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Train Today to Succeed at Speaking Tomorrow

16 contributions to Speak Your Way To Cash
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I want to release a new low cost digital product — what should it be: A. “Closed In 30” – The 30-Minute Sales Call System With Done-For-You Scripts, Templates & Closing Sequences B. “The Million Dollar Topic Bank” – 1,000 Proven Speaking Topics That Corporate Clients Actually Pay For C. “Speech In 60” – The AI-Powered Tool That Writes Your Signature Speech In 5 Minutes Or Less D. All Please Drop your answer below 👇​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​or suggest something else … ➡️➡️We’re talking a cool mini course - under $100 bucks 💰 we don’t normally have anything in g at this price point so I’m excited and want your input!
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0 likes • Mar 26
Out of the above, I’d choose A
0 likes • May 12
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They Studied Her Work. Not Her Name.
I’m a Black woman in 2026 watching lawmakers and managers still debate whether my hair and my clothes are “professional.” And all I can think about is Ann Lowe. The first nationally recognized Black American couturier. The woman behind gowns for Rockefellers, Roosevelts, du Ponts, and Hollywood stars. The designer who stitched her way into history while the world refused to say her name. Jacqueline Bouvier walks down the aisle to marry John F. Kennedy in an ivory silk taffeta gown. Fifty yards of fabric. Intricate tucking. A portrait neckline. Dimensional detailing only one woman was doing at that level. That woman was Ann Lowe. Welcome to day 22 of deleted history… Ten days before the wedding, a pipe burst in Ann’s studio and she still finished everything on time. She lost money on the job. And she never told the family there was a crisis. The result? One of the most photographed wedding dresses in American history. The press raved about the gown. When asked who designed it, Jackie called her “a colored woman.” No name. No credit. Just couture excellence, erased in real time. Ann studied in segregated design schools, forced to learn alone in a separate room. Her work was so good they used her designs as models for the white students who wouldn’t sit with her. They wouldn’t share a classroom. But they studied her work. Tell me that doesn’t sound familiar. We’re still in group chats the night before orientation asking: ➤ Is this twist‑out “too big” for the office? ➤ Are these braids “too much” for the boardroom? ➤ Do I need to tone down my nails so they think I’m serious? Meanwhile: ➤ Our hair needs a whole civil rights act just to be left alone. ➤ Our style gets labeled “unprofessional” at work and “inspiration” on the runway. ➤ Our aesthetics keep entire industries paid while we debate if we’re allowed to wear them to the interview. Ann Lowe’s work is in museums now. There are full exhibitions dedicated to her gowns. They tried to keep her in the shadows.
They Studied Her Work. Not Her Name.
2 likes • Feb 22
I certainly hope she received her flowers 🌹 💐 while she was alive?
3,502 Said Yes Before Tickets Dropped.. And growing!
The way this list is growing — we can't stop talking about it. 🎉🎉🎉 3,502 of YOU said YES before tickets even dropped for Black Women Sell Live. 👀👀👀 This isn't luck. This isn't random. This community knows exactly what this is. And this list? It is NOT slowing down. There is nothing like this anywhere in the world — A sales conference for Black women experts rooted in the strategies of Black women entrepreneurs from the 1800s and 1900s — Women who built businesses that didn't just survive. They lasted. And that same energy? It's coming straight to you. 📆 Tickets drop — February 25th at 9 AM — and when they do, they will go fast. Are you on the list yet? 🎟 Join the WAITLIST for Black Women Sell Live NOW → https://www.blackwomensellevent.com/
3,502 Said Yes Before Tickets Dropped.. And growing!
1 like • Feb 18
@Ashley Kirkwood Amazing Ashley! Kudos to you 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
Stop Renting Space. Start Owning It.
Most people think freedom starts with a document. America Newton proved it starts with a decision. In the 1870s, a formerly enslaved Black woman packed up her young daughter and went west into the California mountains — not for a man, not for a family legacy, but to build one. She landed near a rough gold-mining town called Julian, where the streets were dust, the power belonged to white men, and nothing about the environment was designed for her survival, let alone her success. While most people clung to what felt familiar, America did something wilder: she built infrastructure. She opened a laundry that kept miners and townspeople in clean clothes — in a camp where hygiene, order, and basic dignity depended on women’s unpaid labor. Her business didn’t sit on the sidelines of the town; it helped hold the town together. And then she did the part everybody forgets to mention: America Newton claimed land. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Records remember her as a homesteader whose name became tied to local property and landmarks in the Julian area — a Black woman, formerly enslaved, now associated with acres in her own right in the California backcountry. Her presence and personality were so strong that the community talked about her for decades after. Welcome to Day 16 of Deleted History: Black women they prayed you’d never learn about. America didn’t ask, “Will they accept me?” She asked, “What do they need that I can own?” She turned a hostile environment into a hungry market, a service into essential infrastructure, and risk into land. If you’re a Black woman expert sitting in an industry that wasn’t built for you, America’s blueprint is simple: Stop waiting for perfect conditions. Find the underserved market everyone else is scared of. Build the thing they can’t function without — and tie your name to assets, not just effort. I’m Ashley Kirkwood — over $11M in sales, two-time Inc. 5000 CEO, and in the 2% of Black women-owned businesses with full-time W‑2 employees and millions in annual revenue.
Stop Renting Space. Start Owning It.
2 likes • Feb 18
Teach!
She Got Fired After a Gunfight… and Still Built a Life
Mary “Stagecoach Mary” Fields got fired from a church job after a gunfight in the yard. Not a warning. Not a write‑up. A gunfight with a man who disrespected her—and the church told HER to go - wild! Most people would’ve taken that as a sign to sit down and be smaller. Mary didn’t. She tried starting her own spot—a restaurant where folks could eat, drink, and be together. It didn’t work out. Money was tight, and the business failed in less than a year. But she kept going. Then, in her 60s, she went after something even bigger: a contract to carry the U.S. mail through rough Montana country. Welcome to Day 10 of Deleted History: Black Women Entrepreneurs They Prayed You’d Never Learn About Men lined up for that job. It was dangerous and it paid. So they held a competition. They had to hitch up a team of horses and get ready to roll, fast. Mary stepped up, stood right next to the men—and beat them. She literally had to out‑work and out‑fight men in that contest to win the route. That’s how she became “Stagecoach Mary.” Through snowstorms, wolves, and lonely mountain roads, she showed up every day with a gun on her hip and a cigar in her mouth, making sure people got their mail. No fancy title. No perfect plan. Just grit, courage, and follow‑through. She opened a laundry. She cooked. She took care of kids at her own daycare. She kept finding ways to earn and to serve, even when things didn’t go right the first time. That’s the energy behind Black Women Sell Live. You don’t have to shrink, hide, or play small ever again. Get on the waitlist for tickets and join 380+ women who already said they want in. Join the waitlist here: https://lnkd.in/gNc6R-Pg
She Got Fired After a Gunfight… and Still Built a Life
0 likes • Feb 10
Incredibly inspirational and educational Ashley! Thank you!!!
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