BlackAtlanta.com: Black Atlantas source for business, news, education, and living!"

All people with Atlanta-based African American interests

Brandon Johnson, resident of Lithonia, GA, and an Account Manager at BlackAtlanta.com is proud to announce the websites release! The mission of the site is to ...attempt to capture the rich Black culture, history, and commerce of Black Atlanta!".

The site serves the purpose of providing a readily identifiable icon in the Atlanta Metropolitan Community by being a very comprehensive resource for Atlanta based African American business, family and living information, news, education and more. Features of the site include a highly circulated e-newsletter, multiple tiers of advertising, a business directory, faith and belief listings, personals listings, event calendars, current newsfeeds, classifieds, and forums.

The site was first launched in January, 2003 and can be reached by browsing to www.BlackAtlanta.com or the name by which Johnson endearingly calls it, BlackLanta.com", a nice play on the HotLanta name. Already, Johnson states that the site traffic has more than exceeded site projections, and he looks forward to steady growth in the upcoming months.

We want to serve everyone, from the newborn to the elderly. In these times of economic hardship, the FREE business directory plays a very important part in progressing community commerce. From the sole proprietor, to large structured corporations, we look forward to serving very apparent needs for web presence and advertising," Johnson stated. He continues, ...the rich culture of Atlanta is exactly why so many African Americans move to the city. The opportunity, image, and personality of the Metropolitan Area all have great things to offer. This is the epitome of BlackAtlanta.com, in its efforts to capture the Atlanta flavor, and express it as a website."

Even in the sites infancy, it has very humbly done advertising or has created partnerships with companies such as Warner Brothers/Reprise Records, Akademiks clothing line, Kenny Anderson Foundation, Joi Studios(Jagged Edges recording studio), as well as a plethora of local proprietors who take advantage of the sites free business directory listings. Recently, the site was even awarded a 2003-2004 Golden Web Award.

While business and finances are important, Johnson states that the site also has a deep respect for family and Atlanta living. We want to grow our business. However, community involvement is very important to us. We would love to know about your family reunions, your weddings and births, and your honor roll students. Too many times, our national and local media focus in on the negative, which leaves BlackAtlanta.com a wide open door to promote the positivity that exists in the Atlanta African American community."

Lastly, with the scope of the sites coverage, BlackAtlanta.com hopes to decrease the digital divide, while increasing our community confidence in internet based commerce. According to Internet surveys, African Americans represent the largest online segment of U.S. minority populations. The uphill battle lies in getting our communitys trust in online entrepreneurship and increasing mainstream advertising on African American targeted web sites. Johnson readily replies, ...we are more than ready for this challenge!"

For further information on this exciting venture, contact BlackAtlanta.com at 404-306-2522 or reach us online at either of the following addresses. www.BlackAtlanta.com or www.BlackLanta.com . Opportunities exist in partnering with the site, performing commission based sales, event promotion, and more!