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04/10/2024

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03/28/2024

In case you missed it: TikTok's Troubles

🗞️What's in the News:
Congress has passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban unless ByteDance, the app's parent company, sells it. This move is seen as a significant geopolitical power play, stirring widespread concern among TikTok users and content creators.

🚨Here Is Why People Are Freaking Out:
Gen Z, small brands, and creators are particularly alarmed. TikTok serves as the primary app for 56% of Gen Z, doubling as a cultural powerhouse, search engine, virtual shopping mall, and significant income source for creators. The ban threatens to upend this dynamic, affecting not just the app's users but the broader economy and culture that have flourished around it.

👩‍💻Here Is What to Expect:
If the ban proceeds, we can expect significant disruptions in the creator economy and for small businesses that leverage TikTok for visibility and sales. This could halt the momentum of emerging brands relying on the app's unique algorithm for growth and engagement, potentially stifling innovation and creativity across industries.

🔎In a Nutshell: The TikTok Ban's Unseen Ripple Effects

🌐 A Cultural Shutdown: TikTok isn't just another app for Gen Z—it's their cultural hub. It's where they search, shop, learn, and express themselves. A ban isn't just about losing an app; it's about severing a vital cultural lifeline for millions of young Americans.
💸 Economic Domino Effect: The potential ban threatens more than just individual creators; it's a blow to the broader "creator economy" that's flourished around TikTok. This includes not just the creators but the entire supply chain—editors, marketers, production assistants—that depends on this platform for their livelihood.
🚀 Disruptor Brands at Risk: For emerging brands, TikTok has been a launchpad to virality and success, often with minimal marketing budgets. A ban could stifle innovation, preventing the next wave of disruptor brands from reaching their audience and achieving similar success.
🔍 Search Engine for a New Generation: Over 64% of Gen Z users prefer TikTok over traditional search engines for discovering new information and learning about the world. This redefines how information is consumed and shared, making a ban not just a loss of entertainment but a setback for information accessibility.
💰 Income Disruption: With TikTok, creators have a direct pathway to monetization much earlier than on other platforms, thanks to the app's unique engagement model and Creator Fund. For many, this isn't just about losing followers; it's about losing a significant part of their income.
⚖️ The Algorithm Advantage: TikTok's algorithm does more than just recommend videos; it has leveled the playing field for content creators, allowing unknown talents to go viral overnight. This democratization of content creation is at risk of being

A TikTok ban has the potential to cause huge damage to the emerging creator economy and the millions of small businesses that operate within it.

02/28/2024

https://www.visitphilly.com/features/liberty-bell-awards/ Let’s get some nominations in for Port Richmond
And Best Kept Secret MxEarth

This awards season, we're celebrating all the things you love about Philly!

12/19/2023

Season Greeting & Salutations

Consider a local artist for gifts this year. Send my new single for $1 or download for yourself. Thank you for supporting my local businesses and Happy Holiday

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12/15/2023

Vending today pre-show and post-show

11/26/2023

11/25/2023

Shop Local Saturday &Sunday All soaps $3 pickup only in Port Richmond Saturday & Sunday Black Friday weekend only dm to order or for more info

11/24/2023

Black Friday Soap Sales
$3 Bars today only
pick up in Port Richmond
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*roasted coffee exfoliating bar
*garden mint bar
*Riverwards salt bar
*OCNJ bar
*starfish bar
*shea butter shells set
*flip-flops on a rope soap
*mother mermaid
*swimming mermaid

Various colors and limited supply
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07/08/2023

We are at Clark Park Music & Art Festival all day today Saturday at 43rd and Chester Aves in West Philly Yo!!! Swing by our booth at the main entrance and get clean you filthy animals! lol

07/07/2023

Tomorrow is Clark Park Music and Arts Festival. Come see us at our vegan soap booth. Can’t wait!

07/07/2023

New Vegan Botanical Soap are rolling out tomorrow at Clark Park Festival! Come see us at our table 43rd and Chester Ave in West Philly .lynne.chase