Recently, I had the great pleasure of being nominated for three AssistU Community Recognition Awards.  The award ceremony was held this past weekend in Las Vegas.  It was a time for visiting with friends and meeting new ones in the process.

By now, many of you have heard that I got a wee bit sick while there in Vegas.  I had flown in specifically for this mid-day event, only to get a bad case of motion sickness on the flight into Vegas (I swear).

If you didn’t get to hear all of the gory details, I encourage you to click to see my  ==> YouTube video.  After recording that video, I realized I hadn’t taken the time to properly thank the people that helped me the most during my sickly visit to Vegas.

Without a doubt, I owe so much thanks to my VA sisters for taking care of me during my time of need.  While I was able to recover and have a good time visiting with everyone, I had to make a special mention to those people who went out of their way to comfort my sickly self (smirk).

I entered myself into StartUp Nation’s 2008 Home-Based 100 Competition about a month ago.

Events like this are great for a little startup business like mine (or yours, for that matter!).  And there’s nothing better than a whole lot of free exposure, right?

I would love your clicks in order to make it to the finals.

You are allowed to vote once a day and voting continues well into the month of October (**sigh**).  If you hear me asking a few more times before the end of October, thanks in advance (big grin).

To vote, click here ==> ACUMEN WORKS - 2008 StartUp Nation Home-Based 100 Competition <==

Your support is greatly appreciated.

As a small business owner with an online business, I had to find a way to market myself in a virtual setting.

I’ve had the most success with Facebook and I’d like to show you how.

I created a Two Part Teleseminar series called FACEBOOK: Simple and Straightfoward aimed at answering all of your basic questions and showing you what to do next.

I want to show you what I’ve learned and, more importantly, I want to share my successful strategies on communicating authentically and with integrity, without annoying people with unsolicited emails and heavy-handed tactics.

Please click for details and to register: http://acumenva.com/e-products/

Yup, you read that correctly.

I headed off to Vegas last Sunday evening for a four-day event with David Neagle called ERS.  Turns out, I came home after being there for two days.  I’m officially an ERS drop out.

David has a great message to deliver to the world.  I appreciate his energy and his purpose in life.

Honestly, I should have booked a room at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara and hung out with myself for a few days of solitude and silence.

The backdrop of Vegas, the stretched out Q&A sessions, and Ali Brown’s sales pitch threw this mother-of-two over-the-edge (greatly appreciate Ali’s work but it was bad timing).  And let’s not forget the 5.4 earthquake that hit LA while I was away.  My spirit told me to go home.

There are several silver linings to the story.  I met a bunch of wonderful people (Beth Davis and her husband, Mark, for starters) and I connected with my VA sisters who were also there.  I recognized many people from Facebook, which was surreal. Seriously started to question who’s who.  Details of the event have been “buried in Vegas,” as David puts it.

All was not lost.

I have an initial consultation set up with someone I met at the seminar. (She also left early–had to throw that in. We’re both drop outs. Per-rrr-fect.)

I gained a lot from the experience.

It confirmed for me what I don’t like and what I really need.  It opened the door for many ideas and, for that, I am grateful to David and his team (Erin, Monaica, Blue, Debbie, Body Guard #1 and #2, and the myriad of other folks that helped organize the event).

A special thank you to Lucho and Lisa Crisalle for their Kangen water. (What’s in that stuff??)

Welcome to my brand new blog. My newly redesigned website launched just a week ago and today, we’re getting this little blog up and running.

As you can see, there’s not a whole lot going on right now. In fact, I’m still sweeping up the dust and tweaking finishing touches.

Once I get all of the kinks worked out, I’ll be back up and running, linking back and commenting like nobody’s business. Please do me the favor and leave a comment and introduce yourself.

Nothing helps a lonely spot like some happy comments to get the party started.

Happy Weekend!

Peace.