I was super humbled when Anna agreed to be a guest on the podcast! Anna is the founder of Team Up Mentoring in Monroe, GA and talk about someone making an impact on generations in her community! Anna and her team step into the lives of kids who have been through something significantly traumatic and they’re there for the long haul! They match the kids with someone who can be there for them with anything they need from school work to someone to talk to and they provide assistance to the family as well! It takes a village, and Team Up is a big part of that village! You do not want to miss this episode!

Lightning Round Questions

What was your first job? Doctor’s Office

When you’re not working, how do you like to spend your time? Throwing the ball to her dog, who is also a certified service dog for Team Up 

Favorite book? Harry Potter

To learn more about how you can help, check out their website!

www.teamupmentoring.org

Facebook: @Team.Up.Mentoring.Ga

IG: @teamupmentoring 

Today's episode was sponsored by Get It Together Cleaning Services

GIT Cleaning specializes in residential cleaning services and loves to serve busy home owners who value a clean home but have way too much going on to be able to do it themselves!

If you're done trying to keep up with the house cleaning, schedule a call with the GIT Team by visiting their website.

www.bookyourcleannow.com

You can also find them on Facebook and Instagram: @GITCleaning

As always, thanks for listening and keep supporting local!

I was super excited for this interview today, and not just because Marissa is super passionate about the work she does in her community, but because I’m a big advocate for being involved with your local Chamber of Commerce! Marissa, while new to her job at the Athens Area Chamber, has been involved as a member for several years! She shared with me all the benefits of being involved, the ways your Chamber Membership can save you money, and how you’ll get the most out of your membership when you’re involved. Listen in, even if you’re not in Athens, because this episode will benefit you as well!

Lightning Round Questions

Favorite Local Restaurants?

Creature Comforts

Dog Gone Good BBQ

Ted’s Most Best

Clocked

Paloma Park

What TV show are you watching right now? Inked and Parks and Rec

If you could take a week long vacation and do any one activity, what would it be? Hang at a cabin with the people she loves most!

Get in touch with the Athens Area Chamber!

Facebook @AthensChamber

www.athensga.com

Today's episode was sponsored by Kim Greenlee, Real Estate Agent at The Homestore GA. Kim is a residential real estate specialist with an affinity for first time buyers. She works hard to take care of her clients!

You can find her online at http://kimgreenlee.thehomestorega.com/

or call her directly at (404) 844-9081

Thanks for listening and keep supporting local!

I was super grateful that the mayor of Monroe agreed to be on the podcast! If you live in Monroe, you likely know who John Howard is, and if you're a business owner in Monroe, you almost definitely do! Mayor John Howard is a HUGE advocate and cheerleader for the small business community and it was apparent by talking to him that he also truly loves the people that make up the community! You do not want to miss this interview!

Today's episode was sponsored by Kim Greenlee, Real Estate Agent at The Homestore GA. Kim is a residential real estate specialist with an affinity for first time buyers. She works hard to take care of her clients!

You can find her online at http://kimgreenlee.thehomestorega.com/

or call her directly at (404) 844-9081

Thanks for listening and keep supporting local!

I was super pumped to have Keith Keppner on the podcast because I could tell just from talking to him that he was going to bring such great energy to the interview! It was so much fun talking with someone who had first hand knowledge of starting a franchise! I’m already scheming a plan to ask him and his wife to double date with my husband and I so we can hear more about their business and all that they’ve learned from franchising! You don’t want to miss this one! 

Keith’s Lighning Round questions:

Favorite podcast?

Keith’s not much of a podcast listener, but enjoys a few Youtube shows…

Brad Lea TV https://www.youtube.com/c/THEREALBRADLEA/featured

Optimize with Bryan Johnson https://www.youtube.com/user/PhilosopherNotes

Favorite place to go for date night?

Blind Pig Tavern: FB @BlindPigTavern

Clocked: FB @clockeddiner

Cali N Tito’s: FB @Cali-N-Titos

Where can people find you online?

www.keppnerboxing.com

FB: @KeppnerBoxingAthens

IG: Athens @keppnerboxingfitnessathensga

Loganville @keppnerboxingfitnessloganville

Franchising @keppnerboxingfranchisecorp

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/KeppnerBoxing

Today’s episode is sponsored by Get It Together Cleaning Services!

If cleaning is something you just don’t have time for, but a dirty, messy house stresses you out, the GIT Clean Team is here for you!

The team is friendly and well trained so you won’t have to worry about a thing! 

Let them totally take cleaning off your “to do” list! 

Schedule a call to see if they’re the team for you!

www.bookyourcleannow.com

Or find them on Facebook @GITCleaning

As always, thanks for listening and keep supporting local!

I have been waiting to get Michele Yarbrough on the podcast for a year, so today’s interview is one for the books! Michele is the owner of a brand, spankin’ new store in Downtown Monroe called The Armory Bookstore. It’s a bootique Christiant bookstore and is quite possibly one of the most charming hole in the wall stores you’ll ever find! Michele shared with me how she loves the Bible and that her love language has always been “gift giving” so this store has been something she’s been dreaming up for almost 30 years! I can’t wait for you to listen as we chat about her store and how God lead her to use her gift to start this business!

Here are Michele’s Lightning Round answers…

Favorite author: Lysa TerKeurst (Uninvited)

Favorite restaurant for date night with her hubby: 

Silver Queen: Facebook @eatsilverqueen

South on Broad: Facebook @SouthonBroad

Local Republic: Facebook @localrepublicga

Find Michele online: www.thearmorybookstore.com

Facebook & Instagram: @thearmorybookstore

If you see something that you want to purchase on their social media, just send her a DM and she’ll get it ordered for you! Their e-commerce site will also be launching soon, so watch out for that to be announced on Facebook or Instagram!

Today’s episode was sponsored by Get It Together Cleaning Services.

If you are sick of being the only one who cleans your house, schedule a call and let GIT Cleaning totally take that dreaded chore off your plate!

www.bookyourcleannow.com

Thanks for listening and keep supporting local!

Today I'm here solo sharing what I've done in my business, that is 100% reliant on having good employees and has a higher than average turnover rate in a good market. As a business owner, you can't give up! You have to adjust your systems when they stop working! 

Through a little trial and error and a lot of talking with other business owners, I've got my hiring totally under control, even during these "hard to hire" circumstances we're in!

Listen in as I share what I've learned and what I'm doing!

If you're interested in being a guest on the podcast, reach out to me on social!

Facebook: @HometownBusinessPodcast

Instagram: @HometownBusiness

I was super excited to get the chance to interview David Clemons! He's the editor and publisher at the Walton Tribune and truthfully, I should have probably interviewed him about how to be a better interviewer. Instead I asked him things like what it's like being a journalist in the social media age and how the local media differs from the mainstream media that everyone has an opinion about...He had great answers but next time I'll get his input on how to host a really great interview!

Here's where you can find David online

Facebook and Instagram: @davidclemons404 or @thewaltontribune

www.thewaltontribune.com

And if you're a local business interested in advertising at The Walton Tribune, give David a call at 770-260-2492! 

Make sure you subscribe to either the online or print version, because while they do share a lot of their content for free online, it's important that we support the local news outlet! Plus it's charming to read a paper like the good, ole' days! 

And because I like to share guests' lightening round answers, here's the podcast and restaurant recommendations that David gave...

Podcasts he's listening to: 

This American Life, The Dallop, and any True Crime podcasts he can find...

Local restaurants he recommends:

Amici, Smitty's Wing Shop, The Blue Rooster, and LR Burger

Hope you guys enjoyed the show! 

Keep supporting local!

Melissa Cowles has a business that would make most people jealous! As the owner of a travel agency, she gets to take some really amazing trips in order to make sure that she has actual experience traveling to the places her clients want to go. 

She shared with me what it was like in the travel industry for the past year, and though you might assume she just had nothing to do while the world was shut down, she was actually very busy! She also shared why planning any big trip with a travel agent will save you money and hassle! You do not want to miss this interview!

Here's where you can find her Online, Social Media, or by phone:

www.makeamemorytravel.net
[email protected]
Tel: 770-267-6347
Facebook @makeamemorytravel

We also always like to link our guests Lightning Round recommendations

If Melissa could pick her favorite vacation spots it would be...

Australia, Japan, the Caribbean, and Alaska 

Her favorite local restaurants:

Your Pie 
Amici
South on Broad
Silver Queen
Johnny Knuckles 

Today's episode is sponsored by Get It Together Cleaning Services
www.gitcleaning.com
Facebook & Instagram @gitcleaning

You can also follow us here at Hometown Business on Social as well
Facebook: @hometownbusinesspodcast
Instagram: @hometownbusiness

Thanks for listening!

I love meeting interesting people, and Ms. Kim Greenlee is definitely an interesting person!

Kim is a real estate agent who serve Loganville and it's surrounding cities. She is also a certified Sommelier! Listen in as she shares why she believes the housing market is beginning to normalize and what it took to become a certified "Wine Lady".

Here are links to places Kim mentioned in our Lightning Round

Kim's favorite local restaurant

Silver Queen www.eatsilverqueen.com

If you're in the market to buy or sell a home, you should definitely reach out to Kim! She'll take care of ya!

Find her on Facebook and Instagram at @kimsellsatl

and if you'd like to get to know her personally, follow her personal page on IG @wine_n_chis

Until next time, keep supporting local!

I was so excited to get the chance to interview Rebekah Black, founder of the organization, Jambos. Their passion is to bring comfort to children in foster care! These kids are often abruptly taken from their homes with very few of their belongings and Rebekah felt a strong conviction about how scary that has to be for them! That's how Jambos was born! Listen in as she shares her story as well as how local businesses, big and small, can get involved.

Here's where you can find her on Social Media!
Facebook and Instagram @jambosdonates
And her personal IG page @RebekahBlack101

If you're interested in being a part of financially supporting Jambos or hosting a pajama drive, reach out on social media, go to their website
www.jambosdonates.com, or email Rebekah at [email protected].

We also always like to link our guests Lightning Round recommendations

Rebakah's book recommendations

Becoming by Michelle Obama
The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone
Atomic Habits by James Clear

Her favorite local restaurants

www.overthetopburger.com
www.barebonessteakhouse.com