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Up Close And Personal With Arshad Madhani

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Arshad Madhani is a digital marketing professional who has gained a wide international following due to his expertise in all things marketing related. He holds an MBA degree from Texas A&M University and currently runs his consulting business from an Atlanta, Georgia location. We recently got to sit down and chat with Arshad and discuss all things digital marketing and life. Here’s what he had to say. What Exactly Led You to Become a Digital Marketing Consultant? I think it's probably my passion for problem solving combined with my natural affinity for digital communication and marketing. There's something very attractive about helping people overcome their obstacles, especially when you work with them, combine your mental resources, and jointly arrive at a resolution. Sometimes the original problem or challenge appears insurmountable. That feeling of beating the odds, making the smart call, and ironing out the wrinkles to create a workable solution is what moti...

Interview with developer Whitney Blodgett

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Whitney Blodgett is one of the leading Software as a Service developers in the world after spending the first days of her career following her graduation from the University of Georgia looking to develop the links between technology and business in the most positive way possible. Now the leader of her own team of developers, Blodgett has seen her company move through a period of consistent growth which has led to them becoming a well-known and respected three-tier organization providing services tailored directly to the needs and goals of clients. During her time at the University of Georgia, Whitney Blodgett became interested in the SaaS platform and quickly saw her interests move towards developing a series of software choices dedicated to developing a retail and marketing subscription service. As with the majority of entrepreneurs, the front and back-end developer set out to gain a traditional role within a software development company before setting out on her own career as ...

Interview with rapper K.Lindo

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Seriously driven artists are just as good at creating passionate stories for a generation with their voices, as they are with their words—Matthew Sean Gibson Lopez AKA K.Lindo is one of the few. Standing apart from the synthetic acts produced by today’s media industry, K.Lindo is an invigorating cup of vocal and rap ability, songwriter, and true to the craft that platinum acts are known for. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia. K.Lindo embodies a deep love and passion for his gift of emotional expressions through a sound that stirs the crowd. Inspired by his grandfather, a former vocalist and musician with a caribbean sound, The elder has imparted the valuable genes of persistence and bravery within him. We have conducted an interview with him. Does rap require vocal ability? Rapping does not require vocal ability, but having the ability to utilize vocal range can present longevity for a musical career. Where did you develop this unique vocal and rap ability? My grandfather introd...

Kita the Explorer

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Tonight our guest is Marquita, the person behind Kita the Explorer , living in the Atlanta, GA area. She is an accountant by day but her passion is Kita the Explorer initiative. We have conducted an interview with Marquita. Why do you want to run your initiative and having the focus about "Vlogging, Planning, and the Environment”? I originally started this initiative as vlog to document my adventures and stories while traveling the world based on encouragement from friends as I had amazing pictures, tips, stories, and had been to several places (14 countries and counting). Vlogging allows for my viewers to see what they can do in a country while learning my personality while providing them tips on how to make their travels better. I quickly realized I enjoy planning and preparing for upcoming trips whether that is putting an itinerary together or creating a travel budget. So I took that joy to help my viewers or fellow Explorers save time and plan their next trip. I...

SiteWhere

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SiteWhere LLC is the company that develops SiteWhere , "The Open Platform for the Internet of Things™" . Based in Atlanta, GA, SiteWhere LLC has been driving innovation in the IoT space since 2010. Offered in both an open-source Community Edition and an industrial-strength Enterprise Edition, SiteWhere excels at IoT projects of all sizes - from simple "maker" tutorials to enterprise-scale commercial deployments. We have conducted an interview with Martin Weber the managing partner of SiteWhere. What is SiteWhere? SiteWhere is an open-source, application enablement platform for the Internet of Things. SiteWhere's framework enables development resources to describe and interact with a web of connected devices with minimal development overhead. What differentiates SiteWhere from its competitors? SiteWhere Community Edition is a full-featured, open-source IoT platform. SiteWhere has been created from the ground up with a modern architecture, along w...