The Inner Game of Joint Ventures

[I'm please to share this guest expert article with you from my colleague Adela Rubio…]

Joint venture strategies and tactics aren't rocket science. They're not difficult to grasp, or even implement, though they may take some elbow grease.

Navigating the inner landscape, is another story. More often what holds you back in approaching a potential JV partner is the perception that they are so much further along than you…

They are more successful.
They are well known.
They are experts!

Why would someone who has SO much together want to partner with you? There are plenty of ways to position the answer so that you feel comfortable, and justified, in approaching JV partnerships. There are even tools that you can use to muster up enough energy and confidence, to bridge the momentary gap.

The truth is that nothing is more compelling than certainty… your certainty. Certainty does not live in your intellect, it resides in your being. You could go off on a tangent and find ways to increase your sense of self worth, but you'd be walking on shaky ground. Self worth lacks the substance to sustain profound vision. It is a surface exploration devoid of the depths of your Essence.

How to Partner Authentically

Your Essence is not powered by fame, fortune, or fulfilling a legacy. Your Essence is powered by Life and awakens in creative expression, cosmic communion and cascading abundance.

Here are some recommendations for partnering with others who reflect your light:

1. Reclaim Your Essence. Own your own light! As long as you are feeling 'less than' someone or something, you are in the playground of illusion and are at the mercy of misunderstandings. These show up as fear of rejection, self deprecation, and self doubt. You have intrinsic worth, just by being here. Life is intricately designed, and you are in perfect partnership with creation. You serve no one by being less than who you really are. Bring your fullness to the party!
2. Relish Your Partner's Essence. Make it a practice to hone in on your partner's brilliance. Focus on what has impressed you about their work, or even how their work has impacted you. The world so often points out what's wrong, how refreshing, empowering and enlightening to reflect on what's right!
3. Be Powered By Your Vision. Take the focus off you, and instead, bring it to what you are passionate to bring into being. Often the problem is that your vision isn't big enough. You should, at first, feel nervous to speak it aloud. Once your focus is powered by your vision you'll be surprised how easily you can dare to go to the edge and do things you've never done before!

Life is always in partnership. You are in partnership with your own essence, your partner and your vision. In the end, the only sure thing is YOU and the force that propels you to embody what you are here to do and be.

You are a child of an infinite Universe, here to engage and express your unbounded BEing. Embody your Essence and gift it to the world! The power of partnerships will help you reach more people. The more people that reclaim their light, the sooner we bring a new world into being and that's an extraordinary vision to partner on!

Interested in getting ready for your own Juicy JV's? I'll be sharing details soon on my upcoming Juicy JV Bootcamp where you'll receive training and personal mentoring to help you package your brilliance and set up everything you need to share your message with more people, in less time, through the power of Juicy JV's. Want to know more? Join the early registration list and I'll keep you posted.

Image: Stars, Robb North

 

Written by Guest Author:

Adela Rubio Adela Rubio is a Joint Venture Strategist who helps coaches and creatives share their message and build their tribe using engaging listbuilding strategies. She is an expert at creating experiential online virtual events that position you to free your Unique Essence, share your Authentic Message and power boost your reach with Joint Ventures. Let Adela teach you how powerful partnerships can be. Download Adela's free audio "Creating Powerful Partnerships" at http://adelarubio.com today!

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!

Your Financial Power: Come Out From Under the Covers

We've all had one of those days, you know, when things just don't go right.

And then there are THOSE days where all you want to do is stay in bed and hide under the covers. Where you’re constricted by fear, anxiety, worry, and sometimes despair.

Under the covers seems to be the best place to stay.

Especially when it comes to dealing with your money and your finances.

And sometimes you stay there for a day, and the next you’re back at your desk writing the most brilliant article ever.

And the next day... back under the covers.

And the next day... back to creating brilliance.

It's a roller coaster, and it's just wearing you down. You're exhausted!

It's not really changes to Internet marketing, the old way of marketing, the new way of marketing, campaign strategies, the economy that are causing you financial worry.

It’s about taking back your power no matter what your circumstances are.

It's about getting centered in your own power, shifting your energy, and taking practical steps.

If you want my guidance – because you DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE! - join me on my Take Back Your Financial Power 3-part teleseries.

I want to help you see your own power and how to access it.

I want to show you strategies to shift the under-the-covers energy.

I want to illustrate some of those practical steps you can take.

And help you get off the roller coaster and stay in your brilliance.

Take Back Your Financial Power - 3 classes – starts October 19th!

• Wednesday, October 19th - Create a Conscious Relationship with Your Money
• Thursday, October 20th - UpLevel Your Relationship with Your Money
• Friday, October 21st - Deep, Rich Open Discussion about Money, Prosperity, and Wealth in Today's World.

All classes start at 12:00pm eastern. Yes, we'll be recording the calls, AND you so want to be there live! (You can even attend under the covers or at your brilliant desk.)

Take Back Your Financial Power – Shift your energy – Take practical steps.

Warmly,

P.S. Take Back Your Financial Power is at a low, low price of $97 – but only through Monday, October 17. Don't miss out on this powerful series to help you take back your power.

Is There a Boogey Monster Under Your Bed?

Unrelenting doom.

The feel of dreams dying.

The uncertainty about your future, especially your financial future.

All these messages, conversations, and emotions around us... the fear, the doubt, the worries, the anxiety about money … they just sit in the pit of your stomach.

And sit.

And sit.

And sit.

The problem is that the fear, doubt, worries, and anxiety – they paralyze you. You can't move from that place. It’s impossible to create anything new in your business.

It feels so heavy, like sludging through hardening concrete.

I talk to so many women who are experiencing this deer-in-the-headlights fear about their money situations.

It's time to do something about it NOW and take back your power. Your financial power.

This isn't a message about making more money. It's about shifting your energy around all things financial. Because if you don't, you can't move through that concrete.

I've been working with amazing women entrepreneurs and business owners for over ten years, and what I know is that on the outside they look successful and together. On the inside, when it comes to money, they fall apart. They go to a victim place. They don't want to look at expenses, bills, finances, debt. It's this looming boogey monster.

But when they did look at their finances, yes, at first, they felt like crap.

But then things shifted.

Knowledge is power. Using energy shifting tools is power.

When they took their power back, they stood up, and they really were those smart, creative, powerful business women. (And, really, they always had been – they just couldn’t see it.)

That's what my new Take Back Your Financial Power Teleseries does – it helps you look at the boogey monster, see that it's not really a monster after all (at least not one that you can't vanquish), take back your power, and run your business from that self-confident, powerful place that you KNOW is in there somewhere.

This is the biggest issue I see that you need to address to be able to grow your business in this new world era.

Take Back Your Financial Power 3-part series starts October 19 and runs for three days through October 21.

It’s an incredibly affordable price. I want to make it as easy as possible for you to take back YOUR financial power! Early Bird special of $97 for all three classes in the series.

Even if you can't be there live (and, honestly, you really will want to be there live), the calls will be recorded, and you'll get the downloadable recordings after each call.

I hope you’ll join me in taking the first step to take back your financial power.

It starts next week.

Find out more and register now
(The price goes up after Monday).

Let's get rid of all the doom and gloom and boogey monsters and step into those powerful beings we absolutely are!

Warmly,

Friday Joy Infusion: Let Your Soul Into Your Business

I love all types of assessments, typing, readings. You may have heard me talk about one of my favorite types of readings called soul languages. These describe the way I connect with my soul and how it shows up in the world.

My good friend and colleague, Jennifer Urezzio, founder and Spiritual Director of Know Soul's Language, helped me identify my three soul languages. I'm a Mentor (this is my purpose – and this one is pretty obvious, don’t you think?), Sextant (I know where you are and your path), and Connoisseur (I can see your gifts and how to package them) – and each of these shows up in my life and my business very strongly.

I love working with my languages and see how they support me in my daily life and how when I’m off track, they can get in my way! I find it’s useful to have skills for creating awareness about myself, and it makes it easier to realign when needed.

Jennifer has taken the art and science of Soul Languages to a whole new level. She’s put together the Business of Soul Telesummit – Bringing Leaders of Together to Help You Create the Grand Masterpiece.

During this telesummit, you'll hear from me and other leaders, healers, and visionaries who are using their purpose and Soul Languages to live and create businesses with purpose and prosperity.

Each interview will be filled with content-rich material, inspirational stories, and tangible examples on how they are using their Soul (via their Soul Languages) to create a life, a business, and a world that generates peace, happiness, and abundance for all.

I have to say that I’m really impressed with the depth that Jennifer goes – it’s very creative, and she makes something that could be hard to understand very practical!

When you sign up for this free telesummit, you’ll get access to the interviews for 30 days (almost unheard of!), a handy worksheet to keep track of your notes and ahas from each interview, access to videos from several of the speakers (including me!) with even more rich information, and some free goodies.

Here are some of the amazing speakers:

• Amethyst Wyldfyre
• Debbie LaChusa
• Jan Stringer and Alan Hickman
• Dr. Jennifer Howard
• Kimberly Englot
• Laura Hollick
• Lisa Robbin Young
• Marci Shimoff
• Soul Sister Circle from Soul Circle Radio
• Me!

We'll show you how we're letting our souls into our businesses and creating grand masterpieces. I hope you'll be inspired to let your soul guide you in your own grand masterpiece.

Join me for the free Business of Soul Telesummit –
Bringing Leaders Together to Help You Create Your Grand Masterpiece

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!