Showing posts with label African short stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African short stories. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

This Chic: Inspiring Women


 
📺 I was really honoured to be featured on Inooro TV for the Itugi section. Itugi, when lightly translated means- columns, ama nguzo, which hold a building together 😅 . The show features women who are inspiring others .

🎬 The crew visited me at the salon, Lock Avenue, where I work as a natural hair and locks consultant. We talked about my history as a business feature writer, my journey to setting up a hair and ProMake Up Business.
I talked about my efforts to train girls and women in Natural, African Hair care. ✂
I used to train for free, then the girls would work as my assistants, but I was approched by Topsy Beauty College at the beginning of 2024 to be their in -house Locks and Make-Up Trainer. Students go through six weeks of intensive training, and four weeks of attachment, after that they receive their certificates and can either start their own business, or be placed at a High end Salon.
The interview was short and sweet, it came during the 9 o'clock news which is prime time, so I hope I inspired a good audience. 📈

The take home point was, do all you can, but don't forget your dreams and goals. 🎯
My goal was to become an author. I could not have done it if I didn't get into the Salon business. Now I am an author, but since my writing needs fire, I keep on doing other things which give me content for my stories.
I will share the link to the video as soon as they post it.
Thank you Citizen Digital.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Going to buy a plot in Maaī Mahiū and Parallel Homesickness Books launch event in a glimpse























Thank you all. 
Asanteni kwa kuja.



Please get a copy of either books here :
https://nuriakenya.com/product/going-to-buy-a-plot-in-maai-mahiu-by-cecilia-gathoni
https://nuriakenya.com/product/parallel-homesickness-by-cecilia-gathoni/



Tuesday, April 2, 2024

The Difference between Marketing and Sales

Selling involves pushing your product to every potential customer . It means making noise about your product until someone says

Sawa basi tutanunua.
Marketing; on the other hand, is about giving some and taking some.
It is inclusive.
It presents a good balance of talking about your product, but not too much that people become blind to it, And teaching people about the value of your product, entertaining people as well as giving freebies.
If Sales is Advertising, Marketing is Public Relations.

Sales takes the form of copywriting while Marketing embraces both Content writing with a bit of copy.
That is the reason some hospitals will have free clinics from time to time.
In recent times, marketing is the the drive behind many Organizations using content creators to push their products.
Think about the stories you read on Kenyan Dictionary only to realise it was a Kenchic Adverts.
Or how many times Terence creative, pretending to be a mbabaz will be holding an Odi bets cup. Okay, that’s part of product placement but you get my point.

Before I decided to take a Make Up class, I had watched numerous free videos by MUAs giving tips on contouring, choosing the right lipstick colour and even where to get genuine make-up products.
It’s the reason I post a story every week on my status, even as I continue to sell my book.



Free your calendars for the last weekend of April.
🎉Book Launch Confirmed 🎉
27/ 04 /24

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