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August 21, 2020

Creating Multiple Streams of Income as a Caribbean Entrepreneur

In this video Nerissa Golden shares some of the ways I have made money over the years and continue to as well as ideas for ways to turn your current skills into additional revenue.

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Published on August 21, 2020 16:05

3 Ways to Give Yourself a Raise Without Getting New Clients

We all want to keep more of our money. Here are three ways I have found to keep more of my mine and essentially give myself a raise without adding new clients.

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Published on August 21, 2020 16:02

How Many Customers Does Your Caribbean Business Need?

Population numbers vary across the Caribbean and not every one on your island is your ideal customer. Do you know how many customers your business needs to thrive? You can’t serve everyone so it is important to know your numbers.

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Published on August 21, 2020 15:47

August 10, 2020

Five Time Hacks for Managing Your Social Media

In the height of the COVID-19 crisis I took an unscheduled break from Facebook. Whether my account was reported or their AI had had enough of my posts, I don’t know. However, it reinforced some very valuable lessons about the power of social and why balance is so important to personal and business success.


Since joining the platform in 2008, Facebook has been my primary audience for connecting with family and friends. It has allowed me to increase my influence and audience and I have done this e...

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Published on August 10, 2020 17:41

How to Get More Media Coverage and Exposure for Your Caribbean-Based Business

Recently, I watched a video on LinkedIn by Jason Feifer, Editor-in-Chief at Entrepreneur Magazine on how to get press for your business.  He said you should “approach a journalist the same way you’d approach a customer, investor, or potential partner. You have to understand what they are looking for first, so you can deliver it.”


He goes on to share some points on how to do this effectively to gain that coveted press for your business and I wanted to reiterate some of what he shared and add my o...

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Published on August 10, 2020 17:30

One Thing Caribbean Consultants Must Stop Doing Now to Grow Their Business

January 1, 2014 found me returning full-time to working for myself. I’d left a government job that I really enjoyed and was able to make an impact in, to take a chance on what I wanted to do more, create my own work that would lead to financial empowerment for me and more Caribbean people.


Naturally, I went down the rabbit hole of looking at what the online space was saying about finding clients and how people were making money. I signed up to a ton of email lists and followed random business co...

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Published on August 10, 2020 17:25

15 Ways to Leverage Your Webinar Content

Every where I turn online someone is hosting a webinar or live video chat. That’s a lot of great content packed into a 10-minute or hour-long experience and it doesn’t have to disappear once your event is over.


We each have different preferences for how we consume content and where we go to find it. Here are 15 ways to extend the life of your content and have it reach more people than those who viewed the initial broadcast.



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Published on August 10, 2020 17:24

June 22, 2020

Umi – Pretty Girl Hi!

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Published on June 22, 2020 11:31

June 5, 2020

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

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Published on June 05, 2020 09:01

February 9, 2020

Building Your Designer Cake Business #ShowUpShowOff

Does anyone really need a three-layered topsy turvy chocolate and lemon cake? YESSSS! That’s what you have to make us believe to be successful in a designer cake business. Your customers are looking for a once-in-a-lifetime feeling every birthday and on special occasions, you can give them that. This is part of my Show Up […]
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Published on February 09, 2020 07:31