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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Five Easy Steps To Start Your Online Store

 

Five Easy Steps To Start Your Online Store

By Donna Wortham-Kwadwo, CEO Global Covenant IT Solutions, Inc.

Did you know you could start an online store without a lot of hassle?

1.  Decide what you want to sell.  Take time to determine what is unique about your product or service compared to your potential competitors.    It is best to provide a specialty product or service that you can place special emphasis on.  You need to also careful consider who your potential customers or audience will be.  Choose what area or region you want to market to.  The world wide web is capable of reaching customers or clients all over the world. 

2.  Next determine the company that will host your online store.  There are many avenues of infrastructure ready and available to help you with starting your online store for free.  However you will need the skill set to make the web site appealing to your buyers.

3.  Build your site to suit your audience, customers, or clients.  The proper graphics, wording and logos can be a huge asset to reaching qualified buyers.

4.  Marketing strategies will help you to reach qualified buyers as well.  Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the key to successfully reaching hundreds of customers. Proper in link building within your site can lead you to the top of major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

5.  Be prepared to ship your product or deliver your service.  Most successful online stores use distributors' products that are already in place, and ready to ship your product with your label without you having to do the work.  Let your site do the work for you.

There are many options for you to choose some.  An online store may be for you.

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