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WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO BUILD YOUR BRAND AND NAME?

Category: It's All About Showing Up Stories

Published: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

In today's world it is all about building RELATIONSHIPS, and what a better way to do that then to SHOW UP on line and in person. People say to me "Yes, Robbie, that's true, but I am too busy, I have too much work to do, the economy is not good", as well as hundreds of other excuses.

I have more clients this year than I have had in a long time and you know why? Yes its because I SHOW UP at lots of places and get to meet lots of great people that open the doors for me to meet so many other positive and influential people. It really is like magic, but in order to make the magic happen it starts with you. Making an investment of your time, energy and yes money to pay to attend events and meetings is the key.

Just this last month I showed up at a Street Fair in Pasadena and met decision makers from a variety of industries that I could share with my clients who are into those industries I also got to support the Ms Wheelchair CA group who had a booth there and who are the most dynamic and inspiring women and I am so thrilled that I had the opportunity to get to know them better. I attended a fantastic Cabaret SHOW in North Hollywood that the first runner-up in the Ms Wheelchair CA was the star of and she was terrific, I went to another launch of a video at the Century Plaza Hotel in LA and met many people but one was a fantastic woman who does documentaries and I shared an idea I had and she said she might be interested in donating her time to do it. Wow, had I not shown up I would not have met her and the others including the CEO/President of the Christopher Reeve Foundation. Since I also am working on starting a foundation, The Movement Therapy Foundation, for a client of mine, getting to meet this dynamic man was great and we talked about our new foundation as well, it also turned out he was from Short Hills, NJ were I used to live.

I also got to go to the Hotel SOZO in Palm Springs and see some incredible entertainment, three of whom are going to be performers for a fundraiser I am doing Nov 14th, and I met them because I SHOWED UP.

The Greek Festival in Long Beach was so much fun, greek dancing, greek food, came back with lots of business cards and got to see my friend Ruthee Goldkorn the Executive Director of Ms WHeelchair CA who had a booth there, also enjoyed eating some great Greek Food. Had been thinking of SHOWING UP at this event for years, and so when Ruthee invited me I said YES and it was well worth the long drive, plus I got to support her cause as well. If you know of a women in a wheelchair ages 21-60, married, single or divorced tell her about the opportunity to enter the Ms Wheelchair CA pageant that will be held April 2010 in Los Angeles, the only requirement other than age is that they use either a wheelchair or motorized scooter 100% of the time when outdoors. check out their website at www.mswheelchairca.org for more information. I am doing a fundraiser for this nonprofit group on November 14th at my Clubhouse in Sun City, I have an incredible lineup of over 14 entertainers, we will have a great lunch, door prizes and a few silent auction items and the funds will benefit Ms Wheelchair CA. Tickets are only $12.00 so if interested email me rmotter@aol.com and I will send you the flyer with all the information. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Another site for you to share if you know anyone in a wheelchair or suffering from movement therapy issues is www.flexiciser.com and also watch for the Movement Therapy Foundation website that will soon be launced. This is the foundation that I am working with a client to start and will be serving as the Interim Executive Director for. September is starting off with a bang, I got to be on a conference call to hear about the NEW NAFE CAFE that will soon be launching and it is going to be wonderful and will offer all our NAFE members globally the opportunity to have their BIO and information about them and their products or services as well as their photo for all the other NAFE members across the country to see, and also to interact with them as well.

Watch the www.nafe.com website for more information and to sign up when it launches. You must be a NAFE member, but their membership is so low only $39.00 a year and you get lots of benefits so check out the site. I have loved being their Western and Mid Atlantic Regional Coordinator and have been doing it for over ten years, and have met some dynamic women all over the world because of being a member. I also decided I will start doing a once a month radio show, which will be the first Sunday of each month at 6:00pm PST and also can be picked up globally at their time. The show will be on the Diva Tool Box Radio and I will be looking for guests to be on my show, so it could be YOU; if interested send me an email about your topic, send me your bio and photo and I will see how it works into the format for my SHOW. I am calling it DIVA Monthly Strategies for Success by Queen Diva and Master Connector Robbie Motter. Will let you know when the info is set up to connect with me and also listen to the SHOW. If you miss the live show you will also be able to go on line at your convenience and tune in .

Showed up also as a seat filler for the UNCF Evening of Stars which honored Lionel Ritchie. This Show will air in January on BET TELEVISION; don't miss it as the entertainment was unbelievable. Also got to SHOW UP as a Seat Filler for the Reba McIntire Taping for a Christmas Special she is doing with Andrea Bocelli and David Foster; this will air in December on PBS and it is going to be great. Did an online call and spoke to all the WAKE UP WOMEN authors across the country on Maximizing Virtual Social Networks and Terristoral Networking Communities.

I also recommended to the people on my call, my favorite vendor Infinity Arts, who designed my BLOG, they are great, in fact I have referred them to several clients who cannot believe how great their work is so if you need a website or a blog they are the ones to call. My contact is Michael Hooper at www.infinityarts.com/results , he is so great to work with and their work is outstanding.

Whether we like it or not social networking is here to stay and we ALL need to be involved in it, especially using Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Ecademy and others. I am on 59+ social networks and have made some great connections and gotten some great business from it as well.

What social networks are you on? If NONE now is the time to get started; its not hard and the results are great for YOU and YOUR business.

I attended the Murrieta For You meeting and got to present their outgoing Director Sue Lopez with a bunch of beautiful pink roses to honor the magnificent job she has done as Director; got to meet some incredible guests and hear an incredible speaker Robb Braun of the Leadership Exchange, also Sue pinned me as the new incoming Director for Murrieta. Ran the South Orange County For You meeting at Sarducci's in San Juan Capistrano and we had a great speaker and lots of great guests and members who SHOWED UP.Both meetings had some incredible women and some great networking. Did you know that belonging to an organization is a great way to meet people and to start building your brand and your name? I recommend NAFE www.nafe.com and the For You Network www.4younetwork.org For You is a NAFE Affiliate network and NAFE is the largest global women's network . In today's world we must start thinking out of the Box as it is not business as usual.

I love SHOWING UP, below are some of the places I will be SHOWING UP in September. I am excited about getting to SHOW UP at the Riverside YWCA's Women of Achievement awards and found out they are also honoring past winners, of which I am one. So, that is exciting and this event usually gets a very large attendance. This is happening on Sept 17th in Riverside. For more information on tickets etc., call the YWCA at 951-687-9922. On the 19th I am going to be at the Career Builders Booth at Crystal Cathedral at their Community Fest, come on out and SHOW UP; you never know who you will meet. For more information on this event send an email to Laura Jorge lofjorge@yahoo.com On the 20th I will be in my formal at the Emmy's waiting for all my favorites to win their EMMY. There is another amazing SHOW at the CAFE SOZO in Palm Springs on the 23rd of Sept which I plan to attend, in fact I believe they have some sort of a show every Wednesday night and it starts at 7:30 pm, the entertainment is great and you can order dinner, snacks or just a drink, its up to you, no charge for the SHOW.. I will be back in Palm Springs on September 25th as an Empowering Leader for the Amazing Women's Day that is being held at the Hilton; for more information use this link:http://www.profcs.com/SecureCart/SecureCart.aspx?mid=1FA6EE0A-F2C7-4807-B65F-A2C1A925BE57&pid=8e409948c089fe1f19df07a34d72d643&bn=1

On the 26th I am going to a fantastic event called the Eagle & Badge Gala at the Century Plaza Hotel which Arhtur M. Kassel and Billy Bush will host. This is a black tie event to pay tribute to some pretty unique individuals. If you are a nonprofit organization than by all means you need to SHOW UP at the Resource Center for Non Profit Management Non Profit Conference in Riverside, it is going to be great and I get to again be one of their presenters along with my good friend and partner June Davidson.

For more information on this conference call Kyra Wilson Program Director at 951-686-4402 x 162 What is exciting to me is all these places that I am SHOWING UP at; I know that I am going to meet some incredible people who will also introduce me to their incredible friends and business associates. So my line of influence globally is going to increase even more. So what's your SHOW UP story? I would love for you to share your show up stories for perhaps being included in my future blogs.

If you are a writer or an author here are some websites you might want to check out to promote your work: www.shelfari.com www.librarything.com www.redroom.com www.nothingbinding.com www.authorsden.com www.goodreads.com www.biblioscribe.com

Until my next blog posting, keep SHOWING UP and remember the power is in the ASKING. Robbie Motter

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