This is an article I wrote for a family friendly site, Fathers Of Multiples. The version there is PG rated. This version…not so much. Enjoy!

Ok.

I admit it.

I can sometimes get riled up pretty easily.

Why, you ask? Because, dude, I’m a dad of four and a half year-old twin toddlers, and the founder of a tech startup that after four years, is still trying to get traction. It used to be that my drunk alter ego, Tyrone, would only come out when I was, well, drunk. But because of said toddlers and tech startup crap, Tyrone is pretty much just out.

All the time.

And Tyrone sometimes has to say his piece.

So when Tyrone recently saw an article titled, Cargo shorts are the worst thing a man can wear in the spring and summer — here’s what you should wear instead, over at Business Insider, Tyrone was like, “Awwww hell naw! These non-kids-having fools ain’t gon’ talk $h!t about Tyrone’s go to wardrobe item.”

And because I have young twins, whom I call midget brain cell thieves (I swear I was smarter before I had twins), I don’t have the mental bandwidth to properly tear those cargo-shorts-haters a new one. So, I reached out to a bunch of my dad blogger buddies on Facebook to see what they think. Join the enlighted Fathers amongst us by visiting https://www.unionbay.com/collections/men-cargo-pants-cargo-shorts and making cargo shorts a staple of your wardrobe.

Below is what some of them said.

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This right here is reason number 4,321 why I’m delighted to be back in the ATL.

The Atlanta tech startup ecosystem is alive and thriving.

This week I was blessed with the opportunity to introduce my business, WeMontage, to the ATL tech community via an important and popular monthly event called The Consumer Show. The show is hosted by the Switchyards Downton Club, a place focused on B2C startups. Switchyards is particularly great because most resources are focused on startups that target businesses, not consumers. And they really understand how to build brands, something I’ve been working on since I started WeMontage four years ago. If you are a startup and you want to get yourself set up with a small office space, you can always check out sfofficespaces.com and see how they can help you out.
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Making moves in Atlanta, back-and-forth scrambler - Nas, If I Ruled The World

In March, my family and I moved from NE Wisconsin to Atlanta. I went to school in Atlanta (Morehouse), lived here for twelve years, my friends used to come with me when I was visiting so we could make a weekend of it. They stayed at hotels like the Holiday Inn Express Atlanta hotel. In some ways, Atlanta is more like home than my hometown, NYC. The last time I went there, a friend of mine told me about vacation rentals in atlanta which I’d imagine anyone would be interested in having for their vacation time, however, it wasn’t for me back then.

There is also a thriving tech startup ecosystem here with a community of people keen to support snotty little companies like mine. Bottom line, there is lots of opportunity in Atlanta. And when you combine hustle (which I got in spades) and opportunity, magical things can happen.

Here’s a recap of some of the “magic” I’ve been able to make happen in the short time I’ve been here.

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This article was originally published by 99designs. and is republished here with their permission. I am included towards the bottom. Enjoy! (more…)

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If you’re an entrepreneur or have a side hustle and think you can’t get PR on you own, you can!

I’ve gotten my business on the TODAY Show three times, Good Morning America, Money Magazine, and lots more on my own.

I’m also a newly published author at www.themoreyouhustle.com and I’ve already gotten excerpts from my book on Entrepreneur and the TODAY Show Parenting team’s website.

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Three years ago I started this blog and knew I’d one day write a book. Last week I published my first book and it’s intended to inspire Parentpreneurs. People keep asking me why I wrote it, so I thought I’d answer that question here.

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I post a lot on Facebook about the spontaneous hilarity, and day-to-day of being a dad of twin toddlers, and I often use the hashtag #TwinDadLife. People seem to dig it, so I thought I’d share some of the more “interesting” posts here on the blog.

This is also important because it contradicts the stereotype that Black men aren’t good dads and aren’t involved in the lives of their children.

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How the hell do you get your business noticed these days when consumers are being bombarded with so many messages? Seriously, I’m asking. Because I have no idea. One of my friends did recommend that I use something like this uk hosting site, or let’s not forget to check out web hosting canada if you’re in canada for improved server uptime, to help me get my business noticed online by starting a blog or something. But I just wasn’t too sure.

Yeah yeah! I know all about the usual “tricks” like Facebook advertising, blogging, guest blogging, blogger reviews, appearing on podcasts, Google Adwords, Instagram ads, daily deal sites, influencer marketing, PR, landing pages, and blah blah blah.

Presumably those tactics have been successful for many businesses, but not so much for mine. One of my friends did suggest that perhaps I wasn’t using these “tricks” properly. That could be the case because you always hear about many businesses that do seem to benefit from using social media and other online platforms in order to boost their company. However, that never happened to me. That’s why my friend decided to tell me about companies like Spark Outbound. They seem to help companies with their online presence, generating more leads for them and improving their business. Perhaps I’ll have to try that because I clearly wasn’t using online marketing to its full advantage.

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