King Gina

Gadispeaks Presents Unsung Heroines Following the success of their, “ All About Us WOMEN ” event in June 2017, they are back again with another event and this time around it is not exclusive to women. Do you have a special lady in your life who you believe deserves to be celebrated? Bring that unsung heroine along and join us as we close off Women’s Month in a spectacular fashion! Event Details Date: Saturday, 26 August 2017 Venue: Plantation Café, Midrand (Corner New Road & 6th Road) Time: 12h00 -16h00 Ticket: R150 per person Stalls: R350 per business/brand Line-Up Speeches by: ·         Author of ‘Journey of a Streetwise Entrepreneur’ and Motivational speaker, Monde Mjila ·         Image Consultant and Speaker, Sinah Siaga Special musical performance by Veronica “VeeVee” Jones. Female-owned businesses interested in showcasing their products during our exhibition time are welcome to get in touch with Mamaili. Bookings and

(image source: http://seejanewritebham.com/2016/01/win-a-free-see-jane-write-membership/) For Women’s month (August), our blog will be creating a platform for Women-Owned Businesses . We not only want to profile successful women but rather give them a platform to advertise their products and services to potential clients and possibly collaborate with other women too. When chatting to entrepreneurs, apart from access to finance, one of the biggest challenges that they face is ACCESS TO MARKETS. You can be great at what you do but if people do not know that your brand exists in the first place… they will not be able to support it. (image source: https://www.slideshare.net/simguybar/usa-rsa-women-program-october-2011) Our blog King Gina’s World has managed to significantly grow its audience/readers in the past 4 months and we would like to give women-owned businesses an opportunity to send us a brief description of their product and service offering. Who knows… you

Lily Bollinger was once asked " When do you drink champagne?",  and she replied:  “I only drink champagne when I'm happy, and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory.  I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty.” In the words of Madame Bollinger, champagne does not need an occasion and I believe it to be true. Once you fall in love with it, you will not be a fan of anything else…unless you are me; I love a good glass of Pinot Noir too. The aspect that makes luxury brands stand out are the stories behind the brands. Story-telling is a major component of brand building when it comes to luxury brands; it is no longer about convincing a consumer to make the purchase but to rather be a part of the story. The stories behind brands such as Dom Pérignon and my personal favourite, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin are ones that warm my heart.