This is a public service announcement…
Attention my Serious Women, Moms, Service Providers, Creators, and Biz Woman:
“Authorize Yourself” with your own B.E.D. (Brand it, Expose it and Design it) Time Story is a 6 week book writing intensive action shop. This is for those who have a book in them and ready to get it out. Ready to become the authority, ready to be the expert, ready to step into their greatness.
There is power waiting to pull forth through you. There is a road that power wants you to walk, a book that you are supposed to write, a business that is waiting for you to open up. The time is now.
- Are you ready to tell your story, maybe it’s someone else’s story, maybe it’s his story or her story or just a story?
- Do you have something to say?
- Are you ready to get the exposure you need?
- Are you ready to brand yourself as THE expert or authority?
- Are you going to let another year go by with your ideas in your head?
- Do you have articles that you would like to gather together?
- Are you ready?
If so, you’re in for a treat….
“Authorize Yourself” 6 Week Book
Writing Intensive Workshop:
How To Brand, Expose and Design your
biz by Building a Powerful Platform
with a Book!
(Yes, B.E.D Time Stories)
In this 6 week book writing intensive workshop you will learn:
- How to turn your passion, expertise and industry know-how into a book.
- How to bust through procrastination and distractions to write your book.
- How to market your book to establish you as an industry expert.
- How to turn your book into a business.
- How to use your book to monetize relationships and create joint ventures.
- How to come up with a winning title that speaks volumes.
- How to turn your book concept from a Good Idea into a God idea!
In this 6 week book writing intensive, you will have access to top notch publishers, editors, distributors and book writing experts to assist you in getting ” your book done” using the (B.E.D. Time Story) techniques that will attract media attention and clients. Here’s the program breakdown: (Be prepared to write your book by simply spending three hours a week for six weeks)
- Monday August 23, 2010 – Pajama Jam- We are going to go right into the process with creating an outline, Writing out our goal, Choosing a subtitle (not a title) & Completing Part 1 workbook, Guest Expert
- August 30, 2010 - Tea and Coffee Night – Identifying target audience, Guest Expert, Gathering Resources, Writing Workshop.
- September 6, 2010 – Burn the midnight oil- Putting all the pieces together: The process, The planning and the writing.
- September 13, 2010– Pump it up- Guest Expert, Writing workshop, Media Outlets.
- September 20, 2010- Insomnia- Writing workshop, Domains, ISBN’s, Copywriting, Marketing.
- September 27, 2010- Work it out-Guest Expert, Writing Workshop, Layout, Formats
2 Bonus calls (Guest Speakers, wrap up and writing workshop)
Using the B.E.D Time Story Method You Will Have Everything You Need To Get Into Action Quickly… Regardless Of Whether You Want to Publish a Physical Book, eBook or take your Self-Published Book to a Traditional Publisher.
Here’s what you’ll get in your “Authorize Yourself” 6 week book writing intensive workshop…
- Live trainings via webinar. This class will be as interactive and will provide you with the visuals.
- Fill-in-the-Blank Book Template
- How to get Book Testimonials guideline
- Proposal Guideline
- Access to Experts who charge thousands for no additional cost
- Group Q&A Calls where I will help you troubleshoot and provide feedback
- ‘Me Time” Coaching Calls where I will work with you personally
- A Press Release and Media Alert Template
- Additional unadvertised Goodies from our Guest Experts to help keep you on track and create the results you want
You’ll be on the road to making money and gaining visibility from your book and expertise. Here are the products you will be able to create during this intensive and here is an estimate of how much you will be able to charge for them:
1. Ebook – $20 or more
2. Physical Book-$15 or more
3. Journal – $15 or more
4. Audio books – $47 or more
5. Seminar/Workshop – $297 or more
Grab your spot in my book writing intensive workshop now and have your book in your hands in less than 90 days
Picture this – You are all dressed up, you step out your car, walk towards your venue, you have paparazzi outside your venue taking pictures, you have media inside the venue waiting to write an article on you, the lights are dim, the stage lights are bright, and there are balloons and flowers everywhere, you have a big poster board image of your book on the stage and everyone is clapping and they have money to give you for signing their book….yes, you are attending your very own Book Signing Launch Party.
There is NOTHING and I mean nothing like opening up your first box of books and holding your finished book in your hands, knowing you now have a tool to make a difference, to change lives, take your business to a new level, with your name on it.
Let’s get started now and you’ll have your book done in less than 90 days, in your hands, with your name on it.
It doesn’t take much success to
get a return on your investment
For only $297 and I realize that $297 may not be in your budget at this time. But lets do the math here to figure how much money can come your way once your book is complete.
For example…just ONE huge media connection will get you exposure that is priceless, TV, Blog, Online and Syndicated Radio, Magazine or Newspapers.
… One paid speaking engagement for $500 – $1000 each
…just One contract who agree to pay you $300
…just 15 copies of the ebook version for $20.00
NOW THAT WAS EASY
Enough TALK, the time is NOW
Guest Speakers Include:
Andrew Morrison is the President of Small Business Camp. The company provides high-impact marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, executives and non-profit leaders. Andrew has as trained thousands of entrepreneurs from Hawaii to Nigeria and appeared on Oprah. He is here to help you get your book done.
Mike Michalowicz (pronounced mi-CAL-o-witz) started his first business at the age of 24, moving his young family to the only safe place he could afford – a retirement village. With limited resources and no experience, he systematically bootstrapped a multi-million dollar technology business, sleeping in conference rooms to avoid hotel costs. After selling his first company, Mike launched a new business the very next day, and in less than three years, sold it to a Fortune 500. With his newest multi-million dollar venture, Obsidian Launch, he grows authors and experts into industry superstars.
Sophfronia Scott has nearly twenty years of experience as a professional writer. She honed her craft working with some of the best (and toughest) editors in the world during her career at “Time” and “People” magazines.
Sophfronia holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard. In her current position as executive editor of The Done For You Writing & Publishing Company, Sophfronia helps entrepreneurs and speakers to write and publish books to promote their businesses. Her latest work is the bestselling book, Doing Business By the Book: How to Craft a Crowd-Pleasing Book and Attract More Clients and Speaking Engagements Than You Ever Thought Possible.
Kamy Wicoff is an author and literary salonierre. Her first book, I Do But I Don’t: Why The Way We Marry Matters (Da Capo, 2006), was an LA Times Bestseller and was featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR’s “On Point,” The CBS Early Show, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Jose Mercury News and in other major media outlets. She currently hosts The New York Salon of Women Writers with the author, editor and critic Nancy K. Miller. Founded in London in 2003 by Kamy and the late biographer Diane Middlebrook, the salon brings women writers together to discuss the craft and business of writing. The salon also has branches in London and San Francisco.
We all form habits in childhood that may interfere with running a sound and profitable business.
For instance, did you procrastinate as a child, like not cleaning your room when your mom asked? Well, now you’re a mompreneur, and that nasty little habit can get you into a world of hurt in your business. You have to return phone calls promptly; you have to pay bills promptly; you have to write reports promptly. Well, you get the idea. Your livelihood depends on recognizing the habits that will hurt your business and learning a new more business-like habit.
Once you can recognize this baggage from your childhood, you can do something about it. Take a long, hard look at yourself and add up the good points and the bad. If the bad can hurt your business, be stern with yourself and start the retraining campaign. You can accomplish a lot just by taking note every time you slide back into the old routine.
Many years ago before the patches, the pills and the gum there was a smoking cessation trick that had the smokers put many rubber bands around the cigarette pack so that they were aware every time they reached for a smoke. It slowed them down enough so that they could decide whether they could do without. That’s what you need to do. Tie mental rubber bands around the bad habit, and every time you feel yourself slipping, you can stop and follow the new business habit.
You have enough enemies when it comes to getting things done—having your own brain plotting against you is just unfair. Hone up on a few strategies, thought exercises, and habits that get you past mental roadblocks and back to productivity.
Photo by CarbonNYC.
10. Pick Good Sounds
Megadeth doesn’t get everyone motivated, and classical is many folks’ idea of nap music. Music is a highly subjective thing, but that doesn’t mean lots of smart folks have spent time thinking about what kind of music works best for getting things done. Productivity guru David Allen prefers Vivaldi and other Baroque-period pieces that hover around 60 beats per minute. Founding Editor Gina and the editors at our gaming-crazed cousins Kotaku dig the ambience of Music for Airports. And while we’ve previously tried to tally up the best sounds for getting work done, the ultimate answer may be “Try something new. Not too loud, not too fast or slow.” And, for folks like your editor, stuff you don’t know the lyrics to.Photo by Ruud Hein.
9. Use Minor Distractions to Fend Off Big Distractions
Were you the kid who listened to mom’s advice about sweets before dinner, or were you the kid who tried to reshape the frosting so it looked like nothing was missing? If you were the latter, or it feels like that’s still the case, see how kids resisted marshmallows in a famous test. The main connection between all the good little kids who could hold out for a better reward was that they distracted themselves when temptation came up. Distraction, of course, is what you’re trying to stop doing, so we’re talking about avoiding one kind of distraction (wandering into email, getting coffee, checking a favorite web site) by using a more benign form (checking a project status, tidy up your desk a bit, stand up and stretch). If you acknowledge your temptations to get away from your work, that’s half the battle of stopping them. (Original post)
8. Set a Timer and Crank Until It Beeps
Which would you rather do: spend weeks on a big, multi-faceted project, or work 10 minutes on fixing typos and errors and then get a two-minute break? It’s surprising how easy it is to force yourself into working in a short dash, with a definite end in sight. It’s a technique beloved by 43 Folders, prolific personal finance bloggers,psychologists, and many others get to work when work seems overwhelming. (Original posts: 43f, GRS, Psychology Today).
7. Move and Breathe Like You’re Excited
Fast breathing, cold sweats, a pounding heart—when your mind is trying to stay cool before public speaking or other big events, your body knows how you really feel. Use that mind-body link-up to your advantage when you’re less than excited about a meeting, a task, or other obligations.Psychology Today suggests sports-style psych-ups, like moving around, talking to yourself with high-energy words, and breathing like you’re about to step into the ring. Your ability to do this stuff discretely will vary, but grabbing some quick private time is probably a better use of time than praying for an electrical outage, anyways. Photo by Andrew_Nielsen. (Original post)
6. Make Your To-Do List Doable
The demands that our jobs put on us is usually more than enough. The way many of us over-stuff and micro-manage our to-do lists makes it worse. Gina gave us the big picture ofmaking a doable to-do list, but her advice on saving your workday contains a fast-food take-away: cross one item that’s not worth doing off your list, right now. Whether it’s unimportant busywork, old ideas that don’t work, or something you can delegate to better hands, your list will speak more clearly to you and you’ll feel a lot better. Photo by ebby.
5. Don’t Check Email for the First Hour of Work
We know, we know—not everybody can technically do this. But, honestly, maybe you can, by shifting your schedule an hour ahead or training coworkers on when to expect responses. Organization writer Julie Morgenstern titled an entire book on this idea, the basic premise of which is that that first hour, the one where nobody can pull you in different directions, is when you can crank on an important task, the first thing to get done today, the thing you know everyone’s going to pull you away from later on. Try it out for a day or two—don’t let what happened overnight in your inbox dictate your entire day. Photo by trekkyandy.
4. Create a Fake Constraint
It’s something of a companion piece to the “dash,” or perhaps a 300-level class for graduates of Fooling Yourself Into Producing 101. But putting creative constraints on your work or personal projects—500 words, 140 characters, 24 hours, 10 people, three colors—makes you stretch your brain a bit further, and get more creative, than just plodding and plodding until you feel “done.” I found particular inspiration in how Beck gives himself and his friends just 24 hours to record entire cover albums. Entrepreneur and blogger Guy Kawasaki stands by the success of presentations that use 30-point fonts, 20 minutes, and just 10 slides (the 10/20/30 rule) for less soul-deadening effect. Whatever fence you set up, you’ll likely feel paradoxically more free inside of it. (Original post: 10/20/30).
3. Move Quickly on New Skills and Great Ideas
“If only I knew” is a dangerous tool to give your own mind. It’s easy to convince yourself that you can’t act on your ideas until you’ve learned everything about them, or researched every possible alternative, or read the entire programming book before writing your “Hello World” app. Video blogger Ze Frank calls these stashed-away thoughts brain crack, because it’s addictive to think you’ve always got an idea in the can that just needs one more thing. Adam built his first webappfrom what was basically scratch, and was all the happier for not holding out. Programmer Matt Nowack described what’s called for best—”hustle.” (Original posts: brain crack, hustle).
2. Have a Status Board (of Some Kind)
Just look at how the team at Panic software keeps track of their big-picture goals, small successes, and organizational progress. It’s neat, and it’s made their team more productive, but you’ll never get one. You can, however, analyze and panic-button your life with personal graphing tools, fitness monitors, goal-oriented webapps, or by taking inspiration (and caution) from the subjects of Gary Wolf’s NYT Magazine piece on The Data-Driven Life. Of course, people have been keeping personal status trackers for hundreds of years—they just called them journals.
1. Understand and Overcome Your Fear of Failure
The part of your brain that was forged in caveman times doesn’t want you to risk doing something great on your next project, to jump to a new career, to start writing on the side. It wants you to stay fed, remain quiet, and simply survive. Author Seth Godin and productivity writer Merlin Mann dug into the facets of this tendency—the “lizard brain,” the “puppy brain,” and beyond—in an interview conversation well worth listening to. Even if you take the step toward actually working on the project, your brain can start getting ahead on excuses for your failure, and they’ll affect the outcome all along the way. You can’t entirely stop your mind from wanting you to stay safe, but you can know what it’s trying to do and strive to work past it. Photo by Tiagø Ribeiro.(Original posts: fear of failure, excuses).
When you’ve felt completely defeated, or can’t seem to focus, how have you snapped yourself out of it? Was it a thinking exercise, a change of scene, or something else? We want to hear about what really worked in the comments.
Send an email to Kevin Purdy, the author of this post, at kevin@lifehacker.com.
Too many mompreneurs hold a pistol to their heads and give the revolver a good spin when trying to get their businesses started and keep them going. They have what I call shiny object syndrome. Any little thing can pull them away from business job one, starting their entrepreneurial life and making sure it brings in the income and keeps the customer satisfied. Getting distracted will surely harm the business.
Trying to balance family, the most important people in your life, and a business isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes drive and desire and focus and plans. If you feel in your deepest soul and in your head that you must have your own business, then go for it. But don’t go off in every direction at once. Make a business plan and make sure you build in the right amount of work time but also children time and significant partner time. Remember you left the rat race because you didn’t have enough time for the people who make your life worthwhile.
Don’t get sidetracked from your goal. If the home phone rings during business time, don’t pick up even if it’s your best friend. It’s business time now, and you can call her during non-business hours. That’s what answering machines (and even all the gizmos on cellphones) are for. Just because you work at home doesn’t mean you’re available to everyone, and that includes the older kids. Of course, if your son just fell out of a tree (which they seem to do with regularity, well, yeah, you have to take him to the hospital). Otherwise, you’re at work; don’t lose your focus and stay directed.
Keep your eyes on the prize.
