How can my business stay relevant with how social media has evolved?
For entrepreneurs who have a small business, but want to grow it to be a bigger small business, even those who are perfectly fine with keeping their business small, this is a very valid question. But before we can start talking about how to keep your business relevant on social media, we have to unearth some necessary truths when it comes to social media.
Read MoreI was better then they were ready for.
And have I finally made peace with that. So to be honest. My jump into being a full-time entrepreneur was born out of survival.
I learned if I wanted to be true to myself, wanted my input heard, my impact felt or heck even to be seen, I had to be more determined, more perfect, more EVERYTHING than my counterparts. And what I didn't want is the metric of "perfect" or "success" to be determined by anyone but me.
Read MoreReps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts have had to endure not just in the last week since the president's predictably racist tweets, but their whole lives, again comes as no surprise. Frankly, its laughable that people still think such phrases are enough to derail us.
Read MoreSitting listening to these other women's stories that mirrored my own in some way shape for fashion, re-lit my passion for advocacy for the women of culture in my community. How could it not? I was surrounded by some of the best women who despite the odds still were busy and willing to make a change however big or small. All of us were doing the little bit that we could, but collectively using our network we could and have been doing better.
Read MoreAm I an Influencer?
This question has been kicking around in my brain as I have spent time brainstorming moves on how to expand the brand that I have created for ID Photography.
Now, according to the internet dictionary I consulted, the number of followers I have on Instagram and Facebook definitely kicks me out of the realm of wearing the "INFLUENCER" title.
