Black People : GOOD IDEA? BAD IDEA?

[Metaverse]

"CHANGE WE CAN CREATE- RIGHT NOW!!"

Destee Family and Mother Destee, this is a thread I would like for us to use to pitch ideas that might just work for our people and our communities. I come up with ideas all the time, some of you already know this. I know there are a few others in the community that also come up with very brilliant ideas.

So this is our "Good Idea? Bad Idea?" thread.

I promised myself I would take our Queen Sistah Truetothecause's advice, and try to create things that we can ALL WIN at. Queen True..here's a Brotha that actually listens.

I hope that all the good ideas we vote for on this thread, can actually find their way into the real world.

And since I started off the topic, I'll shoot first- with an idea I've been pondering for some time now.

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I think highheel shoes with goldfish in them would be a good idea for our people. These kinds of shoes will be a conversation piece wherever we decided to walk, they will attract so much --What? You mean someone already beat me to it? Let's start over then.

Black Family Discount Cards

Black business owners tell me all the time that its hard to compete in the marketplace for the black dollar, we speak more with everyone else but ourselves. And because we do, it seems that others usually have cheaper and better products and services, this is not always true. Some Black businesses aren't given the time to be tried out, and need us to pay attention to them.

I thought, it might be nice to create some type of incentive to get our people to spend money with Black businesses. I figured discount cards might help. First, these businesses would have to agree to the cards that can offer anywhere from 10-25% off products and services. These cards can be used to target single Black Mothers as well. Hair Salons would use these cards to attract business, Barbershops, Mechanics etc.

Family discount cards can be used to define the individual as well. "Single Black Mother" discount card. "Hard Working Black Man" discount card. Well, you get the idea. It's just an inviting way to excite the relationship between Black businesses and Black consumers.

I know single Mothers especially would appreciate this type of card.

GOOD IDEA OR BAD IDEA?

 

[truetothecause]

[QUOTEMetaSaience]Queen True..here's a Brotha that actually listens.[/QUOTE]

Warrior King MetaSaience!

You know, a very Special Afreekan man in life once proudly proclaimed:
"They say, always LISTEN to the Woman....BUT....You DON'T have to DO what she says!"...hahahaha and hehehehe...he laughed.
Needless to say where he's at and some of the things which has happened in his life cause he did not want to do some ish different. Least, that's my take on the matter.

ONE thing I love and RE~spect about you Brother Warrior King is that you DO!!!!!

That BE~ing said:.....BlacKTasTic Ideal!!!
Black Family Discount Cards! Brillant Ideal...[man, ya'll gotta KNOW how badly I want to make a vid RE~sponse to this...yet, I'm working on the writing thing and not willing to put myself out HERE like that no more.]

And, I'm thinking....
Black Family Discount Cards, get yours today
Available exclusively at Destee.com!
"Where Family Means Everything"
or some catchy slogan.



Ideal....Good or Bad
For those into competition, let's go for a jingle and/or marketing slogan
See what We can RE~arrange/Create to 'sell' the ideal to Black Businesses.


I'm sure something else will come to mind over the next few days ...a 'stronger' slogan with meaning and connections to the principles Mama Destee has set up here.


M.E.

 

[truetothecause]

Good Ideal or Bad Ideal:?:


BACK TO BLACK!
SOLUTIONS FOR BLACK FAMILY BIZNIZ!

As a Slogan for Black Family Discount Cards

M.E.

 

[Metaverse]

Ah Queen Sistah Truetothecause! You added another element to the idea! I didn't realize these cards could in fact be used to promote Destee as well. After all, this is in fact a "Black Business" so all Black owned web businesses can be involved. The fact that these cards can be purchased or distributed exclusively on Destee.com or any Black owned site will allow that site also to be marketed to our people.

See, this thread is already working.

Back to Black! Is a good idea!

 

[MenNefer]

Hate to say Bad or Good

"CHANGE WE CAN CREATE- RIGHT NOW!!"

Destee Family and Mother Destee, this is a thread I would like for us to use to pitch ideas that might just work for our people and our communities. I come up with ideas all the time, some of you already know this. I know there are a few others in the community that also come up with very brilliant ideas.

So this is our "Good Idea? Bad Idea?" thread.

I promised myself I would take our Queen Sistah Truetothecause's advice, and try to create things that we can ALL WIN at. Queen True..here's a Brotha that actually listens.

I hope that all the good ideas we vote for on this thread, can actually find their way into the real world.

And since I started off the topic, I'll shoot first- with an idea I've been pondering for some time now.

------------------------------------------------------------

I think highheel shoes with goldfish in them would be a good idea for our people. These kinds of shoes will be a conversation piece wherever we decided to walk, they will attract so much --What? You mean someone already beat me to it? Let's start over then.

Black Family Discount Cards

Black business owners tell me all the time that its hard to compete in the marketplace for the black dollar, we speak more with everyone else but ourselves. And because we do, it seems that others usually have cheaper and better products and services, this is not always true. Some Black businesses aren't given the time to be tried out, and need us to pay attention to them.

I thought, it might be nice to create some type of incentive to get our people to spend money with Black businesses. I figured discount cards might help. First, these businesses would have to agree to the cards that can offer anywhere from 10-25% off products and services. These cards can be used to target single Black Mothers as well. Hair Salons would use these cards to attract business, Barbershops, Mechanics etc.

Family discount cards can be used to define the individual as well. "Single Black Mother" discount card. "Hard Working Black Man" discount card. Well, you get the idea. It's just an inviting way to excite the relationship between Black businesses and Black consumers.

I know single Mothers especially would appreciate this type of card.

GOOD IDEA OR BAD IDEA?

But for this instance (and the sake of discussion) I'll say it's bad because it holds the black business accountable to scrutiny from other ethinicities or cultures; sacrificing business they could have gotten from them. Inturn it forces the black business to rely on the black family whom may not be fully commited to enough products to keep the business IN business enough to continue the liability of offering the discount. We might as well purposely create our own currency that out weighs the dollar and appeal to black businesses to research unique trends within the black community and provide those services. We should provide a small discount to other cultures/ethnicities that want to partake in the spreading of our currency as a courtesy for them giving US there *Time and Energy* (concerning the propagation of our monetary system). We should start with our products that are already selling, like in the entertainment venue after these entertainers (who have black families) agree to unionize (NFL, NBA, anything we do presently that others can't get enough of) and after the union negotiate an agreed amount of Black dollars will be put into the coffer and spread befor we *Mutually* provide any services. This would give entertainers alittle more leverage but at the same time show a willingness to compromise/bargain with owners and consumers (eating the overhead on the discount that comes with *others* using the black dollar through Union taxes). The bite from the Union Tax is covered in the long run through the increasing # of consumers spreading the black/african currency. :shades: Well thats my piece for idealism.