{"id":242,"date":"2016-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southardfinancial.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2016-08-10T20:52:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:52:59","slug":"welcome-southard-financial-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southardfinancial.com\/welcome-southard-financial-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Southard Financial Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uk-grid uk-margin uk-flex uk-flex-middle\" data-uk-grid-margin=\"\">\n<div class=\"uk-width-medium-1-3 uk-text-center uk-row-first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.southardfinancial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"blog-thumb\" width=\"325\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-269\" \/> <\/div>\n<div class=\"uk-width-medium-2-3\">\n<h3>It\u2019s time to shake things up (a bit).<\/h3>\n<p>As part of our revamped website, this blog is a special space \u2014 a sort of town commons, if you like \u2014 where we can all discuss topics of interest to our clients and our team. We hope you\u2019ll join us, by reading, commenting, and sharing posts you like so that others can join in the conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What can you expect?<\/h3>\n<p>Our first concern is to help you gain a deeper understanding of our services, meet our team members, and find out how we\u2019ve helped other leaders and their companies.<\/p>\n<p>But we won\u2019t be satisfied by simply giving you a view into our company. We want to provide the insight and knowledge you need to make your company better, stronger, more profitable. We\u2019ll give you a \u201cmile high\u201d view of the bigger picture when it\u2019s called for \u2014 and get a little granular with the data when needed. We\u2019ll highlight industry and market news of interest. 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