Overcoming Barriers to Entry & Public Relations Management with Divide Magazine and Canvas of Diamonds

This special edition episode brought to you in partnership with EPICentre's Venture Women Progam is featuring Violet Azenabor and Ziquita Riberdy!

Ziquita Riberdy is the founder of Divide Magazine, a digital, global centric, contemporary art magazine focused on showcasing artworks from emerging artists and interviewing established creators.

Divide Magazine pre launched in October of 2020, during the pandemic, and has accelerated it’s growth since then with over 500 artists submissions and thousands on readers on Issuu.com

Violet Azenabor is the founder of Canvas of Diamonds! She has a background as a marketing strategist and content creator, which she used to build her personal YouTube channel to over 42,000 subscribers. She's also worked with companies in Canada and the United States to build and execute their marketing strategies. Now she is using her experience in marketing to grow her new business, Canvas of Diamonds. They are an online store that sells Diamond Painting Kits for people interesting in picking up a fun, new, and relaxing arts and crafts hobby. At Canvas of Diamonds, they believe that everyone should have a creative outlet and they strive to provide just that with their shimmering Diamond Painting Kits and Accessories. Similar to paint by numbers or cross-stitching, Diamond Painting is a fun and relaxing hobby in which you apply thousands of resin “diamonds” to a coded adhesive canvas. The end product leaves you with your very own creation of a sparkling Canvas of Diamonds to decorate your home.

We talk about:
- What made them decide to start their own business & join Venture Women
- Challenges in the creative industry as a business
- Barriers to entry in the market
- Learning PR quickly and the two sides of gaining press
- Essentials on social media as a business owner
- Behind the scenes of their business people don't see
And more! 

Resources

Divide Magazine

Website: https://dividemagazine.com/  


Canvas of Diamonds

Website: https://www.canvasofdiamonds.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canvasofdiamonds/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canvasofdiamonds/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@canvasofdiamonds?lang=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/canvas-of-diamonds


EPICentre Venture Women Program
www.epicentreuwindsor.ca/epic-venturewomen