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Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she

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Speaker 1: has the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and

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Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashaan McDonald. I will know he's giving me

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Speaker 1: I'm not broke. You know he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs,

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Speaker 1: we go, absolutely absolutely welcome to Money Making Conversations masterclass.

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Speaker 1: As he stayed its stephen A. Smith, I am Rashaan McDonald,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to my show. I theme today is there

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Speaker 1: is no perfect time to start following your dreams because

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Speaker 1: I recognize that we all have different definitions of success.

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Speaker 1: For you, it may be the size of your paycheck.

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Speaker 1: Mine really is inspiring you to accomplish your goals and

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Speaker 1: live your very best life. Actually, it's time to start

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Speaker 1: reading other people's success stories and really start living your own.

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Speaker 1: People always talking about their purpose or gift. If you

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Speaker 1: have a gift, leave with your gift and don't let

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Speaker 1: your friends, family, or co workers stop you from planning

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Speaker 1: on living your dreams. My guests on the show today,

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Speaker 1: this one person about to bring up next is a

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Speaker 1: the way of her dreams. My guest is Sherry Shepherd.

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Speaker 1: She's the new Queen of daytime Talk Sherry and nac

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Speaker 1: Image Award winning show one this year Outstanding talk show

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Speaker 1: series where she carries her comedic takes on or shares

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Speaker 1: her comedic takes on various topics like laugh Lounge, Best

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Speaker 1: Life series. She's a Boss. Fox Television has renewed the

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Speaker 1: through twenty twenty four. Twenty twenty five, we're going to

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Speaker 1: be discussing her career. She co hosted the daytime talk

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Speaker 1: show as you remember the view being on Dancing with

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Speaker 1: when I was the core executive producer. Now she's whole

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Speaker 1: co hosting something else. If you don't know about this,

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Speaker 1: an n w ACP Image Award winning podcast called Two

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Speaker 1: called two Funny Mamls. Please Walking the Money Main Conversations

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Speaker 1: Masterclass the daytime. The award winned the number one Queen

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Speaker 1: of Talk Show comedian actress author Sherry Shephard. How are

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Speaker 1: you doing? Cherry rest on Hyry? She was saying so

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Speaker 1: much lesgo, she gonna say, I'm done. You say everything, Rachelle,

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Speaker 1: I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. That's what I was thinking.

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Speaker 1: I don't have to do anything. Sarry, you are amazing.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for taking the time to call my show.

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Speaker 1: You know we we broadcast live every Tuesday on w

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Speaker 1: more importantly, when I get a talent like you who

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Speaker 1: understands that the journey, you know, journey I mentioned when

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Speaker 1: we first met. We're back when on the Jamie Foxx Show.

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Speaker 1: But it's been a journey. Talk about let's start now

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Speaker 1: How did the talk show come about? Because you were

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Speaker 1: and then you also wonder, oh, you're gonna get another shot?

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Speaker 1: it's called Sherry in Image Award winning show that one

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Speaker 1: everybody who feels it ain't got something. And literally I went,

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Speaker 1: They said, yeah, Nick Cannon's his show's coming out, so

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Speaker 1: we don't really have the space for another talk show,

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Speaker 1: and but we want you to be on Dish. Now

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Speaker 1: already right. But when they said Nick Cannon, and it

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Speaker 1: just it was a representative of everything that, like, I

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Speaker 1: could see my dream. But I'm gonna Lord, everybody else's

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Speaker 1: getting it but me. And I went downstairs in the

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Speaker 1: me cry? And I go with this. I don't like

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Speaker 1: be crying. You're getting commission. You're fine. So after that happened,

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Speaker 1: I stayed on this nation, which prepared me again. Then

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Speaker 1: And I said, Lord, if this is what I'm supposed

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Speaker 1: they worked it out so I was able to do Ellen.

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Speaker 1: I hadn't set in her seat for twelve years, and

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Speaker 1: Wendsy and and I said, Lord, I'm just gonna leave

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Speaker 1: have my own talk show. Congratulation, same offer to day

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Speaker 1: And but that doesn't stop you. I'm just telling you

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Speaker 1: something about her. You know, she has a movie she's

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Speaker 1: gonna do this summer. But more importantly, she's doing a

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Speaker 1: comedy tour with the incredibly funny actress Kim Whitley, who

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Speaker 1: I also have known for many many years. To two.

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Speaker 1: Funny Mamma's podcast was started basically on the Tim Join

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Speaker 1: Image Award for Outstanding Podcasts. So what's this? What's this tour?

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Speaker 1: Y'all doing? Stand up? What are y'all doing out there?

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Speaker 1: We decided to It took me three years to get

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Speaker 1: We just want to make people laugh and it's been

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Speaker 1: we got to take this on the road because I

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Speaker 1: don't know any duo that can get on stage and

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Speaker 1: And she said yes. So we're doing some test days

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Speaker 1: other for three consecutive weekends, and if we do that,

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Speaker 1: we will continue this tour. And so where you can

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Speaker 1: go to Cherry Show tv dot com to find out

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Speaker 1: where we're gonna be. We're gonna be in New Brunswick,

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Speaker 1: New Jersey, Ben Salem, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, and so

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Speaker 1: theaters are, and we're just doing stand up and we

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Speaker 1: take this experience live to folks, those Shenanigan, I'm so excited. Well,

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Speaker 1: I just I gotta ask this because both of you

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Speaker 1: do a brilliant improv y'all Do y'all do any of that?

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Speaker 1: Do y'all come back on stage together? Or just one

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Speaker 1: We did almost ninety minutes improv on stage together just talking. Now,

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Speaker 1: because Kim and I can talk for two days. Right,

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Speaker 1: I come back and I do usually about twenty or

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Speaker 1: We were just talk together and we take questions from

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Speaker 1: the audience and it's just a really great night. We'll

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Speaker 1: tell us again, how can we find out about the dates?

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Speaker 1: And give us the three dates again that right now?

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Speaker 1: Tell everybody this is an initial start of a great

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Speaker 1: stand up comedy tours stand up comedy. Both of them

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Speaker 1: are doing a live stand up comedy tour. It's called

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Speaker 1: Two Funny Mamas starring Jerry Shepherd and Kim Widley. Tell

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Speaker 1: us those dates, tell us where we can go and

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Speaker 1: look get more information about tickets. May nineteenth, we are

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Speaker 1: in New Brunswood, New Jersey. May twentieth, we're ben Salem, Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 1: May twenty first, we are in Wilmington, Delaware. You can

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Speaker 1: go to Cherry showtv dot com and buy a ticket.

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Speaker 1: And this weekend I'm at the City Winery in Chelsea

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Speaker 1: Piers in New York. If you're in New York March

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Speaker 1: thirty first and May fourth, I'm also at the City

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Speaker 1: Winery in New York. What did I say? Or May

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Speaker 1: fourth if you're in town. So those are the standard dates.

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Speaker 1: But can I just thank you for when I got

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Speaker 1: said to me, who is your audience? Who are you?

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Speaker 1: Who are you talking to? And it really made me

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Speaker 1: sit down and go who am I? And that is

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Speaker 1: that is informed every decision I make because remember I

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Speaker 1: said I didn't know what I was doing eighteen years ago.

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Speaker 1: Today I know how I can say no, I know

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Speaker 1: number one new talk show. So I know from you

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Speaker 1: saying Sherry, who are you? Who are you talking to?

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Speaker 1: I'm a single mom, I'm an entrepreneur, i am divorced,

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Speaker 1: So I know when when somebody comes to me with

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Speaker 1: is that you. She's the incredible With Sherry Shepherd, you

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Speaker 1: know your friend, and you know I love you to death,

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Speaker 1: times and the bad times that we've had in our career.

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Speaker 1: But right now it's the good times and congratulations and

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Speaker 1: you know I'm going to help you own that comedy

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Speaker 1: tour because guess what the world needs to see Two

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Speaker 1: Thank you for calling my show, Sherry. I love your Ashan,

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Speaker 1: appreciate you and we talk soon. Okay, all right? By

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Speaker 1: with more Money Making Conversations Masterclass. You are now tuned

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Speaker 1: there are two systems of justice. Just because they say

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Speaker 1: back to the Money Making Conversations Masterclass hosted by Rishan McDonald. Hi,

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Money Making Conversations Masterclass. I enjoyed doing

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Speaker 1: She's on the show to discuss how she drives that

637
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Speaker 1: revenue in the ever changing world that we live in.

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Speaker 1: Please work with the money making Conversation Masterclass, Melodie Brown.

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Speaker 1: How you doing, Melodie Hayler sign, It's so great to

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Speaker 1: be here. I'm really excited about this conversation. I mean,

641
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Speaker 1: following Cherry, I'm hyped. Well, you know, Sherry, I was said,

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Speaker 1: I think Cherry will keep talking, but I got Melodie

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Speaker 1: on hole. It's so worried. No, no, you know because

644
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Speaker 1: if I feel fortunate to have not only her on

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Speaker 1: the show, but you on the show, because of the

646
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Speaker 1: fact that you drive a different medium in this business

647
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: is and we're always talking about what kind of business

648
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Speaker 1: can what kind of careers can our children have of color?

649
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Speaker 1: And then we know in this industry there's general tendency

650
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Speaker 1: to believe that we only do a certain type of

651
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Speaker 1: career choices. And when you when when we discuss what

652
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Speaker 1: you're doing. I wanted to do first explain to everybody

653
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Speaker 1: what you do, and then we're gonna talk about how

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Speaker 1: did you get there? Yeah? Absolutely, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for Sean. I'm currently, as you mentioned, the associated vice

656
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Speaker 1: president of consumer Media at Blackty. So what does that mean.

657
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: That means basically, I leave all of the content strategy

658
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,320
Speaker 1: for our commerce and when you're talking about shoppable content,

659
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 1: things that you see online on our website, as well

660
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: as content that includes lifestyle trending topical stories for our brands,

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00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,720
Speaker 1: which include travel, New Hours, that's our vacation brand twenty

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00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:52,720
Speaker 1: one ninety, which is like our lifestyle, beauty um wellness brand,

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Speaker 1: and then our newest brand, which just launched two months ago,

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Speaker 1: Home and Texture, which is our home to core inspiration brand.

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Speaker 1: So that's my role there at Blavity. Okay, that's your

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Speaker 1: role there at blavity. But we know you one of

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Speaker 1: these people. You you you just just as worse. I

668
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Speaker 1: would say worse because it's a compliment when you develop

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Speaker 1: multiple strange of income because not only that, but you're

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Speaker 1: you're also involved in slime. I feel like, who's the

671
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 1: leasing the secrets? Well, you know, come on, you know

672
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Speaker 1: the title of the show money Making Conversation Masterclass. I

673
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: bring on people who can tell you how you can

674
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Speaker 1: sit up here and say what do I do with

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Speaker 1: twenty four hours? You listen to my show and you

676
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 1: hear people tell you what you do with your twenty

677
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Speaker 1: four hours? So tell us about this slime in your life. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so this is a slime that kind of started my life,

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Speaker 1: if you will. So years and years ago, I graduated

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Speaker 1: from the University of Central Florida, which is based in

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Speaker 1: Orlando where I live right and got an internship at

682
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Speaker 1: Nickelodeon Studios, which was based here at the time, and

683
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:00,919
Speaker 1: they did a reboot for those back in the days

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Speaker 1: who remember Double Bear, which was like this kid's game

685
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 1: show that was messy like slides, gooeyiness, et cetera. And

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Speaker 1: part of my responsibilities as a intern starting out besidecraft

687
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: services that basically is like today's door Dash and we eat.

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Speaker 1: For those who don't know, I had to make slime

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Speaker 1: for the show. Okay, you know you had to make slime.

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Speaker 1: You see. I always tell people, like my first job,

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Speaker 1: my first job was unloading drugs. I tell people uloading trucks.

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Speaker 1: I realized that once they put me on the back

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Speaker 1: of a truck head at one thousand int twos or

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Speaker 1: fifty pounds each. After that job, right there, I realized,

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Speaker 1: that's not my goer, that's not my er. Now you

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Speaker 1: were doing making slime. How old do you make slime? Listen?

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I can reveal all the things,

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Speaker 1: but I will say it's all edible. And there are

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Speaker 1: two different versions at that time that they were using.

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Speaker 1: One was kind of a pudding base and one almost

701
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Speaker 1: like the thick apple sauce base and other ingredients to

702
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Speaker 1: you know, make sit together and it would go on

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Speaker 1: different slides and different cyber foam toys, etc. For the game.

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Speaker 1: But that was, yeah, that was starting out. And I

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Speaker 1: will say, like when you start out in a career

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Speaker 1: in an industry, sometimes you know, like the phone, go

707
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 1: start from the bottom and I will hear it. Sometimes

708
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: you have to get your foot in the door. And honestly,

709
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Speaker 1: it was such a cool, fun time to be in

710
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,800
Speaker 1: that environment fresh out of college. I enjoyed it. But

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Speaker 1: one you didn't have to travel across country to get

712
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Speaker 1: into the Hollywood you were involved in in the early

713
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: stages of creativity. You see where Okay, this is how

714
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Speaker 1: people create content, this is how people reach a certain audience.

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Speaker 1: That was a very strong and powerful learning curve for you,

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Speaker 1: because you know, there was reaching a certain audience with

717
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Speaker 1: this show. Absolutely, absolutely, and I think, you know, it's

718
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Speaker 1: so interesting you say that. That was kind of my

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Speaker 1: first makings of like media. But then my career as

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Speaker 1: far as starting out my full time gig, did kind

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Speaker 1: of a parallel pivot. I started out full time in

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Speaker 1: TV news. So I started as an associate producer at

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Speaker 1: the ABC station here in Orlando, which means I was writing,

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Speaker 1: I was editing for various newscasts. Sometimes my shifts would

725
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Speaker 1: be early in the morning talking about the crocodile and

726
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Speaker 1: I have to get in at three am. Then sometimes

727
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Speaker 1: I would have to fill in at night. And then

728
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Speaker 1: you know, worked my ranks up. Transitioned to the NBC

729
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Speaker 1: station in Georgia, where I worked up the ranks to

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Speaker 1: executive producer and basically that's the person who's in charge

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Speaker 1: of all of the newscasts, creating content and storytelling. And

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Speaker 1: after about ten years into that, Rashaun, you know, I

733
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Speaker 1: got to the point where I loved storytelling, but I

734
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Speaker 1: was over breaking news time and destruction content love storytelling,

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Speaker 1: but that was no longer for me after doing it

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Speaker 1: for ten years, and so then opportunity presented itself for

737
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Speaker 1: me to enter this well known hospitality company to create

738
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Speaker 1: content from a publishing perspective, doing their digital magazines, video

739
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Speaker 1: content and marketing campaigns. And I did that for self

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Speaker 1: years and then that brings me to Blavity several months.

741
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Speaker 1: Let me just Melody now I'm talking to Melodies, associated

742
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: vice President of Continuity Media Content and Blavity. Okay, we

743
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: talked about slam because you know, I gotta bring everybody

744
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: up to speed. Anybody just rolled into this conversation. Slime,

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Speaker 1: slime and an ice machine, some story like that. We're

746
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Speaker 1: talking and you know what was your degree in. It

747
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: was in radio TV Communications. That was my degree from

748
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: the University of Central Florida. Okay, so but now you're

749
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Speaker 1: talking about you. When you was talking about marketing, you

750
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: was talking about news. So these were areas where where

751
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: they would you say, they would tie to you a

752
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: degree or you were just taking the opportunity and making

753
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 1: the best of it. TENA News was definitely tied to

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Speaker 1: my degree. You know, during my college years back in

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00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: the day, we would do kind of a you know,

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Speaker 1: on campus newscast, and so at the time of shown,

757
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: I was like, I want to be on air. I

758
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: want to be a reporter. I want to be an

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00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,760
Speaker 1: anchor and work through that. And when the Nickelodeon's position

760
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 1: opportunity came for intern, I was like, oh, well, this

761
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,240
Speaker 1: is another avenue to venture out. But it wasn't until

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Speaker 1: I got the position, you know, my first full time

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Speaker 1: gig as an associate producer, where I was like, you

764
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 1: know what, I like this writing thing. I like being

765
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Speaker 1: able to put news casts together, to put shows together,

766
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Speaker 1: to lead teams. So it changed for me. You know,

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Speaker 1: I will say one of the things for anybody who's

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Speaker 1: fresh out of college or who's either doing a trade

769
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 1: or looking to get into an industry, being open minded,

770
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 1: because here's the thing, the position or the role you

771
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 1: think you may want, try things out, and you may

772
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,440
Speaker 1: surprise yourself and actually find out you're actually better and

773
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 1: blessed in another area. Right, And I've learned that, you know,

774
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: people always talk about how I do a lot of

775
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 1: different things. I've done a lot of different things in

776
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,359
Speaker 1: my life, and I will do a lot of things

777
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: in my life. I always tell people that I give

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent when the opportunities being presented to me,

779
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,760
Speaker 1: and I will pivot when an opportunity feels very comfortable

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Speaker 1: and enjoyable because I'm always intrigued. I'm always ready to

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Speaker 1: accept the challenge. And it seems to be a path

782
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,240
Speaker 1: in your life. You know, you're not timidated by change,

783
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 1: and a lot of people are. Absolutely I think you

784
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: have to kind of go with your gut. Same reason

785
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 1: I said, you know after TV News love storytelling, but

786
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, this is not the type of

787
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: stories I want to tell. And then moved to hospitality

788
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: and then several months ago I foun an opportunity at Bravity.

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Speaker 1: Ain't that interests me? And even more so the fact

790
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: that the company is all in, Rashan, all in when

791
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 1: it comes to black and multicultural customers. You know that

792
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 1: sid out to me because in my twenty year career,

793
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: I've never ever worked for a company where diversity, equity

794
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: inclusion goes beyond like HR policies or social injustice moments.

795
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: That's literally Blavity's brand and it just jumps out at me,

796
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: and you know, I leased at the opportunity. I was

797
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: glad that they had me. So, as you said, you know,

798
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: my career has had different you know, paths and parallels,

799
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 1: all in communication or storytelling to some degree. But it's

800
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 1: so broad and I'm just so excited about what's still

801
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 1: to come with my time here at Bravity. We know,

802
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 1: it's really interesting because Blavity, you know, as a industry medium,

803
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: and that has a voice for us, you know, because

804
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: we realize today how important that voice plays out because

805
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: so many people are trying to shift a narrative of

806
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: what really is black culture or black history. Now, what

807
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,320
Speaker 1: is the importance of your role? I know you're involved

808
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: in you know, different brands and different scales at Blavity.

809
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 1: What is your role when you're talking about storytelling it,

810
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: making it or think and making it accurate? I think

811
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,439
Speaker 1: so my role is like listening to our customers, see

812
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,840
Speaker 1: what's resonating with them, see where they are in the journey.

813
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: I think, for example, our newest brand, Home and Texture.

814
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 1: Sometimes we're trying what people think about millennials. So like

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Speaker 1: all they are these young kids in their twenties. No,

816
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:56,399
Speaker 1: millennials are straight up mid thirties plus early forties. They're

817
00:42:56,440 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: setting up roots, they're becoming entrepreneurs, they're buying homes, they're traveling,

818
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 1: they're interested about their health and wellness. And so those

819
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: are the pieces of content and the storytelling that I

820
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,319
Speaker 1: want to tell for our audience, Like where are they

821
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Speaker 1: in the various funnels of journey. Also, black and multicultural folks,

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Speaker 1: We're not monolithic, We're not the same. There's some folks.

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Speaker 1: Even when you talk about home right home ownership, that

824
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: can be a condo, that could be a remodeled home,

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00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 1: that could be a new spec home, that can be

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Speaker 1: an apartment. Like there's different variables and variations to what

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Speaker 1: it means to set up routes in your home. And

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Speaker 1: those are the stories who want to tap into. Absolutely

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Speaker 1: when we come back, I want to talk about more

830
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Speaker 1: in the travel aspect because I think that's where the

831
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 1: African American community has grown so much and travel because

832
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Speaker 1: any know, I grew up in the era you know

833
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:53,799
Speaker 1: you're hopping the back of the car with mom music,

834
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Speaker 1: go down to your cousins in the next state, and

835
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,799
Speaker 1: that was your vacation or that was your extent of traveling. Well,

836
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 1: we're world travelers now in the African American community of

837
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Speaker 1: community of color. We'll come back. We'll asked Melanie about that,

838
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: and we also talk about the home and texture why

839
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: that brand is so special. Be right back with more

840
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: money Making Conversations Masterclass with the Queen. I had the

841
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Speaker 1: Queen of talk show. Now I got the Queen of Blavity,

842
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 1: Melanie the Princess. But we'll be right back with the

843
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: Princess O Blavity Melanie Brown. Please don't go anywhere. We'll

844
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Speaker 1: be right back with more money Making Conversations Masterclass. Let

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Speaker 1: me tell you about the host of Money Making Conversations,

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Speaker 1: Rushan McDonald. He's a social media influencer. Eighty percent of

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Speaker 1: his one million plus social media followers are female. Rushawn's

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Speaker 1: a two time Emmy Award winner, three time in Double

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Speaker 1: ACP Immage Award winner, sitcom writer, stand up comic, and

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Speaker 1: former IBM executive, and he has a degree in mathematics.

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Speaker 1: More importantly, Rushan McDonald will interview his business and celebrity

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Speaker 1: relationships to him, how are you with tips to succeed

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Speaker 1: in your career that you can only hear in the

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Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations Masterclass show. Welcome back to the Money

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Speaker 1: Making Conversations Masterclass hosted by Rashan Sean McDonald. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to Money Making Conversation Masterclass. You know, oh, you know,

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Speaker 1: they always try to hype yourself off, trying to hype

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Speaker 1: your show off, trying to make it, you know, as

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Speaker 1: big as as possible. So I got the Queen and

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Speaker 1: the Princess on my show today. The Queen of Daytime

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Speaker 1: talks the Princess of Levity. Now, when I talk about

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Speaker 1: the Levity, I'm talking about an e commerce brand that

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Speaker 1: is totally focused on the African American community from the

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Speaker 1: standpoint of travel as far as Home and Texture. Talk

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Speaker 1: to us about that brand and what makes that so special,

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Speaker 1: and then we're going to go back to travel, Okay, sure, sure,

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Speaker 1: So in talking about Home and Texture, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: about our community. The brand launched two months ago, and

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Speaker 1: we know the home buying and designing industry generates millions

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Speaker 1: rashan upon millions of dollars, but none of that goes

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Speaker 1: really all in for us, right, So when we're talking

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Speaker 1: about homeowners, home seekers and designers and that demographic is

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Speaker 1: setting up roots. It's one of the reasons we chose

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Speaker 1: to have the Homo Texture launch party event and it

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Speaker 1: landed at the Garden Room last month. When you talk

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Speaker 1: about the black home buying journey, the ATAIL is one

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Speaker 1: of the city's experiencing significant growth. Plus, not only is

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Speaker 1: this branch here information that's really unique to our community.

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Speaker 1: So whether it's disparities and mortgage lending, how to embrace

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Speaker 1: your personal file and culture, you know, and bring light

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Speaker 1: to your space, but also given a platform to entrepreneurs

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Speaker 1: in this space. So Rashan Will, we're talking about real

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Speaker 1: estate agents and designers. Matter of fact, today we just

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Speaker 1: launched our social first series called Homo Texture House Tours,

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Speaker 1: which is so amazing. It features four fabulous designers from

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Speaker 1: the Memphis area showcasing their homes and so for listeners

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Speaker 1: listening who want to check that out, go to Homo

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Speaker 1: Texture dot com. But what I'm excited about this brand

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Speaker 1: is that it's showing how we are building equity as

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Speaker 1: a community. Wow. You know, I tend to believe like

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Speaker 1: I've been in the person who has been been in

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Speaker 1: the home buying industry. I've been out there trying to

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Speaker 1: buy the right furniture, trying to get to the right

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Speaker 1: as contractor trying to But then when you look at

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Speaker 1: TV these uh do it yourself shows our vision of

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Speaker 1: our colors and always showcase what what what what role?

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Speaker 1: And why is That's why there's such a popularity, there's

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Speaker 1: such a need for what you We launched just two

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Speaker 1: months ago. Yes, we saw that it was definitely an

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Speaker 1: empty space. You know, we talk about Blavity, the Queen

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Speaker 1: of Blavity. She'd probably you know, disagree with me, but

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Speaker 1: I think she is is morted to bond our CEO.

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Speaker 1: She is so forthinking as well as our executives about

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Speaker 1: where can we spread our blravity ache influence right. And

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Speaker 1: we saw the need um. You know, I mentioned earlier

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Speaker 1: for those destroying the conversation that when you're talking about millennials,

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Speaker 1: they're not babies. These are folks who are making money,

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Speaker 1: good money right, who are looking to buy homes, who

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Speaker 1: are looking to even buy second homes, right investment homes.

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Speaker 1: And we feel like there needs to be an avenue

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Speaker 1: in a vehicle to them or vehicle for them, and

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Speaker 1: not just how they design their home, but even the

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Speaker 1: nuances of insurance. You know, one of the stories I tell,

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Speaker 1: you know, my team members is like when me and

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Speaker 1: my husband bought our home. You know, it's little things.

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Speaker 1: We had all of these windows. I'm like, oh, we

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Speaker 1: need curtains and window treatments, like the defense from large

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Speaker 1: to insurance and lending to kind of those you know,

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Speaker 1: smaller things that you don't speak about, and we're trying

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Speaker 1: to fill that space because there's obviously a need for

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Speaker 1: it with this demographic. Well, you know, it's really interesting

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Speaker 1: because you know, you learned so much about home buying

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Speaker 1: and you know, like all African Americans, I started in

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Speaker 1: my little apartment. I remember our very first apartment. It

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Speaker 1: was kind of like a studio, had their little wall.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't really one bid room because if you looked around,

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Speaker 1: the wall didn't have a door. But I was happy

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Speaker 1: in my little seven hundred graph feed them. I was

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Speaker 1: I was rocking and rolling in there was doors, it

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Speaker 1: was mine. It was mine, you know, technically in rent

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Speaker 1: it was mine. And then what did you realize is

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Speaker 1: that we are renting all the time. And really, when

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Speaker 1: you do the math and you take care of your credit,

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Speaker 1: then you can become take that rent and turn it

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Speaker 1: into a mortgage and then you have equity. And that's

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Speaker 1: the part of the conversation that I really love about

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Speaker 1: when you talk about home and texture, because it educates

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Speaker 1: a process to you that you may not be thinking about.

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Speaker 1: And it's also when you talk about millennials. I think

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Speaker 1: the media has has time time trapped millennials to some

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Speaker 1: twenty five that's twenty seven year old person who who

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Speaker 1: wants to skip the line and wants to wants to what,

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Speaker 1: don't want to work hard. That's what the millennials have

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Speaker 1: been trapped into. That world. Like you said, excuse me,

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Speaker 1: that's not us. That's not us. With homebuyers, you know,

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Speaker 1: we buy stock. We were about our retirement and we

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Speaker 1: make a contribution to society. And that's that's the stereotype

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Speaker 1: that you're denouncing right now, and you're doing a very

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Speaker 1: good job of it. But another stereotype that you're denouncing,

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Speaker 1: it's the whole travel concept because people like me. I'm

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Speaker 1: older than you, so I know the traditional travel that

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Speaker 1: we used to do. And in the Europe travel wasn't

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Speaker 1: part of my mantra. Going out of town, the Cancoon

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Speaker 1: wasn't part of the Jamaica wasn't part of it. But

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Speaker 1: now it's part of the regular routine. What excites you

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Speaker 1: about that growing or very explosive component of your brand.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think everything I mean in full transparency

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Speaker 1: was Shawn like our vacations where at the time I

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Speaker 1: lived in New York was taking a road trip down

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Speaker 1: South South Carolina to visit family, which you know I

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Speaker 1: loved at the time. But now when you look at travel, yes,

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Speaker 1: people want these international experiences, especially now post COVID people

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Speaker 1: are trying to fly and get away. But also what

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Speaker 1: we're finding out with our blivity audience, particularly for travel

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Speaker 1: new are for that brand, is that they also want

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Speaker 1: unique experiences where they don't feel like a tourist. Right,

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Speaker 1: So when somebody's traveling, whether it's going to DC, they

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Speaker 1: to have that localized experience where they feel like they're

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Speaker 1: really being part of the community there. Yes, they like luxury,

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Speaker 1: they like the finer things. And even when those who

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Speaker 1: want to road trip, like I said, black and multicultural

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Speaker 1: are demographic's not monolithic. So one of the franchises that

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Speaker 1: we're looking at is hidden Jams. So these are those

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Speaker 1: unique destinations, whether it's going to New Mexico going up

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Speaker 1: and multiculturals feel they can be their authentic self. You know,

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Speaker 1: The interesting thing about when I hear you talk about travel,

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Speaker 1: and this is a little note about me. I used

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Speaker 1: to be I should do stand up and lets you

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Speaker 1: just stand up on cruise ships. I've done performing the

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Speaker 1: problem eight different cruise ships, eighty different eighty different cruise ships.

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Speaker 1: And it was always funny because from from like September

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Speaker 1: to April, the audience I had performing in front was white.

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Speaker 1: When it got made to September, the cruise ship was

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Speaker 1: predominantly black. I don't care if it was I don't

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Speaker 1: care where Cruise Live was Norwegian, it was Raw Caribbean

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Speaker 1: that those are the two out dominantly performed on. But

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Speaker 1: it was always let me know that the black culture

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Speaker 1: was very seasonal, very summer oriented when we did our

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Speaker 1: vacation and with Blavity, you're starting to open up those

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Speaker 1: change as we wrapped this interview, and I want to

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Speaker 1: tell you thank you for coming on the show. How

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Speaker 1: can we get in touch with you? How can we

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Speaker 1: learn more about and give us some websites of Blavity

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Speaker 1: that we can that we can go and start adding

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Speaker 1: to that amazing website traffic did y'all have every month? Yes? Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: So for let's start with Home and Text our news brand.

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Speaker 1: You can follow us at Home and Texture also our

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Speaker 1: website hom and Texture dot com. Same handles for Travel

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Speaker 1: NEWIR Vacation brand at Travel Newir and at twenty one ninety.

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Speaker 1: For me, just pook me up, hit me up on LinkedIn,

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Speaker 1: Melody Boxtic Brown, you can find me there. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm just excited about what to calm with Blavity and

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Speaker 1: it's house of brands because again Blavity Inc. Has dozens

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Speaker 1: of brands in the lifestyle space from travel to home,

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Speaker 1: to court, to beauty to newse the information to politics

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Speaker 1: to entertainment, where we're serving up the content that we

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Speaker 1: know our audience craves and needs. Well, you know, if

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Speaker 1: someone's coming. So I'm going to reach out back to you,

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Speaker 1: miss Melody Bostick Brown, and we're gonna talk about travel

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna Call'm gonna call you the Princess and

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Speaker 1: get you the right title. I'm bringing the Princess back

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Speaker 1: on the show from Blavity and we're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: lot more fun. But again, thank you for coming on

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Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations Masterclass. You are fantastic. Thank you so

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