Especially for Moms – Happy Mother’s Day

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I wanted to take a moment today, to acknowledge and recognize all TheCEOMamma’s who are truly MOMs. With that being said, I’m honoring those of you who may not be natural moms, but are the driving force in the lives of others.

Happy Mother's DayMaybe you are a Grandma who stepped to the plate to raise the children of your own child…we honor you!

Perhaps your an Auntie who opened your home to tend to your young niece or nephew…we honor you!

If you stand in the gap as God Mother and are nurturing the child of a best friend…we honor you!

2011 Success Driven Women in Business – LaTersa Blakely

Full Name: LaTersa Blakely

Company: Baby Diaper Cakes and Beyond by LaTersa

Position: Creative Designer / Owner

Website: www.diapercakesbylatersa.com

Year Founded: 2010

Tell us about yourself and your business: I am a proud wife and mother of two beautiful children.  I have always had a passion for crafts, making gift baskets, and putting smiles on other people faces.  As a little girl, I use to make baby doll clothes with my late grandma and design quilts.  As years went by, I found myself always wanting to make a wedding gift, birthday gift, and anything to make someone smile.  My business offers baby shower diaper cakes, baby shower favors, bridal shower towel cakes, and gift baskets.  I also offer consultation for women who are planning a memorable baby shower. My ultimate goal is to deliver the best diaper cakes and other baby shower gifts on the market.

2011 Success Driven Women in Business – Jagi Egnell

TheCEOMamma 2011 Featured Women in Business - Jagi EgnellName: Jagi Egnell

Company: Innervisions Hypnotherapy Clinic

Position: Hypnotherapist

Website: www.hypnosisabbotsford.com

Year Founded: 2009

Tell us about yourself and your business: I have 4 children ranging between the ages of 19-7 years. In October 2009 I became a certified clinical hypnotherapist and opened my clinic in the same month. Previous to this I was an employment counsellor for people with mental/physical/emotional disabilities. I really enjoy working with people of all ages and to see the amazing change take place in their life is just amazing. My articles have been published in Ezine Articles as well as SelfGrowth.com.

2011 Success Driven Women in Business – ShaChena Gibbs

TheCEOMamma 2011 Success Driven Women in Business - ShaChena GibbsName: ShaChena Gibbs

Company: Real Sisters Rising, LLC

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Website: www.realsistersrising.com

Year Founded: 2003

Tell us about yourself and your business: Real Sisters Rising is a membership based organization that’s built from membership participation. Our Purpose as a group of women young and old, we will be working together to provide resources, education, networking opportunities along with advocacy and promoting self-awareness within our communities. We believe when women improve the quality of their lives, through personal and professional development they also improve the lives of their families, their community and the world in which we all live. We assist the members with personal and professional growth through various forms of education. Some of our activities consist of live events, conference calls, coaching, and virtual events.

2011 Success Driven Women in Business – Gazelle Simmons

TheCEOMamma Featured Woman in Business - Gazelle SimmonsFull Name: Gazelle Simmons

Company: Admin Services

Position: Virtual Assistant

Websitewww.admnsrvcs.com

Year Founded: 1998

Tell us about yourself and your business: Since 1998, I have been a Virtual Assistant specializing in social media navigation, data entry, presentations, word processing, database management, editing and proofreading services, mass mailings, thesis and manuscript processing as well as other clerical services. I love working with women business owners particularly solopreneurs. My clients have been and continue to be solopreneurs, small business owners, independent contractors, website owners, financial advisors, photographers, realtors, writers as well as individuals looking for administrative assistance.

What inspired you to start a business? I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit and when the time came to step out, I jumped.

2011 Success Driven Women in Business – Andrea Fields

TheCEOMamma Featured Woman in Business - Andrea FieldsFull Name:  Andrea Fields

Company:  NeedleArtist and Crafters

Position:  Director

Website:  www.needleartistandcrafters.ning.com

Year Founded:  2010

Tell us about yourself and your business:  I am a veteran NeedleArtist, proficient in: Sewing, Quilting, Soft Cloth Artistry, Crochet, Cross Stitch, Embroidery and NeedlePoint. I am experienced in other forms of NeedleArts and Crafts; but the fore mentioned are those I’m most proficient in.  My business is a social community I created for the purposes of promoting Tactile artist and their art. Also, to hopefully help tactile artistry become more recognized as a viable and recognizable art form all over the world (as opposed to them being thought of as mere crafts).

2011 Success Driven Women in Business – Dequiana Brooks

Dequiana BrooksFull Name: Dequiana Brooks

Name of your Company: Inspired Marketing, Inc. & Inspired Graphics Media

Position: Founder & CEO

Website Address: www.inspiredmarketinginc.comwww.inspiredmedia.net

Year Founded: Inspired Marketing, Inc. (2010) Inspired Graphics Media (2003)

Tell us about yourself and your business: I’m a passionate entrepreneur who makes it her mission to take the fear out of small business marketing.  My coaching clients are driven entrepreneurs who have placed marketing on the back-burner because it was deemed “too hard” or “too expensive.”  I show them how implementing my exclusive SPARK Marketing System™ will shatter negative mindsets, empower them to take control of their marketing and help make more money.  For those who already have their strategy down, I offer branding services, such as web design and content writing, through Inspired Graphics Media.  I’m also a single mom to two beautiful daughters.

Brilliant Bloggers Series: Jaime Fleming

We all have them, favorite blogs and the bloggers behind them! Some make us laugh, others inspire and motivate and some educate and empower. No matter what your passion, you can more than likely find a blog about it.

I decided to start a series entitled – Brilliant Bloggers and share with you some of my favorite blogs and bloggers.

To kick start the series, I introduce to you:

Jaime Fleming
For Colored Gurls

For Colored Gurls is a lifestyle blog created by Jamie Fleming in September 2008. It caters primarily to women of color, but it’s open to any and everyone who wants to read it!

The Spark & Hustle National Tour – Current & Aspiring Small Business Owners

TheCEOMamma is Proud to announce our Partnership with Tory Johnson and the Spark & Hustle National Tour!

NO BARRIERS – JUST RESULTS

Are you tired of wondering where your next client or customer is going to come from—or staying up all night because this brilliant business idea of yours just won’t go away? Whether you’re sick of doing all you know to do to make your business profitable (and still coming up short) or just tired of WAITING to (finally) take the leap, you’ve got to meet Tory Johnson (www.toryjohnson.com).

Today Tory is the weekly Good Morning America (http://abcnews.go.com/gma/jobclub) workplace contributor, a New York Times best-selling author, and a millionaire business owner, but she hasn’t always been. Far from it, in fact.

2010 Success Driven Women in Business – Donna Johnson

TheCEOMamma Featured Woman in Business - Donna JohnsonFull Name: Donna Johnson

Company: DMJ Consulting

Position: Consultant – Business and Marketing

Website: www.dmjconsulting.com

Year Founded: 1996

Tell us about yourself and your business: Donna Johnson of DMJ Consulting, is experienced as a business services provider to small business, non-profit, professional and corporate clients. I provide assistance by educating my clients and assisting them with planning, implementing, monitoring and managing their marketing and other business systems.

Professional Business and Marketing Services Include: marketing system consultation, business start-up/over planning consultation, business identity re/design consultation, virtual assistance consultation and more…