About Us
The Greasy Guide is a news and information outlet focused on urban pop culture, travel, dining, fashion, and culture. Established in the summer of 2005 the Greasy Guide is updated daily and is always on the pulse of what’s new and fresh. Greasy Guide: is a travel and nightlife guide brand which features the best urban hot spots in NYC and beyond. We focus on places to eat, drink, party, and shop that are cool and on the cutting edge of style. Greasy Guide is listed as one of the top 30 r&b/hip-hop gossip websites on the Internet. Another main focus of our site is party listings. Party Promoters in NYC are constantly sending us listing and fliers to pop on our site. The Greasy Guide has become a force in helping to revive the New York party scene and letting New York visitors know where to go and where to party.
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Greasy Guide Covers:
Entertainment: Artist profiles, News, Album Reviews, Movie and Concert Reviews, Artist Interviews and Profiles.
Fashion: Men’s and Women’s urban and trendy, NYC Fashion Week Coverage, Street Style, Do’s and Don’t
Gossip: Music industry insider tips and news
Reviews: Restaurant, Store Openings, Music, TV Shows,Concerts, DVD, and Books.
If you would like our staff to review your DVD, Album, or Book hit us up at streetforce1@gmail.com.
Past Advertisers Include:
HBO, NBC, Def Jam, Kicksclusive Magazine, 92ndStY.org, Spotville Radio Show, ACE Entertainment Radio Show, MTV, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party DVD, Palm Pictures, TBS, and Realm Decor.
Traffic:
Monthly Page Views: 200K
Monthly Visitors: 30K
Monthly Unique Visitors: 16K
Average time spent reading the site: 20 minutes.
Top 5 Countries reading the site:
1. United States
2. Australia
3. South Korea
4. Great Britain
5. Canada
Accomplishments:
PR Community:
Greasy Guide has become a news and marketing tool for the PR community. Companies such as Def Jam, Atlantic Records, Simon & Schuster Publicity, Vibe Vixen, Interscope, and countless marketing firms and magazines have sent proposals to the site owner to promote a products, events, services, and music artist.
From MTV News Prep:
TRINA WANTS FOLKS TO TASTE VAGINA. Trina will release a new herbal tea called Sweet Juicy Vagina. GreasyGuide.com reports that at a recent press conference to promote the new tea, the rapper was joined by Nelly and his St. Lunatic buddies, as well as Dr. Benjamin Chavis of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Supposedly, Jim Keyes , CEO of 7-Eleven told USA Today that his convenience store chain would be the first to carry her Sweet Juicy Vagina, adding, “You can’t underestimate the bottom line here. The opportunity is terrific.”
Growth Potential:
Traffic to the Greasy Guide has tripled since its launch and the Greasy Guide’s expects to have 500K visitors to the site in 2006 viewing some 2.5 million pages of content.
Original Production:
Greasy Guide currently produces “Kicksclusive TV,” the #1 sneaker show on the internet. Since it’s launch in 2005 over 100,000 viewers have watched episodes of “Kicksclusive TV.” The video podcast is a collaboration between Kicksclusive magazine and the Greasy Guide and is directed by the Greasy Guide owner Mike Street.
Greasy Guide Staff:
Founder and CEO: Michael E. Street, Jr aka Greasy Guide
News and Information Specialist: Sheila Street
Marketing and Promotions: Tyrone Farley
DC Corespondent: Fawn Renee
Hip-Hop and Video Game Writer/Consultant: Everett Street
Supporters:
Allhiphop.com, Kicksclusive Magazine, Fawntastic.com, Spotville.com, BET.com, and Mary Street who makes sure the founder is well feed.
About the Founder:
Mike Street has worked for a variety of publications including: Time magazine, CBS News and BET.com. Therefore, traveling through New York and going to different bars and clubs is a part of the job. Whether it’s interviewing Nas at a strip club while he’s shooting his latest music video or talking to Ludacris at Hooters. The creation of the Greasy Guide came as a vision one day in a book store. Mike Street soon took his love of writing and pop culture to a new level with the creation of the Greasy Guide.
Upcoming plans:
Mike Street would like to see the Greasy Guide grow into a full line of books, videos, and audios to accompany the site. He wants to use modern technology like the Ipod and Ipod Video to bring information, news, and fun to the Greasy Guide audience.
