Marketing and Chocolate Go Together! See How!

To get ready for Valentine's Day the other night, I helped my 10-year-old son create Valentine's tags online (sounds creative, but he was really looking to get out of handwriting individual Valentines!) and then taping them to a mini Kit-Kat! Then yesterday, I baked a pan of brownies so my boys had warm gooey, from-the-heart treats waiting when they got home from school.

Yeah, we like chocolate!

With the theme of chocolate in the air (and in our mouths!), I'm giggling to share with you a fun, creative idea my friend Ellen Britt has baked up!

She's having what she calls…..

I love how Ellen has fun with her marketing AND puts together irresistible bundled products. Stay with me here… because it's worth it.

Ellen convinced me, plus a nearly a dozen other experts (like Adela Rubio, Christine Gallagher, Connie Ragen Green, Shannon Cherry, Maryam Webster, Therese Skelly, Karen Talavera, Sandra Martini) to contribute our sweetest marketing products (sorry, couldn't help myself - have to play up the whole Valentine's Day theme!) to her six-days-only Chocolate Covered Marketing Sale...

 

You get all these great business marketing products in ONE irresistible, chocolate-covered package for an unbelievably low investment!

 

Here's how it works: (and this is the genius part) is that you get a bunch of really good and valuable marketing products for a low, low, low price today. And then the price goes up tomorrow. And then goes up the day after that. And so on for six, love-filled days!

You're going to want to get it on it today! It's a crazy low price… and you'll get my Take Back your Financial Power audio series in the bundle!

Satisfy your sweet tooth for savings and your marketing cravings, all in one fell swoop!

En-JOY!

Laura

Want To Take A Creative Leap With Me?

 Lets play with our phone camera and street photography?  

Sound intriguing?

I'll share something I've learned personally about taking leaps in your business.  If you really want a big shift...you can't keep doing the same thing over and over again.  It's not about "do more" harder and faster.

The truth us you have to change it up. Do something different. Be willing to rock your refined schedule, ditch the urgent emergency only actions. Youve got to Take time for you...to grow personally.

Because when YOU leap....your business leaps.(and so does your personal life but I know you probably have to justify this personal creative growth I'm calling you to by making it all about your biz!)

When you open up your creativity within yourself it gets translated in all sorts of ways into your business...more confidence, practicing that muscle of being courageous, creating from the heart, opening up your vulnerability in new exciting ways which are scary and yet make you more accessible and relatable to your clients, readers and fans.

That's why I'm starting off this year with more emphasis on my own creative growth rather than just focusing on business how-tos. (Those are important, but we're talking about how to grow by leaps and bounds).

I want to share a cool creative program I'm going to be a part of. It's called the Photo Essay Project. It's led by Bindu Wiles who is helping me open up my deeper creative reserves in many ways. In this program we are going to take photos with our iPhones and droid mobiles of people around us. Reminescent of street photography we used to see in LIFE magazine.  It's part about the creative process but what I'm learning about Bindu it's really about finding mirrors of ourselves within others. 

I'll share that for me it sounds like fun and yet I'm scared. Its vulnerable to bring your creative mess, er, process to a group...and yet I know it's a valuable part of being able to break down my own barriers for a deeper sense of connection...with others, myself and the creative spirit.

What I know is that my growth will show up for you too. It'll help me access a deeper wisdom and creative wellspring to be more of service in my life and through my business.

Want to join me for a creative escapade in street photography? I'd love to share about our creative journey..you can check out Bindu's program and let's see where our courageous leaps take us!

En-Joy!

Laura

What do Oprah, Ali Brown, and Laura West have in common?

I never fail to be inspired by Oprah and Ali Brown.

Oprah talks to us as women, encouraging us to find our calling, to follow our joy, and to live the life we are meant to live!

Ali Brown (I just got back from her powerful Shine Event in Dallas, Texas!) encourages us to embrace that we are women of influence. It's by simply following our calling, truly reveling in our joy and shining our light in our businesses and our lives that we influence others. From our children, to our husbands, to our friends, to our clients and beyond.

These messages so speak to me.

I have been on a mission since I was a teenager to honor our feminine energy and strengths. It may have looked like I moved away from that calling in my corporate days when the masculine qualities of logic, focus and quick decisions were revered. One of the gifts of those days was that I left corporate knowing there HAD to be a way to include joy in business.

I knew in my soul that what lights us up, that work we are put here to do and is ready to move through us, is powerful. By accepting our own creative power, we will change lives. We are women of influence.

Or, to say it another way, we are the ones we have been waiting for.

If this message lights up your heart and touches a place in you that is yearning to get out…aching to show up bigger and brighter… then I invite you join me and a small group of other creative women entrepreneurs who are ready to play their bigger game.

The thing is (I know this from experience) that we can't always do this alone. It's hard to see what's getting in your own way. So during the Business Goddess Bigger Game event, these two days will help you identify where your creative power lies and what is blocking it.

You can read all the details here… it's coming up quick (November 15 and 16)… I'm leading a small group coaching intensive in Atlanta, GA.

If you are ready to put your work into the world in a bigger way and want some support in igniting your creative power, then this will be the perfect place for you.

Read on… and be sure to register by Wednesday when I close out registration for this event.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me back (just hit reply - it's that easy!) and ask!

I look forward to hearing more about what you are being called to put out into the world!

Warmly,

Friday Joy Infusion: Here Are My 10 Creative Power Centers & How You Can Tap Into Your Own Creative Power

Not sure where to start, but you know something needs to shift?

Here’s my model for what I use when my clients (or even I) need a big shift: These are the 10 Creative Power Centers that, when ignited with intention and your creative energy, will expand (not constrict) your business:

As you look at each Creative Power Center, which one calls to you?

What area do you need more Creative Power?

Where are you yearning to show up bigger?

What Creative Power Center would allow you to re-ignite your business, your passion, your enthusiasm... your Bigger Game?

Join me in Atlanta November 15 and 16, and I'll help you tap into your Creative Power and play that Bigger Game you long to play.

It’s a small intimate group of creative women entrepreneurs who are ready to tap into their creative power in a bigger way… want to join us? The deadline is coming up fast – Wednesday, November 9.

En-JOY!

PS: Email or call me if you would like to talk about this exclusive event and see if it's right for you!

Shift Your Perspective. Change What You See.

You're tired.

Exhausted.

Not sure what's happening in the world, the economy, your business.

Do you throw in the towel or step up to your bigger game?

What you want is to get reconnected to your business, to the passion that inspired your business in the first place.

You need something different.

You want something different.

You're ready for something different.

The Business Goddess Bigger Game 2-Day Coaching Intensive is that different experience you've been looking for. This in-person event will re-inspire you. You'll rediscover the passion in your business. You'll regain your passion and enthusiasm.

Even more, you'll get an infusion of other cool, creative women who are playing their bigger game. What will that do for YOUR bigger game?

You can still get the 2-pay option for this event that will change the way you see and do your business. The deadline to register is Wednesday, November 9.

 

Step up. Be inspired. Shift your perspective.

Join me in Atlanta November 15-16

 

Warmly,

P.S. Email me at laura@joyfulbusiness.com if you want to talk to me to see if the Business Goddess Bigger Game is for you.

Friday Joy Infusion: What Are You Ready To Create?

Possibilities.

Confidence.

Creative Power.

Joy.

Bigger Game.

Authentic Rich Success.

Beautifully Alive You.

Like those words? You can have them – even live them – at the Business Goddess Bigger Game 2-day Coaching Intensive in Atlanta November 15th and 16th.

I only have two spots left in this in-person, powerful workshop. Is one of them yours?

You – playing your bigger game – living your joy – feeling your creative power – filled with confidence – making the possibilities a reality.

Note: The deadline for the Get-In-Now pricing is Wednesday, October 26. If you sign up now you can still get the super affordable 3-pay plan.

Join me in Atlanta in November. Feel Your Power. Reconnect to your Joy. Discover the Possibilities.

I hope you’ll join us!

En-JOY!

P.S. You can see the powerful video testimonials on the Bigger Game page, but here are a few snippets of the power of the Business Goddess Bigger Game Coaching Intensive for the women who attended over the summer:

“This was the most transformative event I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to a lot! Laura helped me discover the key to the next reinvention and reinspiration for my business”

Alicia Forest, www.AliciaForest.com

“I received incredible personal transformation and next steps for my bigger success, more visibility and getting closer to my mission in the world.”

Oana Hogrefe, www.shutterview.com

“Laura’s event is an incredible, powerful experience – the results I got, well, it’s not a band-aid. These breakthroughs are life changing and long lasting!”

Toni Jo Artz, www.ToniJoArtz.com

“Coaching with Laura is a must for success in your business in a way that is sane & humane… instead of whipping yourself into success!”

Patrice Dickey, www.PatriceDickey.com

Friday Joy Infusion: Great Advice For How You Can Be More Visible

I met a friend for lunch last Friday (Fridays are great days for lunch!) at a really creative and funky French café. It was so wonderful to take time out and catch up.

As soon as we sat down she said, ”Laura, you are everywhere!”

“I’m happy for you and, well, kinda jealous too!”

Have you ever feel like that?

Well, you too can find out how to be “everywhere”! My friend and colleague Ellen Britt has put together a free telesummit about getting Online Publicity.

I’ve participated in Ellen’s programs before because she is really good at interviewing, and I always get very practical and real advice from the great people she interviews. (She used to work in an ER, so her to-the-point focus really is a great skill!)

Let me give you some examples …One of the success strategies I work with my clients on is how to be the Go-To-Goddesses in their specialty areas. Here’s what that can look like…

• When a journalist is writing an article in your niche, YOU want to be the go-to source
• When a well-known thought leader is hosting a telesummit, you want your name to be at the top of the list of invited speakers
• When clients and colleagues give referrals, you want them to immediately think of you... "Oh, %$firstname$% is absolutely the person you want to talk to...."

How do you get to that place?

Sign up for Ellen’s free Online Visibility Made Easy Telesummit.

She's interviewing me as well as 15 other mega-successful marketers on the practical strategies to being visible on social media, Kindle, YouTube, masterminds, books, live events, your blog, and more.

Look at this line-up....

• Adela Rubio – Conscious Entrepreneur, Joint Venture Strategist & Expert Online Virtual Event Producer
• Bob Jenkins (aka Bob The Teacher) – Author, Business Coach & Internet Marketing Consultant
• Kathleen Gage – Author, Speaker, Internet Marketing Specialist & Best-selling Book Advisor
• Marnie Pehrson – Author, Publisher and Article Marketing & Amazon Launch Expert
• Jessica Swanson – Entrepreneur, Small Business Authority and The Shoestring Marketer
• Helen Raptoplous – Master Affiliate Marketer & Take Action Specialist
• Janet Slack – Social Media Trainer, Business Growth & Development Expert, Coach & Consultant
• Karyn Greenstreet – Speaker, Author and Self-employment expert
• Felicia Slattery – Author, Speaker, Communication Consultant and Coach
• Fay McLean – The Aussie Business Coach, small business mentor & entrepreneur
• Denise Wakeman – Online Visibility Expert, Business Blogging and Online Marketing Advisor, and Founder of the Blog Squad
• Sandy Martini – Small Business Growth Marketing Mentor and Consultant
• Janis Pettit – Small Business Success Expert, serial entrepreneur and Business Coach
• Kristen Eckstein – Author, Publishing Consultant and The Ultimate Book Coach
• Me! – Author, Entrepreneur & Business Goddess
• … and Dr. Ellen Britt – Joint Venture Expert, Online Marketing Specialist and your host for the Online Visibility Made Easy Telesummit...

This free Online Visibility Made Easy Telesummit is like no other you've ever attended...

You'll walk away from each call with concise, powerful, effective online visibility strategies that you can implement right away, plus...

If you have an online presence but can't seem to get any traction from it or you don't know where to start, then the Online Visibility Made Easy Telesummit is for you...

All you have to do is reserve your complimentary seat... It begins on Tuesday, October 18, so sign up today!

I hope to see you – all around – at the Online Visibility Made Easy Telesummit!

En-JOY!

See how these women are awakening their Creative Power AND today is the early bird deadline for you!

Bring your Creative Power into your business – and see the results….

If this idea is compelling to you, but you're not sure exactly what it means or perhaps you're a bit skeptical of what it can REALLY do, here are what some of the Business Goddesses from my last Business Goddess Bigger Game 2-Day Coaching Intensive are up to in the REAL world:

• A reinvention life coach is embracing her authentic marketing style by letting her creative spirit out in her marketing (not just in her life!). She hit her $30,000, 3-month goal by putting herself out there creatively, expressively, and being open to the unique delivery methods of the Universe. Opportunities came her way that weren't even in the plan, but they just kept coming her way. Opportunity after opportunity.
• A practical meditation coach launched her meditation CD with beautiful newpackaging, and she has tweaked her website and is showing up on social media that absolutely showcases her practical expertise in a beautiful, spiritual, powerful way.
• A copywriter and marketing communications coach created a highly inspirational, creativity magazine, collaborating with many expert colleagues, as well as set aside time for her own deep writing.
• A high-level, successful business coach is reinvigorating her own business energy and her programs by bringing more of her expertise and sense of adventure into her business, programs, and marketing.
• A retail store owner stepped more fully into being a bold and personable business owner. She's letting herself be seen in her community in a more genuine and creative way, which is positively impacting her business and is a heck of a lot more fulfilling and fun for her!
• A children's photographer is creating a website and an information product to help amateur and professional photographers capture magic when photographing children. She is putting her passion for children into multiple streams of income - marrying the passion and the practical.

Each of these women is embracing her own Creative Power. They're doing amazing, cool things in the world. They're letting their creative, authentic, powerful selves into their businesses.... and it's showing up in real, tangible results.

Aren’t you ready to do this, too?

Embrace your own Creative Power fully. Early bird and 4-pay ends today.

I hope you’ll join this small, intimate, powerful group of women in Atlanta!

Warmly,

P.S. If you still aren't sure exactly what a workshop like this can do for you, give me a call at 678-969-9040. We can talk about your creative power and how embracing it fully will impact your business in ways that are beyond the business plan!

You, Your Business, and YOU

How deep are you willing to go?

In this day and age of weariness and wariness of slick marketing…being authentic, bold and letting out more of the real passionate you is the real answer to for how you create spirit rich success in your business (and your life)!

Authentic. Bold. More of YOU.

Do you really know what that means?

Notice I did NOT say…learn another marketing strategy.

More YOU.

Creative, smart, sassy, quiet, bold, calm, zen, not-so-zen, funny, sarcastic, soulful, beautiful, messy….YOU.

That’s the secret sauce, ladies.

I know…easy to say…but how to you let her come out and run your business?

I’m inviting you to a place to start.

My Business Goddess Bigger Game Coaching Intensive in November.

You'll get...

You

You

You

You

... and you.

Sound scary. Could be.

Sound interesting. Definitely.

Will it be creative? You bet.

Will you get a glimpse of your creative power. YES!!

Oh, and you’ll get plenty of practical how-to’s, ideas, brainstorming, and strategies from me and the other creative women in the group.

But if you don’t add a healthy dose of YOU. All those strategies – will end up in the “delete” folder….never to be seen.

That makes me want to cry. I want you to be in the “favorites” folder!

If you are ready to add more of YOU to your marketing and your business – join me and a small group of creative women who are all committed to uncovering that creative and powerful woman inside who wants to change the world through her business.

Reserve your seat at the Business Goddess Bigger Game Coaching Intensive.
I’m offering a really delicious easy to afford price. This price will only last through tomorrow, Friday, September 30. We also have an easy 4 pay option as well. I told you…I want it to be an easy decision for you.

Come to Atlanta. Join me and 7 other powerful women. Discover your power. Light up your business!

Join me at the Business Goddess Bigger Game Coaching Intensive.

Warmly,

P.S. We only have 4 spots left. Claim your spot - and claim you.

Be Your Powerful Creative Self!

I just got back from my Business Goddess Six Figures and Beyond Mastermind retreat in St. Simons Island, GA, and all I can say is "Wow!"

OK, I have a bit more to say...

I designed this retreat to help my mastermind clients discover and embrace their Thought Leadership. We focused on stepping into their Big Self, their unique and vibrant vision, the movement they each are creating in their world – and then operate from that place.

These women wanted what you want – to step into your creativity.

If you are like these women you are sick and tired of hearing more marketing secrets. You’ve been doing that part and it’s not working any more so it MUST be more than just “doing more marketing”.

What I have learned is that the “secret sauce” to more authentic success in your business is directly related to YOU. It means being more alive, more vibrant, and daring to speak from your soul.

The result from the retreat? These five women were so freakin’ excited about their message and who they're working with that they absolutely radiate!

We actually had people buying us drinks at two different restaurants, singing with us, asking us who we were, the housekeeping fairies (that’s what they call themselves) wouldn’t leave us alone, the energy was so compelling! Everywhere we went people could just sense that we were powerful creative women up to something amazing!

They shine, and they're so attractive that they attracted opportunities everywhere they went and people just can’t wait to work with you when you are that alive and engaged!

And that's what you can have, too.

Do you want to tap into the powerful creative being you are?

You can't do it sitting in front of your computer screen playing on Facebook or Twitter or Google +. You can't do it trying to methodically go through your to-do list. You can't do it half-heartedly writing your next sales page.

You do it by stepping out of your day-to-dayness. By being willing to let go of the old stories holding you back and take courageous steps right now - today.

I’ve created a really easy way to get started…

Business Goddess Bigger Game Coaching Intensive
November 15 and 16

And until Friday, September 30, you can get if for the early bird price or a super affordable 4 pay option..

Be your most powerful creative YOU. Play your bigger game. Join me in Atlanta.

Warmly,

PS: See what Alicia Forest from ClientAbbundance.com has to say about attending my last Business Goddess Bigger Game event