Ms. Afrika Abney has over 17 years of professional experience in designing and implementing media campaigns for individuals, small businesses, community centers, schools and nonprofit organizations. She has provided consulting services for Esther Productions, Inc, Cassandra Burton, The African American Women's Resource Center, Mr. Ralph Nader, Breaking through Power, Mr. Lester Cuffie, DC Coalition for Housing and Justice , Ms. Juanita Britton, BZB International, Doc Powell, Founder of the Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers, and Kerry S. Pearson, LLC. Some of them include digital marketing, email marketing, online advertisement, online flyer dissemination, press release distribution and social media marketing.
Ms. Abney has provided numerous services for many events. Some of them include Adams Morgan Day 2010, Anacostia Art Gallery and Boutique, Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show, National Daddy Daughter Reunion Tour, Building Families in the 21st Century, The Gift, Daughters Speak Out, Sip, Paint and Reflect, PaintSpiration: Reflect and Paint!, Spring Cleaning: Mind, Body and Spirit, The Fatherless Daughters Speak Out, Breaking through Power, Kitchen Table Talks, Esther Productions, Inc Butterfly Series, Inside Job: The Art of Personal Essay Writing (Workshop for Teens), Inside Job: The Art of Personal Essay Writing (Workshop Sequel for Teens), The Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers performances, Reconciliation Week, Joy Jones' Double Dutch, Writing Institute for Teens, Teens Authors Talk, Understanding and Overcoming Fatherless Daughter Syndrome, The Power of Poetry in You, Women Are Poetry in Motion Every Day in Every Way, Kaleidoscope: A Writing Club, Winners Circle, Soaring Sisters Circle, The Impact of Fatherlessness on Girls and Women, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? Unraveling the Mystery; Healing the Pain; Growing the Personal Power, Kaleidoscope, Inside Job Writing Workshops, Discovering Me Summit and Awards Ceremony, Women Blossoming, Kaleidoscope: Women of Color Reflection on Life, MEMBERSHIPANNOUNCEMENT:KALEIDOSCOPE WOMEN'S WRITING COLLECTIVE , NRW 2023, Me, Myself and Our Story: Creative Writing Institute for Young Ladies, Me, Myself and Our Story: The Art of the Personal Essay, A Writing Workshop for Girls,Me, Myself and Our Story: The Art of Memoir, Part 1, Discovering Me...Without You: An Annual Personal Essay Contest,African Americans and Children's Literature: A Symposium and Exhibition, and AACL Tour.
" What is Light" written by Ms. Markette Sheppard, completely sold out of the books and had to take a dozen orders by hand on December 17, 2018 at the 28th Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show that took place at Shiloh Baptist Church." - Markette Sheppard, Journalist (WUSA (9 News) )
"A Single Suggestion appeared at the 28th Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show and did very well with her sales on December 15, 2018." - Ms. Erika Burnett of A Single Suggestion
"Aaron Johnson has been doing Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show since it started in 1990 at Shiloh Baptist Church. In 2018, the show was very successful much like the rest." - Aaron Johnson, President/CEO of Unitees Screenprints and Embroidery
"Tonya Butler-Truesdale had a complete blast at the 27th and 28th Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show." - Ms. Tonya Butler - Truesdale of Shea Butter Boy
"Thank you, Afrika for an outstanding job as my consultant for The Kitchen Table Talks and for keeping me on task! " - Ms. Cassandra Burton, Founder of the African American Women's Resource Center
"The event entitled: Cotton Field to Concert Hall held at the Kennedy Center on February 16, 2019 as I recall and heard from audience members was a standing room only event in terms of numbers of attendees." - Lester Green, Artistic Director of Coalition for African American in the Performing Arts
"Afrika Abney has worked as an Arts and Marketing Consultant with the Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers for many years. She is a dedicated, devoted and innovative worker who has gotten results for us, as we offer performances in the community. " - Doc Powell, Founder of the Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers
"Afrika Abney is an awesome marketing consultant. As president of Esther Productions Inc., I have worked with her for nearly a decade on various projects. She has helped us define and target our audiences for each event or program. She has helped us brainstorm effective and creative ways to audiences, and she has been one of the critical elements of our success. If you want marketing, promotions and all around hardworking consultant on your team who will care about your projects and the people you serve, then Afrika Abney is the person you will want to hire." - Jonetta Rose Barras, President and CEO of Esther Productions, Inc
"Afrika Abney is an experienced marketing professional who dedicates herself to all her projects. She enjoys doing promotional and public relations events and has been in this milieu for years." - Joy Jones, DC Public Library, Poet and Author
Digital Marketing
"Digital Marketing is an umbrella term and includes all types of marketing activities while social media marketing is one aspect of digital marketing and focuses primarily on the use on marketing on social media platforms."
As a consultant, Ms. Afrika Abney focuses on the use of marketing using social media platforms to share information about herself as a consultant.
Email marketing
Ms. Afrika Abney has been providing email marketing services for over 18 years to small businesses and non profit organizations such as Esther Productions, Inc and BZB International. Some of those services requires Ms. Abney to send emails to parent groups, schools and universities beyond Washington, D.C. area..
Online Advertisement
Ms. Afrika Abney has created and posted over 15 online advertisements for various events.
Online flyer dissemination
Ms. Afrika Abney has posted over 200 flyers online since 2009 that referenced various events hosted by the Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers, BZB International, Esther Productions, Inc and other organizations.Some of the flyers were sent to schools, youth community centers and parent groups outside of Washington, D.C. region by Ms. Abney.
Press release distribution
Ms. Afrika Abney has distributed over 30 press releases about various events for over 12 years.Press releases sent via email or posted widely on social media. Some of which were written and prepared by Ms. Abney.
Social media marketing
Ms. Afrika Abney has been providing social media marketing services since 2009.