Find black owned businesses in the Chicago area on Minority-Biz.com

Minority-Biz is the premier source for black owned businesses in Chicago.

Searching for quality black owned businesses in Chicago? Minority-Biz understands that finding a reputable black owned business in Chicago can sometimes seem overwhelming to consumers who want to support black businesses with superior products, services, and support. So we work hard to do more than just list black owned businesses in Chicago in our database. We listen to consumers' needs and complaints, and have developed a platform for you to both read and post reviews in order for you and other supporters of black owned businesses to identify well managed businesses.

Looking for Chicago’s Black Owned Businesses

When searching for black owned businesses in Chicago, you can expect to find many different websites and directories. However, the majority of these sources do not specifically list black owned businesses. Furthermore, the websites that do target black businesses in Chicago do not actively update their listings and do not offer social, multimedia, and mobile platforms for consumers to communicate directly with black business owners in Chicago. You can count on Minority-Biz to keep you informed of the black owned businesses Chicago has to offer. Browse our list of black owned businesses in Chicago now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Browse our list of black owned businesses in Chicago now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Find black owned businesses in the Charlotte area on Minority-Biz.com

Minority-Biz is the premier source for black owned businesses in Charlotte.

Searching for quality black owned businesses in Charlotte? Minority-Biz understands that finding a reputable black owned business in Charlotte can sometimes seem overwhelming to consumers who want to support black businesses with superior products, services, and support. So we work hard to do more than just list black owned businesses in Charlotte in our database. We listen to consumers' needs and complaints, and have developed a platform for you to both read and post reviews in order for you and other supporters of black owned businesses to identify well managed businesses.

Looking for Charlotte’s Black Owned Businesses

When searching for black owned businesses in Charlotte, you can expect to find many different websites and directories. However, the majority of these sources do not specifically list black owned businesses. Furthermore, the websites that do target black businesses in Charlotte do not actively update their listings and do not offer social, multimedia, and mobile platforms for consumers to communicate directly with black business owners in Charlotte. You can count on Minority-Biz to keep you informed of the black owned businesses Charlotte has to offer. Browse our list of black owned businesses in Charlotte now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Browse our list of black owned businesses in Charlotte now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Find black owned businesses in the Boston area on Minority-Biz.com

Minority-Biz is the premier source for black owned businesses in Boston.

Searching for quality black owned businesses in Boston? Minority-Biz understands that finding a reputable black owned business in Boston can sometimes seem overwhelming to consumers who want to support black businesses with superior products, services, and support. So we work hard to do more than just list black owned businesses in Boston in our database. We listen to consumers' needs and complaints, and have developed a platform for you to both read and post reviews in order for you and other supporters of black owned businesses to identify well managed businesses.

Looking for Boston’s Black Owned Businesses

When searching for black owned businesses in Boston, you can expect to find many different websites and directories. However, the majority of these sources do not specifically list black owned businesses. Furthermore, the websites that do target black businesses in Boston do not actively update their listings and do not offer social, multimedia, and mobile platforms for consumers to communicate directly with black business owners in Boston. You can count on Minority-Biz to keep you informed of the black owned businesses Boston has to offer. Browse our list of black owned businesses in Boston now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Browse our list of black owned businesses in Boston now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Find black owned businesses in the Oakland/ San Francisco Bay Area area on Minority-Biz.com

Minority-Biz is the premier source for black owned businesses in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Searching for quality black owned businesses in Oakland or the San Francisco Bay Area? Minority-Biz understands that finding a reputable black owned business in Oakland and the Bay Area can sometimes seem overwhelming to consumers who want to support black businesses with superior products, services, and support. So we work hard to do more than just list black owned businesses in Oakland in our database. We listen to consumers' needs and complaints, and have developed a platform for you to both read and post reviews in order for you and other supporters of black owned businesses to identify well managed businesses.

Looking for The Bay Area's Black Owned Businesses

When searching for black owned businesses in the Bay Area and Oakland, you can expect to find many different websites and directories. However, the majority of these sources do not specifically list black owned businesses. Furthermore, the websites that do target black businesses in Oakland and the Bay Area do not actively update their listings and do not offer social, multimedia, and mobile platforms for consumers to communicate directly with black business owners in Oakland. You can count on Minority-Biz to keep you informed of the black owned businesses the Bay Area has to offer. Browse our list of black owned businesses in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Browse our list of black owned businesses in Oakland and the Bay Area now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Find black owned businesses in the Baltimore area on Minority-Biz.com

Minority-Biz is the premier source for black owned businesses in Baltimore.

Searching for quality black owned businesses in Baltimore? Minority-Biz understands that finding a reputable black owned business in Baltimore can sometimes seem overwhelming to consumers who want to support black businesses with superior products, services, and support. So we work hard to do more than just list black owned businesses in Baltimore in our database. We listen to consumers' needs and complaints, and have developed a platform for you to both read and post reviews in order for you and other supporters of black owned businesses to identify well managed businesses.

Looking for Baltimore’s Black Owned Businesses

When searching for black owned businesses in Baltimore, you can expect to find many different websites and directories. However, the majority of these sources do not specifically list black owned businesses. Furthermore, the websites that do target black businesses in Baltimore do not actively update their listings and do not offer social, multimedia, and mobile platforms for consumers to communicate directly with black business owners in Baltimore. You can count on Minority-Biz to keep you informed of the black owned businesses Baltimore has to offer. Browse our list of black owned businesses in Baltimore now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Browse our list of black owned businesses in Baltimore now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

Find black owned businesses in the Atlanta area on Minority-Biz.com

Minority-Biz is the premier source for black owned businesses in Atlanta.

Searching for quality black owned businesses in Atlanta?  Minority-Biz understands that finding a reputable black owned business in Atlanta can sometimes seem overwhelming to consumers who want to support black businesses with superior products, services, and support.  So we work hard to do more than just list black owned businesses in Atlanta in our database. We listen to consumers’ needs and complaints, and have developed a platform for you to both read and post reviews in order for you and other supporters of black owned businesses to identify well managed businesses.

Looking for Atlanta’s Black Owned Businesses

When searching for black owned businesses in Atlanta, you can expect to find many different websites and directories. However, the majority of these sources do not specifically list black owned businesses.  Furthermore, the websites that do target black businesses in Atlanta do not actively update their listings and do not offer social, multimedia, and mobile platforms for consumers to communicate directly with black business owners in Atlanta.  You can count on Minority-Biz to keep you informed of the black owned businesses Atlanta has to offer. 

Browse our list of black owned businesses in Atlanta now, and let Minority-Biz help you find a black business to service all of your needs.

By simply joining Minority-Biz, you have already shown an interest in our mission of increasing economic wealth in minority communities, extending the life cycle of a dollar in our communities, and improving the relationship between minority business owners and consmers.

Now that you are part of the community, listed below are a few tips to help you enhance your experience:

Get Social

Totally separate from any business listings that you submit to the business directory, your profile page establishes how you choose to present yourself to the community and communicate with both consumers and businessses. A detailed profile page gets more visits from users and ultimately directs them to the businesses, events, and other activities that you have submitted.  Below are a few features you can add to make your page more attractive and sticky.

• Add a Profile Picture.   Simply, a profile with a picture draws more visitors. Add a picture of yourself and develop a personal relationship with members of the community.  Indirect communication becomes more relatable when one can associate an image with whom they are communicating with. 
• Add Bio Information. Share a bit of your background and thoughts on minority businesses with viewers of your page.  Your bio details may spark interest from future friends and businesses. 
• Network.  Don't hesitate to reach out to a member that lives in your city or shares a similar background as yours. If you're planning on starting a business, reach out to a member that currently has a business in your field.  Minority-Biz is a collective, so the more relationships that are built through this network, the more goals we can accomplish collectively. 
• Post updates.  Post sales and promotions, milestones, business and product launches, and all other announcements. Whenever you support a minority-owned business, post an update, take a pic on your phone, and add it to the community as motivation for others to support our businesses.
• Add Events.  Add any meetups, seminars, conventions, promotional events, and any other events that may be of interest to the community.
• Add Picutres and Videos.  Post pictures of your grand opening, promotional events, new products and other interesting moments. Feel free to add business introduction, self-help, and motivational videos,to the community. 
• Add Groups.  Oftertimes, it's more engaging to communicate in smaller circles. Add a group and build communites around specific businesses and interests. Each group will have its own photos, videos, events, and discussion board exclusive to the group.
• Add Widgets.  Add your Twitter or blog feed to your profile so that members visiting your profile page can also view your tweets and blog posts.
• Invite your contacts.  You can invite your friends and professional contacts who share our vision for economic enpowerment to join Minority-Biz with one click.  The larger our network of like-minded people, the greater our impact on our communities.

Mind our Business- Add Business Listings and Reviews

Submit Business Listings.  Join us in building the most comprehensive list of minority-owned businesses on the internet. Whether you're the owner or a satisfied customer, post as many minority-owned businesses to the business directory as you choose. Our goal is eliminate the common excuses that minority consumers use for not supporting minority-owned business, such as being unable to find a minority-owned business for a particular product or service. 

Write Reviews.  Take a brief moment to share your experiences you've had with your favorite businesses so that we can also eliminate the notion that there are not many professionally operated minority businesses.  We want to break down all the self-imposed barriers/ excuses for not supporting our own.  

Just as important, constructively share your negative experiences so that underperforming businesses can improve their operations. 

'Favorite' Your Top Businesses: Along with your own business, add those minority-owned businesses that you are most satisfied with to your 'Favorites List.'  Your "Favorites List' appears on your personal profile and gives those businesses a little extra exposure to those browsing your profile.  

Click Here to Learn How to Earn a Premium Listing Upgrade FREE of Charge

Add additional detail and imagery to your listing by upgrading to a Premium listing.

In addition to what your Basic listing displays to viewers, a Premium upgrade will also include:

• Links to your website and social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and Instagram pages)
• Twenty images
• Five videos (Youtube and Vimeo)
• Sales and Promotions
• Placement in all search options

Your Basic listing or Premium listing free trial can earn additional months FREE of charge by achieving one or all of the following:

1.  Get 5 Consumer Reviews

Your listing will become eligible for an additional month of Premium listing features if your listing receives five reviews within your Free Trial period. The reviews can be posted by random viewers browsing your listing, or by customers that you request to review your profile.  Encourage your existing customers to spare a brief moment to write a glowing review about your products or services.  Use our invitation system to send out review requests to your contacts and track who has responded.

2.  Get Ten People to Join Minority-Biz

Invite your friends and customers to join Minority-Biz using our invitation system and each of your contacts that joins the community will be credited to you.  When ten of your contacts join Minority-Biz, your listing earns a month of Premium listing features.  Just let us know when ten of your contacts join and you will be credited with a premium listing for an additional month.  Again, you can easily track your contacts by using our invitation system.

3.  Like us on Facebook

Aside from having convenient access to news, events, and community activities directly on your Facebook page, we will upgrade your listing for one month.

4.  Add a Link to Minority-Biz on your Website

Add a link or Minority-Biz banner on your website and you will earn a Premium listing upgrade for six months, or for as long as the link appears on your website within the six month period.  The link can be directed to your listing or our homepage.  You can use one of our banners or create your own.

Featured Listing Upgrade 

Achieve all of the above actions and your listing will also become a Featured listing for three months, appearing on the homepage and at the top of your city and category pages.

Network with Both Business Owners and Consumers

Minority Biz delves well beyond simply providing a list of minority-owned businesses.  Along with increasing the life span of a dollar in minority communities, our mission also entails mending the relationship between minority consumers and minority-owned businesses.

We provide a community that allows business owners and consumers to connect both professionally and socially by way of our many features.

We provide an aray of options which will allow minority business owners and their customers to directly communciate with one another and determine how to best collaborate and work collectively to build economic wealth in minority communities.

Personal Profile

In addition to business listings, each member of Minority-Biz has a profile page in which they can interact with the community on a personal level.  Profile pages allow members to introduce themselves to the community, as well as provide a little incite on their background and thoughts on minority-owned businesses.

Photo Gallery

We provide a HTML-5-powered photo gallery. Upload business-related photos or any other photos that may be of interest to the community. Just drag and drop them to the upload screen and our uploader will automatically queue the photos.

Each album is neatly displayed, coupled with interactive features such as comment and like system, photo tagging and content discovery modules

Members may create public or friends only photo album, allow comment and like for individual photos and album, and re-order photos in albums via drag and drop.

Videos

We allow our members to share existing videos uploaded on popular video hosting sites such as Youtube, Vimeo, Google, and Yahoo.

Members can post videos introducing their business to the community, self-help and motivational videos, and any other video that may be of interest to the community.

User Groups

Sometimes it's more engaging to communicate in a smaller circle. Minority-Biz allows members to build communites around specific business and community interest, and to interact on a more personal level.

Every group will have its own photos, videos and event sections. Plus, there is a discussion board and file sharing feature for each group.

Members can set their groups as public or private. Private groups require invitation before anyone can join and view its content.

Events

Nothing beats meeting potential customers and business contaacts face to face.  Users can easily manage events with our Event Manager. Members can add business and other events that may be of interest to the community.

Set an event anywhere in the world and it will display in the Google maps. Future events can be set to occur weekly, monthly, and annually. Furthermore, event administrators can set RSVP attendance and limit the number of attendees.

External Sharing and Invitations

Users can share their favorite business listings, reviews, photos, videos, events, and any other user content with other external services such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and e-mail. 

Additionally, members can securely invite their friends and clients to review their business listings, as well as join groups and RSVP for events.

Community Features Summary:

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