Small Business Owners in Rural Georgia Learn to Build a Powerful Online Presence through UGA SBDC’s Digital Marketing Bootcamp

Local search engine optimization, social media platforms, artificial intelligence, finding online customers – what does it mean for a small business? Through the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center’s Digital Marketing Bootcamps, more than 600 rural Georgia entrepreneurs have discovered the answers for their business. The Digital Marketing Bootcamp is a three-hour program taught […]

UGA SBDC Digital Marketing Leads to Market Expansion For Cornelia Managed Service Provider

ACG SOLUTIONS When Charles “Chuck” Ansley and his siblings were looking to expand their family business, they knew they could turn to the University of Georgia Small Business Development for Assistance (UGA SBDC). <a href=”https://www.acg-solutions.com/”>ACG Solutions</a>, a managed IT services provider in Cornelia, needed help building its marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) skills. Those […]

UGA Helps With Strategic Marketing and Business Decisions to Help Expand Business

Marty Hooks could have chosen a life of leisure after working 30 years in the metal buildings industry. However, when his employer began downsizing and offered him an early retirement buyout, he decided to open his own business to create jobs for veterans and young people in his adopted hometown of St. Mary’s, Georgia. Hooks, […]

Digital Marketing Puts Cybersecurity Firm on the Radar for New Clients

In the hush-hush world of data and system security, being a best-kept secret can help ethical hackers working to halt the destruction of bad actors. However, a low profile may also hinder a cybersecurity firm trying to build its client base, as Firestorm Cyber’s Ehsan Choudhury learned when he launched his business in 2018. Firestorm […]

UGA SBDC Assists Fren in Transforming Medical Spaces

As many small business owners know, the early stages of business development can be rigorous. Stephen Nottingham, co-founder of Fren, knew he needed support to guide him along the way as he built his design business. He was referred to the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (UGA SBDC). Fren is a multidisciplinary design […]

Sister Entrepreneurs Use UGA SBDC to Guide Business Growth

When a University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (UGA SBDC) business card landed on  their booth table at the Augusta Market on the River, something told Freshwater Design Co. owners Brianne Martin and Dani Harmadi to hold on to it. And the sisters did for about three years before they put it to use. […]