Morning Syndicate Family, Michael and me have been off line for the past few days because we both have been sidelined with a nasty strain of Asian flu. Michael is literally a tank, who sufferers from service related liver and kidney complications and that has not affected him in degree as this flu has. I'm about three days behind him in the strains lifecycle but we will be back as soon as we are on our feet. See you soon!

First things first, I hope y'all will reach out and welcome our 2 newest members, @Vern Cooper & @April Gilbreath Keep sharing with your friends and fellow lgbtq business friends like @Jonathan Shuffield did with April, YAY!! 🌈⚡ It's Day 3 of the "More Pride, More Profit, More Power: Visibility Boost Challenge" Thanks to everyone for sharing who your "Ideal Audience/Client" is and "How You Reach Them." I hope other Syndicate members will read them over and know who they can refer to you from your audience. If you did not participate yet, you can still go back to yesterday's and Monday's post and put in your actions to the daily prompt. Remember at the end of the Challenge I will put all participants names into a randomizer and the Winner will get a $50 Vista Print Promotional Credit to elevate or create your brand, and a One on One Coaching with me. Each day has: A short prompt A simple action A community post No pressure. No perfection. Just forward motion. DAY 3 — MORE PROFIT Profit Grows from Trust! Trust grows from shared lessons. Today, post: “One lesson I’ve learned building my business is: ______________________” Keep it short. Keep it real. No selling. Your insight is your value. AND Share one revenue-focused action you’ll take this week. (ad, direct ask, product or service launch) You all are killing this challenge, keep up the great work, looking forward to what you post.

🌈⚡ Welcome to Day 2 of the "More Pride, More Profit, More Power: Visibility Boost Challenge" A lot of great entries yesterday with some powerful "Help Statements" If you did not participate yesterday, you can still go back to yesterdays post and put in your actions to the daily prompt. Remember at the end of the Challenge I will put all participants names into a randomizer and the Winner will get a $50 Vista Print Promotional Credit to elevate or create your brand, and a One on One Coaching with me. Each day has: A short prompt A simple action A community post No pressure. No perfection. Just forward motion. DAY 2 — MORE VISIBILITY Face Forward: Visibility starts when people can see you. Today’s action: ✔ Upload or update a profile photo ✔ Or share a photo that feels like you showing up in your work No filters required. Presence > perfection. Then post: “Here’s what my ideal customer/audience looks like: __________________________” AND "Here is where I make my product/brand/service visible at: _______________________" I'm looking forward to what you all have to share. Don't be camera shy, use that paperclip to attach your photo of you, and/or the brand of your company.

🌈⚡ Welcome to the "More Pride, More Profit, More Power: Visibility Boost Challenge" For the next 5 days, we’re focusing on one thing: Showing up: with intention, not exhaustion. This challenge blends:✨ Visibility✨ Identity✨ Community✨ Momentum And ties directly to our core philosophy: More Pride. More Profit. More Power. Each day has: A short prompt A simple action A community post No pressure. No perfection. Just forward motion. I hope everyone participates and gives your personal Pride answers below. For those that participate all 5 days, your name will go into a randomizer this weekend. One winner will receive a $50 worth of Promotional Material from Vista Print and a One on One Zoom Chat with me to discuss how you can use it to elevate or create your brand. and you will be shouted out in our weekly Email Blast DAY 1 — MORE PRIDE Identity Snapshot Today we start with Pride, because clarity begins with identity. First: Share and post, one identity-based strength in your business. Then: 👇 Post this one sentence about your business, brand, content or organization: “I help ______ do ______ so they can ______.” That’s it. No pitch. Just clarity. When we name who we are, the right people recognize us. ***Reminder Today We Have Our Monthly "New Member Coffee Chat" Where anyone can pop in to introduce yourself and what you do. Click on the Calendar Tab to Enter the Chat. 10am Eastern Time***

The Army leadership code has 7 leadership behaviours in the acronym LEADERS L-Lead my example You cannot lead people beyond where you are willing to go yourself. You must be consistent and you will be seen as a leader who ‘walks the walk’ and ‘talks the talk’. It is a bit of a red flag to me when someone is their own boss and their reason is that they could never be told what to do. An important part of leadership is followership and the ability to follow as well as lead. What are people’s thoughts?