(BPT) – If your small business doesn’t have an online presence, you’re getting in the way of your own success. According to a new survey by small business services platform GoDaddy, 89% of consumers say it is important for a small business to have a website, yet nearly a quarter of small businesses (24%) don’t. […]
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Host a St. Patrick’s Day Party with Style
(Family Features) It may be a celebration in honor of a patron saint of Ireland, but you don’t have to be Irish to join the revelry that marks each St. Patrick’s Day. This year, gather some friends for a party that brings a bit of luck o’ the Irish to all. Perfect Party Menu It’s […]
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Decorate Your Way to a Festive St. Patrick’s Day
4 DIY projects with a touch of Irish flair (Family Features) Pairing Shepherd’s pie and potato soup with green pints and Irish delights are surefire signs of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Food and drink may be the stars of the show, but a little festive ambiance can transport guests from your dining room table to […]
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How to Experience the Thrill and Majesty of Kentucky Horse Racing
(StatePoint) There are few words more synonymous with Kentucky than horses. In fact, just saying the words together evokes images of thoroughbreds and jockeys adorned in vibrant colors, as they thunder into the homestretch at Churchill Downs – all competing for the dream of winning the Kentucky Derby. Horse racing and the Kentucky Derby are […]
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Business Owners Are Optimistic as Economic Conditions Improve
(StatePoint) What a difference a year makes. New research finds that small- and mid-sized business owners are increasingly optimistic about economic conditions and the prospects for their own businesses. According to PNC’s Spring 2024 Economic Outlook Survey, nearly 80% of business owners surveyed feel optimistic about conditions for their business over the next six months […]
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ONCE UPON TOMORROW: Harnessing the New Opportunities the Metaverse Creates
(NewsUSA) – Thirty years ago, the advent of the internet changed the world. For the first time in human history, the collected knowledge of all mankind was freely available to every man, woman, and child on the planet with the click of a few buttons. Fifteen years ago, the world changed again with the widespread […]
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Black churches remain bastion for Black history
Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia presented “For Colored Girls in Black History on February 25, 2024, and it was a sight to behold. The familiar staging of Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem was animated by the voices of Maya Angelou, Mahalia Jackson, Harriet Tubman and Madame C.J. Walker. Black HIstory In Florida, in response to […]
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May this be your fruit-bearing season
The calendar has turned, and the new year is off and running. We have the first months of 2024 to assess if the new year intentions we made are on pace or need a bit more giddyap. However broad or specific our goals, desires, or ambitions may be, they will all require the fuel that […]
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‘I was radicalized by young people’
In 2014, Starsky Wilson was Deaconess Foundation president and CEO and pastor of Saint John’s Church (The Beloved Community.) He served Deaconess from 2011 through 2020, but his understanding of his job, his community and his future changed on August 9, 2014. A former Ferguson police officer shot and killed unarmed Michael Brown, and police […]