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Business Goddess Manifestos reach 1000 women entrepreneurs around the world!

Today we hit over 1000 women entrepreneurs downloading their very own Business Goddess Manifesto!  We have women from New Zealand, Australia, Romania, Italy, Sweden, UK, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Canada and from points all over the U.S. download their inspirational package.

I truly love hearing the stories of how you love the manifesto, your rituals, I’ve seen photos of it hanging in your offices, and more stories of how you have shared it with your business girlfriends.  I am truly honored and equally inspired!

Just last weekend I was on St. Simons Island on a creative retreat and met a friend for tea.  She introduced me to two new entrepreneur women and we got to hear their creative business ideas…then one of them exclaimed “YOU’RE the one who created the Business Goddess Manifesto!”  I just loved hearing how it inspired her day!

If you haven’t received your free Business Goddess Manifesto and eCourse – please join in: 

http://www.joyfulbusiness.com/manifesto/

EN-Joy

- Laura

I Wonder Game Video Leads to Media Coverage

Thanks Angela Stalcup, Atlanta Leader, Ladies Who Launch, for sharing your story about how the “I Wonder Game” video inspired action after action which lead to media coverage!

Angela’s story…

Actually, I played the I Wonder Game and got in the Sunday AJC on Memorial Day weekend.

The day you posted the video link on your Facebook status (May 5: I remember because Cinco De Mayo is significant in the story), I decided to play the game for the entire day. Every FB status I posted involved, I Wonder…. I had an Incubator Workshop that morning and some meetings in the afternoon and didn’t get home until 6pm or so. Around 7:30pm I realized that it was Cinco de Mayo and that I might like a marguerita and chips, but I didn’t want to go alone. So, I used “I Wonder” and posted to Facebook: I wonder what exciting adventure might be had if I went out for Cinco de Mayo alone?

As soon as I posted it I saw that one of my friends was hanging out at a restaurant not too far from me, so I asked to join her. As it turns out, she works in PR and knew about a PR opportunity regarding women and our relationships with our bathing suit. I know her through LWL, and she had heard me tell the story about my decision last summer to buy a two-piece bathing suit, wear it to my community pool party, and post a picture of self in said suit on my website. She suggested that I submit the story. Because I was in the “I Wonder” mode, I submitted the story. Not only did the reporter interview me, she asked to print my bikini pic in the paper. (The online version of the article doesn’t have the picture, but you can get a link to the article on my blog and see the picture here: http://curvylife.com/2009/05/24/facing-down-the-bikini/ ) This is my first, real piece of media coverage on my blog, so it’s very exciting.

And it all started with the I Wonder Game. I shared this story at the last LINC Up!, and had everyone play the game for the duration of the event.

And that’s the story, Angela

Best,

Angela

Isn't that amazing!

EN-Joy

Laura

Sharing Some Magic and Miracles with YOU!

I wanted to share with you a couple of photos. Last week my Magic & Miracles client, Laurie Mandato, flew down from Boston to lead a workshop on “Creating Your Authentic Presence.” She is a dynamite image consultant who helps women stepping into the spotlight look and feel fabulous – from their essence to their intention. Here’s a group of us – many of my clients, colleagues and friends at the workshop. 

 

And here’s Laurie and me together. She will be leading a “Spotlight Secrets” special evening session at my upcoming Business Goddess Marketing Breakthrough Experience workshop in early October. Read below for more information about the workshop – we are already over 1/2 full, so reserve your spot now and join the movement of women entrepreneurs creating the fresh new way of “being” and “doing” business! I’m so excited to meet everyone in person along the oceanfront! You can read more about the workshop at www.IAmABusinessGoddess.com and view my new video too!

EN-Joy

Laura

Kathleen Ann of Australia interviews Laura West - Business Attraction in Action

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Kathleen Ann of Power Up Your Marketing, and from Sydney, Australia.  Kathleen is a real attraction marketing fan and a generous spirit!

Here is a copy of our interview for your listening pleasure.  The topic - one of my favorites - Business Attraction in Action!

Listen Now:

You can also checkout Kathleen Ann and her resources at her website for Power Up Your Marketing!

En-JOY!

Laura

Embrace Your Authentic Marketing Style to Double Your Income & Impact!

Specially Designed For Heart-Centered Entrepreneurs:
Coaches, Consultants, Authors, Speakers and Healers

For the first time – these two attraction mavens , Stacey Mayo, Center for Balanced Living, and Laura West, Center for Joyful Business, collaborate to bring you a special Free Teleclass!

March 18, 1 pm Eastern

Embrace Your Authentic Marketing Style
And Double Your Income & Impact!

 

• Does your soul cringe when you think about marketing the way some of the well-known experts do?
• Perhaps you are working hard on your marketing, doing what others seem to be doing, but not seeing the results that you think you should?
• Maybe you are hiding out, reluctant to let people see your real passion?
• Or you have ideas about what to do but feel stuck and you can’t explain why?

Watch your business soar to new levels of success when you learn to embrace your Authentic Marketing Style. Having the courage to show up with authenticity and daring to be remarkable will allow you to get the results you deserve while making a bigger impact in the world.

Wednesday, March 18
1:00 pm est

Join us for this free teleclass!

Register Here!

Yes, we'll record it and you'll want to know we are giving away bonus' for being on the live call!  I hope you can join us!

En-JOY! 
Laura

What's YOUR secret to creating your own economy?

Are you looking for more income streams? Do you want to start a business but are afraid this isn't the right time?

For myself, I'm always interested in looking for more ways to take charge of my OWN life and my OWN business. That's why I was intrigued by Ali Brown's new free teleclass TODAY, Thursday, March 5, called "How to Create Your OWN Strong Economy This Year... With Online Information Marketing." It's tonight at 8pm eastern.

Here's the link to sign up:

Ali's Free Teleclass - Register Now  

I love Ali's philosophy and practical business advice.  I'll be on the call tonight - and if you own your own business and want to hear more about new ways of doing business - you should join us! 

I was at Ali's very first Online Success Blueprint workshop when there was only 30 people!  I was at Ali's Online Success Blueprint workshop last November with my husband and there were nearly 500!

You can catch me in her video on Facebook and hear my testimonial about following Ali's strategies has made a huge difference in my business.  (and if you've been a Joyful Business follower then you've seen the difference)

Link to Video

I hope you'll join us on the call tonight!

 

Ali's Free Teleclass - Regiser Now

En-JOY!

Laura

Joyful Business Podcast #23: Becoming the Complete Entreprenuer

Don't miss another episode - subscribe today and be the first to know when a new podcast comes out  - Join our "Creating Your Joyful Business" newsletter - http://www.joyfulbusiness.com/subscribe.html

Here is the latest episode of the Joyful Business Podcast featuring interviews with some of the most talented and joyful entrepreneurs on the Internet. Each interview is full of nuggets of wisdom about how being joyful and mindful in your business brings you the success you deserve. You'll find tips, stories, and real life ideas for keeping the joy, passion and creativity alive.

Join us every two weeks in Cafe Entrepreneur for a new interview.

In episode #23, we talk to "Street-Smarts" Marketer, Kathleen Gage, who is the CEO and founder of Turning Point, Inc. and Maxwell Publishing, as well as a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and an internationally recognized Internet marketing and publicity expert for speakers, trainers and authors. She enjoys working with spiritually minded entrepreneurs who want to learn how to package their expertise and knowledge into money making products and service, while using their spirituality to enhance their business and to complete their lives.

Through Kathleen's success, she has found that as long as she makes living in a state of gratitude the cornerstone of everything she does, then things will work out better on the whole - no matter what the circumstances are around her. She has taken time to work on gratitude daily through small spiritual rituals, and suggests ways we can do this as well.  As we take the time to work on this aspect of our lives, we will find that we feel more complete, and we will be able to enjoy our work, our business, and our lives more completely!

Listen Now: 

If you enjoy this Joyful Business Podcast then you'll love our bi-weekly newsletter, Creating Your Joyful Business, filled with resources and how-to's for creating a financially successful business while honoring your lifestyle, your relationships and your creative expression!  Subscribe at: www.JoyfulBusiness.com  and receive your Free Business Attraction Success Kit!

Enjoy!

Laura

Joyful Business Sightings - Pat Altvater

I created the Joyful Business Guide™ system to help creative entrepreneurs bring together the power of law of attraction with smart marketing strategies.  I love sharing stories from Guide owners about their experiences and thought you'd love to hear about it too!  

From:  Pat Altvater, Transformations Institute   

"Hi Laura - I LOVE my Joyful Business Guide. The Daily Giggle Goals cards are my favorite and they WORK! Just the other day I wrote a "Universe goal" that said people looking for speakers would contact me and sure enough the next day I got a call out of the blue from a woman that owns a speakers bureau who found me through the National Speakers Association. How's that for fast?

Loving it, Pat"

En-JOY!

Laura

Ready for a Creative Business Retreat with me?

I spent last week in Boston - "enjoying" the winter weather and visiting with two of my platinum clients - creative business owners .  It's tough for me as I only have "southern winter" clothes.  Not quite waterproof, slip-proof and protective enough...but it worked out.

Here is a photo of me in the snow at our retreat center.  I like to find beautiful and inspiring spaces.  This time the retreat was at a cute farmhouse.  (mental note: add into my vision story that all retreats are in WARM, beautiful and inspiring spaces)

I get asked alot about what goes on during these day long Creative Business Retreats.  What do you do all day? 

These Creative Business Retreat Days are part of a year long Magic & Miracles Platinum Program.  It's for business owners who are ready to go beyond their current level in a much bigger way. 

As part of the program you get a day devoted to your business.  It's tailor made to your needs and where you are in your business.  We usually include:

• Getting clear about your vision and claiming it!
• Getting super focused on your "opportunity niche",
• Setting intentions for the year and specific goals for the next 90 days,
• Brainstorming and designing packages for your services,
• Identifying your free gift opportunities,
• Creating an outline for information products,
• Creating a plan for building your list and increasing your visibility & credibilty,
• Picking my brain and expertise for resources, systems and support,
• Getting clear about the steps for the next 90 days
• Laughing, creating, designing, probably a little crying, and a whole lot of dreaming!

Ready to really make your business "holistically" joyful?  ie: financially, meaningful, enjoyable, and easier!

Curious about who is an ideal Platinum client - believe it or not - it's creative business owners like you...they have said "it's time" and made a commitment to themselves and quite frankly, to the universe, claiming that they are stepping into the CEO role!  It's very powerful! Here's photos of two Platinum clients - top above, Laurie Mandato, President of Imaging Joy.  She is works with speakers, coaches, authors who are stepping into the spotlight of public speaking and want feel fantastic in their appearance and style.  And, below right, is Ginger Burr, President of Total Image Consultants.  She is a veteran Image Consultant, and among her offerings has these amazingly fun Girlfriend Parties.  She is also known as one of the "Most Fascinating Vegans" by VegNews magazine for her work with dressing and living as a vegan. 

These are creative women putting their passion into the world and wanting to honor it by making it more successful, easier, and keeping the joy alive!

If this resonates with you and you'd like more information - Send me an email telling me a bit about yourself and request our Platinum Package.  We will send you more information and an application. 

I am imagining our WARM creative retreat right now! :)

En-Joy!

Laura

Are you an Intelligent Optimist?

I love this month's cover story in Ode magazine, "In Praise of Intelligent Optimists".  So much better of a name than being called "pollyanna", don't you think! This article really speaks to us as small business owners and in particular our entrepreneurial energy and skills.

The feature article talks about how the world has fallen into a dark state...as well all hear constantly and see results daily...and yet it's times like this when we need optimism.  It's easy to be an optimist when things are going fine but it's a real mark of character when you can be optimistic during tough times.

More from the article: "Optimism isn't about denying reality; it's about creating a better reality than you're facing...The Intelligent Optimist knows a half-empty glass is also half full. And she knows more can be gained by focusing on what she has than by focusing on what she's missing. You learn to become optimistic by concentrating on things that give you a sense of satisfaction and you remain an optimist by feeding those things to make them grow.   Intelligent Optimists know that for every problem there is (at least the beginning of) a solution andd that the search for that solution can be inspirational in itself."

Ode goes on highlight their first ever list of 25 Intelligent Optimists featuring individuals around the world who are doing their best to bring positive change to their communities, their countries and the world.

What I get about this view is that optimism is a choice.  It's not about denying reality - in fact, there is power in being able to confront the real issues of what's going on around the world or even in your own bank account.  What I see is that my clients are paying even more attention to their business.  This is when your entrepreneurial creativity really gets fired up.  You look for ways to create solutions - you hae to be more ingenius when the flow of abundance shifts. (notice I didn't say dried up...it hasn't dried up...just shifted) 

This is a time to listen to your business - what is it telling you? It will point to places that are broken and need your attention. It will whisper areas of abundance just waiting to be picked.  Really hear your clients and customers - they will tell you what they want now in their circumstances...sometimes they want more access to you, sometimes they want it packaged differently...listen.....you will see it, hear it, feel it...the solutions are right in front of you.

You do have to slow down to hear the whispers.....

In my Joyful Business Guide system we get you to focus on JoyFlow Sightings.  This seems like a perculiar activity for marketing system but let me tell you...looking for the joy that is flowing in your business at this very moment will do more to shift your energy, help you tap into your creativity and get you into inspired action than anything else!  Check it out at Joyful Business Guide...

En-Joy!

Laura