darleneI am an adamant believer that when one is determined in achieving a goal and taking the right appropriate action, the right people are brought into your life.

And Darlene Willman, is one such person.

She’s the real deal and genuinely practices what she preaches about being a true advocate for  small business owners.

I first met Darlene mid-July of this year on BlitzTime.com, a new and innovative on-line networking site on one of the site’s blitzes.

I was intrigued by this woman who had the The Sassy Networker (a Networking and Referral Consulting firm) on her BlitzTime.com profile. “SASSY=Start Attracting Sweet Success for Yourself”.

After exchanging the pleasantries of our elevator pitches sharing what each other did for a living, she began telling me about this unique business connecting event she had been envisioning for a long while, the U.S. Small Business Conference™ which was going to be held this September 11th-September 12th in St. Louis and she was looking for writers and other creatives to help promote this event and would I be interested.

Of course, not wanting to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of what could be the gateway of future similar events, I told her that I was interested as I continued to listen to her go over the event.

With Darlene’s 20-year experience in business connecting with others all across the Country and planning over 100 networking events, this event should prove to a definite winner and of what ‘the best is yet to be’ (Robert Browning).

Darlene is also an accomplished author and speaker with over 100 penned articles under her belt and speaking to several civic and business groups i.e. Rotary Club, Kiwanis, Chambers of Commerce, S.C.O.R.E., Sam’s Club etal.

For a more detailed description of the impetus behind the event and future event plans, listen to Darlene’s interview with  Blog Radio Host, Patty Cook at : USSmallBusinessRadio.com and U.S. Small Business Conference™ website.

*Please note, there will be a follow up piece after the Conference.

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One of my favorite personal empowerment quotes by Marianne Williamson (Course of Miracles, etc.) which is often attributed to Nelson Mandela and was in the movie “Akeelah and the Bee”:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God ( child of the Buddha). Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.

There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God (our Buddha nature) that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”


http://thinkexist.com/quotes/marianne_williamson

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One of my mentors, Daisaku Ikeda’s thoughts on Determination from his book, “Faith Into Action”:

“When your determination changes, everything will begin to move in the direction you desire. The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success. On the other hand, if you think, “This is never going to work out,” then at that instant every cell in your being will be deflated and give up the fight. Then everything really will move in the direction of failure.” ~Daisaku Ikeda, Faith into Action, page 108


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To all of my  Lotus Writing & Communications readers:

Thank you for your patronage and support! I am really excited about the new things that will be appearing in the days, weeks and months ahead on this blog:

~inspirational quotes

~interviews and other related news for the U.S. Small Business Conference™ 2-Day Event in St. Louis September 11th-12th, 2009.

~interviews from colleagues

~contests with cool prizes

~writing, marketing communications, pr, social networking/media and business tips

~announcements of future Tweet chats, possible webinars, radio chats, teleconferences etc.

~project updates

~articles

~and much much more info to help solve your writing & marketing communications needs and help your business grow…

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Hey gang….Social Media Ditty Contest


I am sweetening the pot,  if you can come up with your own witty social marketing ditty by  Thursday night at 12 Midnight. Winners announced in the morning next Friday, June 5th.

What do you have a chance to win? A winner for all THREE categories!


~Free 1-Hour Consult

~Referral Discounts

~10% Off Repeat Clients


How to Enter: Just post a comment to this blog post with your name, type of business and contact info (phone, email, social media network to be contact on).

Periodically, we will be running this and other contests.

Best of luck! Thanks for entering and ENTER NOW!

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Something amusing and whimsical on social media….

Oh Twitter me this…you’ve got 12 seconds to tell me something Utterli Del.icio.us before I Multiply and Plurk into an Ameba kicking my Photobucket.

Before you Stumble Upon some Twine letting it unFurl,  Get Satisfaction in giving MySpace to Mr. Wong with that SmugMug of yours.

Get me a Tumblr of Joost while I listen to the latest Eryka Baidu thinking about a Picassa I saw at the Museum.

There’s no sense to Disqus or have an Intense Debate, let me Yammer and Rejaw all I want to the People Sound and Shoutem Hi5 to Seesmic proportions.

Ya can Ning and Ping all you want, but I still have Good Reads in my Live Journal not reading anything in between the Bloglines.

Au One Blog to Socializr with Daily Motion as I already Reddit. I Like Jaiku ya Digg…You Are now LinkedIn….Yelp!

Feel free to add your own nonsensical prose to social media….preferably in English (French is acceptable).

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