Stay safe in cyberspace with these helpful tips
BlackEnterprise.com highlights several tips to minimize your brand’s risk of being hacked.
Tips to keeping consumers engaged on your site
The most common website mistakes that drive your customers away.
Use your digital presence to brand yourself as an industry expert
BlackEnterprise.com provides five ways you can establish yourself as a credible expert within your industry.…
Social networking myths exposed
BlackEnterprise.com debunks 5 common social media myths.
Repeat Square user provides best practices for using electronic payment service
Business owner Karla Spencer-George provides fellow vendors with tips for using Square.
How to stay on top of your online presence
BlackEnterprise.com outlines how you can manage your business’ online reputation.
Lesson's on the need for a pro-active social strategy
Marco Rubio took a sip from a mini bottle and created a social media opportunity…
Ways to generate leads on the professional network
To digitally network and generate leads on LinkedIn, BlackEnterprise.com detailed what you need to do…
How to choose the best social network
BlackEnterprise.com outlines how to choose the best social networking platform for your brand.
![Create a Platform for your Business
The Internet is run primarily by four platforms: Amazon, iTunes, Google, and Facebook. The valuable lesson that I’ve learned about this is that owning a platform is critical in developing a sustainable business strategy. What is a platform? According to Phil Simon (author of The Age of Platform), a platform is defined as “an extremely valuable and powerful ecosystem that […] scales, morphs, and incorporates new features, users, customers, vendors, and partners.” A platform gives entrepreneurs a greater opportunity to scale their business for sustainable growth. For example the NewMe Accelerator (Angela Benton and Wayne Sutton), TechStars (Brad Feld and David Cohen) and The Lean Startup (Eric Ries) are great examples of platforms that were developed by entrepreneurs.](http://cdn2.blackenterprise.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/12/Newme-acceleratory-620x480-90x100.jpg "Newme-acceleratory-620x480")
Starting in our nation’s capital, the pop-up tour will hit 8 cities
Kicking off in Washington, DC, NewME Accelerator announced its eight-city tour on Wednesday.
