BIKE BACK VIBES....

Remembering by days as a pillion rider.

BEING JAMAICAN

Stirring the pot.

Quotes & photo are taken from the Internet (www.google.com/blackamericanimages, Brainyquotes.com). I take the credit for adding the text (using apps) to this photo.

SMS Quotes - SadaBlue

The Angel Investor With Jamaican Wings

       Entertainment tourism is a major money-earner in Jamaica and more and more tourists are flocking the island annually for the high-class entertainment that is offered in the hotels and at the annual music festivals, for example, Reggae Sunsplash and the Jazz and Blues Festival. SadaBlue Media Solutions specializes in training and grooming local talent to perform specifically in the hotel and cruise ship industry and hopes to be the one stop shop for talent in Jamaica. The official launch of SadaBlue Media Solutions is slated for January 31, 2015 and funding for this venture is a top priority.  An angel investor, as an alternative source of funding, is being sought to partner with the company.

       I first learned

THE VALUE OF A BUSINESS PLAN

       In the article, “What is a Business Plan and Why Does my Company Need One? Achieve Company Goals and Objectives Through Writing a Good Business Plan” Rosemary Peavler states that:

“A business plan is probably the most important and useful document you, as a prospective or current owner of a small business, will ever compile. It is a written statement that sets forth your business’s mission and objectives and, in detail, how it is going to reach them. The business plan details the ownership and management structure of the business, the operational and financial details, and how it hopes to achieve its objectives.”

       In developing

Promoting My Business Through Social Media

       When I started my company SadaBlue Media Solutions I did not have a business plan, I did not have any marketing strategies on how to promote and make my business a success. A retiree from the public sector in Jamaica, with a background in Industrial Relations, I was relying mainly on word-of-mouth and referrals from fellow practitioners and my budding clientele. After a while it became apparent that this was never going to work and I was

From Screenplay to eBook to Self-Publishing?

Writing a screenplay can be a daunting task for most people. What is even more daunting is trying to sell your screenplay in a market that is already over saturated with all genre of movies. Hollywood has seen and produced everything, not to mention the fact that fewer movies are being made year after year even with the recovery from the economic recession of 2008. In order not to give up on your dreams and allow your screenplay to gather dust in a draw somewhere or in a folder on the desktop of your computer, one alternative would be to adapt (rewrite) and publish your screenplay as an e-book.

       When I wrote the screenplay “The Story