Note: Why in the world did I sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”? It was because when I was four-years-old and happily singing Jesus Loves Me, some women told me to shut up because I couldn’t sing. I shut my mouth, and this is the first time I ever sang again.

This is the transcript of my talk at Harvard Faculty Club.

Our featured speaker is the creator of the Daily Success Media Network and Blue Ocean Authority Publishing, including its popular Women Innovators publishing division. She created the Florida Gulf Coast University’s Social Media Certification Program, has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox TV, and has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Please welcome Professor Tami Patzer.

[Tami Patzer begins speaking]

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder who you are.”

When I was nine years old, I had a box in my hands. I stood at one end of the street — the edge of town. I looked down to the other end of the street, the other edge of town, and walked over to the post office.

“Here you go, Mr. Postman. How much do you want to insure it for, little lady?”

“A million dollars. It’s my mom’s novel, and it’s going to change our lives.”

I took the box and pushed it over the postman’s counter. The next year, and the year after that, and the year after that, I kept taking boxes to the postman’s counter until 1985. My mom got an agent. She was going to be published by a big New York Times publisher. But then, my mom passed away.

I really think that’s part of my big “why” because today, I help people publish books. I have helped hundreds of people become international best-selling authors. And today, here I am standing in the Harvard Faculty Club among a roomful of international best-selling authors.

The big question that I get is, “Tami, what’s next? What is beyond the bestseller?”

I’m here because I want to help each and every one of you take it beyond the bestseller. Think about it — you’re here at Harvard, and the Entrepreneurial Students Club of the Harvard Business School is sponsoring the Business Experts Forum. We have been given the tools — we have video, we’re international bestsellers.

So, how are you going to leverage it?

As my gift to you, I want to interview you on my award-winning radio show, The Thought Leaders Show. I want to help you position yourself as the thought leader you are so you can use your impact, your influence, and that celebrity status you’re creating today to help you go beyond the bestseller.

By a show of hands, how many of you are ready to leverage your expert status? Great, because I’m going to help you do it.

I want you to know that I’m here to help you. This is one thing that’s really, really important — you have already proven who you are. You are a celebrity. You are a star.

I’m Tami Patzer, and I’m here to help you take your expert authority status beyond the bestseller.

[Applause]

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Tamara “Tami” Patzer is the creator of the Authority Footprint Formula and the creator/producer of Beyond of the Best Seller Marketing System.

She helps her clients share their big messages and big missions via book publishing, social media, and mass media exposure to help them have more impact, influence, and income.

She is the creator of the Daily Success® Institute and regularly is a featured guest on podcasts, radio shows, and TV news including ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, and Fox.

Tami Patzer is the creator and producer of the Daily Success Media Network featuring seven podcasts including Women Innovators, The Daily Success Show, and The Thought Leaders Show. She also is the publisher of international best sellers Beyond the Best Seller and Women Innovators.

Tami is known for her insight into authority marketing and online visibility as well as an educator and advocate for transformational leaders who want to be seen, heard, and found, so that they can make a huge impact, have more influence, and more income.

Her latest project is the Authority Footprint Founders Club. She is the News Category Director at Podcast Magazine and a popular host and guest on many podcasts. Tamara Patzer is a former editor and a member of the Pulitzer-prize nominated Sun Coast Media Group news team for coverage of Hurricane Charley. She is the creator of Florida Gulf Coast University’s Social Media Certification program and is a frequent social media expert guest on TV news programs across the nation.