Good Morning Syndicate Fam. I hope you are all having a great start to the week. I've got some great DM's and positive feedback for our Pride Readiness Sprint. This was designed for you to work at your own pace and get your business or coaching ready for Pride Month this June. I had a great chat with @Bill Roberts about his goals and there will be open chats at 1pm Eastern Time, this Wednesday and Friday, for any questions. You can always DM in chat as well. Of course, although June is the official Pride Month in the US, Pride is celebrated at different times all over the country and the World, depending on individual cities and communities needs. Today's Sprint post and worksheet is all about creating an event, offer, or visibility hook for your business and the ideas can be for Pride, but hopefully be incorporated to your business all year long. Attached is the "Idea Guide" to get you thinking about how you can create your own individual projects for Pride and/or year round. This will be this Tuesday's "Tools For Growth." Now............Drumroll Please........... Here is the Success Syndicate Pride Event for 2026. We are going to have our own Virtual Pride Parade!! Over the next 4 weeks, I am asking members to CREATE YOUR OWN FLOAT for our Virtual Pride Parade. I want you to create either "A Still Photo," or "A Short '3-10' Second Video," of a float that BEST REPRESENTS YOUR BUSINESS. Make it Fun, Make it Gay, Make it Full of Pride, and Make it Represent Your Business, Coaching, Product or Service. You need to turn your float into me by May 26th, and I will take your photos and videos and turn them into a Virtual Video Pride Parade and post it here in the Syndicate and all over our social media accounts. I hope you will all get creative and participate. I can't wait to see what you come up with.......S

In his challenge for this week, @Scott Fullerton included: 'Leave a testimonial for a member'. On this platform there is no option to do that on their profile. So why not start a thread and allow everyone to comment with their testimonial about another LGBTQ Success Syndicate member who has made an impression on them? I'll start in the first comment. Please be sure to TAG the member you're applauding and let us all know how they impressed you. #testimonial #praise #shoutout

Hi all! The response to my SEO presentation last Thursday genuinely blew me away. Thank you all for the kind words! It's clear this stuff matters to you, and it matters to me too. I want to see queer-owned businesses winning on Google! So, I'm putting that into action. I'm offering 3 free SEO starter audits to businesses in this community. Here's what you'll get: → Site audit (crawl errors, speed issues, indexability) through Semrush → Google Business Profile review → Top 10 keyword opportunities with search volume, difficulty, and intent → Competitive analysis snapshot → Your specific on-page SEO issues → An actionable plan split into quick wins and long-term plays I'll get everything back to you and we can plan a call to discuss. For context, I plan to offer this as a paid service at $150. These 3 are on me. If you're interested, send me a message with your domain! Thanks, everyone.

Happy Wednesday Syndicate Fam! We have 2 more members that joined the party, so please say Hi to @Mac McGregor from Seattle, WA and who is a Gender educator, Speaker, Author, and looking to improve his networking skills and make new connections. @Bianca Delalic Works with writers to develop stories, get unstuck, and keep moving without burning out, and is new to independent contracting and want to learn what I can about branding, and business. Welcome and please introduce yourself and put it in the "Introductions" tab. Today is VISIBILITY BOOST Wednesday, a time to brag on yourselves a little. Since we have quite a few new members this week, let's do an oldie but a goodie and share your "30 Second Elevator Pitches" Let us know "Who You Are" "Who You Help" "What You Offer" and "One Specific Way The Syndicate Can Support You" Tomorrow's Success Chat is being led by member @Mike Bennion-Rowe who is Founder of his production company Torn Box and hosts his own podcast. Mike will be talking about his journey into production, the realities of it, and how you can get started without a traditional route, building projects from the ground up, and turning that into a working production. With video being such a presence in our businesses these days, from social media to product demos, to community building and more, this is going to be a great chat. We hope to see you there at 10am Eastern time Thursday, you just need to click on the Calendar or the link in the top middle of the page for "Weekly Premium/VIP Chat"

Good Morning Syndicate Fam! I was pretty much knocked out all day yesterday with eye surgery and was so bummed to have to miss Aidan's LIVE seminar on SEO. Looks like we all had a busy day, but HUGE THANKS to @Aidan McClain for powering on with his presentation for us in an empty room. I had a chance to watch it this morning and Kudo's my friend!! Do yourself a favor and watch this great program Aidan put toether.