Kevin "KevRoss" Ross is a music and radio industry expert. He is a 20 -plus year entrepreneur with the leading most successful industry trade publication and site Radio Facts (www.blogwallet.com). He has also published various books, magazines, performed marketing and promotions for major corporations and recording artists and he is on the advisory board of several industry organizations. This year Ross introduced his non profit organization LOMARI (Leaders of the Music and Recording Industry) to help teach young minority students how to market and manage their music and products.
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nONEUNITED BANK ANNOUNCES MARVEL COMICS AND VISA COLLABORATION TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL LITERACYnnnnONEUNITED BANK ANNOUNCES MARVEL COMICS AND VISA COLLABORATION TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL LITERACYnnnnOffers Free Black Panther Comic Books to Encourage SavingsnnnnIn celebration of National Superhero Day, OneUnited Bank, the nation's largest black-owned bank, is proud to announce its collaboration with Marvel Comics and Visa, Inc to provide a free custom comic book (featuring Black Panther and Shuri) in its branches on April 28, 2023 and a digital version of the comic book to all participants in its 13th Annual "I Got Bank!" National Financial Literacy [...]n
nFinding ways to build your business with these ideas for small businesses to keep you in the loopnnnnJohn Witherspoon had always been an entrepreneur...
nnnnnI have always been very adamant about the direction, goals and focus of my business, never letting anyone or anything change that. I realize now that's a mistake. If you notice, most older business owners think they have their formulas patented when it comes to the success of their business and we don't. Trends change and we have to be willing to keep up with them and to keep learning or we stop growing. nnnnEBONY magazine is struggling and I remember I stopped reading that magazine in the 80s because it never moved past that period. [...]n
nJenny Johnson is self-employed and had always been an ambitious person. nnnnAfter years of working for someone else, she finally decided to take the...
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nI honestly believe that by revealing my positive and negative experiences over three decades of working in the industry, there is a good chance that I can save someone time and create value for their careers or decision-making. nnnnBeing incredibly blessed to have my first business succeed in the industry, I feel it is my job to give something back and to be honest about it.nnnnI've run Radio Facts for 28 years and recently wrote 7 things that I know for sure about the industry. Then I realized there were many more things that I could share. [...]n
nOver the years, I have been amazed at how some people are misled by counterfiet concepts about how black entrepreneurs live and work. Most people are very comfortable with the stability they have on a job they may hate but get paid every 2 weeks. nnnnnnnnThey look at the benefits, pay, vacation time, etc. The first difference between Entrepreneurs and the 9 to 5 workers is we understand the benefits AND the limits of working for other people. [...]n
nNegotiate Your Prices? The High Cost of Lowering Your Bottom LinennnnThis is a tough question. Some say no, never negotiate your prices, and I was once told by a woman never to discount your prices because clients will never see the value of yournnnnnnnnI agree wholeheartedly with her, but that was before we had this huge economic problem. [...]n
