How To Rise Above The Noise Of Other People’s Opinion with Odette Campbell- #DroppingBars

Sep 27,2022 / By kimron / No Comment

Odette Campbell is the Managing Director of the Grenada Broadcasting Network; she started her career in media three years after graduating from the Anglican High School and has been in that sector for over 30 years. Her career began with a brief three-month stint at The Grenada Informer as a reporter. She then quit after getting word that she might be fired and moved on to take up another role as a trainee at Radio Grenada and her career took off from there. Today she shares her story with us on Dropping Bars.

Social Media Use In Grenada and the Opportunity for Grenadian Businesses

Aug 15,2021 / By kimron / No Comment

Every day I get intrigued that social media has quickly become the default form of media in Grenada and the Caribbean. When I speak to my friends about societal issues, they say this first thing to me. I didn’t see that on Facebook, or they may say, let me go to Facebook to see what people are saying. No longer are people saying, let me wait to watch the news or read it in the papers. Therefore, I became interested to see which social media platforms Grenadians are most active on.

Grenada Grenadian Events Storytelling

Three Reasons Why We Need To Protect Our Local Events In Grenada.

Sep 29,2018 / By kimron / No Comment

One of my fondest memories growing up was attending the Rainbow City Festival in Grenville. My boys and I would walk around Grenville and stop by all the DJ’s on the street to “shake a leg”. If we were lucky we would get a “jam” from a girl, and we’d keep it moving. My favorite spot was behind Sheila George place in Grenville. I got the most “jam “there and the vibes were always nice.

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Winning the Next Election in Grenada will depend on the Stories Told

Mar 22,2017 / By Kimron Corion / No Comment

A lot of people who pay attention to me know that I am all about using storytelling as a marketing strategy for achieving business results. Stories are the currencies of conversations, and they appeal to people’s emotions. Therefore, if you want to persuade someone to do something, tell a story. To eradicate any potential confusion however, I am not talking about the fictional tales that start with once upon a time or “crick crack”. Instead, I am referring to the way you shape your narrative to influence and appeal to others.

To my Grenadian and Caribbean Entrepreneurs; Stop Disrespecting the Hustle

Jun 2,2016 / By kimron / No Comment

This morning casually having a conversation and just chatting, something came to my attention that angered me greatly; I had to write this. Someone mentioned that one of Grenada’s top photographers got an opportunity to go further his skills in China and another person who thought he shouldn’t have gotten that opportunity started raising hell. One of the statements that was made was that he just came on the scene two years ago more or less, so why is he getting that opportunity when there are people on the photography scene longer. Frankly I do not know any of the parties personally, however I had to address this because of the level of disrespect towards the hustle and towards the market.

Let’s get this clear, it doesn’t matter if you are black, white, Asian, 70 years old, 10 years old, if you had a business for the past 50 years or if you started 4 weeks ago. If you have the balls to put in the work necessary to build your brand and take your business to the next level the market will reward you. The most important word in business is hustle. You cannot and will not build a business or build your brand if you live for weekends, if as soon as 4pm you are done for the day and you go home to watch TV and go hang out with your boys. The market will respect and reward you when you put in the work necessary.

There are many talented photographers in Grenada and around the world for that matter, but talent is not enough, you have to put in the work. If you are sitting down at home with your talent while someone else is out there putting in the work to build their brand, that person will beat you every time. It is too easy today to market yourself and build your brand for free to waste your time trying to shit on someone else’s hustle when the market reward them with a win. The mere fact that someone was able to start their business 2 years ago and become one of the most successful and known personality in the industry means that everyone that was there before him sat back and let that shit happen. Being a great photographer is not enough, you need to have a business mindset and if you don’t know about marketing and branding then team up with someone who does, business is a team sport.

Entrepreneurs in Grenada and the Caribbean need to realize that they are not entitled to anything, so first of all get rid of this entitlement mentality. Your age does not entitle you to anything in business, the amount of time you have been in business does not entitle you to anything. You have to work, when everyone else is having fun, you should be working, you should be honing your craft. Hustle will always beat talent when talent doesn’t hustle. If you are complaining and going all out to degrade someone and belittle your competitors proves you have absolutely no idea about how business operates. Instead of complaining, focus on your shit, go out there and put in the work. If you want to get the opportunity to go China, put in the work, if you want more clients, put in the work, if you want to be well known in a particular industry, put in the work.

If you are not going to put in the work, if you are not going to hustle, if you prefer to watch Game of Throne, if you prefer to be out partying hard and having fun instead of working on your business then you have absolutely no right to talk and try badmouth someone who is doing it and being rewarded by the market. And the market consists of people, just in case you guys were thinking it’s some big bubble out there. If you disagree with all that I said no problem, take me up on it and I will take you to Hustle School Kimron Corion style!

Up and Coming Caribbean Entrepreneurs: Amy Jones (Grenada)

Jul 28,2014 / By kimron / No Comment

The Real Kimron Corion Present up and coming Creative writer and aspiring entrepreneur Amy Jones from Grenada and her first book of poetry entitled Beyond Fables: Poetry which was illustrated by Solanche Roberts.

Who is Amy Jones?

To begin, I’d state that I’m a 21 year old creative writer who’s been writing roughly for about 13 years. I started writing short stories and poetry in Primary School and I’ve never let go of it since.

I attended the Mileage Pre School, The St. Andrew’s Methodist School, the St. Joseph’s Convent, T.A.Marryshow Community College and I am presently preparing to further my studies in the Caribbean Nazarene College, Santa Cruz, Trinidad.

I am a member and young leader of the Grenada Girl Guides Association, a volunteer with the Grenada Education & Development Programme and also a member of the Writers’ Association of Grenada.

I am a seasoned performer; I have taken part in a few events, one of which is our annual “Voices” put together by the Writers Association of G’da (WAG)

BEYOND FABLES

My book is entitled, “Beyond Fables: Poetry” and as the name suggest, my work goes beyond the fantasies and fables and delves into real life experiences and situations of persons (mainly young women) written in the form of poetry.

Beyond Fables: Poetry was started about 4 years ago and was finally published in March 2014.

There are 13 poetic pieces in this anthology. The book is divided into 4 sections, they are: Encomiums to Mothers, Celebrating Strong Black Women, L.O.V.E, and the Struggles of Women.

Each section highlights issues as the names suggest. Early last month, June 2014, over 100 copies of Beyond Fables: Poetry was sold across the world. Books were bought, read and reviewed from small Caribbean Islands to large countries such as United States and China.

Although my choice of studies is Child Psychology and Counselling, I do see my writing continuing for as long as I have the ability to write. I am already working on my second book which is presently in the pipe line.
I have plans on doing audio copies of my books which may be available in the not so distant future.

My books are available on the following sites: Create space and Amazon.com

The information is as follows:

Beyond Fables: Poetry

Authored by Ms. Amy J. W. Jones, Illustrated by Ms. Solanche K. Robert

Amy’s Contact information are as follows:

+1-473-442-7487 (home)

+1-473-533-2284 (cell)

+1-718-880-5701 (magic jack)

madammeme (Skype)

spiceisle_empress@hotmail.com (Email)

amy.poeticjones@gmail.com (Email)

This is the first in a series of stories about up and coming Caribbean Entrepreneurs, Next we feature an up and coming Fashion designer, currently doing some good works throughout the Caribbean.