Vernon Ross is The Best in Online Businesses, Social Media Strategy and Networking. His new book Master Your Message is a great read on how to find your voice and step into your personal brand. In this episode we discuss:

• Overcoming fear
• The importance of networking and relationships.
• Cultivating your message
• The benefits of podcasting. 

**The first two people to leave an iTunes/Apple review and send me a screenshot has a chance to receive a copy of Master Your Message. Email me at [email protected] or on Instagram: @michellengome

Book: Master Your Message http://amzn.to/2hDvTPL   

Host: The Social Strategy Podcast

Web: http://vernonross.com  

Twitter: @rosspr

Nia Perry, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gradient Global™ Collective, LLC is a champion for women. With over 15 years of well-rounded and award-winning experience in traditional & digital marketing strategies, public relations, event management, and sales, Nia answered the call to serve the marketplace in a new way.

As a new media content creator, television producer, and host of The Gradient Global™ Collective Podcast, Nia interviews and gleans inspiration from the global community of black women entrepreneurs. Our goal is to simply to offer visibility to a traditionally under-represented group.

A quick recap of Traffic, Sales & Profit Conference in Atlanta, GA led by Lamar Tyler and a few announcements on upcoming events.

June 16-18 In All Thy Getting Play purchase tickets here.

June 24 QueenLyfe: Sip & Share purchase tickets here.

August 5 HAAB Annual Bootcamp: Creating Influence Through Content purchase tickets here.

Judy Hoberman, President of Selling In A Skirt has created a suite of workshops, seminars and coaching programs that take the negativity out of selling. 

Sponsors: PodConnect & Xero Accounting

Holly Charles is the author of Velvet (initially written as her English Creative Thesis as Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood). Her latest literary effort, a play entitled In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen’s Town, is a joint venture between the arts community and the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, purposed with raising awareness and funds towards the conservation of Houston 4th Ward’s rich African American History.

Quote: I create what it is I want to be and what kind of mark I want to leave on the world.

3 Questions I Ask:

• What does it mean to be an African American woman in 2017?
• How does she have the ability to time travel and write creatively?
• How can we live a life of forgiveness?

3 Learning Points:

• How she turned her thesis into a novel?
• Learning to respect each others truth.
• Understanding the perspective of our parents as we become adults.

Resources:

Velvet by Holly Charles

Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce

Rutherford B. Yates Museum

Purchase tickets for the play In All Thy Getting

Holly Charles is the author of Velvet (initially written as her English Creative Thesis as Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood). Her latest literary effort, a play entitled In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen’s Town, is a joint venture between the arts community and the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, purposed with raising awareness and funds towards the conservation of Houston 4th Ward’s rich African American History.

Quote: I create what it is I want to be and what kind of mark I want to leave on the world.

3 Questions I Ask:

• What does it mean to be an African American woman in 2017?
• How does she have the ability to time travel and write creatively?
• How can we live a life of forgiveness?

3 Learning Points:

• How she turned her thesis into a novel?
• Learning to respect each others truth.
• Understanding the perspective of our parents as we become adults.

Resources:

Velvet by Holly Charles

Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce

Rutherford B. Yates Museum

Purchase tickets for the play In All Thy Getting

Tieron Spear is an Atlanta based serial entrepreneur. He is passionate about working with aspiring entrepreneurs to increase cash flow and sales immediately. An authority on Amazon SEO & Sales processes, in 2 years, he has grossed over $240,000 in sales.

I know a lot of people are interested in earning extra money via Ebay, Amazon, or Shopify. Tshirts are becoming more popular by the moment. 

Quote: Expect the best, but prepare for the worse.

3 Questions I Ask:

• How to select the best ecommerce platforms?
• How to start with Facebook ads?
• Should we go with a US or an overseas manufacturer?

3 Learning Points:

• Making sure you solve the problems of your customer.
• The best ways to do surveys for market research.
• The difference between white label or private label products.

Biggest Ask: Expect the best, but prepare for the worse. 

Resources:

Traffic, Sales & Profit with Lamar Tyler Facebook Group

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Sponsors: PodConnect & Xero Accounting

Tieron Spear is an Atlanta based serial entrepreneur. He is passionate about working with aspiring entrepreneurs to increase cash flow and sales immediately. An authority on Amazon SEO & Sales processes, in 2 years, he has grossed over $240,000 in sales.

I know a lot of people are interested in earning extra money via Ebay, Amazon, or Shopify. Tshirts are becoming more popular by the moment. 

Quote: Expect the best, but prepare for the worse.

3 Questions I Ask:

• How to select the best ecommerce platforms?
• How to start with Facebook ads?
• Should we go with a US or an overseas manufacturer?

3 Learning Points:

• Making sure you solve the problems of your customer.
• The best ways to do surveys for market research.
• The difference between white label or private label products.

Biggest Ask: Expect the best, but prepare for the worse. 

Resources:

Traffic, Sales & Profit with Lamar Tyler Facebook Group

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Sponsors: PodConnect & Xero Accounting

Mr. Jay Jackson is author of The Transformation Experience: Shifting Paradigms for Success.

In this episode we discovered we were taking the same mentoring program with Paul C. Brunson from the episode Part 4 Networking & Dating: The Male Psyche.

Quote: As I level up, you level up. 

Questions I Ask:

• When did you recognize your leadership skills?
• What led to his campaign: Transform the Lives and Businesses of 1 Million People by 2023.
• What are the 5 W's and H of your customer avatar?

3 Learning Points:

• The fact that leadership exposes who you are.
• Consider doing a personalized SWOT.
• Transitioning from civilian to entrepreneurship. 

Biggest Ask: Asked for mentorship that took courage and a bold move. If he said yes; it would have lead to access and Rolodex. 

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