Highlights from Interactive One’s Digital Summit « Black Web 2.0.

BlackWeb 2.0 has published a brief summary of the inagural multicultural digital summit. The event was hosted by Interactive One and The Council of Urban Professionals and featured the current thought leaders of multicultural and black online media. Take a look at their recap video as hosted on the link to the BlackWeb 2.0 site above.

The mad rush for internet real estate has started all over again now that .co domains are available but some restrictions apply. Read all about it via this great summary article by Rahsheen at BlackWeb 2.0. With almost 200,00 registrations so far, it just got a little harder to pick a good, descriptive domain while also worrying about whether somebody else will try to hijack your brand. BlackBusiness.co?

Digital beauty and fashion? If anyone can pull it off, Tyra Banks can. Read all about her new partnership with Demand Media to take her style tips online to conquer yet another media outlet. From modeling and movies to TV and modeling again, Tyra is poised to make a tremendous comeback

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Diversification in action. Grammy awards are nice bug Gladys Knight believes that income generation from the start of an environmentally friendly, affordable jewelry line is better.

TheCASHFLOW – Pharrell’s Kidult Youth Conference Saturday in NYC.

Some of you old heads might want to take notice. NYC youth ages 14 to 21 will get some great educational information and exposure by none other than Billionaire Boys Club Pharell Williams and Diggy Simmons among others at the Kidult Youth Leadership Conference on June 26th. This is sure to be a sell out event.

Hustletown readers, what can you do to assist the next generation (and current aspiring tycoons of every age) to pursue the reality of economic self-sufficiency we know and love as entrepreneurship?

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Why Small Businesses Shouldn’t Take Social Media for Granted.

There is a way to do social media right if you’re a small business owner. Most people spend a lot of time on Twitter, Facebook, and other sites keeping up with friends and sharing links and pictures from everyday things that happen in the course of their day. Savvy small business owners can also exploit these tools to create a greater following with their customers while also appealing to new customers who are already spending time online being social. Why shouldn’t people be more social with your business and share your products and services with their friends?

Being a proud Gary, Indiana native, it’s only fitting that we feature this article about Katie Washington, Notre Dame’s first black valedictorian. She attended West Side High School in G.I., not my own Lew Wallace High School, but we’re still very proud of her and wish her nothing but continued success as she pursues graduate and doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. Read more at Frost Illustrated.

Wayne Sutton is a consummate geek turned social media influencer that deserves your attention if you want to improve your business efficiency and professional relationships using social networking as an effective tool. He took some time out of his busy consulting and presenting schedule to share his prospective with The Atlanta Post on digital diversity and the urgency for African-Americans to use the space for business and brand building.

Hustletown readers should link and learn from Wayne. The advice and insights freely available from his weblog and via his network profiles are priceless.