How to Get Into Black Enterprise
On a daily basis, via e-mail, phone, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, or face-to-face at conferences, in restaurants and even in the streets, we editors face the eternal question:...
View ArticleHow To Get Into Black Enterprise: Entrepreneurs, Take Note
So, you want to be featured on the pages of Black Enterprise magazine? In fact, it’s been your life long entrepreneurial dream to make the cover. Join the club—every black entrepreneur shares that...
View ArticleHow To Get Into Black Enterprise: What Not To Do
Little things count. Timing is everything. Or how about this one: You only get one chance to make a first impression. Unfortunately, many people, and particularly small business owners eager to have...
View ArticlePep Talk: How to Acquire Nonprofit Status
I throw benefit concerts every month for different organizations in need. I’m currently working on acquiring 501(c)(3) status. How do I get media coverage? —T. Thomas New Orleans A detailed plan and...
View ArticleHow To Get Into Black Enterprise: Pitch The Right Editor
Judging from the volume of responses (both in terms of numbers and of passion) to the first few installments of my series of How To Get Into Black Enterprise posts, this latest installment is long...
View ArticleNewseum to Put Items from Ferguson News Coverage on Display
(Image: Twitter) On Dec. 2, the Newseum announced it will update its Bloomberg Internet, TV and Radio Gallery with more than a dozen items collected from Ferguson protesters and journalists following...
View Article5 Best Ways to Get Your Startup Quality Media Coverage
Every startup craves media attention and press. They want it and know they need it — they just don’t have the connections or manpower to drum up media coverage and very few startups can afford to hire...
View ArticlePeriscope: Winning at Disrupting Social Media Advertising
People no longer ask, “Do you use social media in your business?” They only ask, “How are you using social media in your business?” The choices often feel endless and overwhelming and many small...
View ArticleLA Times Becomes First Newspaper to Cover ‘Black Twitter’
Currently, Dexter Thomas is listed on The Los Angeles Times online directory as a “staff writer for audience engagement.” The title seems simple enough but, in reality, Thomas’ new position, which...
View ArticleNew York’s Largest Minority-Run Homeless Service is Unfairly Attacked
When the late New York Congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, said, “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas,” at least one...
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