Create Your Life Series

CYLS 082: How I Raised $33,000 for my Kick Starter Campaign with Mandy X. Bowman

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About our Guest:

Mandy X. Bowman is the Ceo and founder of Official Black Wallstreet which is a digital platform and database created to give black-owned businesses, black entrepreneurs, and aspiring entrepreneurs a place to shine.

In order to be successful digitally

  • Have good content
  • Brand everything on social media
  • Know your target audience, what they want and will listen to 

    • Insight from this episode:

    Mandy details her experience of moonlighting for 2 years and finally quitting her job, raising $33k for her business, stepping out of her comfort zone to do a Tedx talk and go on the Queen Boss tv show to pitch her business to investors.

    You’ll learn:

    • Secrets to moonlighting
  • Strategies to run a $33,000 successful kickstarter campaign
  • How to garner a great support system
  • The importance of circulating the dollar in black communities
  • How to grow your social media following to $275,000 people
  • How to monetize your social media following
  • How to plan your exit strategy from your job


    • Resources Mentioned:

    kickstarter.com

    www.Asana.com


    3 keys to Create Your Best Life:

    1. Figure out your why, what you're passionate about
  • Map out where you want to go in life
  • There's a beginning and end but you need to have an in-between game plan for
  • Just Do it

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    Stay Connected:

     

    Kevin:

    www.kevinybrown.com

    www.instagram.com/kevinybrown

    www.twitter.com/kevinybrown

    www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

     

    Mandy:

    www.officialblackwallstreet.com

    https://twitter.com/mandyxbowman

    https://www.instagram.com/mandyxbowman/


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