Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast

Welcome to episode 28th of Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast!   We are grateful to have our today's guest, Mandy Bowman, who is the Founder and CEO of Official Black Wall Street. Mandy has been at the forefront of the Buy Black Movement, making it easier for others to find and support Black-owned businesses through her digital platform and global Black business directory, Official Black Wall Street. Mandy shares with us how she came up with the idea of creating the Black Wall Street. It is an app that supports Black entrepreneurs who are facing a lot of challenges in starting and sustaining businesses. Also, she emphasizes the importance of social media presence and how it helps her in growing her audience. Thus, Mandy's background on social media and Digital Marketing advantaged her in the game. More about PR Opportunities tips on how to get a lot of PR Features, the benefits of joining her movement, signing up her platform and downloading her app.   Connect with Mandy Website Instagram Facebook Twitt

Welcome to episode 27th of Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast! In today's episode, I'm pleased to have Lauren Cain, who is a Mom, Wife and an entrepreneur. She Co-founded the 9-month old Crunchy Boutique (natural parenting shop) with her mom Keema and brother Brandon. It was during her preggy period when Lauren saw the needs of the community and so inspired and motivated to open a natural parenting shop not just for herself but for the community as well. Her dream turned into reality when her mother pushes her to pursue it by giving her the full support.  To Lauren, social media is the best way to drive sales. It is about letting the people know what products you have and knowing exactly who your audience is. Lauren shares with us some challenges that they faced as a small independent store; how she was able to use 'social media' to drive traffic to their shop and how it helps them decide what products to sell. She also gives advice to anyone who wants to open a brick and mortar store, "don't be afraid... get o

Welcome to episode 26th of Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast! Today we are joined by the brilliant Briana Ford. She is a digital marketing and customer experience expert based in Dallas, Texas. In 2015, she founded Startup Noire, a consultancy that teaches black entrepreneurs how to start and grow businesses with customer experience in mind. Briana's background in social media marketing, brand positioning, and creative design has made her a go-to strategist for businesses looking to upgrade their brand's image and perception. In this episode, Briana shares with us the #1 mistake on growing your brand. She also gives us tips on knowing who your customer is and how to find the ideal person to outsource your digital works with. Briana also take us to the technical aspects of Digital Marketing, from the basic digital marketing techniques we should know for 2018 and how important SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is in your business. This episode is a must to listen! If you wanted to optimized your digital work.

Welcome to episode 25th of Dreams Inspire Reality podcast! Today's episode is very inspiring as we are joined by "The Winning Single Mom", Kaywanda Lamb. Kaywanda is an author, speaker, blogger, sought after speaker, transformational coach and has spent the last 15 years showing other women they, too, can parent, thrive, and win. Her journey begin when her boys were just 2 years old and 2 months! And today, she will change our perspective on living our life to our full capabilities. She shares with us strategies on finding the balance as a Mom and an entrepreneur. How to master time management and succeed in your business. Her motto is “do it anyway!” because you can dream about it or you can be about it.   Connect with Kaywanda Facebook Linkedin Website Books

Welcome to the 24th episode of Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast! I love this episode with Tieron Spear. He is an ingenious businessman, founder of the Foreign Direct Investment Project, and runs several businesses that include selling private label products on Amazon and Shopify, Angel Investing in two companies, co-owning a full-service hair salon, and operating a wholesale hair company. Tieron is a man of humility, despite living a 7-figure business, he is not considering himself to be living his dream life, and this episode, he reveal with us how simple and amazing it is what he describe as "dream life". This episode was made even more valuable as he shares with us his personal story, and full of tips on building profit out of your passions. Today Tieron will take us on how to scale and build a 7-figure Shopify E-commerce business out of your Facebook Ads! Connect with Tieron Linkedin Website Connect with Me: Instagram Twitter Facebook Join our Private Facebook Group Shop our Merchandise Linkedin

Welcome to episode 23rd of Dreams Inspire Reality podcast! Today we are joined by the fabulous Donteacia Seymore, an American inventor and award winning innovation strategist. As a product junkie and serial entrepreneur,she is the founder of The Product Yard, a remote product development firm where she works with aspiring inventors to build their inventions and today she shares with us the secret sauce of how she helped them raise funding for their amazing ideas. Donteacia has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and small business owners on strategy and development, in this episode, she is generous enough to share with us lots of nuggets on how she is living the dream life more than she had imagined, and impart with us how her love for sharing story impact the value in innovation and launching your product. Connect with Donteacia Facebook Instagram Linkedin Website Connect with Me: Instagram Twitter Facebook Join our Private Facebook Group Shop our Merchandise Linkedin

Welcome to the 22nd episode of Dreams Inspires Reality podcast! Today we are joined by the lovely Sherrill Mosee, inventor, and designer of MinkeeBlue. She is the former president of Family Care Solutions, a nonprofit organization she founded to promote higher education among low-income women with children. The organization awarded over $3 million in childcare scholarships to help women with children stay in school and earn a college degree. Mosee put her degree in engineering to work and came up with the patented MinkeeBlue design. She describes MinkeeBlue as a reflection of “who we are” and “what we do” in our daily lives – “Your day is in the Bag”, says Mosee. Today's episode, Sherill is so generous to share with us her hustles into living her dream life, how she overcame a lot of stuff and took risks in her business. This episode has a lot of nuggets from Sherrill on how to create a luxury brand and she also shares with us her amazing "to look forward to" new projects. Connect with Sherill Facebook W

Welcome to the 21st episode of Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast! This week, I am excited to have been joined by our lovely guest,Bianca J. Jackson. Bianca is a former award-winning project manager with 12+ years of experience managing IT infrastructure, web, mobile, video, and VR/AR projects for Fortune 500 companies such as United Health Group, Marriott, and USA Today. She speaks for and consults with colleges, women’s groups, and businesses who want to create diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments to attract and retain their best talent and offer transformational career programs to help their leaders stay marketable and “in-demand.” Bianca runs a career coaching practice designed to empower women with the tools and confidence to get what they want from their careers and lives. In her spare time, she dabbles in virtual reality, chatbots, and LinkedIn marketing. And today, Bianca gave us so much tips and knowledge on leveraging our linkedIn profiles, to market our business towards gaining more clients

Welcome to the 20th episode of Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast! On this week's Episode 20, I'm joined by a very inspiring and empowering woman, Tanya Barnett. Air Force Veteran, Tanya Barnett is a healthy relationship expert, empowerment speaker, talk show host and the “Real” Wife Coach. She is the Award-Winning and Best Selling Author of Being a Wife Just Got Real. She created the Real Wife Movement, which equips women with tools for creating strong marriages, families, and communities. Through her weekly talk show, The Tanya Barnett Show, she provides impactful information to empower the 21st Century African American woman to live life to her fullest potential in her relationships and in her businesses. Tanya founded Forever Free Books, a mobile literacy nonprofit, which delivers free books and story time to low-income children in their communities. She's been featured on and/or in Huffington Post, The Today Show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, TEDx, Sirius XM, Johns Hopkins University, Blacks in Gov

Welcome to the 19th episode of Dreams Inpire Reality! This week we are joined by Shanise Griffith, the CEO and Creative Designer behind Shanise G. Her brand is known for creating creative handmade accessories using upholstery fabrics, cotton, faux furs and leathers. Shanise was also the former Founder & Creative Director of Savoy Scents & co.. Today is an amazing episode as she shares lots of nuggets to take into from her story on how she is able to take those steps on dissolving her established company (Savoy Scents) & start another brand (Shanise G.). 

Adeea Rogers also known as the "the trendy socialite" is a social media personality and strategist and brand consultant. She help empower others to develop and pursue their purpose, and as a result she's known in periscope as a purpose pusher. In 2012 Adeea founded the International Natural Hair Meetup Day in women around the world- the opportunity to meet and network with others and share information techniques, inspiration and other beauty tips and guide each other in your natural hair journey. Adeea also is the host and founder of "Trensettets Podcast, a lifestyle podcast that empowers you to create the trends in your life. In 2016 Adeea pushed her personal purpose by leaving her full time employment where her alma mater East carolina University, to pursue her own business ventures. Since that time she has become the sought after coach, event and host workshop facilitator, speaker and pannelist. And today Adeea takes us on her story and gives us secret sauces on creating content relevant to our brand and t

Welcome to the seventeenth episode of Dreams Inspire Reality. This week I interviewed the co-founder and CEO of Alikay Naturals, Rochelle Graham. She is an influencer, entrepreneur, host, philanthropist, and speaker. Coined a “beauty pioneer” by Essence Magazine at the age of 26, Rochelle Graham-Campbell has felt a connection with nature since her early Jamaican countryside childhood with her herbalist grandmother. Earning YouTube’s prestigious Silver Play Button Award, there’s no question why Rochelle’s BlackOnyx77 channel gained notoriety as THE go-to source for natural hair, fashion, makeup and Jamaican cooking inspiration on the top-rated video-sharing platform. With over 104K+ subscribers and 15 million views on her YouTube channel, Rochelle offers a powerful platform that empowers women to define their own beauty and live a life without limits. Awarded Gulf Shore Business Magazine’s “40 under 40” Award for business excellence and a Faces Award for advocating for diversity in business; the CEO is a busin

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Dreams Inspire Reality. This week we interviewed Julian B. Kiganda. Julian is a transformational brand strategist, award-winning graphic designer, author, and speaker who specializes in creating compelling visual stories for an elite client base ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to multi-million dollar non-profits and small businesses.Julian and her work have been featured in The Washington Post, ABC News, Communication Arts, HOW Magazine, NPR, NBC News, FOX5DC, and ARISE Magazine. A voice of authority in her industry, she’s taught branding & marketing courses at Bowie State University, and has spoken at the United Nations, World Bank, Georgetown University, NAACP Conference, and on Capitol Hill, amongst others. Known for giving talks as transformative as her work, Julian speaks around the country on how to build a brand through storytelling, effective communication, and living with purpose. In 2013, she launched Bold & Fearless, a lifestyle brand created to ins

Welcome to the fourteenth episode of Dreams Inspire Reality. This week I interviewed the Goodwin family. Mike Goodwin is a refreshingly funny comedian and keynote speaker who combines leadership and laughter for refreshing results. Rozalynn Goodwin is a health care lobbyist, executive, wife, and also manager/co-inventor of Gabrielle Goodwin of GaBBY Bows. This dynamic family shares how they are creating generational wealth and how it is raising a kidpreneur. This episode is for the entire family. Don't forget to visit us at Dreamsinspirereality.com.

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of Dreams Inspire Reality. This week I interviewed Keon and Charis Jones. This husband and wife are living their best lives while pursuing separate entrepreneurial ventures. Charis Jones, the owner of Sassy Jones, created an award-winning accessory brand deeply rooted in the belief of helping women feel undeniably confident about themselves. After ranking as a top sales professional for a Fortune 500 company, she left her corporate position to build her brand full time. Today, Sassy Jones has earned Boutique Of The Year and has been featured in Fashion Bomb Daily and Essence.com. During her studies at Hampton University, she learned the importance of differentiation in the marketplace and building lasting customer relationships. She is an expert in turning customers into raving fans. Charis has also been featured in national campaigns for Motorola, Strayer University, GEICO & AT&T. Undoubtedly, her favorite place in the world is on her couch with her husband and 2-year

Welcome to the thirteenth episode of Dreams Inspire Reality. This week I interviewed the amazing Rita Pardo. Rita shares her incredible story of how she turned her dreams into reality. Rita is a wife and mother of 3 kidpreneurs. She was born and raised in Alabama and she currently resides in Georgia. She is the sole caretaker of her disabled husband and disabled 18-year-old daughter. Her passion is making natural handcrafted products for her company Naturally Me and You. Her hobbies are singing, cooking, baking and writing poetry. However, her favorite thing she likes to do is spend time with family. Her family is the reason she started her company and the reason she keeps striving towards her dreams. Don’t forget to head over the Dreamsinspirereality.com.

Welcome to the twelfth episode of Dreams Inspire Reality. This week I sat down with the amazing and inspiring Shantae Pelt. Shantae is the CEO and Founder of a vibrant new t-shirt line, Coco’Pie Clothing. Mompreneur of two awesome daughters and also KidPrenuers, Shantae is passionate about celebrating the beauty of ethnicity. She has both a personal and professional commitment to combat colorism. You can connect with Shantae on Coco’Pie Clothing, Instagram, and Periscope. Don't forget you can connect with us on Dreamsinspirereality.com.

Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast. This week I interview Rebekah Gordon. Born and raised in Brooklyn, and now reigning in Chicago, Rebekah Gordon is touching the world. She is the Founder, CEO and Lead Strategist of CopywrittIN Consulting Services, LLC. She started her company investing and working with churches, business owners, and artists. The epiphany to start a business grew from her love to serve others. Her clients' success was her success. CopywrittIN is a one-stop shop for creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Her consulting firm builds and supports clients in the areas of brand management, strategic marketing, business development and event management. This is such an inspiring episode and one you won't want to miss.

Welcome to the tenth episode of the Dreams Inspire Reality podcast. Each week I sit down with amazing entrepreneurs and this week was no different. I had the pleasure of interviewing the amazing Marcel Benson. Marcel is a 29 year Morehouse alum and former black enterprise modern man. Marcel Benson founded Bensonwatch Watch Company out of his sheer passion for timepieces. His vision is to use his elegant timepieces to encourage the masses to spend their time doing what they love. In this interview, Marcel shares key information about how to successfully pitch retailers your product. This episode is for anyone who has a passion and wants to turn it into a product.

Welcome to the ninth episode of Dreams Inspire Reality. This week I interviewed the amazing Christine St. Vil.  Christine St.Vil is a wife, mother of three, speaker, writer, author and trainer. She is relentless about helping women, particularly moms, take charge of their lives by learning how to feel good without feeling guilty. Through her work with Moms ‘N Charge™, Purpose Driven Media™, LLC (PDM) was created to teach women, entrepreneurs how to successfully leverage social media and blogging to start and/or grow their business and brand, without compromising the relationships that matter most to them. Through her transformational book (Whose Shoes Are You Wearing? 12 Steps to Uncovering the Woman You Really Want to Be) live courses, workshops and consulting, PDM walks you through discovering and defining your life purpose, as well as making sure your business message aligns with your purpose. Christine is an instructor in the Steve Harvey Success Institute, & her work has been featured in numerous