Your Human Element

With the rise of influencers, Walk Fresh invited Social Media Superstar/ Illustrator/ Agency Co-founder David ‘Slaying Goliath’ Tshabalala to talk about working with brands and other influential things. Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins As a creative, becoming an influencer might be the perfect platform to make a living from your content. The Good Life can be filled with perks and …

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How Does A Label Do It?

From 16BarsReloaded’s second #MusicUnscripted workshop, we got a glimpse of how major labels create superstars. Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Some of the Music Industry professionals at #MusicUnscripted II The second #MusicUnscripted featured a panel of industry professionals discussing the ‘Independence vs. Signing To A Label’ journeys to musical superstardom. Panelists: Gavin Gutu – Label Manager, Urban Division Universal Music …

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The Plateau Sessions: Film Industry

If you google plateau, the definition you find sounds like: An area of flat or level higher ground. Something like this… Image from outreachmagazine.com Similarly, the J&B Hive holds The Plateau Sessions to let our audience in on the tools and education that have until now, been exclusively available to our member businesses. Let’s talk about $$$ Baby… After the …

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#MusicUnscripted: How To Become A Superstar Performer

The modern music business is no walk in the park. While the icons of past generations navigated a (relatively) simpler industry, today’s artists juggle multiple hustles, clever marketing, and a stroke of luck before finally breaking through noise. #MusicUnscripted – 25 Aug. 2018 With so many vying for the top spot, an established artist has to be on top of …

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How To Network

How To Do ‘The Mingling’ Not the one we were talking about, but this works too. The J&B Hive Creative Social was part of the SOCreative Hub Summit which took place at Constitution Hill from 14-16 March 2019. The 3-day event was hosted by Arterial Network & the British Council; gathering hub managers, creatives and entrepreneurs from as far as …

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The 4 Essentials of Personal Branding

Although we’ve probably heard otherwise – for many of us, the word ‘brand’ refers to big names in fashion, food and other industries we interact with in our daily lives. Let’s Fork It Out. The idea that we exist as our own brand, in the same universe as giants such as Google, Louis Vuitton or Coca Cola – might be …

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