Andre Albritton

I'm Andre Albritton, founder of NOA Connects.

My interest in owning businesses started with RollerCoaster Tycoon. As a kid, I was obsessed with building parks, attracting visitors, and figuring out what kept people coming back.

While attending Florida A&M University, I started Tally ET when Twitter was still Twitter and Instagram was just getting started. It was my first experience building an audience online and learning how to earn people's attention.

I later founded The Millennials Next Door, a financial education business with a niche focus on real estate investment trusts (REITs), and became a financial influencer almost by accident. I helped people understand how to invest in real estate through REITs without purchasing or managing properties themselves. Making that topic approachable helped me grow the brand's Instagram to 23,000 followers and build an email list of 3,000 subscribers.

I also brought conversations about investing, money, and entrepreneurship to The Investing Flavor podcast, which reached over 40,000 downloads, giving listeners another way to learn and connect with the brand. Each business taught me more about finding a niche, creating useful content, and growing an audience across social media and email.

After a job loss, I created Networking Only Atlanta to help business and creative professionals find opportunities to connect across Greater Atlanta. The community has grown to 5,000+ newsletter subscribers and 20,000+ Instagram followers, with an average newsletter open rate above 50% and 125+ professional events featured each month.

That experience is the foundation of NOA Connects. Through newsletter advertising, Instagram marketing, brand partnerships, and activations, I help businesses gain visibility directly with Greater Atlanta's working professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives.

At the heart of it, I just like seeing businesses win. There's something rewarding about helping a business connect with the people who need what it offers. Through NOA Connects, I get to help business owners reach their market, build relationships, and give more people a reason to choose them.