Wrapping up Q1
Posted on March 24, 2010
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Well, I can honestly say enough time has passed since my last post that an update is apropos. Life has been a whirlwind of mommying, writing, socializing, shopping, concert-going, and looking for the next adventure.
My speaking engagement with ATW was a success, and very well-received by my crowd of female technology leaders. Their approval was extremely important to me.
Things have been clipping along at SoulTrain.com and I’ve settled into a rhythm with my contributors, but I’m still keeping my eyes peeled for new perspectives and ideas for the site. I just got off the phone with a 90s-era Soul Train dancer named Stephen McMillian who is going to start writing for the site. He has some of the best stories and I’m looking forward to the flavor he will bring to our editorial content. Adam Bernard also joined the roster, whipping up insightful music reviews. I love his style of writing and I’m going to have him do more work pitching lesser-known artists for profiles. His recent Q&A with Maiysha was great, and in hindsight, I will probably give him a bigger word-count to work with. I’m still doing my viewpoints stories here and there, but I’m beginning to do more style/fashion writing for the site. It’s my niche, what can I say? And since Soul Train was all about music, dance, and fashion anyway, it all makes sense. Read more
The challenge of prioritizing
Posted on November 30, 2009
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I’m sitting here hungry as a hostage, yet I decided it was time to finally update this “blog” of mine. I expect to find myself being Googled a lot more in the coming week.
What have I been up to since the Sept 30 post? Let’s backtrack for a moment, shall we… I’m not exactly sure HOW I managed to omit such information, but I spent Sept 11-14 in New York for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. For some reason I talked myself out of going to Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 concert at the garden (I don’t know, I don’t know) but I kinda felt like I was there since I followed the color commentary on Twitter.
I went to the Custo Barcelona, Caravan, and Abi Ferrin runway shows. Custo was in tent in Bryant Park so that was very exiciting for me. I spotted Chris Noth (a.k.a. Mr. Big) at the Caravan show. It was a perfect SATC moment, lol. The Abi Ferrin fashions were brilliant, colorful and inspiring. It made me want to visit Costa Rica–she got her inspiration from the island. What else… I hung out with some friends, nearly mastered the subway, visited the Guggenheim for the first time, and bought a cute purple coat from H&M. That trip was a gateway drug. Expect for me to return to NY in Sept 2010 for a longer duration. How long I stay is directly linked to how well I can bribe my mother into watching the children, HA! Read more
More and more projects
Posted on September 30, 2009
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Well, I haven’t had to report to a desk since July 1 and truth be told, I don’t miss it one bit. Sure health insurance is nice (I was making major strides in my dental work) but the lights are still on, my house is still mine, and the repo man isn’t trying to take my car. Compound that with the fact that my children and I are in good health, and I’d say that things are splendid.
September saw the rebirth of Supreme Media Group, LLC. I originally established SMG to be the parent company of Y:L Magazine (my blackgirl teen mag I launched circa 2005) but I intentionally made the biz name broad. I knew that there would be business ventures in the future and since establishing an LLC cost me some money, why not make the most of it? So, today SMG offers a spectrum of services including web design, content management, copy writing, editorial, publicity and most interestingly, sports marketing.
I do my sports marketing work under the name Stallion Sports Marketing, a nod to the high school alma mater of my first NFL client, Tarell Brown. He and I are working with his agent on some pretty big things for 2010 and beyond. I can’t wait to completely knock this out of the park and start gaining some traction for my business–and his name. Read more
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