Detroit Area Small Business Selected as National Association for the Self-Employed “Member Spotlight”
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McConnell Communications selected as the Featured Cover Story on NASE’s February “Self-Informed” Magazine DALLAS, TX – Local Detroit area small business, McConnell Communications , a small business specializing in personally managed, customized communications campaigns to help clients reach a target audience, has been selected as this month’s National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) “Member Spotlight.” The National Association for the Self-Employed is the nation’s leading advocate and resource for the self-employed and micro-business community.
Darci E. McConnell, President of McConnell Communications, is the featured cover story on February’s NASE “Self-Informed” Magazine. McConnell Communications has been a local member of NASE since 2004.
Click here for a question-and-answer series featuring McConnell in this month’s magazine
Darci E. McConnell, President of McConnell Communications is a publicist, crisis manager, entrepreneur, teacher, communicator and mentor. Her firm, McConnell Communications, has served clients large and small, ranging from Fortune 500 firms such as Feld Entertainment and Northwest Airlines to local non-profits such as 100 Black Men of Greater Detroit and the Detroit Branch NAACP.
“We congratulate Darci McConnell on being selected as this month’s featured cover story in our nationalSelf-Informed magazine,” said John Hearrell, Vice President of Membership and Affiliate Programs. “As the nation’s leading advocate for the self-employed and business with less than 10 employees, it is important for us to highlight members who are on the ground doing the hard work of realizing their dream of being an entrepreneur.”
As part of the magazine’s cover story, McConnell was asked, “what’s the best thing about self-employed?”
“The flexibility is great, but even better is being in a position to empower others, either by telling their stories to get others to act; by hiring them on as staffers or by enlisting them as contractors,” said Darci E. McConnell, President of McConnell Communications, a Detroit-based small business and this month’s National Association for the Self-Employed “Member Spotlight”
The NASE Growth Grant program has been expanded this year to help more small businesses across the country increase capacity and grow their company to the next level. In 2015, NASE is expanding the Growth Grant program to award over $48,000 in small business grants, an increase from the $20,000 awarded in 2014
Applications for NASE’s 2015 Growth Grant program are currently being accepted from now through December 10th , 2015. Applications are considered on a rolling basis throughout the year and winning small businesses will be awarded $4,000 grants monthly throughout 2015. Visit the Growth Grant page
In addition to the Growth Grant program, NASE members also enjoy a comprehensive list of benefits designed to help small business owners and sole proprietors start and grow their business. A complete listing of benefits available to NASE members is available, here . NASE members are offered a host of resources designed to help support entrepreneurs and small employers including access to professional “Ask the Experts” services in tax, health care and marketing, a navigational assistant health care portal , scholarships and grants, discounts on shipping rates and affordable email marketing systems and webhosting services. NASE’s newest member benefits continue the tradition of providing real-world, bottom-line assistance to small business owners. To become a member of NASE, apply online here.
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The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is the nation's leading resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, bringing a broad range of benefits to help entrepreneurs succeed and to drive the continued growth of this vital segment of the American economy. The NASE Small Business Locator helps identify and connect our nation’s smallest businesses. In addition, NASE’s new health care portal helps small business owners navigate the nation’s health care marketplace. The NASE is a 501(c) (6) nonprofit organization and provides big-business advantages to hundreds of thousands of micro-businesses across the United States. For more information, visit the association's website at NASE.org .