Category: Flava’s thoughts…
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Promote-Promote-Promote
PROMOTE-PROMOTE-PROMOTE… Get Creative-Visuals-Flyers-Videos I love seeing people promote what they have going on. Years ago it was said in conversation with a colleague from the East Coast, “Artists need to get comfortable in promoting themselves and talking about who they are. People are not going to come knocking on their door to find out about…
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Burnt Out…The Come Back Will Be Different
It’s in my character to step up for people, especially people I care about and believe in. But I find that many years later it’s gotten old and I no longer want to do it. I’m the kind of person who has certain skills that could be beneficial to someone else and will step up…
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Let Your Energy Light Up The Experience 💡
I was thinking about what makes a good event experience … The ENERGY of the environment and people. You can tell when people are excited…from the people putting on the event to the people who are attending. I came across a video promoting a book (actually 2 books) on Autism, which is an interest of…
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Use Your Cellphone
Your Cellphone is Your Best Promotions Tool… Learn to Create Promos for yourself… You don’t have to pay a professional…get someone that has a good eye and a steady hand to take pictures and videos. When you are performing or trying to sell a product, you want to use visuals to entice people to want…
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Is It A Hobby If Your Not Getting Paid?
I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker about what I do for the creative community… She has seen my work and asked if I get paid, and responded by saying “it’s a hobby, right?” What could I say? I’ve been thinking about this conversation with one of my nursing supervisors…and the thing is, I…
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Day 23 in The Pool in Vegas
Once the pool opened here where I live I told myself that I had to push myself to come out here and get my water exercise in and the have. The pool has been closed for 2 years during the Pandemic and then needed repairs before they could reopen. This pool is not an ideal…
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To My Arts & Entertainment Friends…Be Healthy
I think about health and wellness all the time. I think about it a lot since I have been in Vegas and have experienced several people in the Entertainment Community who have health concerns. I am no expert on health and looking at me you may not be aware that I live a pretty healthy…
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I Speak My Truth
I was raised by people who had honest conversations. People who pulled our coattails when we were doing wrong or needed to understand something. I was having this conversation with my god-sister this morning. I went over a situation that happened in high school when I spoke my truth on something I was witnessing from…
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Yes, I Became Irritated
The past 6 months or so, I was listening to what appeared to be the desires of some people … people that matter to me. I identified what I can do or what can I create to help their circumstances. I listen and feel the needs of others as an Empath. This doesn’t always work…
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Let’s Talk About Business & Emails
This a short a to the point post on The Arts & Entertainment Industry Business Tools You need to have in place. Professional Email Website Bio Fact Sheet EPK Photos Videos Pitch Get familiar with contracts Your email address maybe where the communication stops. Being apart of hiring teams, I learned years ago that HR…
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