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Spotlighting Utica’s Small Businesses with Keith Brown (Community Lens Media & Love Living Local 315) Matt Masur of Click Stream Studios interviews Utica-area marketer and content creator Keith Brown about his work promoting positive stories and small businesses through Community Lens Media and Love Living Local 315. Brown explains how he helps mom-and-pop shops—especially local food spots without big marketing budgets—gain visibility by sharing their stories, and how he teaches a monthly “smartphone toolkit” content creation class at Mohawk Valley Community College. He describes starting during COVID by filming simple phone videos highlighting open restaurants, learning editing through “YouTube University,” and growing into a broader network that spotlights people, places, and events, including his “Coach’s Corner” segment. They discuss Utica foods like chicken riggies, the value of collaboration and networking, and where to find Brown on social platforms. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 00:35 Meet Keith Brown 02:19 Helping Small Businesses 03:17 Utica Food Talk 03:46 Riggis Favorites and Origins 06:08 Love Living Local 315 07:20 Started During COVID 09:30 Positive Content Mission 11:57 Community Lens Media 13:27 Collaboration and Networking 16:49 Where to Find Keith 17:37 Wrap Up and Goodbye
Rocco Leone of Salt City Wearhouse is sharing some insider knowledge for anyone looking to get into vintage clothing. According to Rocco, T-shirts are the entry point and the key detail to look for is the single stitch. Prior to the mid-to-late 1990s, T-shirts were stitched differently, and that one small detail can help a […] More
Rocco Leone, owner of Salt City Wearhouse, says running the store never really feels like a job. Surrounded by vintage clothing and constantly working to make the space look its best, he finds the whole thing genuinely enjoyable, even when the work piles up. That passion is what keeps him coming back every day. Those […] More
In this episode of Good News York, host Noah Chrysler sits down with Rocco Leone, the owner of Salt City Warehouse — a vintage clothing and antique shop located in the basement of the McCarthy Building in downtown Syracuse, New York. Rocco shares the story of how he got into vintage clothing, what it takes […] More
When an outside influencer left an unfair review of a local breakfast spot he visits two or three times a week, he wasn’t having it. Rather than let an outsider’s first impression define the place, he decided to share his own honest take — one built on actually knowing the people and the food. The […] More
It started with two friends, a phone camera, and a simple idea: highlight the few local spots still open during COVID. What began as casual selfie videos — "It’s meatloaf Monday, come try it out" — quickly found an audience, growing from 20 views to 1,000 within weeks. Once restaurants started reaching out on their […] More
When asked to pick the ultimate Utica classic — riggies, greens, or half-moons — the answer was clear. A self-proclaimed pasta guy makes the case for chicken riggies, praising a good sauce loaded with red and green peppers. He notes that every spot in town puts its own spin on the dish, and that no […] More
Leadership coach Jeffrey Rogers does not mince words on this one. In his view, assumption is the root of all communication evil — and when assumptions go unchecked inside an organization, things inevitably go sideways. The fists start banging, the tone turns snarky, and suddenly no one can figure out how they got so far […] More
Leadership coach Jeffrey Rogers does not mince words on this one. In his view, assumption is the root of all communication evil — and when assumptions go unchecked inside an organization, things inevitably go sideways. The fists start banging, the tone turns snarky, and suddenly no one can figure out how they got so far […] More
Leadership consultant Jeffrey Rogers gets to the root of why organizational change is so hard. Everyone, he says, wants better results — but very few people are willing to do things differently to earn them. That tension, Jeffrey explains, is where most of the friction lies when he walks into a new client. His first […] More
Leadership coach Jeffrey Rogers does not mince words on this one. In his view, assumption is the root of all communication evil — and when assumptions go unchecked inside an organization, things inevitably go sideways. The fists start banging, the tone turns snarky, and suddenly no one can figure out how they got so far […] More
GNY EP.192 | Jeffrey Rogers — Leadership, Communication, and Building Organizations That Actually Work What does it really take to lead a high-performing organization? In this episode of Good News York, host Noah Chrysler sits down with Jeffrey Rogers, founder of Catalyst Leadership Dynamics, to dig into the principles behind great leadership, why most organizations […] More
When an outside influencer left an unfair review of a local breakfast spot he visits two or three times a week, he wasn’t having it. Rather than let an outsider’s first impression define the place, he decided to share his own honest take — one built on actually knowing the people and the food. The […] More
It started with two friends, a phone camera, and a simple idea: highlight the few local spots still open during COVID. What began as casual selfie videos — "It’s meatloaf Monday, come try it out" — quickly found an audience, growing from 20 views to 1,000 within weeks. Once restaurants started reaching out on their […] More
When asked to pick the ultimate Utica classic — riggies, greens, or half-moons — the answer was clear. A self-proclaimed pasta guy makes the case for chicken riggies, praising a good sauce loaded with red and green peppers. He notes that every spot in town puts its own spin on the dish, and that no […] More
Good News York | feat. Keith Brown (Community Lens Media, Love Living Local 315) In this episode of Good News York, Matt Masur sits down with Keith Brown — content creator, marketer, and local storyteller behind Community Lens Media and Love Living Local 315. Keith shares how he turned a pandemic hobby of highlighting local […] More
When an outside influencer left an unfair review of a local breakfast spot he visits two or three times a week, he wasn’t having it. Rather than let an outsider’s first impression define the place, he decided to share his own honest take — one built on actually knowing the people and the food. The […] More
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