BNI Smyrna Business Exchange

Networking yesterday at our monthly Taco Tuesday social.

Member spotlight: Antwan Floyd with City National Bank. Does your business feel personal to you? Antwan Floyd with City National Bank understands and helps businesses large and small realize their goals. From SBA Loans to treasury services and more, Antwan is your go to concierge banker. Don’t rely on an 800 number, build a personal relationship with your banker by reaching out to Antwan.

615-429-8688

Member Spotlight: AJ Ihm with College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving. AJ is very charismatic and professional ready to assist with all the moving needs with his HUNK (Honest, Uniformed, Nice, Knowledgeable, Service) team.

Member Spotlight: Lori Christjansen Clezie with Atlanta Communities. Lori is our Residential Realtor and she’s ready to help anyone looking to buy or sell. She has been working in real estate for 28 years which allows her to assist her clients from listing to closing and everything in between!

Member Spotlight: Meg Garavaglia with Woven Legal. Meg holds the Legal Staffing seat in our chapter. Meg’s team is ready to assist lawyers make their jobs easier.

Member Spotlight: Chuck Hill with Dudley Thomas Spade. Chuck has been BNI member for multiple years and he represents our Commercial Real Estate. Today we learned about The Lease Journey. For all commercial real estate questions - contact Chuck!

Member Spotlight: Steve Gardner with Alpine Sign & Graphics Studio. Steve does signs and graphics. He does trade shows (table covers, banners), vehicle graphics, interior signs, a d custom projects.

One of Steve’s favorite words is REPEAT.

For all your graphic needs call Steve!

NOTABLE NETWORKERS: April

*Most CEUs: Andy Valle with Sunnyside Pressure Washing

*Most Referrals: Thomas Mercer with Restoration Tree Care LLC

*Most TYCB: Connie Weems-Scott with Searcy, Weems-Scott & Quinn

*Most Visitors: Farrel Middleton with The Bell Curve of Life and Kirk Woody with KPIgifts.com

*Most 1:1s: Dr. Aja Gilmore-Nichols with Lifestyle Dentistry

Member Spotlight: ELM HVAC - Kennesaw Ernest has been HVAC go to for numerous years. He does both commercial and residential - from installing, to maintaining, and repairing.

Summer weather around the corner, call Ernest for all your HVAC needs.

Introducing our February Most Notable Networkers:

Most CEUs: Charles Lankau with Fuller Sudlow Insurance

Most Visitors & Most 1:1s: Jim Raps with Riddley Commercial Cleaning, LLC

Most Referrals Given: Sam Bailey with PMI Terminus

Most TYCCB: Kirk Woody with KPI Gifts (kpigifts.com)

New Member Alert: this week we welcome Chris Matamoros with United Fence Work. United Fence Work is a local family owned business. We look forward to getting to know and continue to work with Chris!

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Sheri Duignan with Real Results Realty, Inc is the Real Estate Investor of our group. Sheri loves working Realtors, Property Managers, Landlords looking to retire and Land Owners. Connect with Sheri: 678-234-8890

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Chris Lawery with Chris Lawery Photography, our commercial photographer of the group. Chris loves working with residential and commercial realtors, construction companies, architects, interiors designers, and anyone else who may have a need for professional photography. Chris is also a licensed drone photographer! For your photography needs call Chris: 404-234-5195

Last night continuing our networking. Great turn out at our monthly Taco Tuesday.

Member spotlight: last week we got learn more about Payneless Pros and how they make their work (stump grinding and dumpster rentals) Payneless. We also got a chance to learn the importance that logo design has on branding by the designer of our group Phillip Dural.

NEW MEMBER ALERT:
Our team welcomes Stephanie Diamond with Diamond Chick Consulting and Greg DeLoia with Sanctuary Spaces, LLC. We look forward to work with these new great members in our team and to learn more about Health Insurance and Interior Design, respectively.

At BNI we celebrate our member’s success. Yesterday we got to celebrate Burke Scott’s once year ANNIVERSARY with Smyrna Vinings Lifestyle. To more to come 🥂.

Need new FLOORS? Call our trusted flooring solutionist Sha Reason with After Five Floors. Today we learned about new trends in flooring.

This morning we had the pleasure of hearing from Peter Wilson with Linkable Contracting about Building your Visions Every time when remodeling your Kitchens, Bathrooms, Basements, and now also Decks!

Choose Charles! That’s what we say here at in Smyrna. Meet Charles Lankau with Fuller Sudlow Insurance. Charles is a special person who takes his time to get to know his clients on a personal level and make recommendations that full protect them.

Our BNI members are always shining. Check out our Notable Networkers for the Year 2022-23!

John Zercher with The Dwell Collective
Burke Scott with Smyrna Vinings City Lifestyle
Samantha Bailey with PMI Terminus
Kevin Negron with Pawssion Doghouse

Welcome our newest member, Todd Lessem with Diakonos Management Solutions, LLC. He is here to help you grow your business with marketing and strategy solutions. Schedule a 121 with Todd. He’s got nearly 20 years of corporate experience and ready to help you.

Chenile Caulde shares a little more about how she helps people buy and sell businesses as a business advisor at Transworld Business Advisors

In short she can help you value your business and help you through the whole process with confidentiality.

If you are looking to buy or sell a business, Chenile is you partner the whole process.

Dr. Aja Nichols shares with the Smyrna BNI chapter some interesting facts on how teeth and jaws have developed overtime leading to dental challenges for under developed mouths. But we are so lucky she is here to help us. Meet Dr Aja, better yet go see her and her team at Lifestyle Dentistry located in Smyrna, GA

Third Annual BNI Smyrna Business Exchange Casino Night. Join us this Thursday, September 14th from 6:00-9:00 PM at The Table, 300 Village Green Cir, Smyrna, GA 30080, USA. Thank you once more to all of our sponsors.

Not too late to get your ticket at: www.sbecasinonight.com/

Business Services at the Smyrna Business Exchange includes companies such as graphic designers, web designers, bookkeeper, accountants and more. Today all of our talented business services members used a fun game of Pictionary to help us learn more about open seats for the team.

This morning our team learned the importance of 360 financial strategies from our own Connie Weems-Scott. Connie and her team are one of the top financial planning firms in the Atlanta area. Her experience, guidance and care are unmatched. Time for a 1:1 with Connie.

Rick (RB) Anderson is a veteran health insurance agent who helps small business get the right size policy for teams as small as two. Today he shared the power of a deductible. Did you know you could be overpaying each month by having too low of a deductible? A smart and efficient way to save some money is to call Rick and have him take a second look at your policies. And if you think you cannot afford health insurance, think again. [email protected]

✨✨Sponsor Spotlight for our Casino Night benefitting the students of Fair Oaks Elementary School. Huge thanks to Advantage Auto Service in Marietta, GA for your generosity as one of our top sponsors.
Visit sbecasinonight.com to learn how you can purchase tickets, become a sponsor or support our cause.