Episode 109: James + Park

The 2020 Season of The People's Podcast Continues and this week's guest comes to us from The Greatest City on God's Green Earth: Detroit, Michigan! Latasha James is a 27-year-old Social Media Specialist and a Digital Media Savant. She's the host of The Freestyle Friday Podcast and build her own company, James + Park, from the ground up. The Kalamazoo, Mich. native's path to success, however, has come with its own unique challenges. Latasha joins the Pod (Starts around the 6:40 mark) to talk about her incredible journey: • Growing up in West Michigan after being born in the U.P. • Getting her start blogging on Xanga • How she was one of the early YouTubers to build • How to build an audience on YouTube from the ground up • What Social Media Platforms she recommends • Working for Fortune 500 companies at a young age • How she landed in the Motor City & grew to love it • How the Death of Her Father nearly broke her down • Her life of sobriety following Alcohol addiction • Where the name "James + Park" came from • Dealing with harassment and covert racism in the industry • The meaning of that Star on her hand Follow Latasha on Social Media @TheLatashaJames Subscribe to her YouTube: http://bit.ly/latashayoutube Check out James + Park at https://www.jamesandpark.com/ Listen to The Freelance Friday Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3srVgeMC39mYQRvneZgfSb?si=Zuaim2gJQ2ugMMSYumxvrQ Jay Scott Confidential is on YouTube!!! Be sure to subscribe, ring the bell for notifications, and check out the archived interviews and more: http://bit.ly/jsctube If you're trying to start or build up your podcast, check us out the JSC Amazon Store: http://www.amazon.com/shop/jayscottsmith Get one FREE month of Stitcher Premium when you use the promo code "JSC": http://stitcher.com/premium Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/JSCRadio Check out Doc Illingsworth on Homeboy Sandman's "Dusty Midwest Tour" in April. More information is here: http://www.oliverbooking.com/updates/2020/2/17/homeboy-sandman-dusty-midwest-tour Check out "Unknown Key", the new EP from Ossim Jones at http://soundcloud.com/ossimjones/sets/unknown-key Check out Chef K-Dot's work on Nametag's "Soul Speak" https://soundcloud.com/nametagalexander/soul-speak-feat-chef-k-dot Be sure to drop a 5-Star Rating & Review on Apple Podcasts and AudioBoom. Follow the show NOW on Radio.com, Spotify, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, TuneIn, CastBox, Stitcher, PlayerFM.