sales prospect for the past six months. Your product is the ideal solution, you have done a great job of selling the value and you have carefully calculated a value-based price point for this prospect. But, despite your very best efforts at winning the deal, the buyer is asking for a lower price. What do you do next?

  • Data Shows Tourism Thriving in Albany

    May 10, 2012

    Rashelle Beasley, manager of the Albany Convention and Visitors Bureau, gives an update on the growing tourism in the area, and what the Albany CVB does to attract tourists to Albany.

  • The Veranda Celebrates its 60th Anniversary

    May 08, 2012

    This month, The Veranda marks 60 years of providing quality health care to Albany women and their families. Dr. John Inman Jr. opened a solo medical practice in obstetrics and gynecology in the summer of 1952.

  • Brooks Furniture Welcomes Pam McDonald-Garrett as Co-Owner

    May 06, 2012

    On April 17, Brooks Furniture announced Pam McDonald-Garrett is now a co-owner of the company with Robert Brooks, Jr. McDonald-Garrett was previously president of JLA Global, a multinational analytical and technical agricultural corporation.

  • 5 Things Business Owners Shouldn’t Skimp On

    May 03, 2012

    As small business owners, we’re all strapped for cash and we hate spending unnecessarily. That being said, not everything should be DIY. Sometimes trying to save money and do things yourself costs you more in lost time and lost business than you saved in cash.

  • Albany ARC Announces Fourth Annual Mexican Fiesta May 17th

    May 01, 2012

    On May 17, the Albany Advocacy Resource Center will hold its Fourth Annual Mexican Fiesta, one of the largest fundraising events for the agency that serves individuals with developmental disabilities across Southwest Georgia.