We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Daniel Walker. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Daniel below.
Daniel, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. How did you come up with the idea for your business?
One day, my brother and I were discussing, how can we make an impact on the world? We knew our Faith is something of importance. Growing up in the church we’ve always heard different sayings or passages from the Bible that stick with us or use on a daily basis. We then had an idea, how about bringing those sayings we all grew up on to light? That’s how we started our Faith based and Inspirational quotes clothing brand. We knew we wanted a conversation starter for people in their everyday lives. What better way to do that then have a t-shirt, sweatshirt or hoodie with a conversation starting quote.
Daniel, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
We’re the Walker brothers, owners and founders of DD Ascension. We’re a black owned company based out of Mount Vernon, NY. Our name for our company is derived from our First Names and John 6:62 and John 14:12 from the Bible. Our Faith is something of importance. I’m the creative designer and model whereas my brother is the creative idea and model of the brand. We both come together with the unique brand you see today.
How did you put together the initial capital you needed to start your business?
Funding any small business is quite difficult, especially in the times we live in today. Many years ago, my brother and I decided to open a joint bank account together. Every time we both receive deposits in our personal accounts, we will always transfer over a little bit of money into our joint account. We were always taught, saving a little bit of money at a time will always add up to a lot. We used the money we had saved in that account to create our LLC, create our e-commerce website and our products. Little did we know, when we started saving a little bit of money, it would allow us to create a business together.
How did you build your audience on social media?
We built our social media presence by word of mouth from our family and friends. We’ve always heard that your true family and friends will support you and help grow your business with you. We didn’t believe it until we opened DDascension and saw how excited our family and friends have been for us. They have brought, shared and reposted many of our posts on social media.
Even though we don’t have a high following on social media, we know in time, our presence, following and sales will grow astronomically. We have faith!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://ddascension.com/
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/ddascension
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ddascension
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ddascension
Image Credits
CEO’s David Walker and Daniel Walker