First Kwanzaa Principle for Black Internet Marketers–Umoja

UMOJA The first principle of the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) is Umoja or Unity. This principle means to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. For Black Internet Marketers, this means focusing on methods and means through which we can pursue profit opportunities for our mutual benefit. As you [...]

Blogging While Brown Conference 2010: June 18-19 in DC

The New Year is upon us and the events calendar is starting to fill up. For Bloggers of Color, the Blogging While Brown Conference is something that you need to schedule now so that you don’t miss it this summer. Our friends at Electronic Village provide all the details on the current plans and a [...]

Real Estate + Social Media = Naomi Trower

Naomi Trower combines her expertise in social media with experience in real estate to author an outstanding weblog about social media marketing for real estate and morgage professionals. Her blog is at http://passivecashmentors.com/2009/12/the-power-of-video-in-your-business/ and this latest post is about using the power of video in your business. She discusses an application called Animoto that allows [...]

Mobile Business Tools for Black Entrepreneurs on Holiday

It’s the Christmas season and while you’re visiting family and making vacation plans for the New Year you’re also trying to run your business. Here are some of the best tools for taking care of your business while on the go. A solid notebook computer. I prefer the Apple Macbook line. They are sleek, sophisticated [...]

Internet Marketing Tips for Black Entrepreneurs from SistaSense

Tom Joyner’s Morning Interview with President Barack Obama

Both the audio interview and transcript are available on the TJMS website. The President discusses some of our current economic challenges and summarizes key issues related to health care and unemployment with encouraging expressions about 2010.

The 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology

From the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology website: The 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology is an annual roster of the 50 African-Americans making the most significant impact on the global technology scene as innovtors, executives, educators or public policy drivers. In 2010, the annual symposium is the launching pad for a national innovation [...]

Gen2Media’s Mary Spio Discusses Online Video Marketing in December BE Magazine

The Black Enterprise interview is available via download courtesy of the Gen2Media website. About Gen2Media Corporation Gen2Media is a fully integrated technology and production company whose patent-pending Digital Video Publisher technology and online video advertising network and production has earned the trust of a growing, globally diversified customer base. Leading media companies, corporations, chart-topping artists, [...]

CBC Protests Lack of Federal Spending for Black Businesses

The Congressional Black Caucus members of the Finance Committee have been boycotting meetings based on their disappointment with the lack of spending allocated to black businesses including advertising firms and newspapers. With the lack of credit and capital available to business owners in so many communities where unemployment is high and consumer spending low, CBC [...]

The WSJ Asks: Are Mattel’s New Dolls Black Enough?

From hair texture to names to facial features and commentary about Disney’s recent animated movie that features the first African-American princess character, Anne Zimmerman’s Wall Street Journal article hits all of our buttons when it comes to criticism and celebration of media and industry efforts to portray “the Black experience.” Whatever that is these days.