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He's been named to the Ebony Power 100, honored as Black Enterprise's Disruptor of the Year, and his company has earned a coveted spot on the Inc. 5000 list for four years straight.But before all the accolades, Lamar Tyler was just a husband and father working in IT — with a bold vision and a burning desire to create more for his family and community.In this episode, we sit down with the CEO of Tyler New Media and Co-Founder of Traffic Sales & Profit (TSP) — a movement that's helped over 47,000 Black entrepreneurs build businesses, with more than 20,000 generating over $100 million annually in combined revenue.Lamar shares the real story behind his leap from corporate to full-time entrepreneurship, how he and his wife launched BlackandMarriedWithKids.com from their bedroom, and the powerful business principles that helped him scale into an 8-figure brand.You'll learn:Why he left a “secure” job with a family to feed — and how he did it with confidenceThe Traffic, Sales, & Profit framework every business owner should masterHis P.U.R.E. method for creating sales systems that convertThe biggest marketing mistakes most entrepreneurs makeHow to build a profitable business (not just a busy one)And how to protect your vision when the people around you don't see it yetIf you're building a brand, growing a business, or just looking for clarity on how to move from side hustle to CEO — this episode is your playbook.Get ready to crack the code with one of the most impactful voices in Black entrepreneurship — Mr. Lamar Tyler.
Want to know what it takes to have a six or seven figure launch? How about managing a multi-million dollar project? Today's guest is the expert. Prior to becoming the Chief Operating Officer of Tyler New Media, Ronnie Tyler spent 17 years with IBM as a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) managing projects with 30 million dollar budgets and up to 30 developers spread across 4 continents. She now uses her skills and expertise to manage 7-figure product launches and events for Tyler New Media, and their various brands, mainly Traffic Sales & Profit. She is also the author of The Profitable Launch Blueprint, The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Doubling Your Profits. Want to keep up with Ronnie? Find details here: ► Get a FREE copy of the Profitable Launch Blueprint here: https://profitablelaunchblueprint.com Want to keep up with Traffic Sales and Profit? Find details here: ► Podcast: https://trafficsalesandprofit.com/podcast ► Get your FREE Traffic Sales and Profit Book here: https://freetspbook.com/tsp-book ► Subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/trafficsalesandprofit ► Upcoming Live Events: https://trafficsalesandprofit.com/events/ ► Join our FREE Traffic, Sales & Profit Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TrafficSalesProfit/ ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trafficsalesandprofit/ ► Follow Lamar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lamartyler/
CEO and co-founder of Tyler New Media, Lamar Tyler, stops by Money Making Conversations Master Class to discuss his companies purpose and brings Earvin "Magic" Johnson to Atlanta through his brand Traffic Sales and Profit to encourage entrepreneurs in the African American Community to move beyond just side hustle mentality to build enterprises allowing us to grow scale and exit!More About Lamar TylerLamar Tyler is the CEO and co-founder of Tyler New Media - one of the fastest-growing private companies in America recognized by Inc. magazine on its annual Inc. 5000 list (2021). The parent company of celebrated digital brands like Traffic Sales and Profit (TSP) - America's premier learning community for purpose-driven African American businesses and entrepreneurs; and BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com - the largest independent African American marriage and parenting site on the web; Lamar helps to guide families and entrepreneurs to discover their true purpose and legacy. Fed up with the pervasive, negative and distorted images of the African American community, Lamar and his wife Ronnie Tyler created their platform to change narratives and curate brands that celebrate, honor, support and nurture Black families and businesses.More on Traffic Sales and ProfitsTraffic Sales & Profit (TSP) is the premier community for African American businesses and entrepreneurs. With a network of over 38K members from all over the U.S. and various countries, TSP focuses on innovative online technology and provides fundamental learning, surefire systems, and growth strategies that help businesses generate profit with ease in the shortest amount of time, regardless of audience size or start-up budget. Offering coaching and consulting services for people all over the world, TSP teaches in different niches and markets, including everything from brick-and-mortar stores to e-commerce brands to service and product-based businesses. TSP is also home of the exclusive, innovative mastermind business cohort that collectively generated over $49M in revenue during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, log on to www.TrafficSalesAndProfit.com.Support the show: https://www.steveharveyfm.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lamar Tyler brings Erving "Magic" Johnson to Atlanta through his brand Traffic Sales and Profit which encourages entrepreneurs in the African American Community to move beyond just side hustle mentality to build enterprises allowing us to grow scale and exit!
Name: Lamar Tyler Age: 46 Business Name: Traffic Sales and Profit Current Title: CEO Location: Duluth, GA About Lamar: Using his motto "The Gatekeepers Are Gone," Lamar has leveraged digital marketing to move his online brands from small personal blogs to an international brand with over 700,000 social media fans and 60 thousand plus customers in all 50 states and 43 countries around the world. Among the recognition received for his work, Lamar, along with his wife Ronnie was named one of Ebony Magazine's Power 100, a list of the top 100 movers and shakers in the black community, finalists for Black Enterprise's Family Business of the Year, finalists for Infusionsoft's Small Business ICON award and winners of the ClickFunnels Two Comma Award. Additionally, in 2021 Lamar's company Tyler New Media was ranked #2040 on the Inc. 5000 list of the country's fastest-growing private companies and won the ClickFunnels Two Comma X Award for doing over 10 Million in sales using the ClickFunnels software platform. DURING THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: The ultimate way for Black men to “Man Up” to be “MANage Your MENtal” The impact that social expectations and traditional masculinity has on Black men's mental health The power of community and brotherhood for Black men Tips for helping Black men establish peace in their lives Why self-care isn't just for women, and tips for how men can practice self-care How becoming a better man leads to success in your business For complete show notes and resources mentioned for this episode go to: blacktobusiness.com/99 Thank you so much for listening! Please support us by simply rating and reviewing our podcast!
Lamar Tyler - Entrepreneur, Digital Marketing Expert and Co-Creator of Tyler New Media. TNM was created to change the narrative by curating digital properties that celebrate, honor, support and nurture Black families and businesses. He is also the author of two books, “Traffic, Sales and Profit: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Consistent Business Revenue Online” and “The Gatekeepers are Gone: Hustle + Technology = Success.” He joins Tavis to conversation on Growing Black Wealth through Entrepreneurship and how Black businesses may be missing a trillion-dollar-plus fortune by not increasing efforts to sell goods and services to their own culture (Hour 2)
Lamar Tyler, Tyler New Media (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 451) Lamar Tyler, CEO of Tyler New Media, joined the show to share the work he and his wife Ronnie do at Tyler New Media. Lamar talked about how they got started through the Black and Married with Children blog (BMWK), how Traffic Sales and […] The post Lamar Tyler, Tyler New Media appeared first on Business RadioX ®.
What You Will Learn: How Lamar and his wife Ronnie went into business and created the Black and Married with Kids blog, learning leadership skills and growing it into a powerhouse brand How, after achieving their first million in revenue, Lamar realized that the next necessary step was to focus on further education and finding the right mentors Why being a successful entrepreneur isn't the same as being a great leader, and why the growth of your business depends on learning leadership skills How Lamar was able to utilize his strong marketing skills to attract talented new team members What unique considerations Lamar and Ronnie have had to make as first-generation entrepreneurs looking to create generational wealth for their kids Why Lamar has made what a prospective employee does in their personal time a key consideration in the hiring process Why building a great team so that your business doesn't depend entirely on you is crucial for growth How a strong meeting cadence of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual meetings has been a big component in the success of Lamar's company Why a successful business needs both team members with big, bold ideas and with careful planning skills Why one of the biggest things Lamar sees that slows down entrepreneurs is allowing their focus to be spread too thin About Lamar Tyler: Lamar and Ronnie Tyler are the husband-and-wife power pair behind Black and Married with Kids, the largest independent African American marriage and parenting site on the web. Lamar and Ronnie were so fed up with the pervasive, negative and distorted images of black marriage that they channeled their frustration into a passion for curating online media properties that celebrated and honored black families. Armed with this vision and expertise in social media, Lamar and Ronnie have taken Black and Married with Kids from a small personal blog to an international brand under their own Tyler New Media, they now have 7 independently produced films and over 540,000 Facebook fans. Black and Married with Kids has been recognized and honored by some of America's most established and respected media outlets. In 2010, Black and Married with Kids was named by Parenting Magazine as one of 2010's Must-Read Blogs. In the same year, Lamar and Ronnie were inducted into Babble's Top 100 Bloggers Hall of Fame. In 2012—for the second year in a row—they were included as two of Ebony Magazine's Power 100, a list of country's top 100 African-American movers and shakers, keeping company with President Barack Obama, Beyoncé Knowles, and Jay-Z. In 2014, the Tylers were finalists for the Black Enterprise Family Business of the Year Award. And in 2015, the Tylers were also named finalists for Infusionsoft's Small Business ICON award. Along with writing for and managing Black and Married With Kids, which now employs more than 40 staff writers, Lamar and Ronnie stay busy running Tyler New Media—producing, directing, and traveling across the country screening Tyler New Media films and speaking on marriage and business-related topics for a variety of churches, organizations and media outlets including ESSENCE Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Sirius/XM, TV One, HLN, NPR, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Washington Post. Lamar and Ronnie are the happy parents of four children and call Atlanta home. Resources: Website: https://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/ Website: www.trafficsalesandprofit.com Website: https://tylernewmedia.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lamartyler/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/tyler-new-media/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/happilyeverafterthemovie Facebook: www.facebook.com/TylerNewMedia/ Twitter: @LamarTyler Twitter: @blackandmarried Additional Resources: Elite Business Health Assessment: https://growwithelite.com/health Email: info@GrowWithElite.com Website: https://growwithelite.com/
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Joining Eileen and Joe today is Lamar Tyler with his wealth of knowledge in entrepreneurship, marketing and sales. He is the creator of Traffic Sales & Profit, the CEO of Tyler New Media, and the husband half of the power pair behind "Black and Married with Kids", the largest independent African American marriage and parenting site on the web. Today, he joins Eileen and Joe to talk about his experiences with events and how it has helped both his business and community grow. Don't miss: ● How Lamar built such a highly engaged community ● You need to be able to sell so you can serve ● The reason behind why people buy ● The difference in conversion between a virtual room and a live room ● Value the relationships you have with people Meet Lamar Lamar and his wife Ronnie Tyler are the husband-and-wife power pair behind Black and Married with Kids, the largest independent African American marriage and parenting site on the web. Lamar and Ronnie were so fed up with the pervasive, negative, and distorted images of black marriage that they channeled their frustration into a passion for curating online media properties that celebrated and honored black families. Armed with this vision and expertise in social media, Lamar and Ronnie have taken Black and Married with Kids from a small personal blog to an international brand under their own Tyler New Media, they now have 7 independently produced films and over 540,000 Facebook fans. Black and Married with Kids has been recognized and honored by some of America's most established and respected media outlets. In 2010, Black and Married with Kids was named by Parenting Magazine as one of 2010's Must-Read Blogs. In the same year, Lamar and Ronnie were inducted into Babble's Top 100 Bloggers Hall of Fame. In 2012—for the second year in a row—they were included as two of Ebony Magazine's Power 100, a list of country's top 100 African-American movers and shakers, keeping company with President Barack Obama, Beyoncé Knowles, and Jay-Z. In 2014, the Tylers were finalists for the Black Enterprise Family Business of the Year Award. And in 2015, the Tylers were also named finalists for Infusionsoft's Small Business ICON award. Along with writing for and managing Black and Married With Kids, which now employs more than 40 staff writers, Lamar and Ronnie stay busy running Tyler New Media—producing, directing, and traveling across the country screening Tyler New Media films and speaking on marriage and business-related topics for a variety of churches, organizations and media outlets including ESSENCE Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Sirius/XM, TV One, HLN, NPR, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Washington Post. Lamar and his wife Ronnie are the happy parents of four children and call Atlanta home. Connect with Eileen If you'd like to learn how to do 6 & 7 figure DAYS selling your high ticket offer at virtual events, head on over to https://acceleratemyrevenue.com/ (https://acceleratemyrevenue.com/) and apply for our free 5-day challenge.
Lamar and Ronnie Tyler make up the husband and wife power pair behind Black and Married with Kids, the largest independent African American marriage and parenting site on the web. Fed up with the pervasive negative images of black marriage in the media, Lamar and Ronnie started the site to combat the negativity by focusing on positive messages about marriage in the black community. Armed with a passion for empowering married couples and a knowledge of how to leverage social media, Ronnie and Lamar have in five years taken Black and Married with Kids from a small personal blog to an international brand under their own Tyler New Media umbrella that also boasts four independently produced films and a social media presence that includes over 500,000 Facebook fans. Website: https://blackandmarriedwithkids.com Thank you for leaving a Google Review Today http://bit.ly/2LeR4WXon what you enjoy about Black Entrepreneur Experience Podcast. Subscribe to our mailing list to receive weekly updates and exclusive content delivered right to your inbox! https://bit.ly/34LALts
Ronnie and Lamar Tyler of Tyler New Media join Small Biz Buzz to discuss the role of diversity in entrepreneurship and how small business owners can support each other through allyship in their respective communities. “There's a huge wealth gap, and it's not getting smaller between different groups in this country,” said Lamar Tyler. “And right now, African Americans are pulling up the rear, and we want to help close that gap through entrepreneurship.” “We are clear about our mission to uplift, equip, and support the community, to support families in our communities so that we can build strong families, we can close in the wealth gap, and just build up our communities. That's what our mission is,” said Ronnie Tyler. Click play for more.
Lamar Tyler is the CEO of digital marketing agency Traffic Sales and Profit and the founder of Tyler New Media. Alongside his wife, Ronnie, Lamar launched his blog Black and Married With Kids, an international brand that now has over 35,000 customers spanning 43 countries across all 50 states. Lamar is an esteemed internet marketing expert and was selected as one of Ebony Magazine's Power 100 and as a finalist for Infusionsoft's Small Business ICON award. Lamar joins me today to discuss his business successes and insights into how to monetize your brand and grow your following. He explains how to utilize social media to your advantage and why it is crucial to be ready to pivot with the changing times. Lamar also highlights the importance of having systems in place, how to target custom audiences, and whether it is better to be profitable or popular. “You have to know who that avatar is, who you're speaking to. Different people live on different platforms.” - Lamar Tyler This week on the SmallBizChat Podcast: Resources Mentioned: Connect with Lamar: Fix Your Business! Are you ready to run your business with intention? Ready to create a business that allows you to live your dream life and take those dream vacations you deserve? Then you need a copy of my latest book: Fix Your Business: A 90-Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Remove Chaos From Your Business. Fix Your Business gives you concrete advice on the problem areas many small business owners face as well as the step-by-step process to find solutions so you can live the life of your dreams. It's time to take back control of your business and change how your business is run. Order your copy of Fix Your Business and design your business - and life - with intention. Let's End Small Business Failure - Together! Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of the SmallBizChat Podcast - the show on a mission to improve small business success. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Help us spread the word and end small business failure by sharing your favorite episodes with your friends and colleagues on social media. Visit our website or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, or YouTube for more great content, tips, and strategies to improve your small business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Sharvette Mitchell Radio Show airs every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. EST. Find out more about our host and guests at www.Sharvette.com Using his motto “The Gatekeepers Are Gone,” Lamar has leveraged social media to move the website http://BlackandMarriedWithKids.com from a small personal blog to an international brand with over 600 thousand social media fans and over 35 thousand customers across all 50 states and 43 countries. Among the recognition received for his work, Lamar, along with wife Ronnie, was named one of Ebony Magazine's Power 100, a list of the top 100 movers and shakers in the black community that included President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama, Will and Jada Smith and Beyoncé and Jay Z. They've also been selected as finalists for Black Enterprise's Family Business of the Year and Infusionsoft's Small Business ICON award. Lamar currently runs a digital marketing agency that provides small businesses with solutions to drive more website traffic, convert more online sales, and increase their business profit.
On this week’s episode of the Raising Black Millionaires Show, we have Lamar Tyler, the co-creator of the multimedia company Tyler New Media; which he founded along with his wife, Ronnie Tyler. Tyler New Media is the parent company responsible for bringing to you the mega blog/international brand BlackandMarriedWithKids.com; six documentary blockbusters such as Generation One: The Search for Black Wealth (which features experts such as Patrice Washington, Deborah Owens, and Boyce Watkins, to name a few); AND they’re the same company that has brought to you Traffic Sales & Profit, the small business development company that helps small business owners bridge the gap between passion and profit by teaching them the techniques to grow the amount of traffic to their businesses and convert those leads to sales through digital means. And that’s just some of this man’s accomplishments. As a highly demanded speaker, he has spoken and taught at various churches, organizations, and for countless media outlets, such as: the Today Show, ESSENCE Magazine, Parenting Magazine and NPR, just to name a few. To follow Lamar on Twitter @LamarTyler; on Instagram @LamarTyler. Stay up to date on Lamar’s trainings and events by joining his Facebook group, Traffic Sales & Profit (TSP). Get the best tools on building and maintaining strong marriages and families in the Black community on Lamar’s marriage site Black and Married With Kids. Be sure to catch our After the Show Live where we’ll dive deeper into conversations with our guests and learn more about how to have great success in #RaisingBlackMillionaires. To join us, just click this link and request to join our Raising Black Millionaires Parent Group on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/671290283207429/ Don't forget to get your FREE ebook The 5 Can't-Miss Steps Parents Must Follow in Raising Black Millionaires: Easy-to-Use Strategies for the Everyday Working Parent. Just click the link and get it NOW http://raisingblackmillionaires.com/5-steps
This podcast is dedicated to helping emerging purpose driven entrepreneurs to create a profitable online based business they love, so they can live the life they have always dreamed of living. Today's episode I interview Digital Influencer, Lamar Tyler. Lamar is the creator of Traffic Sales & Profit and probably one of the hardest working digital influencers in the game. He lives by the motto: Passion, Purpose, and Profit, and it has never steered him wrong. This life-work hustle creed has taken Lamar's company Tyler New Media and my blog Black and Married with Kids (BMWK) from being a small personal blog to an international brand. This life-work hustle creed has taken the business from making “no figures” to grossing over seven-figures. I hope you enjoy today's episode. For more information about me and what I have going on, please visit my website at www.markeithbraden.com
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Today I’m chatting with Lamar Tyler, owner of Traffic Sales & Profit, whose life’s motto is Passion, Purpose, and Profit. He and his wife Ronnie, are the creators of the internationally renowned blog Black and Married with Kids. They own Tyler New Media which has four independently produced films and a social media presence that includes over 500,000 Facebook fans. Lamar’s businesses focus on promoting positive images of black families and building generational wealth in the black community. Today Lamar and I discuss why they decided to focus on promoting positive images of black families, why it’s important for us to build wealth that we can pass on, and our greatest challenges as entrepreneurs. According to Lamar, the key to success in the black community is: Building a network and sharing information Making sacrifices to create and accumulate wealth Creating multiple streams of income; and Investing in education and coaching Lamar has been recognized by Ebony, Essence, and Parent Magazine, The Washington Post, NPR and many other media outlets. Listen to the full episode to find out what Lamar believes is the #1 thing blacks need to be successful entrepreneurs. To find out more about this episode, visit artsteele.co/ep43-lamartyler. Enjoy!
What does it take to make the transition from employee to business owner, especially when it comes to managing your money? We'll also get insights on this topic from Lamar Tyler, co-Founder, with his wife Ronnie, of Tyler New Media and the award-winning blog site BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com. Plus, I'll have another great recommendation for your Wealthy Thinking Reading List. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lamar Tyler is one half of Tyler New Media, which started ten years ago as a blog, blackandmarriedwithkids.com. He ran it with his wife, Ronnie, to promote positive images of marriage and parenting in the African American community. Though it started as a passion, today Tyler New Media has blossomed into a brand that encompasses live events, products, and even films. Lamar talks with Clate and Scott about being life and business partners with your spouse; how automation helped him grow Tyler New Media; and building a team and a culture. Want to learn more about automation? Check out “25 Things Every Small Business Should Automate.”
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The process of starting a business can be both challenging and rewarding. But what about starting a business with your spouse and growing that business into a world recognized niche brand and movement. On this very special episode of Gen X Amplified, we not only have just one guest - but for the first time ever, we are speaking with a dynamic married couple - Lamar Tyler and Ronnie Tyler from the very popular blog: BlackandMarriedWithKids.com. Lamar Tyler and Ronnie Tyler are the husband-and-wife power pair behind the very popular and internationally recognized brand, BlackandMarriedWithKids.com - which has become the largest independent, African American marriage and parenting website. They founded the website in 2007 after finding themselves frustrated with the negative images of black marriage in the media. Now recently, the website has grown from a small personal blog to an international brand with nearly 500,000 Facebook fans. Also through their company, Tyler New Media, Lamar directed and produced four Amazon best-selling films; Still Standing, Men Ain’t Boys, You Saved Me and Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage - which deals with the challenges and triumphs of marriage in the black community. Along with managing the very popular website and producing the films, Lamar and Ronnie travel the country speaking on parenting and marriage-related topics to a variety of media outlets, and give advice to aspiring bloggers on how to build their brands. As our featured guests on today's episode of Gen X Amplified, I chat with Lamar and Ronnie about their professional journey, the dynamic of balancing entrepreneurship and marriage, and also the methods they use to build such a massive brand and movement. Key Takeaways From This Episode: Why having a shared vision is essential for married couples looking to start a business together. How Lamar and Ronnie initially came up with the concept for a blog specifically targeting African-Americans families. Why listening to your audience and delivering consistent value can help you gain a massive following and spearhead a movement Why they decided to start with a self-hosted Wordpress platform for their website instead of a free alternative. The primary social media networks that Lamar and Ronnie use to grow their audience and drive traffic back to the website. Why email marketing is so important to nurture relationships and build your brand. And so much more! Awesome Resources from this Episode: Black and Married With Kids Facebook Page Generation One "Love and Happiness" by Al Green The Gatekeepers Are Gone by Lamar Tyler Lamar Tyler's Website (get a free copy of his book) Thank you for listening!
Show Agenda Featured Presentation: Generation One – Teaching your children about wealth Generation One: The Search for Black Wealth film by Tyler New Media [affiliate link] Currently reading: “The Art of Work: A proven path to discovering what you were meant to do” by Jeff Goins [affiliate link] Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim [affiliate […]
Lamar tyler visits The Wealthy Speaker SHow to provide a behind the scenes look at the fourth installment of Tyler New Media, a movie titled 'Still Standing." This phenomenal movie has a star studded cast featuring Kindred the Family Soul, Speech (Emmy Award Winning Group Arrested Development), Yonda Thomas and Dr. Sherry L. Blake (Braxton Family Values). Lamar and Ronnie Tyler are creators of BlackandMarriedwithKids.com, the films Happily Ever After and You Saved Me. Advance Screening is taking place in five (5) cities, DC Advance Screening March 24, 8:00pm at the Publik Play House in Cheverly, Maryland. Register and attend the advance screening: 3/24/2012 - http://dcstillstanding.eventbrite.com Listen to Lamar live and call in with questons: (646) 595-4797 and or join us in the web chat room.
This is real SYNERGY ENERGY. Real Partnership. Dynamic Duo. Husband and wife team - at work and in the home - The Next Tyler Dynasty? From the creators of the award-winning website Black and Married With Kids.com (Lamar & Ronnie Tyler) comes a ground-breaking documentary set to challenge negative stereotypes surrounding marriage and parenting in the black community. Couples and experts discuss topics such as the image and portrayal of black marriages and families, the effect the Obamas will have on marriage in the black community and the importance of parenting.
Tyler New Media executive Ronnie Tyler stops by The Wealthy Speaker Show to discuss their latest projects, upcoming appearances at the Capital BookFest and provide feedback on their movie, "You Saved Me." New Media specializes in branding, social media, filmmaking and public speaking. Ronnie will also discuss BlackandMarriedWithKids.com. Tune in and listen to Ronnie Tyler share their latest programs, projects and ideas. Listen live at (646) 595-4797 and or join us in the web chat room http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paullawrencevann
On March 28th, viewers in 25 cities nationwide will attend the Black Marriage Day premiere of Tyler New Media's You Saved Me, a documentary taking an emotional, in-depth look into the marriages of eight African-American couples. A follow up to Essence bloggers Lamar and Ronnie Tyler's 2009 best selling documentary, Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage, You Saved Me explores marriage's trials, changes, successes, and ultimately the individual healing that comes out of true love and commitment. Troubled by low marriage rates, high incidences of divorce, and a lack of positive images of Black marriage in the media, Lamar and Ronnie Tyler set out to counter negative stereotypes with their now award winning blog, Black and Married With Kids, and their first film, "Happily Ever After". African-American couples nationwide have embraced the Tyler's efforts, making their website the largest independent Black marriage and parenting site on the web and turning their first film into a best seller. The couple produced the highly anticipated You Saved Me in response to the overwhelmingly positive reaction to their first film, and the continued need to show real-life representations of marriage to Black audiences. You Saved Me will be released on DVD at Amazon.com on Monday March 29th. The movie trailer is available at www.yousavedmemovie.com. Capital BookFest presents the Maryland/DC area premiere at 3pm, Sunday March 28th at the Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road in Cheverly, MD. This program is co-sponsored by M-NCPPC. For ticket and other information visit http://yousavedmemovie.eventbrite.com or call 301-343-1828.