‘As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.‘
The Carter G. Woodson Project
B.A.V. NATION
What Is a Black American Veteran?
A member of American heritage & ancestry by way of Afro & Pan African descent who identify as being of ‘black’ or of associated ethnic descent.
Nation:
A stable community of individuals formed on the basis of a common theme, language, territory, history, ethnicity, ancestry, or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
** DISCLAIMER **
B.A.V. Nation (Black American Veteran) is a niche marketing tool hosted by The American Veteran designed to aid in the development, marketing, and amplification of brands created by Black Americans.
Limited membership access is available to members of The American Veteran.
Members of other ethnic groups who don’t embrace or identify as being ‘black’, or of associated ethnic descent, are welcome to visit our parent niche marketing website, The American Veteran, which offers a similar set of hosting & support options for both businesses & individuals of non-ethnic descent seeking to launch & amplify online marketing projects.
What is B.A.V. Nation?
An online marketing strategy focusing on the behaviorial, geographical, & demographical subsets of a unique target audience, which in this case are Black Americans, for the purpose of generating lead-based initiaitves centered around brand creation, product development, amplification, and support.
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Purpose
The purpose of this platform is simple: help Black Americans develop & promote ideas which aids in or contributes to their own personal growth.
Mission
To aid in the development of online resources which contribute to the creation of wealth & prosperity for Black Americans.
Vision
Become a leading resource in the discovery, development, marketing, and amplification of ideas, brands, & businesses created by Black Americans.
Goals
- Become a leading repository for positive inclusive discussions related to the self-marketing efforts of Black Americans centered around:
- Starting new businesses.
- Generating online wealth.
- Building new brands.
- Developing community empowerment initiatives.
- The creation of policy and documentation of any efforts or contributions which forwards the continued plights of Black Americans.
- The continued development and integration of tools & resources which contribute greatly to the continued development & scaling of ideas & visions of Black Americans.
- Partnering with like-minded individuals & organizations who’s efforts, missions, & visions align with those of the BAV platform.
Features of the BAV marketing platform include:
- Content Creation – author & editor rights assigned to members allowing for the creation of news posts.
- Social Sharing – automatic posting & distributing of news posts across BAV social media profiles.
- Community Forums – forum topic creation capability to help extend marketing efforts via topic-based discussions.
- Business Directory – a listings service option for business owners seeking to promote offers & services with hopes of generating leads within the exclusive community.
- Advertising – ad space purchase options for brand & business owners seeking to generate leads through ad sales within the exclusive community.
- Ecommerce – custom print on demand apparel & accessories specifically designed to target Black American Veterans.
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B.A.V. NATION is Niche Marketing
(The Black American Veteran is the Target Audience!)
What is B.A.V. Nation Niche Marketing?
The use of the B.A.V. Nation platform as a tool to help individual marketers & business owners target & amplify their advertising strategies based on characteristics specific to an exclusive market, group, or demographic of potential customers most likely to be accepting of their offerings. These characteristics can include, but isn’t limited to:
- Activity
- Behavior
- Culture
- Demographics
- Education
- Entertainment
- History
- Needs
- Professions
- Style
- Teachings
The benefit to this approach, especially for new brands & business owners, is that it gives them an opportunity to differentiate themselves, and their brands, from their competitors by allowing them to appear as authorities in their chosen niches which builds trust & establishes long-standing connections with their audiences.
How Does B.A.V. NATION Work?
The motivation for the creation of The Black American Veteran (B.A.V.) is based on this one initiative: members (veterans) helping members (veterans). The platform combines a variety of marketing strategies & support services aimed at helping members identify & resolve challenges while encouraging them to create newfound efforts centered around their own personal growth. This initiative is centered around the following objectives:
- Community – Community features allow & encourage engagement amongst members based on affiliation or needs stemming from mentoring or service marketing.
- Engagement – Engagement is about having a place to go where you can find people you can relate to and who’s open to helping you navigate through challenges.
- Mentoring – Members interested in mentoring or coaching can establish themselves as authority figures within the community through their works which can be presented in the form of events, wiki articles, video posts, and through the use of live chat.
- Brand Development – Members with ideas to build a new brand can use the premium services provided which allow the creation of projects. In addition, members are able to reach to other members for assistance as needed.
- Marketing – Individual brand & business owners have access to premium services which allow them to market their services to other members in a variety of ways throughout the platform.
