Tech Talk With Jerry Jones and Kelvin Moy on Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors

In the latest episode of Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors on Business Radio X, Bonnie and her co-host, Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson focused on managing technology and the related risks in today’s changing landscape. Their guests were Jerry Jones, who has a long history of providing IT audits, audit automation and technology consulting services, and Kelvin Moy,…

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Business Tips and Trends from Atlanta Attorneys

In the most recent episode of Atlanta Business Radio’s series, Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors, Bonnie and her co-host, Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson, interviewed Keely Herrick and Stephanie Everett. Both guests are respected Atlanta attorneys who gained big-firm experience before launching their own boutique law practices. Stephanie has since moved into consulting, helping other law firms manage…

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Newsle Acquired by LinkedIn

  by Shauna McCullough-Hightower, marketing and project coordinator A while back we wrote a blog post about Newsle, the platform that alerts you to the latest news about your social media connections. This handy-dandy platform creates a great opportunity to stay on top of all the news regarding your business networking connections without spending a…

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Maintain Your Reputation on LinkedIn with These 5 Tips

LinkedIn is for professional networking, but is your behavior there truly professional? Follow these five rules to be sure you’re not inadvertently violating the professional protocol for using the site. With LinkedIn growing in popularity as a networking and publishing platform, it’s good policy to doublecheck your own behavior on the site as well as…

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LinkedIn Groups: A Fresh New Face

  by Rachael Pass, marketing intern LinkedIn is doing a some major redecorating lately and has launched a revamped LinkedIn Groups, with a sleek “new and improved” attitude. The new LinkedIn Groups offers more features for interactivity and boasts a cleaner, more streamlined look. LinkedIn Groups is one of the most popular products on LinkedIn.…

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Happy Anniversary bbr marketing!

  by Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk, president The statistics vary depending on your source of information, but all describe the same truth: Starting a small business is quite a risk-filled endeavor. For those in the services industry, like we are, the numbers I’ve seen indicate that only 35-40 percent of new businesses are still around after…

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Newsle Helps You Track News Alerts on Your Social Media Connections

  by Kelly Lucas, marketing and social media manager If you’ve not yet heard about Newsle, then do I have a treat for you! Newsle is a platform that brings you news stories that feature your personal and professional connections. By connecting your LinkedIn and Facebook accounts to Newsle, the site will notify you whenever…

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7 Lessons from the Thriving Firm Conference

  by Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk, president A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to attend and exhibit at the RAN ONE Americas Thriving Firm Conference in Sarasota, Florida. It was our second outing as exhibitors at a trade show, and it was time and money well spent. Much like our first trade show, the…

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LinkedIn is Getting a Facelift

  by Kelly Googe Lucas, marketing and social media manager First Twitter gets a new ‘do, then Twitter dumps LinkedIn, so of course LinkedIn has to one-up the bird and get a completely new look. In the next few weeks, LinkedIn will begin rolling out a fresh new look for their homepage. In the latest…

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Social Media Dreaming

  by Sarah Warlick, writer and copy editor I’ve been devoting a lot of thought to social media lately between reading articles about it, writing some myself, helping manage it for clients and handling my own accounts. The result was that my brain helpfully carried on without me as I slept, entertaining me with a…

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“Kittens can be polarizing” and other nuggets of marketing wisdom

  by Kelly Googe Lucas, marketing and social media manager This past week I attended the second annual Digital Summit here in Atlanta. The event played host to nerds professionals of all types and offered workshops and panels that touched on the latest and greatest in digital marketing. I gleaned some great information and have…

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How Not to Market Yourself

  by Kelly Lucas, marketing and social media manager We love blog comments. We encourage blog comments. When we write a post that inspires someone to leave a comment, we are happy. However, we recently received a comment on one of our posts that really took us aback. The blog post was about creating a…

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