Digipreneur FM

In this episode, we dive into 6 reasons why a solopreneur does not need to build a team to create or scale a business. The beauty of being a Solopreneur lies in the flexibility we have with our time and location freedom but we can also leverage tools, automation and freelancers to perform tasks within our business. It all comes down to a choice. We are now able to scale a business through digital...

In this edition of Sunday Motivation, we invite Mindset Coach, Letina Mata From True Growth Caribbean to give us a much-needed perspective for business owners. While we are constantly looking to get better at our crafts or even ensuring that our physical bodies are in shape to stand up to the grind, one area that is often overlooked is our mindset/mental health. Letina gives us a walk-through of s...

In this episode, we welcome Ocey Phillips back to the program. This was an interview we did on The Digipreneur Live Show and have brought it over to the podcast for the audio community. We take a look at what we would do if we owned Courts Retailers and break down our E-Commerce & Digital Marketing Strategy. We dive into: - A personal experience shopping with Courts Caribbean - We breakdown their...

Digipreneur Live Welcomes the Award Winning Finance Journalist and Media Powerhouse Kalilah Reynolds ( @kalilahrey). In this episode, we are going to be talking to Kalilah about content creation and building a media brand within our respective niches. Kalilah has been able to take her KRM brand to all platforms from traditional to digital and as Gary Vaynerchuck always says...To succeed now, every...

As E-Commerce continues to grow within Trinidad and Tobago, the regulators and stakeholders are doubling down to make sure that all service providers are compliant, so that the protection of the consumers can be protected to the highest degree. In this interview, we speak with Stephon Duncan of Social Pay and Ocey Phillips - Ecommerce Consultant on the state of E-Commerce in T&T. Social Pay has re...

Growing up, whenever I heard people say that "You could be anything you want", I never believed it because I never got to see people around me becoming what they wanted. I saw people who did what they had to do to survive but never become what they wanted to be. Fast forward to the time we live in now and with all of the tools and resources available to us, my belief now is that we are only limite...

In this episode, we go live with the CEO of Caribshopper ...Mr. Kadion Preston. This episode was a part of our Digipreneur Live series that can be found on Youtube if you would like to watch the video of this interview... Watch it here . We took the audio for the video and dropped it on the Digipreneur FM channel because the conversation was really good and this will be a great episode for you to...

The Digital Age is going to require you to make the biggest mindset shift in our lifetime. The rules have changed and most of what we were taught has expired. If you can accept that technology is the great equalizer and are willing to learn the skills needed that will have you start and run a business from a laptop, you can carve out your space to succeed. The Entrepreneur & The DigiPreneur whilst...

If there is 1 message I want to repeat to everybody, it is this one. You do not need people to understand your journey, understand where you are coming from, give you permission, to cheer you on...you don't need this from anybody. People will always doubt or critique, what they cannot wrap their minds around. Whether this is family, friends, people we are in relationships with...we do not need the...

Daniel Priestly said in his book "Key Person of Influence", that Thought Leaders are the ones who have all the fun and generate all of the opportunities. In this episode, I give you 5 reasons as to why you should start creating your content and build yourself up as a respected thought leader within your industry. It's one of the best things your future self will appreciate when building your busin...

In 2021, we here in the Caribbean need to step up our marketing efforts. We have yet to make the shift necessary to understand that marketing is a revenue-generating activity and learn that great marketing sells or generates leads. Social media marketers of the Caribbean...likes and engagement means nothing to CEOs who are looking at their bottom line & you can't show how your work generates reven...

We live in a time where it's harder to give excuses for our situations. We can learn skills right from home, start businesses with just a smartphone and connect with anybody across the globe. Limitations are for those who aren't creative enough to create a solution. Let's take the time this week to learn how to change the stories in our heads when we come across the challenges that we face. Most t...

The Benefits Of Blogging, Podcasting, Video & Livestreaming When it comes to creating content to grow your business & build your brand, understanding the different mediums that we create content for is essential for growth. We are able to repurpose and create different types of content on each medium & there are distinct benefits to each platform. Find the medium that you enjoy creating content fo...

If you are in the Caribbean and looking to get into e-commerce, build a website and looking to get paid, then this episode is for you. We break down how to get paid on platforms like Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Wordpress, Fygaro , Buzz Shops and WiShops. The first question ALL Caribbean businesses should focus on when selecting a platform to build their website on is whether or not you can get paid...

In this week's edition of Sunday Motivation's, we revisit one of my most popular pieces of content that I created...Each One, Teach One. I was feeling a bit under the weather this weekend but I didn't want to miss our Sunday session. The old African proverb "Each One, Teach One", is a message that I wish to spread across the Digipreneur family. Helping our community to level up will never take awa...

One of the biggest issues that have been popping up frequently during the course of the pandemic is "Burn Out". It's a question that I get asked a lot because of the amount of work that I do and to be honest, when I give people my response, they are usually a bit shocked. Since starting my business back in 2016, I have never felt burnout or coming close to it. I have needed to kind of sit with the...

When it comes to taking our businesses online, collecting data and measuring our marketing success, Caribbean Businesses struggle in this area because of the lack of infrastructure in their business. Without things like your Website, CRM, Analytics Tools, Email List and more, it is very hard as a business to build online and measure the activities that you are doing. If you don't know things like...

In this episode, I wanted to take a dive into the things that allowed my side business, Droid Island, to generate 300k during the pandemic, without any Ad spend. I learned some valuable lessons in 2020 and I hope that the information shared in this episode, will highlight some of the practical things that you can do to start adding revenue to your business. There are also some critical skills I wa...

When I create content, I tend to focus on giving as much practical and tangible information, so that my audience can implement the content immediately in their business or take steps to implement it.   I try to stay away from the obscure advice, it's just never been my thing. However, I am constantly told that I have my own way of motivating folks and the more I am asked to speak and motivate an a...

If you are looking to start getting paid online and want to learn about the platforms you need, payment processors and what it will take for clients from anywhere in the world to pay you online...this episode is for you. We break down some key elements for Caribbean E-Commerce so that your businesses across the region have some guidance as to what they will need and a starting point for them to do...

In Ep.6, we take a look at how you can create 10 streams of income within your brand!   When people talk about creating multiple streams of income, we don't advise that you go about creating 10 different businesses. What we need to take a deeper look at is how we can grow our brands and implement a variety of revenue streams that complement each other.    The Digital Age makes this a lot easier du...

One of the reasons here in the Caribbean that businesses don't have a website is because they don't actually know what a website can do for their business besides showcasing products/services. With that in mind, it's no wonder why most businesses owners will prefer to use social media for free and not invest in having a website. In this episode, we break down 6 ways that your website can help grow...

In Ep 4, we address one of the biggest problems plaguing Caribbean Entrepreneurs in the region...which platform should I use to build my website? Whenever we in the Caribbean go to Google to get insights on this topic, we are always met with information from experts who are not in our market. We then act upon the information we receive thinking that their information is relevant to the region and...

In Ep. 3...I walk you through tips to identify your passions and dive into strategies of how you can turn them into a business. Growing up, we were always told that you could be anything you wanted to be but I couldn't see the opportunities.  In this Digital Age, the Internet has really levelled the playing field. The vast sea of technology has allowed us to tap into markets and create services fo...

In this episode, we break down my top 7 reasons why you should become a Digipreneur. I firmly believe that if more people in the Caribbean region learned how to tap into the global economy, collectively we would be better off. Also for my listeners who are in the diaspora, if you became a Digipreneur, you would be able to live in the Caribbean and operate your business remotely. I hope you enjoy t...