July 23, 2010-Sue Drakeford, Missouri's 30's on Reach for the Crown!

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – Sue Drakeford of Kansas City, Missouri was delegated as Missouri’s 30’s in June 2010 by the Beauties of America Pageant. As the new Missouri’s 30’s, Drakeford will represent the Missouri in the 30’s division at the next Beauties of America contest, being held August 12 – 15, 2010, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. If selected America’s 30’s, Drakeford will represent the United States of America 30’s decade women.

Drakeford, 32 years old is the national Essence Pageant Director and is Vice President, Commercial Lending Officer at Hillcrest Bank in Gladstone, Missouri. She is also a board member of the Asian American Chamber of Kansas City, Blue Hills Community Services and the Kansas City Chapter of the National Black MBA.

Drakeford’s personal platform is financial literacy. She volunteers her time teaching financial literacy and has spoken as a financial expert on numerous panels in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Community.

Please cheer Drakeford on has she represents Missouri at the Beauties of America Pageant this August.

For more information about Beauties of America Pageant visit:www.beautiesofamerica.com For more information about Sue Drakeford visit:www.suedrakeford.com For more information about Essence Pageant visit:www.essencepageant.com

Tune into Reach for the Crown this Friday, July 23, 2010, to hear about this trailblazer! Listen live: www.blogtalkradio.com/reachforthecrownCall into the show: (347)-237-4794

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Crown Society-July 2010-Looking to Interview Pageant Queens!

I am looking for queens for my newest column, "Crown Society!" I am searching for pageant queens who are making a difference in their communities. So if this is you, please drop me a brief line with the following: -Your Name -Current Title (or title(s) that you've held) -What you are doing in your community that makes a difference? Each month, a queen that has been interviewed will be selected to receive a free gift from DIY Pageant Marketing (Valued at $25) For the Month of July we will be giving away 100 free business cards to a queen we interview who does the following: ♥ Follow me via NetworkedBlogs ♥ Blog about this giveaway and link back to my personal site ♥ Blog about this giveaway and link back to my diy pageant marketing site ♥ Add a comment to my DIY Pageant Marketing Store about your favorite design. ♥ Tweet this giveaway and make sure to @tamikahall I look forward to hearing from you! Tamika Hall

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Tamika Hall featured on Pageant Cast!

Thank you to Tim Kretschmann for featuring me on PageantCast.com on May 26, 2010!  

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Tamika Hall will continue on as Mrs. Maryland Essence 2010 and will compete for the national title of Mrs. Essence on August 28, 2010, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Tamika Hall

Described by SisterDivas Magazine as ‘Young, Powerful, and Determined!” and nominated as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women, Tamika Hall is a highly sought after speaker and performer. Tamika has spoken around the Country to thousands of children, youth, and concerned adults about bullying, dating violence, domestic violence, and discovering one’s personal best. A survivor of dating and domestic abuse, Hall will continue the work she has done with dating violence for the last ten years under her popular program, “Love Doesn’t Leave Bruises!”

The founder of The Love Doesn’t Leave Bruises Foundation (www.fightdatingviolence.ning.com), Tamika is proud to now be a partner with Liz Claiborne’s MADE Coalition (www.loveisnotabuse.com/made) where she is the Maryland State Action Leader.

Tamika Hall

In 2005, she authored the award winning book “He Loves Me Not, But I Love Myself!A young woman’s guide to conquering dating violence & finding safe love.” In November 2009,  the third printing was released under the title of “Love Doesn’t Leave Bruises” and was a bestseller on Amazon! The book is currently being translated into Creole and Spanish (www.lovedoesntleavebruises.info)

Hall is the founder of the The Love Doesn’t Leave Bruises Foundation, the CEO of Mikatoure, Inc which is the base company for  her speaking company, and t-shirt lines, Spanglish Kids (www.spanglishkids)), Praize in Motion (www.zazzle.com/praizeinmotion).

She is also the founder of Do-It-Yourself Pageant Marketing, a company that gives pageant queens the ability to easily design their own autograph cards, business cards, and gift items such as keychains and t-shirts (www.zazzle.com/pageantmarketing*)

The proud wife of Terrelle Hall, the two reside on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with their four children, and attend Greater New Hope Church & Ministries. Together they run El Shaddai Productions, a company dedicated to producing stage plays and marketing Arts Ministries.

For more information about Tamika Hall please visit www.tamikahall.com For more information about the Mrs. Essence Pageant, please visit: www.missessencepageant.com.

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Tip #2-Write A Great Press Release!

Now that you have watched the video, let's recap a few of the pointers presented in it.

A press release is your introduction to the media world and is a must have! 
Here are some tips for crafting a great press release:
1. The press release should be no more than 400-500 words
2. The first paragraph will introduce who you are, where you are from, the title you have won, and your platform.
3. Paragraph two can highlight activities you plan to accomplish during your reign, accomplishments that you've already made, and perhaps a quote from you.
4.The final paragraph let's the media and others from the community find you. Include a phone number, website, and email address.

For an example click here.

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The DIY Pageant Toolkit!

There are three essential items every pageant queen needs in order to effectively market herself. DIY Pageant Marketing has put together the ulitmate tool kit needed to market your title.

If you like the items you see below, no worries, simply click on them and put your picture and information onto the items and voila...you will be all set!

Business Cards:
Business Cards are paramount to getting your name floating in the community. Putting your headshot on the front of your card is a great strategy, because people are less likely to throw away a picture, but they WILL throw away a regular business card which is nothing more than paper with information on it

Simply Elegant Pageant Business Card by pageantmarketing
Create your own business card by click on the link above. Simply drop your picture & Information and you will have a beautiful Business Card you can be proud of

Autograph Cards
Are a necessity because people love to have a lasting momento of meeting pageant queens. Autograph cards are also great because they allow you to add a great deal of information about yourself and what you stand for.

Do-It-Yourself Pageant Headshot | Autograph Card by pageantmarketing
Click the link above to create your own Autograph Cards!

Fun Giveaway Item!

Giveaway items with your picture on it are fabulous finds that every young child... and grown ups (shh!) love to receive.  Try to budget for some fun giveaway items like Keychains or Stickers and see your celebrity status rise throughout your region or state!

Do-It-Yourself Pageant Keychain by pageantmarketing 

Do-It-Yourself Pageant Crown Shot Stickers by pageantmarketing

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Check out our New DIY Pageant Planner!

Elegant Pageant Planner/Notebook by pageantmarketing

Binders have many great uses when it comes to pageantry. Use it to store all of the things you need to prepare for competition. For example:

-Sample Interview Questions

-Appointments

-Hairstyle Pictures
-And much more!
Use our state of the art, drap and drop feature to add your own picture and text!

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