Turning a Tweet Into a Community with Founder of Black Girls Who Blog Morgan Pitts
/Meet today’s Brava guest, Morgan Pitts, the creator of the social account Black Girls Who Blog, a community that celebrates and lifts the voices of black girls and women. Tune in to today’s conversation to learn her start-up story and the behind-the-scenes of how one tweet became a future network for more than 100,000 women to connect and amplify each other’s voices!
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Morgan is the woman behind the online social account, “Black Girls Who Blog”, a community of more than 100,000 women that amplifies and celebrates the voices of black women and girls (0:30.)
After the creation of her own blog and reading the blogs of others, Morgan realized she would love to create an illustration of the phrase “Black Girls Who Blog” which then resulted in an apparel collection and the launch of the infamous Instagram handle (5:00.)
“Despite your best intentions someone is always going to disagree with you or have a piece of criticism. Remember where your heart is and take those comments in stride. Don’t let it diminish what you know to be true. ”
Through the use of the hashtag [#BlackGirlsWhoBlog], Morgan identifies women in the community to surprise-feature and honor on her platform (9:45.)
No matter how great of a marketing campaign you have, the best advertisement is word of mouth referrals. Readers develop a certain level of trust in the products and services bloggers discuss (15:10.)
Morgan recommends to find your tribe, you need to expand your circle to communities with like-minded interests and build genuine relationships with people that inspire you (18:25.)
“Just be yourself and do things that are true to you. ”
What’s next? Morgan is taking things one day at a time and letting the universe guide her to the next project. She is appreciative of the amazing reaction “Black Girls Who Blog” has had so far and will continue to do her best every day. (22:10.)
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