Is Diversity Good for Business?

The Gherkin, London

The Voice Online reports that the Lord Mayor of London warned that the city risks falling behind its competitors if it fails to embrace diversity in its business culture.  

Click here to read her comments.  Apparently, Fiona  Woolf is only the second female Lord Mayor since 1189.  She was speaking at the launch of the Power of Diversity programme.

So remember that the next time you sit through a presentation by a team made up entirely of white men - as I did last night.  There is a business case for diversity.  Or, to put it another way, diversity is good for business.  

What do you think?  Is there enough diversity in London and UK businesses?  If not, why not?  And is there a business case for increasing diversity?  Please leave your comments below.  

And click here for my Black Success audios.  Click here for more advice from Black business experts.  Because positive representation is important to me.


Here's to your success! 

Social Media Strategy: Revamp Your Online Marketing

Melinda Emerson is someone who is always hot on ways to build your business.  For my interview with her, see below.  

In Tonya R. Taylor's latest blog, Tonya shares valuable tips and powerful social media strategy ideas.  Did you know that you can use social media to research a product or niche?

Click here to read more.

Plus click here for my interview with Tonya R. Taylor.

And for more social media strategies, see How to Get 16,000+ Twitter Followers.  Find out how Melinda Emerson tweeted her way to a bestselling book.

Here's to your success!

9 Ways to Boost Your Marketing Efforts in Your Small Business

Melinda Emerson

Check out this great blog post by Melinda Emerson, author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months. 

9 Ways toBoost Your Marketing Efforts in Your Small Business. 

 

Melinda was one of the business experts I interviewed in More Black Success Volume 10. 
 

Interesting that she suggests using a vision board as one of the ways to boost your marketing efforts.  This is definitely a method I recommend.  For more about using vision boards, check out my book Success Strategies for Black People. 

 

For more about Melinda, see:  How to Get 16,000+ Twitter Followers.

 

How to Leverage Conference Networking

Greetings, all.

Where do we start with conference networking? How does it differ from local networking?

Click here to read an article by Twitter's Smallbizlady Melinda Emerson on How to Leverage Conference Networking.

To read my interview with Melinda on how she gained over 15,000 Twitter followers, and for advice from other Black business experts, click here to download More Black Success Volume 10.

Ever wanted to attend a conference but lacked the funds? Click here to download my ebook Shaking the Money Tree.

Here's to your success!

Tweet Your Way to a Bestseller

In More Black Success Volume 10, Melinda Emerson, author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, explains how she used Twitter to make her book a bestseller.

Known as SmallBizLady on Twitter, she has over 16,500 followers. She is just one of the business gurus interviewed in MBS10. Other contributors include:

- Andrea Campbell, author of Practical Business – ABC, and
- PR guru Mavis Amankwah of Rich Visions, who offers expertise in all aspects of equality and diversity.

They speak about how they have achieved their success, and are very honest and open about the difficulties they have experienced, and how they have overcome them.

Zhana, who publishes the More Black Success series of ebooks, is the author of Success Strategies for Black People and Black Success Stories. She says,

It is so important to celebrate Black success. There are many successful Black people who are positive role models.

I find these ebooks highly inspiring, and I trust you will too.

Like all of the ebooks in the series, MBS10 contains lots of practical advice and information.

There is no charge for the More Black Success ebooks – zero, zip, nada. Click here to get your copies now.

See also: Free Advice from Black Business Experts.

Here's to your success!