January 2023 Recap

An Open Letter To My Friends

I hope you had a great holiday season and 2023 brings you another year of life, joy, and growth. It's been a few years since I've regularly written a newsletter?but I know I need to do better at keeping everyone aware of what I'm up to. Therefore, I vowed to resume regular communications in 2023.

This year has gotten off to an exciting and hectic start. My team at?DG Speaks?has grown and this month we've?been covering the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the Sundance Film Festival. It has been wonderful?spending time meeting and interviewing entrepreneurs and creatives who are thinking outside the box to address some of our world's challenges and social issues. Over the next several weeks we'll be releasing more of the content gathered at these events, including?articles,?interview videos, and?podcast discussions.

Here are our most popular articles this month:

• The Unofficial Tasting Guide for?Wine Newbies
• The Long-Awaited Return of Trinidad Carnival, A How To Guide
• How to Cut Your Food Cost This Winter
• Troy is a Surprising Tale of the Effects of Addictive Voyeurism
• Nourished X Neutrogena Unveils Ground-Breaking Personalized Skin Care at CES

Since more and more people are finding the need to improve their digital marketing but are lost when it comes to doing?graphic designs?by themselves,?I've put?together a virtual?Canva Graphic Design Bootcamp.

Also, as an Amazon Affiliate, I've had?the joy of creating my own storefront. Here I've put together targeted?Ideas Lists aimed at?providing?the community with useful resources. Here are the?most recent lists on my storefront.

• Nomad Life:?For when you’re living your life with one foot in front of the other.?This is a collection of the items I've found to be most useful when I travel.
• Ultimate Shopping Guide for Airbnb Hosts:??This is a collection of the best items I've found as an Airbnb Superhost and an?Airbnb Ambassador.?From security to delicate decor touches to hosting essentials, and business needs, I got you covered.

As always, if you need business consulting services, please schedule a consultation?here.

I'm excited to see what this month will bring. I'll be prepping for my upcoming Business Development project in Uzbekistan, one of the places I've never been. Currently, I'm immersing myself in all the information I can about the country and its people.

Thank you very much for your continued support of me and my work. Please let me know if I or my team can be of service to you. You can always contact me?here.

Kindest Regards,

Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes

CEO/Editor, DG Speaks

UPCOMING EVENTS

Canva Graphic Design Bootcamp

February 13-17, nightly 6-7:30 pm

*This is a 5-part series. However, sessions can be taken independently.

???ABOUT MERCEDES

Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes is the primary contributor to DG Speaks, the CEO of Diane Griffin Enterprises, and the Founder of the Mercedes Parra Foundation for Women and Girls. She is an internationally recognized expert in marketing and micro-enterprise development with over fifteen years of experience in the US, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.