Good Monday Morning Syndicate Fam! I hope you all had a most excellent weekend. If you didn't read this week's newsletter, it is FULL of good information and I Hope you will check it out (you can find it on the newsletter category above). Let's welcome our newest member, @John Morley who is from North New Jersey, and is an Author, Engineer, Video Producer, and President of Garden State Gay Socials. Welcome John, looking forward to connecting. Today's Motivation Monday is to get you motivated to take part in our "5 Day Pride Month Business Ready Sprint." Over the next 5 days, on the Classroom Tab above, I will be adding lessons on how to get your business/coaching ready for Pride Month. Hard to believe but we are only a little over 4 weeks away, but there is still time for you to create a game plan for your business to participate authentically and with some flair. Each day I will add a new course, that has ideas, worksheets, attachments and encouragement to be ready to engage with your customers and clients in June. I will also be LIVE TODAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, from 1-2pm Eastern time for questions or just to chat. Feel free to pop in and say HI if you can.

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

This is a focused workshop helping LGBTQ+ business owners in our Success Syndicate, stop chasing every tactic and instead identify the few actions that actually grow revenue, visibility, and community. This aligns with the Syndicate’s mission of creating a supportive space where LGBTQ entrepreneurs can thrive together. Let’s Get Back To Some Basics: Set Your Business Foundation: Define your business goal, ideal customer, core offer, and competitive advantage so your target audience/clients, know exactly what you sell, who you serve, and why buyers should choose you. Define Your Marketing strategy: What is your Brand Messaging; do you have a Vision Statement that guides how you will operate your business? How are you going to go about your lead generation? What are your current visibility channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Blog, Newsletter, Etc.)? Have you created a simple marketing action plan with clear goals? What Is Your Sales System: Do you have a Sales Funnel built or an idea to create one? Do you operate solely on Referrals and Reaching Out 1-on-1? How do you teach your ideal Customers/Clients, to move them from Awareness to Inquiry to Purchase/Hire? Are you including sales goals and do you track them? What is your follow-up after your points of contact with potential Customers/Clients? What is your follow-up after you make the sale or get hired? Create An Operations Check-up: Review your systems quarterly to see if they are still serving you. What is your client experience; do you capture referrals, testimonials, feedback questionnaires? What are your daily business habits? Are you using a practical checklist approach? Attached is a Mini-Worksheet to help you plan.

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"

Hi, everyone! My name is Sage Nestler, MSW, and I am Founder & CEO of Releasing the Phoenix - a queer holistic mental health organization. We specialize in addressing queer mental health through the lens of lived experience paired with education and professional insight. Our work incorporates resources and services for queer folx in the mental health area, as well as training for professionals. I am an LGBTQ+ mental health specialist, leadership consultant, and a leading educator in borderline personality disorder (BPD). I found this space through LinkedIn and wanted to connect with more LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and professionals! One goal I am working on this month is re-designing our organization's website with clearer language and accessibility.