Black Planet
- Members in Business, an Introduction.
Discover the Top
E business Sites of the members of the dot .com Black Planet.
Black Planet FAQ's
What is Black Planet?
Black Planet is the top black site in terms of site visitors.
The dot .com Black Planet is basically a virtual dating service and black
networking site. It uses very advanced tools to help its members communicate
and find a date or on-line friendship.
Why is Black Planet so Popular?
The success of any dating service is determined by the
depth of the database. Black Planet - hands down, has the largest database
of African American online users. It boosts nearly 9 million members and
friends. So there are lots of potential dates and friends to meet online.
Black Planet has also been named one of the "stickiest" sites
on the Internet. This means that once people log-on to Black Planet they
stay on the site much longer than most other sites on the Internet.
What makes the Black Planet experience so compelling?
Black Planet makes it easy to find dates and potential
friends. You can search their database of online users by state or region,
age, sexual orientation etc. The dot .com Black Planet also has its own
communication system called Black Planet notes. It is like an internal
email system but better.
Black Planet Notes lets you send a text message
to anyone in the Black Planet membership internally. Furthermore, when
anyone in Black Planet posts a message in the forums, chat area or in
Black Planet Notes you can visit their personal site instantly by clicking
on their Black Planet user name.
Black Planet also has some very racy member provided
content like the Best Legs of Black Planet, Eye Candy of Black Planet,
and Black Planet Lovah Gyrls. In the past some members have posted
soft porn and then spammed other members. Black Planet Administration
seems to be in a fight to end the edgy content. However, this seems like
an ongoing Battle, that has to be waged.
An Attractive female with the classic sexy black look (mocha
skin - lips and hips) can easily get hundreds of thousands even millions
of Black Planet male members to view her personal pages.
How do I Safely Date on Black Planet?
As with any dating service be careful about how you proceed.
Do not post too much personal information on-line. Some members at Black
Planet have complained about identity theft. Use a nickname because, some
members, especially very attractive ones, have complained about their
pictures being stolen and used by other persons. When the injured parties
complained to Black Planet dot.com their response seems to be slow.
ONLY MEET PEOPLE IN A PUBLIC PLACE!!!
NEVER ... EVER meet a new date at your home or some
private place! Meet in well lit places, with plenty of people around.
On your first date try to go to a place where you can talk (not to a movie).
Both parties should go Dutch so that no one will feel obligated in any
way. I may be old fashioned but, I would suggest getting to know someone
for at least 3 months before getting serious or intimate.
What are the Downsides of Black Planet?
Black Planet has too many intrusive ads. It also serves
a lot of ads from spyware marketing companies. These companies lure you
with free software, but once installed basically track your movements
all over the Internet. It needs to sell more pay-per-click ads so that
small and minority businesses can market to their members.
Most of their ads now are annoying pop-up ads. The site
is very slow because of all the members using the web applications. Furthermore
the Black Planet membership, most of whom are not professional web designers,
take great excesses with the bandwidth of the Black Planet site. Many
of them install Flash and Animated movies that have very large files sizes.
The most self centered thing about Black Planet is that
they do not let members link out of the site in the forums. Unlike other
big portals like About.com, which let you link out in forum posts, Black
Planet does not allow live links in the forum posts. They take an approach
similar to AOL's garden content approach, where they attempt to keep AOL
subscribers curtailed with AOL provided content. The same is the case
with Black Planet provided content and its members.
Is Black Planet a Good Place to develop Business
Relationships?
While Black Planet remains a strong place to make personal
relationships, it is much less so, a place to do business. Regular posts
on the Black Planet Business Forums yield mild response. Most members
seem like people in micro businesses and therefore, have little capital
to obtain your products or services. It would take regular postings and
follow up to get any solid business leads. Most of the members seem on
a mission to meet dates and have little interest in business of any kind.
If this situation changes we'll let you know.
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"The
Most Memorable Black Planet
member Sites"
After
spending months of looking through hundreds of business postings at the
dot. com Black Planet the following sites of Black Planet members come
to mind as businesses to remember with useful products or services.
Enigma
Games - was an cutting edge site in the very demanding field
of multimedia game production. This site was a rare find on Black Planet.
Weldon
Arts- has a beautiful graphically intense site, this Black Planet
member has a real gift for comic book art.
Black
Planet member Madison
Studio has a beautiful photography site.
Urban
Auctionz is another Black Planet member really pushing into
a needed niche service of helping to sell black products in an auction
web site application.
Bryant
Group is an investment group that helps Black Planet members
in particular and Blacks in general obtain and sustain wealth.
AHJ
Group - Many Black Planet members will have to get government
procurements or contracts to provide products and services to the Government.
The process to be certified for the different government contracts is
complex to many entrepreneurs. The AHJ Group purports to help with the
certification process for Blacks, Minorities, Disadvantaged persons, and
Women who want to do business with the Government.
Sarong
Fun - this Black Planet Member turns her love of the wrap dress
into a joyful passion on this web site. Lots of bright colors and vibrant
dresses really impressed me at this site.
Exclusive
Illusions - Is a nice site that showcases fashion for the Young
BBW. This Black Planet members site is funky.
Krazy
Nice - If you are looking for nice basketball gear, this Black
Planet member has an outstanding Flash created site with Krazy Nice wears.
African
Spice - Is a site created by its owner to connect the International
community of people of African Descent. All African Americans and Black
Planet users should check out this site.
Black
PR - This Public Relations Newswire service can help get the
word out about your business with the Black Press.
Cakes
by Jackie - Wow, this sister really knows how to decorate a
cake. If her cakes taste anything like they look this Black Planet member
will really do well in business.
Suggestions for
Black Planet to increase small black business empowerment.
Black Planet could help faciliate black business
involvement by having more resources, articles, and business related content
for small black businesses. It should allow black business owners to post
more stories on business to develop free content.
Black Planet certainly has enough members and usage
of the site to install a pay-per-click advertising program for Black and
minority business owners. This would also make marketing on Black Planet
more obtainable by small Black businesses.
Black Planet members in Business
Special Report
Black Planet Business FAQ's
Why do a Review of the Businesses of Black Planet?
I found Black Planet to be a microcosm of other
Black Businesses on the Internet. This special feature on the business
owner's of Black Planet shows the state of affairs of Black Businesses
online. We are also doing a similiar report on Hispanic businesses.
What is Black Planet?
Black Planet is the top black site in terms of site visitors.
The dot .com Black Planet is basically a virtual dating service and black
networking site. It uses very advanced tools to help its members communicate
and find a date or on-line friendship.
Why is Black Planet so Popular?
The success of any dating service is determined by the
depth of the database. Black Planet - hands down, has the largest database
of African American online users. It boosts nearly 9 million members and
friends. So there are lots of potential dates and friends to meet online.
Black Planet has also been named one of the "stickiest" sites
on the Internet. This means that once people log-on to Black Planet they
stay on the site much longer than most other sites on the Internet.
What makes the Black Planet experience so compelling?
Black Planet makes it easy to find dates and potential
friends. You can search their database of online users by state or region,
age, sexual orientation etc. The dot .com Black Planet also has its own
communication system called Black Planet notes. It is like an internal
email system but better.
Black Planet Notes lets you send a text message
to anyone in the Black Planet membership internally. Furthermore, when
anyone in Black Planet posts a message in the forums, chat area or in
Black Planet Notes you can visit their personal site instantly by clicking
on their Black Planet user name.
What are the Downsides of Black Planet?
Black Planet has too many intrusive ads. It also serves
a lot of ads from spyware marketing companies. These companies lure you
with free software, but once installed basically track your movements
all over the Internet. It needs to sell more pay-per-click ads so that
small and minority businesses can market to their members.
Most of their ads now are annoying pop-up ads. The site
is very slow because of all the members using the web applications. Furthermore
the Black Planet membership, most of whom are not professional web designers,
take great excesses with the bandwidth of the Black Planet site. Many
of them install Flash and Animated movies that have very large files sizes.
The most self centered thing about Black Planet is that
they do not let members link out of the site in the forums. Unlike other
big portals like About.com, which let you link out in forum posts, Black
Planet does not allow live links in the forum posts. They take an approach
similar to AOL's garden content approach, where they attempt to keep AOL
subscribers curtailed with AOL provided content. The same is the case
with Black Planet provided content and its members.
Is Black Planet a Good Place to develop Business
Relationships?
While Black Planet remains a strong place to make personal
relationships, it is much less so, a place to do business. Regular posts
on the Black Planet Business Forums yield mild response. Most members
seem like people in micro businesses and therefore, have little capital
to obtain your products or services. It would take regular postings and
follow up to get any solid business leads. Most of the members seem on
a mission to meet dates and have little interest in business of any kind.
If this situation changes we'll let you know.
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Black Planet Members in: Advertising
AdPro
Media Sales - Web marketing, Search Engine Optimization, and Internet
advertising consulting for Pay-Per-Click and Cost Per Thousand programs.
Specializes in Overture and Google Advertising program setup and Ad writing.
Black
Planet Members in - Arts and Entertainment
Carols
Art Shows - Mélange of high quality prints and top up and coming
Black, African American, Caribbean, and Latino artists.
Enigma
Games - Creator of multimedia and online games.
Oyas
African Market - Attractive and artsy African products.
Something
for the Soul - Collectable black dolls artfully created with cultural
taste.
Weldon
Arts - Professional cartoon artist
Arts
and Entertainment > Photography >
Madison
Studio - Well done photography site.
Black
Planet Members in the business of : Auctions
Black
Planet members in : Beauty Aids & Skin Care
Surface
Inc. - Brick and clicks skin care products for various purposes.
Jazoli
- is a Model agency for Black Models and makes available books on beauty
for women of color.
Black
Planet Members in : Business & Investing
Bryant
Group - Black investment group.
AHJ
Group - helps your business prepare to get certified to get business
with the government as
LSDBE, DBE, WBE, Small Business, and Minority owned businesses.
WinMar
Enterprises - Business promotion products like tee-shirts, web design,
life coaching, and domain registration.
Tag
Team Marketing - Business mentoring, networking, and development.
Global
Ad Marketing - Offers various business services like advertising,
promotion, and printing services
Steam
Jet Car Wash - Offers business opportunity with innovative mobile
car wash system.
SRDow
and Associates - Small business planning and consulting.
Mays
Media Inc. - Provide marketing and promotion services like press releases,
news articles, streamlined web content, marketing materials (brochures,
newsletters, outreach materials, etc.), event planning or media pitches.
Black
Planet Members Involved in Charities:
Voices
of Color - On-line Bookstore carrying the Largest selection of titles,
plus extensive list of CD's and DVD's. We carry the likes of Donald goines,
Iceberg slim, Iyanla Vanzant and others! This site also seeks to help
raise money for charities of the homeless.
Black
Planet Members producing : Children's Products
Black
Planet Members creating : Clothing and Fashion
Sarong
Fun - Attractive sarong dresses
Recovery
Ware - Tee-shirts with a message.
Metro
Kickz - Air Jordans and other athletic shoes are sold at this site.
Exclusive
Illusions - Sporty fashion company for "Queen-sized woman".
Bay
Area Kicks - Nice sporty shoe and urban wear site that is multi-lingual
in presentation.
Da
Original Gear - Urban gear with a hip hop flavor.
Krazy
Nice - Urban basket ball sports gear.
Black
Planet Members in: Communications
African
Spice - International African Internet Radio Station. High tech and
broadband type of streaming online radio.
Da
Fever - Internet forum on music and Baltimore nightlife.
2004
All-stars - Resource for the 2004 NBA All-star weekend. Schedules
- hotels - tickets etc., for the 2004 All-star Weekend.
Black
PR - Submits your press release to black publications for a fee.
Diversity
City - Submits your press release to black and Hispanic markets. For
major corporate companies.
Photo
Invitations - Photo quality invitations and flyers to special events.
Urban
Affairs - Urban Affairs is a web site used to allow minorities to
utilize and patronize minority business and to expand their cultural horizons.
Cool
Tea Events - This page redirects to an event information site.
Black
Planet members in : Computers and Technology
Titan
Technologies - Kansas City based computer products, toner, and networking
services source.
ITE
Design - I.T.E. is a full-service consulting and design firm offering
expertise in networking and cabling technologies.
Innovation
Software Group - Is a professional Software Engineering consulting
company, specializing in deployment of Internet applications. MS
Black
Planet Members in : Dating and Relationships
Black
Rank - Black dating and chat site.
Black
Planet Members in the: Design Field
Award
Visions - Graphic and digital design related services.
Black
Planet Members in: E commerce
Greek
Tastics - Features various Greek college products.
MC
Sales Online - E-tailer of general products, household and kitchen
items, and figurines.
E commerce
> Electronics
E commerce
> Gifts >
Infiniti
Gifts - Handmade Soap, Bath Sea Salt, Body Oil, Body Lotion, Shower
Gel, Gift Baskets and Candles.
E commerce
> Manufacturers >
SD
Products - Creates chair that supports neck when you wash hair.
Black
Planet Members in: Food and Desserts
Cakes
by Jackie - Wedding cakes and desserts for special occasions.
Black
Planet Members in the: Hair Care Industry
Braids
by Sabrina - Creative Full service braiding salon in California.
Braids
by Aisha - Nice small but passionate site by an intricate braiding
artist.
Kura
Nation - Black haircare and skin care site.
Black
Planet Members in: Health and Wellness
I
need Carb-Lo - Health products by fitness celebrity Billy Blanks
Taebo
Vitamins - Vitamins by the company that produced the Billy Blanks
videos.
Black
Planet Members creating: Jewelry and Artware
Ancestor's
Jewels - Beautiful jewelry inspired by black culture.
Purse
Snatcher - Creative and artsy purses that are unique.
Black
Planet Members producing: Music and Film
Black
Planet Members Giving: Personal & Professional Development
Phenomenal
Ambitions - Professional development, professional coach like services.
BPC
Counseling - Offers a wide array of counseling services for emotional
and mental healing.
Black
Planet Members in: Publishing
EinfoNews
- Minority small business training site and resources for e commerce and
e business.
Soul
E Business - Informative Black business site on networking, connecting,
managing and developing black and minority businesses in the technology
sectors.
Black
News - Black news portal but you will have to sign up to read news
stories.
Turning
Point Magazine - Small business and community development resource.
Nikki
Simone - Christian writer and publisher focusing on the single lifestyle.
Black
Planet Members in: Real Estate and Housing
Bretta
Grant - Real Estate broker in the Carolinas.
Bi-weekly
Mortgage Consultants - Helps to set up bi-weekly mortgages to help
you save money in the long term.
Black
Planet Members in: Travel & Tourism
Soul
Hawaii - Travel and event schedule site for Hawaii.
Mojala
- Travel accommodations company for trips to Jamaica W.I.
Black
Planet Members in: Web Design, Development, and Multimedia
E
Biz by Design - Search Engine promotion and optimization, site copy-editing,
web marketing, web design, hosting and e business development.
Lion's
Den - Graphic Web Design
HTML
for Black Planet - Learn to Hook Up Your Black Planet Members Pages
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M
Design Inc. - Flash, multimedia, and web site design shop.
Patrick
Hardy - Results focused e business development firm, with resources
on web marketing.
Street
Business LLC - Streaming video prepared and hosted for the Internet.
Cecce
- Web design and web development
Go Free Style
- Digital, multimedia and Internet web site design firm.
Afroglyphics
- CD-ROMs, digital business cards, web sites, electronic press kits, and
kiosks and multimedia design firm.
Smartsley
Web Development - Template design and web site development company.
Black
Planet Members addressing : Women's Issues & Content
Diamond
Jones International - Business resources with a woman's slant. Home
of women's business success stories from the Estrogen Money Club. She
is now soliciting success stories for this new Publication.
Inner
Cosmetics - Provides intriguing and insightful information for Black
Women all across the world. Beauty starts from the inside out.
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