I travel to the United Kingdom every other month for business. Though I have not lived abroad extensively, I understand some of the challenges of being Black and away from “home” (for those of us who live in the States) and can only imagine that things are even more challenging when home becomes someplace very [...]
Immediate media whether real-time updates a la Google’s Twitter integration or streaming mobile video and other live personal broadcasting along with Big Media trying to play Little Guy are among the 2010 predictions of what 2010 holds for black folks and others on the web as forecasted by Angela Benton at BlackWeb2.0. I think her [...]
The sixth principle of the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) is Kuumba (Creativity). Creativity is a fundamental competency that distinguishes successful entrepreneurs who love their businesses from non-entrepreneurs and others who are simply working to make a living. For Black Internet Marketers, creativity is all the more important in ensuring that our businesses are competitive, [...]
The fifth principle of the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) is Nia (Purpose). This principles means to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. Black Internet Marketers can demonstrate purpose in their online initiatives by ensuring that the time we spend [...]
The fourth principle of the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) is Ujamaa (cooperative economics). This principle means to build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. For Black Internet Marketers, this means committing fully to entrepreneurship as a means to master and control our financial destinies. Most [...]
The third principle of the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) is Ujima (collective work and responsibility). This principle means to build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together. For Black Internet Marketers, this means offering help and assistance to those who are new [...]
Politician, broadcaster, entrepreneur, and “true hero to African Americans in New York City and around the county” as stated by President Barack Obama, Percy Sutton died at the age of 89 on Sunday according to CNN. Sutton was a Texas native who became an attorney after working with the Tuskeegee Airmen. He represented Malcolm X [...]
KUJICHAGULIA The second principle of the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) is Kujichagulia or Self-Determination. This principle means to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. For Black Internet Marketers, this means being comfortable in the knowledge that you are the master of your fate. It means adopting an abundance attitude [...]
As I consider what I’ve done over the last year and relate my thoughts to where I was at this time during the year prior, I’ve got to say that I’m fairly pleased with my progress. So much has changed and improved in terms of my marketing since 2007 when I decided that I was [...]