I want to begin by thanking all of you who took time to comment, e-mail and add me to your "friends" and "contacts" lists!
It does my heart and soul good to see and hear from my network of friends.
Those of you that had the time to drop by, should have noticed that I have spent the weekend doing exactly what I said I would do. I visited with as many of you as I possibly could, visited some new neighborhoods and made some new friends and if you'll take a look to your right, you'll see that I have shown my friends some "link love".
After all, what's the point in calling you friends of mine and adding you to my list of friends, if I'm not going to show you off?
I encourage all of you to go through the "link love" list and check out those blogs you may have never visited before and check in with those you may have been to previously. I like to believe that I choose my friends well, so you can expect to come across some extremely intelligent and creative bloggers within this list.
I want to make it Crystal clear, that no one on the "link love" list asked to be there! I did this because I simply wanted too.
This is what Sowing Seeds of Purpose is all about.
Now that we've all had a chance to feel the "warm-n-fuzzy", I have something on my mind.
As most of you know, I've only been blogging for a few months to date and if I continue to do so for the next 20 years, I expect I will still have much to learn, but as I surf the blogosphere, I find something both amazing and concerning.
I find the blogosphere to be one incredible powerhouse of entrepreneurial genius and creative energy, but so many of you don't seem to realize the power each of you have at your disposal.
In my post titled: MANIFESTING 1 MILLION DOLLARS THE OLD FASHION WAY: NETWORKING!, I invited you to join me in a sort of networking club I call, The S.O.S (Seeds Of Success) Consortium.
I've had the pleasure of receiving e-mails from quite a few of you, eager to participate.
The point of our coming together in this consortium, is for each of us to focus our individual power in an effort to up-lift the whole.
A great example of this is an organization within my "friends" network called "EmpowerWomenNow.com".
My life has been one big blessing! The reason I have been so blessed, is because I have had the incredible support of so many friends and family.
When I made my journey to Nashville to pursue my dream of being a singer and songwriter, my friends and family gave me tremendous financial (My family had very little to offer) and emotional support.
When I had my first song recorded as a writer, all my friends and family bought as many Cd's as they could, even though I gave them free copies, just to show their support and then they made sure to spread the word so that others would do so as well.
My friends and family have purchased and supported every CD I have written songs on, every CD I have sang on, every business I have owned, my book, this blog, etc...
Imagine a consortium of intelligent, talented, creative and focused individuals who purposely and gladly feel obligated to blessing each other's lives.
I read some of your posts, where you are frustrated by advertisers who may be unfairly strict or penalizing. You constantly search for ways to increase your traffic and page rankings. Why?
Do you not realize that you are the fuel that runs this machine?
There's an old saying in the entertainment business that goes like this: "You can't make a singer sing, and you can't make a writer write."
In other words; without the music in The Music Business, you have nothing.
How much revenue do you think we bloggers generate for Corporate America on a daily basis by creating lists and participating in various pay-for-click ad campaigns and affiliate programs?
The challenge we have at the moment, is that we don't come together and focus our energy. We allow ourselves to be at the mercy of the very machine that can't run without us.
Had the American Indians come together as one nation, they could never have been defeated. Instead, they chose to exist as separate tribes and to fight against each other. The same goes for the Middle East. Can you imagine what kind of fight we would have on our hands if they were to suddenly become one nation and focus their resources?
Imagine what we could do if we came together and focused our energies to deliberately sow seeds of success to benefit each other.
If I owned a company where I was faced with a choice to hire one of two equally qualified individuals and one was a "friend", who do you think I would hire? That's right; the friend! With both being equally qualified, wouldn't you?
As a whole, we can influence success and greatness for each individual and in turn, each individual can continue to feed the whole.
If one member of the network has a challenge, imagine how much more quickly that challenge could be resolved when their "friends" come together to offer their expertise, experience and resources. E-mail if you're tired of going it alone and you're ready to take it to the next level.
Consider this:
Who do you think buys more product; the man who has $1, or the man who has $1,000,000?
Who do you think sells more product; a single salesman, or the man with a network of salesman?
Gift:
"It is together that we all rise."
God bless