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  • [FREE OFFER] 8th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

    [FREE OFFER] 8th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

    I started my business more than a decade ago, and started the official registered business eight years ago today. I am so grateful for all that I have learned during this time. I am also most grateful for the wonderful, beautiful-soul leaders, mostly authors and speakers, who I have been able to serve and support over the years.


    testimonial about donna by lucinda
    TESTIMONIAL ABOUT DONNA BY AUTHOR/SPEAKER/COACH LUCINDA CROSS-OTITI

    My goal for the next 8 years and beyond is to make greater impact on even more micro / solo small business leaders, so I wrote a book that includes an assessment to help them understand their strengths and weaknesses as leaders of their solo / micro small businesses. I am super focused on continuing to support authors and speakers because that is mostly who I’ve been supporting since before I registered my business.

    One example is Lucinda Cross-Otiti, who I was able to support with creating a workbook that she could use to accompany her existing book at that time, along with her coaching events and online community. She and several other colleagues and clients very graciously left LinkedIn recommendations for me.

    I highly recommend Donna as a consultant and trusted advisor for executing your projects and expanding your brand visibility.

    Lucinda Cross-Otiti, Author / Speaker / Coach

    INTERACTIVE STRENGTHS JOURNAL

    Now, to help celebrate our 8th anniversary, I am offering free access to my interactive Strengths Journal. (This free offer ended on 8/15/2020.)

    Identify your strengths. Celebrate them. Enhance them. Serve your audience better over time. Make bigger impact on the world.


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    My Gift is for You for My 8th Anniversary . Identify and Celebrate Your Strengths as an Author / Speaker. (expired 8/15/2020)


    The reason why I wrote the book (Small Biz Big Impact But How?) is to help solo and micro small businesses understand (not just that they can but) HOW they can make big impact in the world. And the reason the assessment is in the book is to help you see where you already are doing well with these impactful actions, but to also see areas where you need to improve

    FOCUS =

    STRENGTHS +

    GRATEFULNESS +

    CELEBRATION

    Evenso, while working with clients over the years, I have seen the best and most meaningful impact for them came through understanding the areas where they are strongest so they can enhance those and make them even stronger. So, the free offer today, THE STRENGTHS INTERACTIVE JOURNAL, will help in this area.

    This journal can support you as you continue serving your audience selflessly and help you be an even greater gift to them. Even though understanding your weaknesses has a place of importance, the focus of this journal is to help foster awareness of your strengths along with invoking gratefulness and motivating you to celebrate what works. When you focus on your strengths in this way, it is powerful to help you move forward with unparalleled momentum.

    YOU are the best gift to the audience you have been serving, so get stronger in your strengths and make a bigger impact.

    I would love to give you complimentary access so that you can see which strong areas you can enhance in your solo or micro small business leadership so that you can get even better results for making bigger impact on the world.

    Would you mind taking a quick one question poll in exchange for free access to the interactive journal? (expired 8/15)


    Go to this link (click here) to take the quick poll and claim your free interactive strengths journal.



    In addition to helping established authors and speakers look back and understand their strengths based on past results, the strengths journal and accompanying assessment can help newer leaders establish a starting point (a baseline) so that overtime they can track their progress as they keep enhancing their strengths. Periodically, they can look back at their previous journal entries and see what is the same or what has changed. This will help them to stay grateful and to keep celebrating their progress and building momentum.

    If you know an author or speaker who is just getting started, would you share this offer with them?

    How to Share? Just click on the sharing buttons on this website or just reshare from one of my social media posts.

    Thank you for reading, and God bless you.

    Donna Marie Johnson use your voice responsibly
    Donna Marie Johnson. Use your voice (and vote) responsibly.
  • [RE-UPDATED] How We Can Help Your Small Biz Stay Connected With Customers While Social Distancing

    [RE-UPDATED] How We Can Help Your Small Biz Stay Connected With Customers While Social Distancing

    COMPLIMENTARY EVENT UPDATE: In April and May, you can join us for the Lead Like A Queen 2020 virtual event series. Seats are limited so learn more and register ASAP at leadlikeaqueenseries2020.eventbrite.com/

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    The irony of current global events is humorous and sad at the same time. I recently asked my audience to express interest by contacting me if they want to participate in online seminars, in addition to the in person seminars that I have previously hosted at local libraries. My hand is now forced towards online seminars, for now, because most public venues are now closed for several weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in America and abroad.

    Online networking is a wonderful thing for small businesses who are already adept at it. However, for those who are “techno-phobes” or just “techno-ignorant”, they are now forced to go through a learning curve to provide online networking for their support groups, work team groups, online services, and retail sales.

    I have great news for those of you who want or need help bridging the gap across that technology learning curve, I am opening up availability to assist you in a small group setting. I am working on a schedule of small groups by phone and/or video chat. I just need you to reach out and let me know your availability.

    Just click the contact link on my blog or CALL/TEXT _+1(678)203-8789_

    …and fill out the contact form with all of your information and a comment about your 3 best days and times to attend a small group session. Expect a reply from me within 3 business days. After you receive my reply message, register for the small group session that you want to attend. Before the session starts, I will send instructions on how to connect with the small group by phone and/or video to everyone who pre-registered.

    What To Expect*

    • *Initial free first small group seminar meeting to help me learn what help each group member needs
    • *Help and practice with using online seminar tools for voice and video chat
    • *Transparent pricing for ongoing seminars so you can determine how to best fit this training into your training budget for your small business
    • *A customized seminar tailored to meet the needs of your specific small group’s members
    • *A customized schedule that fits all group member needs for in person attendance and for replay after the seminar

    How can you help me if I don’t have time to learn this stuff?

    If you are not already familiar with me, Donna Marie Johnson, check out my LinkedIn profile or other social media, and plan to attend the initial free small group seminar so that you can learn more and ask questions.

    Donna Marie Johnson, Small Business Leadership Consultant
    @leadlikeaqueen

  • [UPDATED] Hiatus Over After Important Transition

    [UPDATED] Hiatus Over After Important Transition

    2020 COMPLIMENTARY EVENT UPDATE: The complimentary webinar series for 2020 is now replacing the previous years’ local events at the libraries because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


    To learn more and register, click here asap (seats are limited).


    To those of you who are paying attention to the Lead Like A Queen blog and local events, thank you for your patience as I went through an important transition with my family. We are now relocated to the Newnan, Georgia community in Coweta County, after living in College Park, GA in South Fulton County for many years. So far so good, we really like it here.

    In 2019, I was blessed to have the co-sponsorship of the Fayette County Public Library for the Lead Like A Queen events series. You can learn more about past events and the topics discussed by exploring this blog. The most recent event was in the summer of 2019 [click here to read summary].

    Benefits of Events Revealed

    The most important take away that I got from our last event was that small business leaders who are just starting or restarting want free and affordable events to attend in person where they can connect with more experienced entrepreneurs in a safe, moderated setting. They want to glean wisdom from their peers’ sharing and use it to help themselves improve as leaders in their own small businesses.

    They have good, specific questions to ask, some of which can be answered in this type of free seminar setting, and some of which requires more skilled, focused support. So, providing this type of introductory event can be a gateway for facilitating important supportive relationships between entrepreneurs that help them keep growing over time.

    Another important take away that I got from surveys about past events is that there is a demand for an online version of these events. In the past, I did not design these sessions as online seminars/webinars because I wanted small business leaders, who are often working from home and isolated, to get the benefit of in-person connections with other small business leaders. However, in the face of current changes and challenges in our local communities, I am planning to offer an online version of the Lead Like A Queen Events.

    Upcoming Events for 2020

    If you would like to attend future events, either online or in person, and want to develop relationships with other local entrepreneurs:

    ~ Donna Marie Johnson @leadlikeaqueen
  • [UPCOMING EVENT] How Well Do You Express Vision & Mission?

    [UPCOMING EVENT] How Well Do You Express Vision & Mission?

    How Well Do You Express

    Vision & Mission

    as a Small Business Leader?

    Part of the Lead Like A Queen Complimentary Seminar Series

    If you are not sure how to clearly express your vision and mission as a small business leader, plant seed for your transformation by learning more and improving your leadership so you’re able to Lead Like A Queen and see more business growth.

    In small business, you become a leader as soon as you start selling your products or services, but being a “queen” is about the mindset of responsibility, instead of privilege.  Keeping this mindset empowers you to impact the whole world with your “small” business.

    This is truly a big responsibility, and many small business leaders start feeling overwhelmed and/or unsure as they start to grow. It is hard to understand how to keep your business moving forward over time.

    TIP: you must clearly communicate your vision and mission…

    …so you can build the right team who will keep your clients happy for the long-term.

    learn how to clearly express your vision and mission as a small business leader

    “Until you understand how to assess and improve your leadership in this area of communicating your vision and mission, it will impact your team’s effectiveness, your customers’ happiness, and, most importantly, your profit growth.”

    ~ Donna Marie Johnson

    WHAT TO EXPECT? An inspiring & empowering event to support you with:

    • Assessing your small business leadership;
    • Improving how you express vision and mission;
    • Hearing other small business leaders’ insights; and
    • Asking your small business leadership questions

    Event Name: “How Well Do You Express Vision & Mission as a Small Business Leader?”

    Why Attend? Make business better: communicate better, lead better & make more money

    Date & Time: Tentatively Spring 2020

    Location: Tentatively the Historic Newnan, Georgia

    FREE Registration: Will be available soon. (Use contact form to express interest now.)

    Contact: Donna Marie Johnson, CEO of GGene S.I.S., LLC

    mobile: (678) 203-8789

    email: DonnaMarie @ LeadLikeAQueen.com

    Donna Marie Johnson, CEO of GGene S.I.S., LLC | @leadlikeaqueen