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Because I've reached capacity, BrightGirl Media is transitioning from a full-service social media management consultancy to a coaching and strategy model. Because I love my BFHS family so much, I am offering you first dibs at a limited amount of one-on-one coaching slots.

I will teach you how to market your business effectively via social media, how to translate what you do on the web into tangible tactics for your brick and mortar locations (if you have one), devise a strategy with…

BrightGirl Media is accepting submissions for web video series (webisodes) for its online TV network. The network caters to the African American market by providing opportunities for emerging producers to have their body of work displayed in a cohesive web platform.  The long-term vision is to provide an outlet for the next generation of…

This month’s Small Business Saturday post is a unique one. Typically I highlight a solo entrepreneur to find out their process, why they are in business and what makes them tick. But last month I read an article in Huff Post about a partnership of four young women who had started a business in a predominately male-driven industry and I was…

Ever since America was forced to suffer through three seasons of Flavor of Love and watching Ty Ruff from the Real World: DC showed his colors, it seems like “unscripted” television has had it out for Black folks. The only “real” depictions we get of ourselves are loud, foul mouthed, feisty,…

As I read an article in Entrepreneur Magazine entitled, “4 Ways to Stop Making Excuses and Follow Your Passion,” I felt like the writer was screaming at me. Although I have launched my business and am in the growing phase, I still find…

If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire to you build theirs! 

In starting a business and continuing on the path of entrepreneurship it can get lonely. You begin to realize that not everyone is a visionary and not everyone is fully supportive of your vision. And those who are your cheerleaders may not be able to articulate or support your vision the way you feel they should. In that spirit, here are a few…

Here is a free bit of wisdom for entrepreneurs. 

It is tempting to ask friends and family members whom you may admire for their work ethic for their assistance in getting your idea off the ground or completing project goals. You may have a vision of how they can contribute by saving you the money and stress…

After 2012 proving itself to be the year of ratchet reality TV, 2013 kicked off strong with a new reality show on TLC documenting the lives of four pastors’ wives in Atlanta. When the show was initially announced it was met with much criticism. After all, we’ve seen how cameras following people around documenting their “everyday lives” (or what the producers…

I have a few industry colleagues who feel similar sentiments when it comes to producing and promoting positive media. Having conversations with them lets me know I'm not alone in the struggle. It's like we're raging against the machine, storming the fort, taking the Alamo. I mean, I don't want to…

Today's Kwanzaa principle is Kuumba or Creativity. The goal is to do as much as we can to leave our community more beautiful than we found it.



That's certainly the goal of the online TV network we're aiming to launch. We'd like to expose creativity in a way that it hasn't…

BrightGirl Media is a social media strategy and video production firm specializing in small to medium sized businesses. We work with our clients to manage their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, G+, blogs, etc. as well as producing commercials and videos to market…

The Kwanzaa principle is UJAMAA which means shared wealth. Cooperative economics can help African Americans take physical control of their own destinies by understanding that no one can be totally self sufficient.

That is one of the main principles the online TV network and the BrightGirl Media…

One Saturday out of each month, BrightGirl Media highlights a small business owner on the BrightGirl blog. We're currently…