And right now you have Instagram influencers, you have Facebook ads, you have real underpriced attention to do anything you want. You have people that are now used to buying e-commerce, like there's so much opportunity. I just think we're looking in the wrong places.
You know. You know what it feels like, it feels like there's like dollars like on the ground, right. And there's just like a huge sign, like a trillion over here. And they're like, and then just fall in the pit. And there's all this fucking money. (audience laughter) Fuck. Let's keep it going. Hi. How are you http://casino-games.my/real-money/? You can give it to the next guy so he's, hi. - [Female Speaker] Hi, how are you? - Good. - [Female Speaker] I'm a little nervous. - Don't be. - [Female Speaker] 'Cause you might blast me, I don't wanna end up on YouTube. - I don't wanna blast you. - [Female Speaker] But basically, my project is called the Black Barrier. Basically, we follow black people, I'm from Oakland, I'm from Bay all day. - Let's go. - [Female Speaker] And so for me, it's really passionate because I saw a lot of black people being here, a lot of gentrification happening. And they wanted to tap into the black community without being a part of that gentrifying mechanism that's being here, being in tech, you have the monetary means to buy big, million dollar houses, and marginalizing people who really need the support and extra help. - Understood. - [Female Speaker] So for me, it started out as a joke, like I do Bay Area Bay of the Day and shout out people. I also shout out a lot of small local black owned businesses. Now, the way I'm scaling this to monetize it is I've been doing like smaller events to get my name out there, but we're launching a website. It's gonna be theblackbayarea.org. It will be a larger ticketing hub, so if you wanna go on and tap into any black event locally, you'll be able to buy the tickets from me instead of like a Ticketmaster or Eventbrite, you'll just go ahead because I'll be the word on the street. So I've made those relationships with the promoters and people that I wanna reach out to tap into. The second aspect is gonna be e-commerce. Now, I'm not gonna lay it all out all at one time, I'm just walking you through the three things (mumbles). The second one is e-commerce from smaller merchants. So if you're from the Bay, you know this. One thing that you really really want, then I'll have it on the site, the hottest product that a smaller local vendor will have. I don't know how I'm gonna monetize it for myself, but I know it's important for my community to have the visibility of someone going to a ticket hub that reflects of the community, they can buy items from the community, the stuff that's hot that you normally, you don't even have to go to a flea market, you can live in Boston but still buy like (mumbles) barbecue sauce. The third one is gonna be real estate. So I'm looking at black real estate investors to see, not investors, I'm sorry, realtors to post listings for homes to do roommates for black people who want a room with black people, but also, no, it's real, it's real at life though, it's real life-- - Oh, I'm all ears, I'm laughing at them laughing. - [Female Speaker] I mean, no, people getting toothpaste and mayonnaise and stuff like that is really really important. I mean, there's mayonnaise and toothpaste and things like that that people are having uncomfortable situations, and those cultural conversations can't take place till where they can feel comfortable. So they are looking for someone who can understand their culture and grew up where they're from. - I agree, take a step back. How long have you been doing the media content? - [Female Speaker] I'm rubbing up on my seventh month. So far, I have had about 6,000 followers on Instagram. I have DeVon Franklin, I have Iamsu, I have local notoriety from people just trying to get their word out there about their business, because a lot of Instagrams and a lot of things that are showcasing black people are showcasing someone in the front saying hey, this is my brand. I'm not doing all that, I'm putting the people first. And so that's my goal, it's to push their product, push them, but also figure out how I could stay afloat.
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