Elegant Living Directory Services

07/26/2018

Do you want to expose your ethnicity-owned business to smartphones and other devices users searching for products and services like yours use while on-the-go which can convert to more foot traffic and web traffic? In addition you learn about technolgies that large companies use to grow their businesses. We at Elegant Living Directory can help your online presence and give you the individual and collective leverage and marketability to operate in the new era of technology! Sign up your business entity for our basic listing with your own webpage on the site! Brick and Mortars, e-commerce, non-profits, professionals, speakers, professional entertainers are a part of the 60+ categories of businesses Only Ethniciy owned businesses please may use our basic listing because of the economic disparity, the digital divide and lack of inclusion. All other businesses may purchase banner ads on the site for special events!

06/10/2018

Lita Rosario, my niece, my incredible humble lawyer niece cared for her mother my sister during her long illness until her physical passing! As she cared for her mother she managed with her mother's support and encouragement to write the winning brief for a federal court case. Not only has Lita supported everyone of our family with anything we need regarding the law throughout her whole career, for free refusing payment from any of us even when offered, her work has always been to fight for the small people against major record companies and wrongdoing and win their rights. She has won " Who Let the dogs out" case and Drew Hill and many other copy right cases. Well, now she has used the law and her legal skills and practice as an entertainment lawyer in her own practice for good again! Winning an appeal in a case with the Federal courts to renew copyright case against Timberlake. Lita set a precedence for artist with music copy written before 1978. Congratulation Lita Rosario, WYZ Girls Entertainment! Your mom, my sister is looking over you! blog.findlaw.com, Court Renews Copyright Case Against Timberlake, biglabustiness.com

04/11/2018

For a dollar a day small and medium size ethnicity-owned businesses will realize the searching optimization power, business to business, business to consumer power, the leveraging power, the collaborative power, the technical power, the diversity and inclusion power, the internet and digital feature power, the marketing, advertising and branding power, the categorizing power and the pure power our directory offers. We are growing strategically and you can ride the technical wave to harnass new customers to assure business sustainability. Believe in yourself and join us now This is the age of technology! We are more than a directory! You are empowered to showcase your products and services to attract online customers! Join us now! www.elegantlivingdirectory.com

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03/14/2018

Using Our Online Ethnicity-Owned-Directory
I used 5 businesses that are listed in Elegant Living Directory in February and March.
Those business paid me for listing in the directory and I paid them for their service or products.
• I used Africa Love/Travel to go on a fact finding missions to find a way to develop an African American Legacy Homestead in Senegal, Africa similar to Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
• I used the 60 year old Walnut Deluxe Cleaners to clean my white coat.
• I used Ezen I-Marketing and Research to manage my website
• I used Frugal Book store to get some book on business and marketing to read on my trip to Senegal and to use for my entrepreneurship curriculum I wrote.
• This month I ordered the delicious looking cookies from CC Devine Cookies.
• And I will be using my new business CPA Jackman Accountants for business and tax matters
This gives an idea of how exchanging money with each other is the key to our success and it will snowball, as long as, we consciously make this our practice. You see, until we exchange money with each other’s businesses we will not be able to realize our true financial potential.
Ask Jewish Community and the Vietnamese Community!
Ethnicity owned Brick and Mortars and eCommerce Websites please join our directory and get in our circle and use a least one business a month. WE CAN DO THIS.
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03/03/2018

Sunday Business Workshop
Ethnicity-Owned Brick and Mortar and e-Commerce Businesses and People Wanting to be in Business.
Marie Firmin, President of Elegant Living Directory Services Presents:
Sunday, March 4th Business Workshop 3-5pm
Grove Hall Neighborhood Development Corporation 7 Cheney Street, Grove Hall Dorchester, MA. 02124
Agenda:
• Marketing Your Business So You Are Indexed in Google, Yahoo and MSN to Pick Up New Clients
• A Natural Sanitary Napkins for Girls and Woman No more poison! No more cramps! No more pain! (The Business Opportunity for Teens and Adults).
• Plans for an African American Homestead in Senegal, Africa (a discussion)

www.elegantlivingdirectory.com 617-803-0937

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01/21/2018

Do you believe that there is a directory business service for small and medium size ethnically-owned businesses that offers features on their own exclusive webpage that can be updated and changed by the listing business themselves? This interactive approach allows member businesses to update daily, weekly or monthly their products or services presentations.

1.classified listings

2. job listings

3. real estate and car listings

4. video marketing

5. audio podcasts

6. blog articles

7. events

8. coupons

9. Connections to social media channels and website

Then, the site indexes your business on Google, MSN and Yahoo so people looking for your type of service or product can find you.

Join us at www.elegantlivngdirectoryservices.com and let's close the digital divide that exists for black and brown businesses then build local, national and global connections.

12/26/2017

Happenings at Elegant Living Directory: We are an Search Engine Optimized (SEO) Ethnic directory on Page one of Google Search Engine so when you advertise with us you too are boosted to the top; One of our Businesses is connected to a 500mil Museum, housing and commercial project; Our schools in the directory operate a 5mil dollar budget; Our non-profits are servicing our community needs and providing job opportunities: One non profit employs 60 independant contractors; This year and in the future Harvard will honor woman members owners in the directory and give them a place to archive their important work; MBA Interns to Brick and Mortar businesses launched this year and will continue, Mass Gaming commission has 3 Casino projects and promises to use the directory; Mass Housing they will use our directory to connect businesses for contracts when your business follows through on their process; Businesses in the directory connect to businesses in the directory for collaborative marketing and for sharing networks. When you join our Directory we create consumer interest and business sustainability. Join us Now! www.elegantlivingdirectory.com

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12/24/2017

Elegant Living Directory’s Web Developer Ezen iMarketing and Research Verifies
“Elegant Living Directory is on PAGE 1 IN GOOGLE, holding rank in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th positions, outranking Supplier-Diversity, MWBE and the Minority-Owned Contractors Directory!!!!! THERE IS NO PLACE HIGHER TO GO”
Our Directory Allows Members Business to Fly High and Get Seen by Businesses, Consumers, Private and Government Agencies Looking for Businesses Like Theirs.
Advertising Causes Our Directory to Tap Organic Traffic Request for Products and Services You Offer
We Offer 60+ Listing Categories Plus a Webpage Feature for Each Listing
And Guest What?
One of Those Categories is For Your Business Listing?
Join Our Business Directory Now and Be a Head in The Internet and Digital Market Place
Plus Our Prices Are Less Expensive Than Traditional Year-Long Advertising
www.elegantlivingdirectory.com Press Join us

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11/26/2017

Africa Love has taken over 100 African Americans to Senegal. She and her African staff are ready to change your life and give you an experience of a life time. Individuals and families are especially invited.

Because of unexpected cheap ticket sales to Senegal all interested parties are asked to notify Paula Coar today at 617-959-0795 or [email protected].

The trip is $2250 however $1000 due immediately!

Elegant Living Directory Services has the details and a video of a previous trip on the Africa Love Webpage.

Just put below in your URL or go to www.elegantlivingdirectory.com and search Africa Love:

https://www.elegantlivingdirectory.com/united-states/boston/travel-tourism/africa-love-tours-imports-custom-africa-tours

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11/04/2017

Message To My Present and Future Membership:

You understand our moto “Investing in Ourselves.” Your advertisement listing and Webpage you place in Elegant Living Directory Services’ Website is available year-round to you, your network, families, businesses, corporations, government agencies, schools all over the globe.

Google, Yahoo and MSN have indexed your business to be seen when searches for your category of business is requested. For a fee most advertisers charge for one day or one week and it goes away, you were charged one dollar a day and guess what, you stay for the whole year.

You make a difference in the digital divide associated with minority businesses. You may have other advertising venues like Linkedin, Facebook and advertising Newspapers like the Boston Bay State Banner, The Globe, MBTA newspaper, the radio station FM 97.7, FM 94.5, cable and television but you know and appreciate our need to distinguish and expose our small and medium size minority businesses like yours and you know that you must pay something for that because nothing is free!

You are sick and tired of ads exposing the most lucrative businesses with huge advertising budgets.

You know our directory gives advertising action through our site for the small and medium size minority business. Our niche market is to expose your minority business and allow you to keep your ad recent and relevant to your consumers, influencers, investors, corporations Government agencies, looking for business in categories like yours and your directory offers 60 categories.

You are connecting through your webpage to your website, social media and other businesses in the directory for real relationship exchanges to do real business. It is about real relationships. For example

· Africa Love contracts to take Davis Leadership Staff, Parents and Students to Senegal Africa

· The National Museum of African American Artist, teams up Elegant Living Directory and the Schlesinger Library Harvard Radcliff Library to plan an event for Black Woman.

· Frugal Bookstore and Final Touch get Harvard MBA to help with business operations, marketing.

· Jackman CPA and accounting Service, Jean Appolon Expressions Elder Dance, Yelus Restaurant, Catering Joined the MASS Housing Trade Circuit for contract opportunities.

You understand that minority businesses must collaborate, Invest, leverage and trade our sweat equity for capital gain for our businesses and ourselves.

Keep doing Business to Business, sending your business Webpages to social media through our site and our businesses will grow and develop and we in unity will start to employ our children.

This message is also a shout out to Small and Medium Minority Businesses to join the Elegant Living Directory Services now!

Marie Firmin, President

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10/22/2017

Elegant Living Directory Services has developed a B2B and B2C Search Engage Optimized Website Directory to help minority businesses impact the digital divide, diversity inclusion and income disparities. www.elegantlivingdirectory.com

10/22/2017

Elegant Living Directory Services has developed a B2B and B2C Search Engage Optimized Website Directory to help minority businesses impact the digital divide, diversity inclusion and income disparities.

10/15/2017

When a smart business considers the benefits of Elegant Living Directory Services for their business they are on the mark. We differentiate ourselves from other directories and from referral programs because we are an internet and digital business service for minority businesses. We provide what Paul Chaney says businesses need. Your business just has to work it!

READ THIS:

Paul Chaney from Web Marketing Today
0 Locals Recommend Them • Posted on Saturday, December 19, 2015
I believe getting found in search is the primary concern, and I base that assertion on working with small business clients. From my perspective, local small businesses should do three things:
1. Set up a mobile-friendly, search-engine-optimized website and update it as frequently as possible with keyword-optimized, topically-relevant content (think blog here);
2. Get consistent listings and citations in local and industry directories. NAP consistency and a well-optimized listing can help improve local SERPs;
3. Participate in social media, with an emphasis on sharing information relevant to the local community.
Of course, once traffic comes to the site, the business owner must have conversion mechanisms in place, to turn lookers into buyers, either online or in-store, but that's a topic for another discussion.

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07/22/2017

Why Do We Teach Financial Literacy Without Entrepreneurship Training:
Somehow for me the question always arises “why are we teaching financial literacy without entrepreneurship training?” After all, Mass Education Standards now require all vocational students to take entrepreneurship and career development classes that highlight financial literacy! Not only that jobs are being outsourced to independent contractors who specialize in skill sets. Independent contractors are entrepreneurs! I have been asking this question since day one of my participation in the Boston Alliance for Economic Inclusion BAEI and the young man with his enthusiastic tone asked the same question at the meeting. We were on the same page! After all a rapper told my son when he was 12 to save a dollar a day and he did through college. Cell phones are an extension of our youth hands today. Banks have us banking with our cell phones on line, youth and ordinary people can now start making income online and opening-up legitimate accounts at friendly culturally competent banks.
Boston Alliance for Economic Inclusion
The last BAEI meeting I attended was professionally organized and the presentations, discussions and programs offered where extremely informative and successful. The goal of these meetings is to create and analyze ways middle and low-income families can access the debt/credit banking system as a means of building capacity and wealth! Some products offered by banks are savings accounts, checking accounts, credit/ debit cards, loans, home mortgages, IRA’s and other bank products. The question of how do the unbanked come back and utilize the banks again is the overarching issue the BAEI is hoping to solve.
Paula Horwitz is the key community coordinator for FDIC BAEI. Often with references from the membership Paul strategically chooses speakers and distributes content to BAEI members. The goal is to promote, develop and involve programs that train unbanked ordinary people and youth in financial literacy that leads to using banking products and services. Some of these programs are the “Money Smart” curriculum a banking literacy curriculum used by non-profit programs and school communities. Bank Round Tables where financial institutions give youth an opportunity to learn key banking concepts and question similarities and differences in what different banks offer consumers. Kindergarten savings programs also give students and their families an early foundation in financial literacy.
Membership
Most of the people who attend the BAEI meetings are Massachusetts bankers and non-profits. Non-profits are always invited. Companies like Elegant Living Directory Services that connect to non-profits must be referred by members and approved by Paul to attend. Banks are the primary beneficiaries because they are working to bring consumers back to the bank to meet Community Reinvestment Act Standards for federal funding. The standards are seriously enforced by FDIC.
Financial Literacy Programs
The guest non-profits gave a presentation on the successful implementation of “Money Smart” in Worcester and in Lynn, Massachusetts. Advanced work on financial literacy in those districts was a goal for the groups that presented in those communities. Acquiring good credit standard was a problem another presenter posed for one third of another non-profits clients. The scenario she presented was of a client who lost a job the non-profit agency had assisted in getting because of her bad debt situation. The client on the job was banned from getting payroll deductions by any bank and lost her corporate job after being hired as an employee! Circle programs and other resources were offered as solutions. This is where entrepreneurship will makes the best sense!
A new approach
The next presenter at our meeting was the 23-years old enthusiastic program coordinator from a Chelsea, Mass non-profit I mentioned above. The young man presented a new and proven strategy for engaging youth in financial literacy. The strategy used influencers, social media and Pizza and it caused the attention of youth from all over his community! Influencers like sports players, musical idols, business people and technology like Snap Chat and Twitter was the strategy used to get youth organized and ready to hear what was being presented. Literacy and entrepreneurship was exactly what he proposed for the youth he mentored. We exchanged numbers and will meet next week!

07/18/2017

My first career was working in Child Development . I taught preschoolers, managed and directed programs, wrote curriculum, consulted to Headstart Programs, locally and nationally and trained high school students in the field. Even solicited from the hallways of the high school Black boys into my Child development classes. When the boys decided they did not want to work directly with children because it was not masculine but wanted to make toys and basketball playgrounds for the children I changed my career to business and entrepreneurship and then taught mixed entrepreneurship classes at the same school for over 6 years. Students produced a lot of business ideas scaled to doable over the years in my classes. Then, I used the Black Pages as one of my classroom resources Internet was not accessible. Now students are tech savvy and we have Elegant Living Directory Services as a business services resource for businesses and our youth can benefit too. Ask a student to pull out their phone and analyze our directory and watch how astute they are! Please list your minority business in our directory for your own exposure online and offline and for all the students in elementary, secondary and undergrads, grads and advanced grads and their parents locally, nationally and globally to see and use! Go to our website today! www.elegantlivingdirectory.com