“Children’s Discovery Center was honored to be selected to share our entrepreneurial story in Abec’s Small Business Review. The exposure enabled us to enhance our circle of influence among working parents in our community. Since this is our 30th anniversary year, we also had the privilege of using the Review to thank the greater Toledo community for entrusting their children to us for the past three decades.”
Lois M. Rosenberry
Children's Discovery Center
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“It’s been slightly over a year since my story was in the Toledo edition of ABEC’s Small Business Review. I received many comments from readers of the paper, so I know that it is widely read. The story provided great visibility for my business; I generated new clients, including someone that continues to work with me and has referred several other great clients. So if you want to build visibility and credibility for your business, I highly recommend being featured in ABEC’s Small Business Review.”
Pat Altvater
Sales Coach
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As a consultant and writer, I don’t have the time to meet with everyone I’d like to so my columns help me provide a personal conversation with people I don’t see regularly or maybe have never met. The tone and availability of the paper provide me with a constant readership to help the businesses of Northwest Ohio take a few moments to learn a tip or trick to better run their business. I know that the outreach is working because I regularly run into a person who will say “I really like your articles.” Or “that article on procedures really helped me understand a problem.” Finally, being a regular columnist just means that I have a readership that I can reach as I grow my business or Change Lanes to the next adventure.
Linda Lucas Fayerweather
Business Coach
www.creativeideasmarketing.com
Angie Scott
Medical Aesthetician, Make-Up Artist, Certified Permanent Cosmetics Professional and Owner of FACES Corrective Skincare
Proper skin care at home is paramount
Geoff Scott
CEO and owner of Friends of the Family Home Health Care in Toledo
Who cares for the caregiver?
Megan Coyle-Stamos
Vice President and prearrangement specialist at Coyle Funeral Home
Why the first four minutes matter
Steve Turner
Owners, Paws and Remember of Northwest Ohio, a division of Turner Vault Company
Local pet crematory gets upgraded
May, 2012 Featured Stories
Cousino Harris Disaster Kleenup helps property owners rebuild after disaster strikes
Cousino Harris Disaster Kleenup - Forrest Cousino
By ASBR Staff
‘First, do the call backs, because that defines a company. Then take care of the little jobs. The medium and big jobs will fall into place.’
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Balancing the roles of optometrist, new mother and business owner
Personal Eyecare - Dr. Roxanna Potter
By Kristy Erdodi
“I went into optometry because I wanted to take care of patients, but I didn’t have the time or the finances to go to medical school proper,” she said. “So I looked into different subspecialties and ended up being fascinated with eyes and vision.”
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Dental patients leave the office of Dr. Charles Latham with a smile
Dr. Charles E. Latham
By Bonnie Gretzner
“These days it can be a little tougher to find a job,” Dr. Latham says. “Confidence starts with a great smile, and that helps people make a good representation to an employer.”
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Healing through acupuncture: A journey from modern medicine to an ancient technique
Diane McCormick, M.D.
By Kristy Erdodi
“I have quite a few patients that are able to come off their sleeping medicines [and] their anti-depressants,”
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Maumee massage therapist finds satisfaction in new beginning
Bodywise Massage Therapies - Brenda Whetro
By Bev Berens
“Just like exercise, the same kind of massage therapy isn’t suitable for every person. I do everything from therapeutic massage, using different techniques, to relaxation massage,”
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Iconic Chinese restaurant serves Sylvania patrons for two decades
Gourmet Garden Chinese Restaurant - JoAnne & Jia Liang Weng
By Bev Berens
“We want our customers to know that we’re still here. We’ve been open a long time. There are so many familiar faces that come in here. There are so many new restaurants around here, we don’t want people to forget about us,”
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DMC Technology Group serves as IT partner for small and large businesses
DMC Technology Group - Pat Sheehan
By Bonnie Gretzner
“We architect the solution, implement the solution, and provide post-implementation support,” Pat says. “While we can provide support on the phone or via the Internet; we want to take care of customers in person.”
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Toledo’s ReCellOne finds calling in recycling, reusing discarded cell phones
ReCellOne - Greg Rollet
By Bonnie Gretzner
We understand privacy is a huge deal, so we wipe all phones within 24 hours, even if we get 500 in at one time.
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From the idea to the distribution, The Copy Shop does it all
The Copy Shop - Van Spears & Amy Batchelder
By Dawn Wolfe
“I like to joke about it sometimes … what a genius I must have been to buy a business at the height of the crash,” he chuckled. “But things have gone so well in this down economy, we’re really looking forward to seeing what we can do as the economy improves.”
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Perrysburg sound studio helps clients produce image
Level 2 Audio - Mark Reiter
By Bev Berens
“I offer a higher end service here. I am able to take more time with people and get very specific with their particular project,”
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Good markets, bad markets, worse markets, improving markets – this broker has seen it all
Welles Bowen Realtors - Dave Browning
By Dawn Wolfe
“No market is perfect,” he explained. “There are either not enough listings or too many listings; not enough buyers or too many buyers; and either interest rates or prices are too high – there’s always something.”
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Maumee builder is at home in the family business
Forrester Wehrle Homes - Jeff Wehrle
By Dawn Wolfe
“We’ve got more builds going right now than we had in the past three years, and certainly more construction happening now than we had in almost all of 2009 and 2010,”
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Best friends fulfill lifelong dream in Maumee flower and gift shop
In Bloom Flowers and Gifts - Amanda LaFontaine & Kendra Bills
By Bev Berens
“My philosophy for design is to design what you feel and see. Don’t be afraid of it. Don’t be afraid to do something that is not like another person’s designs,”
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Lessons on success in the ever-changing travel industry
Central Travel - Jani Miller
By Kristy Erdodi
“In ’94 there were about 35,000 travel agencies in the United States,” said Jani. “Today there’s maybe 15,000.”
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