In Ep 41, I dive into marketing and branding lessons that I learned from watching a battle rap interview and the boxing match between Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder.

What really stuck out for me was the content business model, the importance of your own platforms in order to have more control over key elements in your business, that talent isn’t enough to win and that ultimately building a brand surrounding your talent is the key to digital success.

Battle Rap and the Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder fight were watched for my own escapism this weekend and I ended up having to pull out the notepad to take down some really good lessons.

Don’t forget to visit Keronrose.com

Ep 41: 8 Marketing Lessons I Learned From Battle Rap

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Flow Business & BTC have come together to put forward a really good month-long series to help Caribbean businesses out in a big way.

I decided to dive into what the series is all about because I believe it’s going to be one of the better and more important series of events for Caribbean Businesses this year.

There are going to be keynote speakers from Alison Hinds, Grace “Spice” Hamilton, Natasha Mayne and Tricia Coosal.

The hands-on workshops will be done by Virgin Atlantic, Wipay, Caribshopper and myself…Keron Rose.

The goal is to give Caribbean Entrepreneurs & Businesses the much-needed guidance in building their digital presence, marketing their business, creating their own platforms, export their products and get paid globally.

The event is also free and will happen on October 8, 15, 22 and 29th.

There is also going to be a contest to pitch your business and win a $15kusd cash prize for your business and much more.

To register for this event…Go To FlowBusiness.co/Events

I look forward to seeing there and guiding you in my workshop.

Ep 40: Flow Business Presents Inknowvation

This was 5 years in the making but the month of Sept allowed me to hit my highest month in profit within my business.

I was able to hit over 30kusd profit with my ecosystem of products & services.

One of the best things I did during this journey is learning how to monetize your content and scale your business through digital products & services.

When I started off my business Droid Island, I learned real quick that with a brick and mortar store, there are just so many costs associated with running it and any disruption in the value chain can throw off your costs or delivery times to your consumers.

Becoming a 100% digital business, allowed me to scale and put more profit into my bank.

While I know we have people on Linkedin making a heck of a lot more lol…we all have to start somewhere and I’m glad to have hit this milestone in the middle of this pandemic.

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Ep 39: How I Hit 30kusd Profit In 1 Month

Want to hear some good and bad news?

Remember the “New Normal” that you have been hearing about for some time now?

Well, we are transitioning again to another new normal and who knows how society has been reshaped whenever we finally get past the pandemic.

With costs of goods/services raising and industries being transformed, I have been starting to feel more and more that the only way for people to be able to ride the upcoming waves, is by learning how to tap into our suppressed entrepreneurial spirit and learn how to generate new revenue streams for themselves and families.

Entrepreneurship is something that needs to be taken more seriously during these times, especially because people are becoming discouraged by the limitations of the current job market. Not everybody will be able to get a job but everyone can leverage their knowledge and skills to create revenue. 

The good news is that we have so many ways to learn new skills and we are no longer limited to only the opportunities presented in our countries. 

So whilst many of you are not interested in building a fortune 500 company, learning how to tap into our entrepreneurial spirit and find creative ways to generate money needs to become a priority moving forward.

Ep 38: Is Entrepreneurship For You

Have you been wanting to build your brand with Video or Livestreaming but weren’t fully sure where to begin? Maybe you have gotten started but are now finally ready to start scaling and investing in it further.

Well in this episode, we speak to one of the top Video Content Coaches on the market, Miss Xayli Barclay.

She is the owner of the Start, Shoot, Grow Academy and has worked with major brands like Thinkific, Convert Kit, #BlogHer, Wave.Video & Honeybook.

We dive into things like video setups for beginners to expert level, tips on livestreaming and strategies to use video to grow your brand.

To learn more about Xayli, visit XayliBarclay.Com or you can check out her Start, Shoot, Grow Academy where you can learn how to build your brand with video.

Check out the Video Interview right here

Now we know that if you have decided to become an Entrepreneur, you are in it for the long haul. 

During this journey, there are going to be all sorts of sacrifices that need to be made in order for you to figure out this puzzle that you have been given.

In this week’s Sunday Motivation segment, I decided to recap on the top sacrifices that I have had to make for myself over the years and I hope it gives some perspective for those who are now getting started in their own business journey.

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In this Case Study on Monetization, we will be looking at the channel “Aquarium Info”. 

One of her videos showed up on Facebook Watch as I was scrolling down my feed and caught my attention. It was super inciteful, well crafted and had tremendous engagement and shares.

Checking out the video got me thinking to look past the content and do a deeper dive into how she has built her platform and how she was monetizing her content.

I hope this case study gives you some insights on content and monetization options.

You can check out the Aquarium Info Facebook page here.

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In this episode, we discuss 3 different ways that Caribbean businesses can improve their social media platforms. There are some key issues that we struggle with and are slowing down the growth for them on social media.

These need to be addressed so that we can participate in the global economy at a higher level and build a more sustainable presence digitally. 

Ep 34: 3 Ways Businesses Can Improve Their Social Media

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In this segment of our Sunday Motivation, I wanted to share with you a download I received today.

Audit Your Social Media!!!

When is the last time you sat down and intentionally went through your social media and began removing or muting content or people, that no longer serve where you are in your life?

This is a critical practice to be done, especially due to the amount of time we are spending on social media.

Enjoy this episode, I kept it short and sweet.

Ep 33: Audit Your Social Media

In this episode, we interviewed the Director of Flow Business, Sam Naoshy and took a deep dive into how Flow Business has crafted new services and solutions to help Caribbean businesses bring their business online.

From building your E-Commerce Websites, Email Marketing, Digital Concierge Services, Industry Focused Workshops and much more…Flow has set out on a different mission than what we are normally accustomed to from a Telco company.

This episode was a live interview that we converted for the podcast family, so if you would like to check out the video to this interview, you can watch it right below.

If you would like to check out the various solutions and their prices, feel free to visit Flowbusiness.co to learn all about it.