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How To Excel Social Media Management
How To Excel Social Media Management For many small business owners, social media is a burden or afterthought. It's a time-consuming hassle that often gets left on the shelf. Originally Published Mar. 16, 2019. For many small business owners, social media is a burden or afterthought. It’s a time-consuming hassle that often gets left on the shelf. Social media management for small businesses is necessary if you want your business to be successful.
How to Network For Women of Color Who May Not Be So Good At It
How to Network For Women of Color Who May Not Be So Good At It Originally Published Jul. 31, 2019 Many consultants and business “coaches” are peddling shortcut solutions to business success. However, just as we have known for decades that a balanced diet and regular exercise are the key to good health, there are also tried and true methods for business success. Unfortunately, no shortcuts or schemes will make you successful in the long run.
How to Network For Women of Color Who May Not Be So Good At It
Many consultants and business “coaches” are out there peddling shortcut solutions to business success. However, just as we have known for decades that a balanced diet and regular exercise is the key to good health, there are also tried and true methods for business success. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts or schemes that will make you successful in the long run.
When Entrepreneurial Success Catches You by Surprise
It was just four years ago that I started my social media management business on a whim. I had no idea if it would work, but as a mother of a child with epilepsy, I needed to do something where I could work from home. I remember telling my friend, ‘If I could make $5K a month in revenue that would be amazing.’ I surpassed that number by the end of my first year in business and looked around for my next goal to achieve. For some, entrepreneurial success can be scary.
Turning The Electoral Map Blue, One Local Election At A Time
Madison Paige is on a mission to change the colors of the nation’s electoral map. As the founder of Bold Blue Campaigns, Paige wants to make a difference in the world. She was empowered to execute change because of her efforts during the Obama presidential campaign. As a volunteer during those early days of Obama’s first run for president, Paige organized a group of 300 volunteers and by doing so got on the radar of the Obama campaign team.
Voter Suppression Tactics Proves Many Fear the Power of the Black Vote in 2020
A voice that cannot be ignored is the one that goes to the polls and casts a ballot. For generations now, the white majority has put into place mechanisms to suppress the black vote. Some of these laws are just now being repealed—for instance, in Florida, felons have been given back the right to vote. Georgia also has barriers in place to suppress the black vote. Many polling places in black communities were shut down prematurely or suffered from voting machines that broke down or weren’t working.
Social Media Management for Small Businesses: How to Do It
For many small business owners, social media is a burden or afterthought. It’s a time-consuming hassle that often gets left on the shelf. The internet has 4.2 billion users, 3.4 billion of whom are actively using social media. Clearly, social media management for small businesses is necessary if you want your business to be successful. Social media marketing is crucial for many small businesses to gain traction in the marketplace. The internet is one of the last vestiges of an even playing field.
Money Management Matters for Black Millennials
Money management is a multilayered concept, that if applied correctly, can start anyone on the road to financial freedom. The topic of wealth in the black community has become the center of discussion, especially among black millennials. Between Jay-Z’s “4:44” to the blockbuster film Black Panther, and more history-making pop cultural accomplishments from black creatives; our mentality has changed in recent years. A more futuristic view of the black existence is taking shape.
Papa John’s Donates Half a Million to Bennett College
Papa John’s pizza corporation has donated $500,000 to economically struggling HBCU, Bennett College. Papa John’s Foundation is the charitable arm of the pizza company. The donation is the “largest gift that has been contributed to the Institution since administrators announced they need to raise a minimum of $5 million by Feb. 1 to try to remain accredited,” according to a post on the school’s website.
Meet Donna McLeod; First Jamaican-Born to Serve in Georgia Legislature
On January 14, 2019, the new Georgia General Assembly was sworn in and history was made. On the floor standing there in a beautiful soft blue suit with her right hand raised was Donna McLeod, the first Jamaican-born person to serve in the Georgia legislature. McLeod became a US citizen in 2012, but her desire to effect change in government came well before that. Inspired by then-Senator Barack Obama’s run in 2008, McLeod began her political activism by volunteering for Obama’s campaign.
Iconic Broadway Star Dies, And Yes, Carol Channing Was Part Black
The show business world is mourning the loss of one of its most iconic theater stars. Carol Channing, known mostly for her role as clever matchmaker Dolly Levi in Broadway’s Hello Dolly! musical, passed away on Tuesday at age 97. Channing was part black and spoke often of the need “to pass” to achieve success.
Meet Anne Reid, the Black Woman Tapped As Elizabeth Warren's Chief of Staff
In addition to taking another step toward launching a presidential run in 2020, Sen. Elizabeth Warren has named Anne Reid as her new chief of staff, making Reid one of the few African Americans to lead a U.S. Senator’s staff. Reid is also the only black woman serving as chief of staff for a Democratic senator. “Anne is a gifted leader and committed public servant,” Warren said in a statement released Dec. 27.
‘Grown-ish’ and Scholly Partner Up to Pay Off Student Loans
Freeform’s Grown-ish and scholarship app Scholly have partnered up on a program that will pay off up to $125,000 in student loan debt. The program is for anyone who has acquired the debt and is intended to help student loan borrowers pay it off. According to Scholly, the average college student will be $40,000 in debt by the time they graduate.
Should Facebook Still Be Part of Your Social Media Marketing In 2019?
Many small businesses are trying to decide on their social media marketing in 2019. Marketing for most small businesses is often not a priority, but it should be. How else will people learn about your product or services? Word of mouth? Well that might have worked 15 or 20 years ago, but does not work now. Today’s audience does not “talk” to each other; they text, chat, and wave to each other online. Small businesses can compete in the social media realm so long as they have a strategy.
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