We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jimi Blackrose a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Jimi, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. How did you come up with the idea for your business?
Jimi Blackrose was created out of high intensity of emotions — following up on everything I’ve always talked about my whole life. Which is being an artist with total freedom of being myself. I created this project & entity in 2019 & it’s been full force ever since. It’s who I am to the core. The story on how I came up with “American Dead Man” — my online store. To get straight to the point, one day I’ll be an American Dead man & there’s no way around it. So the name is bold & has deeper meaning than probably thought by most. I’ve always loved small online stores that have character of the owner. You leave with a piece of their energy. I believe selling the items I sell on my online store are energy receivers — basically my energy to you. It can be passed to you by supporting my small business, staying forever connected!
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
Jimi Blackrose — Jack of all trades. Model, musician, small business owner, & content creator is who I am. I love all these things. I can never really just do one thing. It has never sat right with me. I love occupying my soul with different types of creativity & freedom. I can’t wait to make new music for everyone. Music is a huge passion of mine. I’ve got a few projects going on right now & one of them I am excited to release more drops from is “American Dead Man” my online store — I am working very hard on it as we speak. I want all my clients & future clients to know that great thought & dedication is put into every drop from this brand. I believe what sets this brand & my music apart from the others is that I’m a one man army, full of knowledge from past waves & the waves of today. Your support means the entire world. Thank you!
Where do you think you get most of your clients from?
The best source of new clients for me has been through instagram. My personal instagram — by posting story & reels of my music & my online store to my personal instagram followers on @Jimiblackrose. I’m at 34k & people support me. It’s rad.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
The way I built a following on social media was by modeling different brands around Los Angeles & making music. I also started making videos of myself with intro clips of my myself on usually other artist or even facts on different celebrities. The reason I show myself in these videos of other artist/ celebrities is to show everyone who is making the video. So that they know who’s telling them these things & the connection is a lot stronger because the viewer knows & has an idea of who you’re just by what they’re seeing you post. I talk about artist/ entertainment/ musicians, etc. specifically rock n roll artist on my social media reels on instagram & my post on tiktok. It’s a great way to build a community up of people just like yourself. Just post about the things that interest you! I have gained over 25k in just 2 months, REAL FOLLOWERS THAT ENJOY ME & MY CONTENT! It’s honestly a blessing to have so many people share the same interest as me on such a heavy level. If you’d like to see how it’s done — check out my instagram @Jimiblackrose
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/Jimiblackrose?fbclid=PAAabHsD1HWH-Q6tgK5fpMJL-9X1I7i_D0drFINam2Hmq62YW_KTtoj-_jG_4_aem_AYJmgeYBrgcns1g5MYNZZb4b8FsLe93pKYrKLwBF26Y-t6z4KU5LfNy51GiBXVJ6-Jw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimiblackrose/?hl=en
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@jimiblackrose