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BJ Murphy is the former Mayor of Kinston, NC, social media entrepreneur, and publisher of several news outlets. "Off the Record with BJ Murphy" is a more off-the-cuff conversation with Aleatha Thrower and special guests. www.bjmurphy360.com @bjmurphy360
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A week after chatting with ECU students I had the opportunity to address a business management class at North Lenoir High School. In a first for me, I shared actual slides created in 2016 at the startup phase of Magic Mile Media (pre-Neuse News). In the talk, I broke down why I started MMM, how I used a SWOT Analysis, what I learned about the marke…
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What are the fundamentals of how to make money? How can you do that in an ethical way? In this address to ECU College of Business students, I shared, "We all will make more money if we invest our time into inspiring teams rather than managing employees." Three key points: 1. Treat people fairly and like family. 2. Work hard and let go of fearing fa…
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Ep. 16: On Making and Reporting News with B.J. Murphy. Entrepreneur & Former Kinston Mayor, BJ Murphy talks about local politics, being involved in your community and navigating friendships in divisive times. Subscribe to the podcast: http://gracekinston.org/watchlisten/podcast Encounter Grace is a podcast for thinking Christians living in the real…
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BJ and Zac sat down to catch up as well as recap the recent Social Media Masterminds meetup. They discuss Zac’s experience with TikTok and how he dared post a funny TikTok video to LinkedIn–yes, the professional site. Is BJ making progress towards his goal of mastering video? Tune in to find out. Key points Where did the idea for an SM3 meetup come…
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What philosophies have driven BJ to get to where he is today? On November 18, 2019, he revealed this and more to students of East Carolina University. BJ talked about his own student days, his career journey and his sojourn into politics. Besides giving career advice and nuggets on entrepreneurship, BJ shared the story of how Neuse News came to be.…
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It’s Okay to Get a Vocational Education at the Community College Magic Mile Media and Neuse News were at the 2019 Holly Jolly Holiday Show at the Kinston Community Center. Amidst the bustle, BJ and Zac took time out to record this podcast episode where they pondered the merits of internships, our community college system, and the four-year college …
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LinkedIn and Facebook algorithms seem to prioritize native, organic content over reshared posts. Knowing which types of posts get more reach helps you choose how to repurpose or create content for various social media platforms. On this episode, BJ and Zac discuss what they’ve learned through trial and error, recent business developments, how they …
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The Facebook Journalism Project with Anna Ratti Have you heard about the Facebook Journalism Project (FJP)? Facebook is partnering with local journalism entities across the country and providing them with grants to support projects aimed at building community through local news. On this episode, BJ is joined by Anna Ratti, an intern student from Ea…
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Recently, a local small business used social media to tell the world they were modifying their business hours. Though they recognized the power of social media to communicate an important change in business, it turned out they hadn’t been using the same channel to promote their business. On this episode, Zac and BJ exchange notes on some of the bes…
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Following the inaugural Social Media Masterminds Marketing Summit (SM3), the team at Magic Mile Media decided to relaunch the BJMurphy360 website, continue with regular meetups, and be intentional about building a content funnel. Zac is a newcomer to Kinston and on this episode, he and BJ share perspectives on how local business owners can promote …
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At the first annual Sm3 Social Media Masterminds Marketing Summit I needed to fill in for a speaker and ended up giving the final keynote address of the day. Since then we've started the launch of www.bjmurphy360.com, which will include a blog, videos, newsletter and more. Here are the topics that I covered at the summit: 1. Social media philosophi…
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On this episode, Zac and I find out the main communication tool of the next generation. We also discuss how to edit videos and how daily videos are equivalent to daily diary entries. Zac also shares the story of how 3D industrial printing helped protect a cochlear implant for a wrestler. We also talk about the Neuse News Model for hyper-local, digi…
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What is the #1 thing small business owners should look for in hiring employees? High Point University freshman and recent Arendell Parrott Academy graduate Drew Dacey had a class assignment to interview someone in their field. Drew is from our area and loves what we're doing at Magic Mile Media and Neuse News and reached out to me. Here's what happ…
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What is Neuse News? Why did I start Magic Mile Media? Why are we building these businesses? What's driving us? The night before our first ever SM3 Summit: Social Media Masterminds Marketing Summit dozens of our attendees gathered at Big Game Brewing for a social. I answered several of these questions and more. Hopefully, there's a nugget or two in …
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How often does a 19-year-old check Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook in a day? Parker Mitchell is a former Neuse News intern and he currently helps with play by play for our high school football game of the week. As I was setting up for a podcast with Zac Holcomb (go check it out!) Parker and I chatted about the state of social media in his generati…
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I have re-launched the "BJMurphy360 Podcast" with the help of my friend Zac Holcomb. He recently moved his young family to Kinston from Ohio to start Addititive America, an industrial grade 3D printing company. On today's episode we chat about why Kinston, changes in social media and how small businesses can move fast with today's technology. www.b…
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"Social media is one of those things where we all think that we know it because we're consumers of it and we use it. So we think we know everything there is to know about it...until you own a business, or until you're trying to promote a non-profit, or until you're trying to get the word out about something else." - Marie White, Turner-White Photog…
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For the first time in my life, instead of giving a welcome at church I had the honor of actually bringing the message. Pastor Allen Stocks and his leadership team at Tanglewood Church invited me to speak on Graduation Sunday. My message was entitled "Side to Side" which took some cues from the parable of the talents and the movie "Hitch". Five key …
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On this episode of BJ Murphy 360, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Bryan Hanks.Bryan is the former Editor of the Kinston Free Press, has written for multiple national news outlets, and is an avid sports fan. We've worked together long enough that he's written both favorable and unfavorable editorials about policy/advocacy positions I've take…
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