Virtual Woman's Day Celebrations

Turning Your Contacts into Contracts FREE Teleconference

2009-09-28T15:57:00.000-07:00

(and Lifetime Clients) ... Building Your Business through Networking during Changing Economic Times.

If you'd like ot learn how to turn your contacts into contracts then you will want to join us on Wednesday September 30th at 11 AM EST. for an enlightening and thought-provoking interview with the Founder & CEO of Upside Thinking, Lisa Platske.

Whether you're new in business or have been networking for years, this interview will give you useful, practical, immediately-implementable information to grow your client database and your business.

You'll learn how to:

* Boost Your Sales by Becoming a Client Magnet ~
* Accelerate Your Growth by Generating Endless Referrals ~
* Effortlessly Market Your Business ~
* Overcome the 4 Biggest Blunders in Networking to Master the 4 Steps in Creating an Effective Network ~
* Captivate Potential Clients with Three Magic Words ~

The economic tide has changed ...How will you ensure your success?

ABOUT LISA:

Lisa Marie Platske, President of Upside Thinking, Inc., is an award-winning entrepreneur and dynamic motivational speaker known for her contagious high energy, and ability to change the way leaders approach their personal and professional lives.

Because she believes that every enterprise rises or falls with leadership, Lisa Marie often works with clients one-on-one to help them boost their personal brand in order to maximize their sphere of influence and increase their wealth-building capacity.

Lisa Marie acquired much of her leadership expertise during her years in banking and federal law enforcement. She is the author of Designing Your Destiny: Achieving Personal and Professional Success and has been featured in the book Speaking of Success with speaking giants Blanchard and Canfield. Lisa Marie lives in Coral Gables with her brilliant husband, Jim, and keeps an office in Riverside, CA.

To learn more, visit http://www.upsidethinking.com/.

Here's how to attend this FREE Teleconference call:

(641) 715-3840 at the prompt use Access Code: 361467#.

Hope to see you there!

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How to Create, Promote and Sell Info Products in New Economy

2009-03-09T14:23:00.000-07:00

Join us for “HOW TO CREATE, PROMOTE AND SELL INFORMATION PRODUCTS IN THE NEW ECONOMY” March 19 and 20, 2009

Can you really make money creating information products? ABSOLUTELY!

And our experts are going to show you how. And so much more. These 9 experts are going to show you how they took an idea and turned it into a profit center for them, changing their lifestyles for the better and in most cases replacing traditional careers and professions.

Why is being an infopreneur perfect for the New Economy?

Your products are totally in your control. No boss to answer to, no time clock to punch. You create it (or not) you own it, you set the price and you never run out of inventory because you sell it over the internet.

Information products are easy inexpensive and the right “topic” is relevant for years to come (evergreen).

Your products are delivered automatically.

You can turn one product into many, you can cross sell, up sell and resell over and over again.

During the Virtual Woman’s Days Celebration and Summit you will learn:

How to research niches to find product ideas and a built-in market.

Where to find thousands of instantly saleable products in the public domain

How to write copy that sells the product for you

How to sell information products on the Internet

What types of information products you can create

How to price your information products

How to give away information products to generate leads, sales and create ongoing viral marketing campaigns

How to get online publicity for your expertise, articles, books, ebooks, teleclasses, webinars, etc.

How to collaborate with online friends to create a viral marketing campaign

How to leverage your information products to sell your other services such as coaching, speaking and consulting.

How to set up an affiliate program and get others selling your product for you

How to build a database of satisfied customers and how to market to them again and again

How and where to find professional writers who will research, write and edit your information products when you don’t want (or have the time) to do so

How to turn one simple product into an information empire

How to automatically deliver your books electronically while you sleep
How and where to get eBook covers professionally designed for you - cheap

How to use online auction, audio and video to sell your information products

How to promote your information products virally using social networking (without getting banned)

And so much more!

In addition to the wealth of information, everyone who attends will receive access to dozens of information products offered by our guest experts, members and more.

Everyone who registers receives all the RESOURCES including a Special Report listing all the Tools and websites our guests mention, LINKS to all 8 interviews, VWD Event Manual as well as all the great info products we have ready for you to grab and use such as special reports, white papers, ebooks, ecourses, audio and video. Each bonus is immediately downloadable when you register. Here is just a sampling of the Bonuses you will receive when you register:

eBooks Sampling:

The E-Books Profit Pulling Powerhouse (Value $27)

The Internet Entrepreneurial Success Guide (Value $37)

The Web 2.0 The Latest Internet Wave (Value $37)

Cashing In With Private Label Rights (Value $47)

Thirty Days to Create a Product (Value $47)

eCourses Sampling:

How to Promote ANY Product Using High Profit Pre-Selling Techniques (Value $47)

Audio Sampling:

The Complete Women’s Media Summit Audio Program (13 hours) (Value $97)

The Complete Women’s Internet Marketing Summit (15 hours) (Value $97)

Video Sampling:

7 Days, 7 Steps to Make FREE Money Online Video Series (value $97)

To see a complete list of resources and Bonuses, valued at over $1,600 go to: http://www.quirkyoffer.com/VWD2009.htm

And finally, during the event we are offering 7 lucky women the opportunity to “showcase” your products and services. If you are interested in being one of the “lucky seven” drop me a line with “VWD Showcase” in the subject line. I will send you the particulars. Showcases will take place on Friday, March 20th from 10 AM to 10:50 AM EST. Showcase slots are 5 minutes each and Showcasers are asked to donate a prize to be given away during the 5 o’clock somewhere networking reception that takes place in our virtual conference room and on the teleconference bridge line at the end of the day.

What could it cost to attend an event like this and receive all the special bonuses offered? The bonuses alone are worth more than $1,600 But you don’t pay that! Not even close!

So what do you have to do to gain access to these fabulous resources? Choose one of the options below to register.

Charter Members (of the Women’s eCommerce Association) are invited to attend for FREE.

Not a member? We are offering a special price for Charter Membership. Join http://www.wecai.org/ during the month of March for only $47 (that’s $50 off the regular price of $97 annually) AND receive FREE admission to Virtual Woman’s Day and as well as all the other Benefits of Charter Membership. Go to http://www.wecai.org/Charter_level.htm to learn about the many other benefits of Charter membership.

Click the button below to JOIN WECAI at the special price of $47:

Virtual Woman's Days 2009 Bonuses

2009-03-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

In addition to the fabulous speakers we have lined up this year, when you sign up for a full registration, you receive access to dozens of ebooks, ecourse, audio, video and special reports all designed to help you on your way to building an information empire.

To learn about the more than $1,600 worth of information product bonuses we are giving away when you register, go to http://www.quirkyoffer.com/VWD2009.htm.

Virtual Woman's Day 2009 Guest Experts Announced!

2009-03-09T11:59:00.000-07:00

In Celebration of Women’s History Month, you are invited to join us on March 19 and 20, 2009 for Virtual Woman’s Days Teleconference/Web-Conference Event.

Our Theme for this year is “HOW TO CREATE, PROMOTE AND SELL INFORMATION PRODUCTS IN THE NEW ECONOMY”

I am delighted to announce our lineup of special guest experts for Virtual Woman’s Day:

Thursday, March 19th ~ 5 PM EST

Ellen Sue Burton is the Publisher of DUO “Do Unto Others” Magazine, a lifestyle philanthropic magazine that highlights charities, foundations, VIP’s, unsung heroes, people who are making a difference in South Florida.

As President of Dynamic Business Network, a one-of-a-kind networking group founded in 1984, and owner/operator of L&S Creative Productions, an event planning company, Ellen utilizes grassroots networking skills and the multitude of cyber- world networking opportunities to bring maximum exposure not only to her advertisers but to the celebrities, unsung heroes and emerging artists who are featured in this recently launched quarterly magazine that is distributed to over 80,000 readers from South Beach to Palm Beach .
Find out more about DUO at http://www.duomagazine.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/duomagazine

In this session Ellen will be talking about how she uses MySpace to attract subscribers, sponsors and advertisers to DUO Magazine as well as some of the interesting people she has met and collaborated with online.

6PM EST

Andrew Poletto, The Ecourse Guru has years of sales and management experience. Anywhere from Bartending to being a District Manager for a National Bank. He started out his "internet career" doing virtual training to the Mortgage Industry and Loan Officers using Q&A style format emails and eventually wrote an ebook from this training. (before Ebooks were popular). His primary training focus was based on what is called "The Inner Game", which focuses on tweaking one’s attitude and thought process to utilize the inner talents of each individual. He still does training in the mortgage industry, but his focus has moved to the entire internet world.

Andrew is a firm believer of: "If you know how to do something, you have the know-how to teach others to do the same thing" type of philosophy. Understanding how to do this is the key. Which, in it’s purest form, leads to Ecourses. With the ever changing world of the internet, he believes the Ecourse platform should be used as more than just a teaching tool, it can be used for training and promotion as well. Andrew broadcasts Live from Ecourse Central in Sunny South West Florida! Find out more about Andrew at http://www.ecourseinterviewseries.com/

In this session, Andrew will be sharing his strategies to successfully create, distribute and monetize eCourses in the New Economy

8 PM EST

Felicia J. Slattery lives her life with energy, passion and enthusiasm because she realizes each moment is precious. After nearly losing her life during childbirth in 2004, she began to put her communication and public speaking talents to use to create a positive impact on the world. She is a teacher, trainer, speaker, writer, consultant and coach and specializes in training busy professionals to succeed through effective communication and by delivering results-driven presentations.

She holds two Master’s Degrees: one in Adult Education and Training and another in Communication. Her enthusiastic passion for communication is contagious because she knows that one important message delivered with power can transform a life. Learn more about Felicia at http://www.communicationtransformation.com/.

In this session, Felicia will be talking about How to Use Twitter to Sell More Information Products.

Friday, March 20th ~ Full day event

11 AM EST

Stephanie Chandler is an author of several business and marketing books including “From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, eBooks and Information Products.” She is also founder and CEO of AuthorityPublishing.com, which provides custom book publishing and author marketing services for business, self-help and other non-fiction books. A frequent speaker at business events and on the radio, she has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek, Inc.com and many other media outlets. You can learn more about Stephanie at http://www.stephaniechandler.com/.

Stephanie will be talking about how to become an Infopreneur based upon her best-selling book.

12 NOON EST

Teresa Morrow manages the online marketing and promotion tasks for coaches, speakers, authors and writers to eliminate their stress of trying to complete these tasks along with running their business. When a proper plan is in place, it makes it much easier to run their businesses because they don’t have to worry about these tasks. Since starting her business in 2007, she has helped dozens of clients with their online book promotions especially related to blog tours.

She works with blog writers around the globe to assist her authors in their quest to spread the word about their works. You can learn more about Teresa at http://www.keybusinesspartners.com/.

In this session, Teresa will be talking about how to use blog tours to promote your information products.

1 PM EST

Kathleen Gage is an International Speaker, Business Advisor, Internet Marketing Expert. Kathleen is CEO and founder of Turning Point, Inc. and Maxwell Publishing is a bestselling author; an internationally recognized Internet marketing and publicity expert; and an award-winning keynote speaker. She has written and published dozens of books and information products including 101 Ways to Get Your Foot in the Door; Street Smarts Marketing and Promotions; Street Smarts Making Money with the Internet; and her most recent Amazon.com bestselling book, The Law of Achievement.

Kathleen has been creating, participating in and hosting teleseminars since before it was the “popular” thing to do interviewing experts from around the globe and sharing her expertise with small business owners and fortune 500 companies. Learn more about Kathleen at http://www.turningpointpresents.com/ or http://www.streetsmartsmarketing.com/

In this session, Kathleen will be sharing her success in Turning Teleseminars into Information Products

2 PM EST

Dina Giolitto has been writing ad copy since age nine, when she arbitrarily picked up a Hammecher-Schlemmer catalog and began editing it "for fun." While other children were outside playing kickball and TV Tag, Dina and her best buddy were busy singing hokey, made-up advertising jingles into a tape recorder. She has worked for big names like Toys"R"Us, Babies"R"Us and Hasbro...

Today, Dina helps companies of varying sizes take their marketing effort to the next level with crisp, compelling copy that makes them stand out in a sea of competitors. She can help you find the "voice" of your business- the tone and style of communicating that elicits the biggest response from your target customers.

In this session, Dina will be talking about how great copywriting will help your information products stand out in the crowded info products space, online or off.

3 PM EST

Grammy-nominated songwriter and accomplished copywriter, Ellen Violette, The eBook Coach, is the creator of the Quick-Start 3-Day eBook Authoring Workshop- a one-of-a-kind PROVEN authoring program that is turning people into successful authors in 72 hours or less! She's also the creator of eBook Profit Marketing Secrets: 10 Easy-to-Follow Lessons to Building a Successful Internet Business From the Ground Up. And she coaches and mentors individual clients as well. She’s co-written an ebook with Internet Guru Jim Edwards that is soon to be released called Sell More eBooks Low and No cost tactics to explode your ebook sales and downloads. And, She’s also the author of The eBook Journal For Authoring Success, “The Moving Cure, How To Organize Your Move To Save Time, Money & Your Sanity”, as well as being a co-contributor to the #1 best-selling book Wake Up Live the Life You Love, Finding Freedom.

Ellen’s mission is to give authors, entrepreneurs, speakers and coaching creative and financial control over their lives by giving them all the tools they need to create a 6-figure income online. To Learn more about Ellen go to: http://www.marketerschoice.com/app/?af=947902

In this session Ellen will share The 7 Biggest Mistakes People Make Authoring An eBook And How To Avoid Them To Create Unlimited eBook Profits

4PM AM EST

To say Marnie Pehrson is prolific would be an understatement. She is a mother of six, the creator of nineteen web sites including the longest running article directory on the Web, IdeaMarketers.com, which contains over 420,000 articles and serves over 40,000 writers who submit over 15,000 articles in a typical month. But it doesn't stop there. Marnie's also the author of 9 fiction novels and ten nonfiction inspirational books.

Through IdeaMarketers.com she helps talented professionals deliver their message to the online world by creating a platform from which they can establish their expertise. Marnie's clients refer to her as their "secret weapon" because she delivers so much in so little time -- always under-promising and over-delivering. Marnie is about finding and highlighting the "Wow" in people. Through her CreateAWOW.com podcast she spotlights people who have done things that make you say, ‘WOW! I wish I’d’ thought of that!" You may reach Marnie and her projects here.

In this session Marnie will share how you can get online publicity for your expertise, articles, books, ebooks, teleclasses, etc.

Check out the incredible Bonuses offered when you register as well as how to attend this business-changing event http://www.quirkyoffer.com/VWD2009.htm

Today is Go Red for Women Day

2009-02-06T11:22:00.000-08:00

Did you know that today, February 6th is Go Red for Women Day? That’s right. Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association's nationwide campaign to wipe out heart disease, the #1 killer of women. This effort celebrates our power to band together and fight back. One in three women dies from cardiovascular disease—and that number is simply too high. The good news? There's something we can do about it. It's time to take charge and give your heart the love it deserves!

Companies and individuals are going red for women today by wearing red (Macy’s is a major sponsor and has a huge Wear Red Sale today), joining the Go Red for Women movement www.goredforwomen.org, and more. When you sign up as a coordinator/ host you'll get free, downloadable tools to help you plan and execute your Wear Red Day. They're available on your registration confirmation email. Get your company involved and host a Go Red for Women Reception. Give every woman who is wearing something red a small gift from your company or a sponsoring company.

By joining the Go Red For Women movement (it’s free), you become part of the fight against heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women in America. Your involvement in the movement can help save lives of mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters, grandmothers, best friends, and other women just like you!Here are some of the things you receive when you join the Go Red for Women movement:

♥ A red dress pin you can wear proudly to show you're part of the movement

♥ A monthly e-newsletter (opt-in below) filled with heart-healthy tips, events and programs, news, recipes, promotions and more

♥ Access to exclusive merchandise on Shop Go Red with proceeds benefiting Go Red For Women

♥ Access to the American Heart Association's message boards, where you can connect and share the ways you Go Red, including favorite motivational tips and recipes

♥ Free subscription to Heart Insight magazine, the American Heart Association's quarterly publication that gives you authoritative, practical advice on cardiovascular health

♥ There’s also Conversations from the Heart: A Go Red For Women Discussion Guide to get the conversation going about heart health. Share it with your HR representative, employer, coworkers, family, friends.

♥ You can read personal stories & share yours

♥ Take the Go Red Heart CheckUp

By wearing red and making a donation, you'll help the American Heart Association support ongoing research and education about women and heart disease.

For more ideas like these, check out “Quirky Marketing ~ 365 Ways to Promote Your Business Using Zany & Non-traditional Holidays.” In addition to 365 Ideas to promote your business, inside the 2009 Edition of Quirky Marketing Calendar, we show you how to use the calendar, how to work with the media, give you monthly action plan templates, a blank monthly calendar and more. At the end of each chapter is a comprehensive listing of additional holidays you can explore and use to promote your business. And an expanded resource section.
When you buy the book you also receive more than $2,000 worth of BONUS items as a thank you.

Go to http://www.quirkyoffer.com/ to learn more and get your copy of Quirky Marketing today! Hurry! Bonuses won’t last long.

Internet Marketing and Minding Your Manners

2009-01-22T10:33:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing two experts, one spoke about Protocol and multicultural manners and the other spoke about Using the Internet to Grow Your Business.

Lisa's program was geared toward doing business globally and international protocol. She is an expert in protocol for the business and corporate environment and had some great global business resources to share. You can reach Lisa at GetGlobalized.org.

Access Lisa Finan's interview here: Lisa Finan of GetGlobalized.org ~ Minding Your Multicultural Manners.

JB Glossinger is an internet marketing expert and motivational coach. He focused his program on Internet Marketing and spoke about viral marketing, social media and how he has used it to become the number one personal development website in the world. You can learn more and join JB's community at MorningCoach.com.

Listen to J.B. Glossing founder of MorningCoach.com here: Viral Kung Fu: Is Your Business in the Game? The Future of Internet Marketing.

Each of these experts shared a variety of tips, and ideas to help you in the global marketplace.

If you have any ideas for future interviews, would like to be notified of upcoming shows or have an expertise you’d like to share with the members of the Women’s eCommerce Association, please email me.

I’d be delighted to hear from you.

Heidi

Heidi Richards Mooney, Founder & CEO – The WECAI Network - http://www.WECAI.org
Want a Stay-in-Touch Method to attract more clients? Try Send Out Cards today – http://www.SendOutCards.com/Heidi - I’d love to have you on my team!

Using Social Media to Grow Your Business

2009-01-16T12:39:00.000-08:00

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Debbie Weil, author of “The Corporate Blogging Book” about how to use Social Media to Grow Your Business.

Debbie was an engaging, interesting speaker with a wealth of information. In her interview, Debbie answered questions about the definition (and misnomers) and future of social media, as well as what tools are hot today.

She talked about who is effectively using social media in business giving great examples such as Dell’s success on Twitter and how they can directly relate $1 million dollars in revenue to their guy Richard@dell and how he has effectively engaged twitter fans to drive business. Debbie talked about Southwest Airline blog ~ Nuts about Southwest, how Jet Blue uses Twitter to notify their followers of flight updates, changes, cancellations and delays.

Debbie gave several tips including the importance of our Digital Footprint and how we must be providing useful content if we want to reach and engage our circles. She also talked about how blogs are now replacing traditional websites and actually becoming websites using blogging platforms.

Debbie gave some great resources including books to read and shared her own free ebook ~ 7 tips to Write a Great Blog, which you can access at www.DebbieWeil.com.

To listen to Debbie’s interview, visit: http://www.redheadmarketingblog.com/audio/DebbieWeilSocialMedia.mp3.

To learn more about Debbie, visit her website: www.DebbieWeil.com.

To join us for our next interview (Wednesday January 21 at 11 AM EST), Mind Your Multicultural Manners with Lisa Fanin, send me an email at heidi(at)wecai.org with Mind Your Manners in the subject line and you will receive instructions on how to attend this free event.

And on that same day at 1pm J. B. Glossinger will be talking about ViralKungFu: Is your business in the game? The future of Internet Marketing. J.B. is the founder of MorningCoach.com, an online community that has quickly blossomed into the world's largest personal development Website. From Argentina to Zimbabwe, loyal listeners in more than 80 countries tune in daily to hear his podcast, skyrocketing it to the top spot on iTunes Health. In addition to his work on MorningCoach.com, J.B. also founded the innovative media-marketing firm ViralKungFu, Inc., a company specializing in social and traditional media. JB is a personal development coach, a well-regarded keynote speaker and the author of Get Out Of Neutral. He has an MBA and a PhD in Metaphysics. You can no longer rely only on your traditional marketing plan. The Internet continues to explode with new and proven methods to target your market. If you want to continue to attract and retain customers, you need to have an effective Internet marketing strategy. During this interview, J. B will show you how to lay a strong foundation for your Internet marketing plan and more.

JB’s session is $27 to register. To join us for his session, go to this link and sign up PAYPAL. Once you do, participant instructions will be sent.

Everyone who registers for J.B’s Viral Kung Fu will receive a link to his session afterwards.

CYBER Monday and Specials

2008-11-30T05:45:00.000-08:00

December 1st is Cyber Monday ~ Cyber Monday refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States that falls between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. "Cyber Monday" is meant to encourage consumers to make purchases online they could not make during the previous weekend which started with Black Friday. Cyber Monday sponsored by the National Retail Federation's Shop.org division, has evolved into a significant marketing event, in which online retailers offer low prices and promotions. (Source: Wikipedia)

In recognition of Cyber Monday, I too have some “special offers” for my readers.

They include:

#1 Grow Your Business Audio Program on sale for only $39.95!
Sign up for How to Grow Your Million Dollar Business? Audio program, based upon the Summit which took place September 18-20 and 23rd is available at $97 now only $39.95. The complete audio program now includes 20 interviews, a 90+ page workbook and several bonuses. And over the next few weeks we will also be offering additional sessions on “Attracting Million-dollar clients,” “How to get Million-dollar Publicity” and more. You don't want to miss these. Here's what one person had to say about these sessions:- Heidi I was blown away by the huge names that you managed to gather together on the one teleseminar series. Just one of these speakers would have made the entry price a great deal. I have learned so much from these speakers (and how wonderful is it that most of them are female!) I feel that they have opened my eyes to a big new world and I am implementing right now some of the suggestions that I heard. Very inspiring! Now what shall I spend my first million on...? Katherine Reschke, Business and Mindset Coach ~ http://www.passionsthatpay.com

To get your copy of this program and attend the upcoming interviews go to http://www.GrowaMillionDollarBusiness.com today. Unadvertised BONUS: Purchase this audio program and you will also receive a complete set of your choice of one of our other popular audio programs. Visit: www.WomensSuccessSeries.com for more information

#2 MOVING SALE ~ Heidi has a limited number of copies of Life Compass for Women available – Now thru December, grab an autographed copy for $4.95 (plus shipping) ~ Regular price is $14.95. This Indispensable Guidebook on Life Management for Busy Women features 16 of the top experts on Life Strategies. Every copy you buy, I will also include a copy of her “What’s Your OccuPlaytion” Motivational Book (value $6.95). This book makes a great holiday gift. Need several copies?

Send a message to Heidi@speakingwithspirit.com with Life Management book in subject line. And you will get and additional 25% off four or more copies. For more information and to grab your copy ~ Visit: http://speakingwithspirit.com/books/life-compass-for-women/ (FYI we are moving our offices January 1st and won’t have the space to store them. If you take all 29 copies we have left, I will make you an offer you can't refuse!

Have a wonderful week... and may the specials be yours!

Heidi

3 new events Friday November 7th

2008-10-31T14:16:00.000-07:00

10 AM Eastern ~ How to Live the Good Life on Zero Ca.sh with Simone Kelly-Brown CEO of Own Your Power Communications, a company dedicated to personal growth and business development www.ownyourpower.biz. In this session Simone will discuss how to Leverage Bartering in Today’s Economy including when it’s appropriate to barter, things you have readily available that you can use to barter for those things you want and more. Heidi heard Simone’s program at the Own Your Power Retreat in Miami in September and that very week created her very own barter opportunity saving her hundreds of dollars. We are delighted to bring Simone to you so you too can learn How to Live the Good Life on Zero Cash.

11 AM Eastern ~ ”How to Create a Follow-up System to Save You Time AND Grow Your Business” featuring Heidi Caswell and Heidi Richards Mooney (The Follow-Up Divas).

In this teleseminar, the Follow-Up Divas will talk about the importance of staying in touch with your clients, and how to effectively follow up with them without spending a lot of money. They will talk about a variety of stay in touch mechanisms such as email, telephone and greeting/postcard and other direct marketing ideas. You will learn new strategies for following up with leads that can save you time and money and create loyal customers and clients for life.

5PM Eastern ~ How to Create an Effective One-page eCommerce Website with Ginger Marks Founder of Documeant Designs www.DocUmeantDesigns.com. In this session, Ginger will discuss the steps necessary to create an effective one-page website, The type of questions we need to ask, and what we need to do to prepare to work with a designer. What information we need to provide, etc. Should we have a contract? All this and more. Ginger is the creator of the Grow a Million Dollar Business Sales pages ~ she did such a fantastic job, Heidi had to share the experience with our members.

To RSVP for any or all of these sessions, send a message to Heidi@wecai.org with 1st Fridayz™ in the subject line.

Note: Elite and Lifetime Members of the Women’s eCommerce Association receive access to the audio files of all these events (pre-registration required). Everyone who registers for Ed Peters’ event will also receive access to the audio files.

2 Teleseminars Wednesday, November 5

2008-10-31T14:08:00.000-07:00

10 AM Eastern Time – How to Market Your Inventions with Joan Lefkowitz of Accessory Brainstorms NYC ~ ACCESSORY BRAINSTORMS, Inc, is a licensing agency, sales representation and consultancy for Fashion/Beauty Accessory and Lifestyle Inventions. From its showroom in New York’s ‘accessories district, it licenses inventors’ products to major corporations and markets to Mail Order Catalogues, TV Shopping programs and retail.

Some very successful products we have launched have been TOPSY TAIL (which sold over $100m at retail), HAIRDINI, HOLLYWOOD FASHION TAPES, and MISS OOPS and, most recently, BOSOM BUTTON, LUMBARWEAR, WHIRL-A-STYLE, WINKEE, R.E.M. SPRING (hair removal tool) and TAG TAMERS...Specializing in representing unique products and inventions since 1984, she is always interested in seeing new products in these categories. ACCESSORIES Magazine awarded her for the “Most Inventive Products” and also cited her as one of the 100 most important accessories industry “Movers and Shakers”. www.accessorybrainstorms.com.

To attend this complimentary event, send a message to heidi@InventingWomen.com with “RSVP Inventions” in subject line.

11 M Eastern Time ~ Heidi will be interviewing Ed Peters of the 4 Profit Institute (http://edpeters4profit.dev.bayshoresolutions.com) about How to Get up to 100% More Attendees to Your Meetings and Events. Ed is known in the meetings industry for doubling, even tripling attendance at conferences, workshops and events. He is the founder of the 4Profit Institute and a seasoned marketing professional. In this session Ed will share his Pre-Meeting Marketing for Post-Meeting Profit and Praise.

Gone are the good old days where you can just advertise your meeting and expect the world to beat a path to your door. Meeting planners and sponsors already know the number of meetings are down and the number of people who attend each meeting is way down. And not likely to get any better soon… The key to making meetings well-attended, memorable and profitable is marketing.

Ed’s session is by invitation only. Cost is $27.00 and includes access to the audio file after the event.

To sign up for this session, visit: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=819988

Heidi to be Interviewed on Monday September 15th!

2008-09-12T18:50:00.000-07:00

Effició Radio Network to Interview Heidi Richards Mooney, Author, Entrepreneur and Business Coach Monday, September 15, 2008 – Atlanta, GA — Effició Radio announced that their Small Business Radio Talk Show, Real Women - Real Business - Real Solutions, will be interviewing Heidi Richards Mooney President of Speaking With Spirit & Redhead Marketing and Publisher of We Magazine for Women at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

Heidi was requested to be interviewed by Real Women because of her passion, her spirit, and her soul that she’s invested into her company. Sherese Duncan, President and CEO of Effició, Inc. the producer of the show, says, “We strive to include guests and programs which will enlighten and entertain our audience. Heidi was requested because we know she will provide robust information that our listeners can use.”

Heidi will be talking about How to Grow a Million Dollar Business and Promote Your Business in a Down Economy To listen to Heidi’s interview and to learn more about the Real Women radio show go online to http://www.wern.fm Monday, September 15th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. As a special bonus you may call instant message the show host using yahoo messenger: sheresed during the live show! --don’t worry you can remain anonymous if you like--

2 days left to save $20 on Grow a Million Dollar Business

2008-09-05T07:18:00.000-07:00

Would you like to know the “secrets” to transform your business from a small business endeavor to a multi-million enterprise?

Do you want to achieve financial freedom and peace of mind?

Some of the largest companies in the world today started as small one-person businesses in their home office, garage or the back room of another business.

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When you join us for the Grow a Million Dollar Business Summit you have the chance to meet and learn from some of the leading experts on wealth creation and management to get YOUR BUSINESS on the path to building a million-dollar enterprise.

Our Mission is to “Empower You to Achieve and Exceed Your Financial Goals”

Here is the lineup of Star-studded Speakers who want to help you reach (and even exceed) your financial goals:

Tom Antion, President of Great Internet Marketing ~ From Small Town Kid to Internet Multi-Millionaire

Loral Langemeier, The Millionaire Maker ~ Building Leading & Protecting Your Business

Andrea Nierenberg, President The Nierenberg Group ~ Million Dollar Networking: The Sure Way to Find, Grow and Keep Your Busines

Margaret May Damen, Founder of Institute for Women and Wealth ~ Be the ECO of your Philanthropic Plan: Give Meaning to your Money

Nicola Cairncross, President - The Money Gym ~ How to GROW a Million Dollar Business with a Wealth Mentor

Annie Jennings of Annie Jennings PR ~ The Mindset, Making & Marketing Of The Million Dollar Expert

Heather Juma of Wealth, Success and Women ~ How to Become a Millionaire Diva: Helping Women Create Riches in all Aspects of Their Lives

Elizabeth Gordon, Author of The Chic Entrepreneur ~ How to Grow a Million Dollar Business, The Chic Entrepreneur Way

Joyce Bone, Founder of Millionaire Moms ~ How Millionaire Moms Achieved Financial Independence ~ and You Can Too!

Melanie Benson Strick, Entrepreneur Success Coach ~ How to Build a 6- and 7 Figure Business Using the Power of Virtual Teams

Chris Ramey President, Affluent Insights ~ How to Market to the Affluent

Nicki Keohohou, CEO - Direct Selling Women’s Alliance ~ How to Grow a Million Dollar Direct Sales Organization

Marilyn Jenett of Feel Free to Prosper ~ How I Attract Million Dollar Clients Using Prosperity Principles - and You Can Too!

Maria Marsala of Elevating Your Business ~ How to Grow a Million Dollar Business With a Mastermind Team

Sandy Forster, Author ~ How to be Wealthy FAST!

Sheri McConnell, CEO of Sheri McConnell Companies, Inc. ~ Why Creating a Membership Based-Business Is So Smart - The Millionaire’s Business Model

And MORE!

Read about the Speakers, learn more about the Program Topics and REGISTER for the event. Save $20 when you register before September 15th!

Hope to see you there!

Heidi & the Where Women Prosper Team

Boomer Woman’s Group Celebrates One Year Anniversary

2008-07-23T19:43:00.000-07:00

They’re known as Baby Boomer Divas---women over 40 who are on the move and making a difference in their personal and professional lives. This month the group celebrates its one year anniversary.

The idea to create a Baby Boomer Diva Web of Fame came from baby boomer author and expert Beverly Mahone who says, “This was my way to pay tribute to baby boomer women who were doing great things at midlife but weren’t getting their deserved recognition.

So what is a DIVA? According to Mahone, she’s a baby boomer woman who’s Divinely, Inspired, Vivacious and Anointed.

Mahone says the Divas are all very talented women who come from very diverse backgrounds around the globe. “We come from all walks of life and different races and are eager to share our knowledge and resources. We’ve had a few bumps in the road and some detours but we continue to persevere. Mahone adds that in addition to a global presence, they are also honored to have celebrities like actresses Debbie Zipp and Bern Nadette Stanis who are active members and want to offer their assistance in helping them grow.

The official anniversary date is July 22, 2007. Since its inception, the Baby Boomer Diva Web of Fame has continued to grow by leaps and bounds. Mahone says the Web of Fame is now officially known as Boomer Diva Nation—a nonprofit organization that provides a variety of resources to assist fellow boomer women in their endeavors. It’s also a place where women can network

Mahone anticipates the groups continued growth over the coming year. “Who would’ve ever thought last year that something called the Baby Boomer Diva Web of Fame would turn into what it is today?”

Charter Diva Members:

Linda Alexander, Pam Archer, Angela Betts, Natalie Cole, Cynthia Frazier, Linda Hall, Donna Maria Harris, Kathy Holmes, Gayle Hurd, Karlyn, Betty Lynch, Heidi Richards; Beverly Mahone; Ginger Marks, Carine Nadel, Kathie M. Thomas Kathy Walsh, Debra Shiveley Welch, Gloria Mount, Ora Stearns-Smith and Vicki M. Taylor.

To learn more about being a part of Boomer Diva Nation, visit: http://www.boomerdivanation.org

Women Get Certified to Promote Their Businesses

2008-07-19T08:00:00.000-07:00

Join us Wednesday, July 23 at 1PM (EST) for an Interview with Delia Passi of WomenCertified®

Delia Passi is the nation's leading expert in selling to women. At the helm of a successful training, consulting and research firm, Delia arms thousands of sales and service professionals each year with proven techniques that empower them to sell more effectively to women and couples. Her series of sales training programs are based on more than a decade of research and experience in understanding and translating the nuances of how women approach the buying cycle.

As a consultant to numerous Fortune 500 companies, Delia advises her clients how to better understand their female consumers, supporting them to increase deals closed, improve customer service, and gain the loyalty of these hard-earned customers. Delia's engaging speaking approach combines humor, practicality and "Aha!" moments, leading her to captivate audiences at events including the Microsoft Global Marketing meeting, the Genworth Financial Retirement Symposium and Harley-Davidson Summer and Winter Dealer Meetings.

Prior to founding Medelia, Delia was the Group Publisher of Working Woman and Working Mother Magazines. She began her career in sales with the Xerox Corporation and quickly became one of the company's top producers, becoming known internally as "The Closer." It was when she made the switch to selling advertising that she recognized how a specialized approach proves to be more effective when it comes to selling to women, who dominate the publishing environment.

Delia earned her B.A. in Psychology/Business and a certification in education, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the College of New Rochelle in NY.

She is also the author of Winning the Toughest Customer: The Essential Guide to Selling to Women This useful and detailed sales manual is injected with humor and practical ways to tap into the female mindset - and to gain her dollars and her loyalty.

In this session, Delia is going to give an overview of the Women Certified Program, how it can help leverage the WomenCertified® program to promote your company and she will also talk about a special offer she has for members of the Women’s eCommerce Association.

To learn more about Delia Passi, visit Medelia Communications http://www.medelia.com/ . Visit WomenCertified® for more information on their program.

Wednesday, July 23 at 1:30PM (EST) Dr. Sally Witt will be our guest talking about her Certification Programs.

Dr. Sally Witt is a Breakthrough Coach and Hypnotherapist. She has a Ph.D. in Spiritual Counseling, and has a unique background in traditional psychology as well as intense alternative and metaphysical training. She not only provides individuals and families with coaching and individual therapeutic sessions, but she provides support groups, corporate consulting, trainings and demonstrations on a wide variety of topics. Dr. Witt is also known worldwide for her intuitive and energy healing gifts. She has been a frequent guest on national television and radio programs to talk about her work.

She is the author of "Your Mind Holds the Key to Health, Happiness, and Prosperity", available on Amazon.com.

"The Dr. Sally Show" on radio and video ~ YouTube has a world wide following. Dr. Sally loves to share stories that inspire and educate. Everyone's story is important, and we can learn so much from each other to help us achieve personal and professional success.

Dr. Sally is a certified trainer through the IACT (International Association of Counselors and Therapists), NFNLP (National Federation of Neuro Linguistic Programming), IHF (International Hypnosis Federation), and Life First. Her students are eligible for membership and international certification from the relevant associations after graduation.

In this session, Sally will be talking about several exciting certification programs she offers her clients and a very special offer she has for members of the Women’s eCommerce Association.

To RSVP for either session, send a message to heidi (at) WECAI.org with “eWednesday Chat” in the subject line.

Free Teleseminar ~ Power Goals with Linda Ware

2008-07-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

Join us Wednesday, July 16th at 10 AM Eastern (9 AM Central, 8 AM Mountain, 7 AM Pacific) for Power Goals with Linda Ware

Do you know the Power of Written Goals?

Graduates from Harvard were asked if they had written goals. Only 3% of these Graduates had written goals. Then they checked up on these same graduates 20 years later and found something fascinating. Most graduates had done well and had good jobs... but what they found was that the 3% with the written goals controlled more than 90% of the cumulative wealth of the entire group and also reported to be the happiest and most satisfied with their lives.

It has been proven time and time again that written goals are powerful and lead to greater success. Maybe you have written goals and maybe you don't but if you want to live wildly successful life, written goals are a must. And, here is the most startling thing about written goals – they have to be written in the proper way to really work.

That’s where Linda Ware comes in ~ she has helped hundreds of people write their goals in a way that absolutely attracts their desired outcome. She is an expert of taking people’s written goals and writing them in a way that creates such amazing energy that the universe can't help but respond.

About Linda: Committed to helping people and organizations go from good to amazing, Linda Ware is an author, master motivational speaker, corporate trainer and coach. She is the nation’s expert at teaching people the power of ‘Beaming Love’. Working with small and large groups, whether it be a motivational talk, a corporate training or personal coaching, Linda is impactful, unforgettable, and compassionate.

Linda has been trained by some of the most influential motivational speakers in the country. Bob Proctor from the popular movie, The Secret; which is sweeping the nation and has been featured on Oprah, was one of the first people to influence Linda’s teachings. As a result, Linda was a member of Bob Proctor’s Youth Mentoring International board of directors.

In 2006, because of increased demand on her skills and time, Linda developed Lasting Impact Group, a coaching and training company, where she and her certified trainers develop long-term relationships with their clients in order to achieve permanent change. Lasting Impact Group delivers programs such as: Team Building Breakthrough; One Voice Speaks; Up Your Team’s Thinking; and Executive Coaching, to name a few. To learn more, visit www.Linda-Ware.com

RSVP to heidi (at) wecai.org to receive instructions on how you can participate! BTW, there is no cost to attend.

Hope to see you there!

Heidi

Heidi Richards Mooney, Founder & CEO – The WECAI Network - http://www.wecai.org
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Check out the latest issue of WE Magazine for Women! http://www.wemagazineforwomen.com

FREE ColorAlchemy International Web Conference

2008-07-09T08:22:00.000-07:00

I am thrilled to be a part of the FREE ColorAlchemy International Web Conference which begins on July 14 , 2008. My program takes place on July 15 and I will be sharing a video presentation called Flowers and Color - The ‘Secrets’ to Creating Moods Through One of Natures Greatest Gifts.

The FR*EE Color Alchemy International Web Conference brings together 14 color experts from around the world. We will share mind, body, and spirit secrets to benefit you with the endless supply of color for your home, garden, office, and throughout heaven and earth.

The ColorAlchemy International Web Conference is an online event hosted by Jami Lin, author of Color Alchemy and Teresa Morrow, owner of Key Business Partners

Join us to discover all the ways to apply the color energies of your body, sing the spectrum of music, and vibe to the colors of dance. Learn do-it-yourself ColorAlchemy such as how color penetrates the body to reduce wrinkles and pain, and even to lose weight!

Experience the ColorAlchemy benefits with stones and essential oils, working with mandalas, making ColorAlchemy elixirs, creating ColorAlchemy vision maps, and much more; including many other free resources just for stopping by the Event.

Mark your calendar not to miss any of the life-transforming presentations. Remember to register at http://www.coloralchemy.com/ca-event.php, so you’ll have FREE access and to receive the updates.

I hope you will join me for the Color Alchemy International Web Conference and improve your life from the 13 other Color Masters’ secrets too!

Heidi

Systematize Your Success Audio is Now Live

2008-06-27T19:21:00.000-07:00

Today I had the pleasure of introducing the men behind SuccessBuildingSystem.com to listeners of our periodic WECAI Chats.

Alexander and Donald shared many wonderful case studies about how "big companies" systematize their processes and how it lead to their being considered models in their respective industries. Companies like McDonalds and how they train teenagers to "serve it up", how Debbie Fields started selling her famous cookies by marketing on streetcorners and making the recipes and then creating a duplicatable process to prepare them, that can be taught to just about anyone, how Martha Stewart is doing better than ever because she has can replicate the secrets to her success over and over again.

These were just a few of the examples they shared. Alexander talked about creating the right team and Joint venture partnerships, masterminds and more.

In the end they made the listeners an offer of a free half-hour strategy session to find out the next steps we need to take to systematize our success. And I wanted to offer it to you here. And share the link to the audio file.

Visit Systematize Your Success to listen to the free business audio (mp3) recording.

If you too would like to have a free half-hour strategy session with Alexander and Donald, sign up at http://www.successbuildingsystem.com/strategy.php. Tell them Heidi sent you!

Wishing you continued success as you build your businesses and learn more ways to leverage the tools provided by the Women's eCommerce Association.

Heidi Richards Mooney

Systematize Your Success June 26

2008-06-24T11:41:00.000-07:00

Systematize Your Success June 26th Complementary Teleseminar/Webinar Event

Join us on Friday June 26th at 12 noon Eastern time (11 AM Central, 10 AM Mountain, 9 AM Pacific) Topic: Systematize Your Success: How to Create The System, Team, and Momentum For Business Success with Alexander Alperovich (Author of books such as "Go Fast Networking" and "HowToNetworkandGrowRich.com") and Donald Kubelka (Director of Development at Success Building Systems
Network, Inc).

Alexander Alperovich is the President of Success Building Systems Network, Inc. the new web based business creation company. Alexander has over 20 years experience in building businesses, real estate, and investments. He has worked under the teutalage of some of the top internet marketers including Joe Polish, Loral Langemeier, Dan Kennedy, and Jay Abraham.

A Russian immigrant himself, Alexander is also putting together the Immigrant Success Network to help other immigrants reach new heights in their own success. He is a sought after expert on the subjects of networking and brainstorming for fun and profit.

Author of books such as "Go Fast Networking" and "HowToNetworkandGrowRich.com", he enjoys meeting new people, showing them how to get the most out of their current relationships, and connecting them together with new friends and business partners.

Donald Kubelka is Director of Development at Success Building Systems Network, Inc. Donald has over 25 years experience in publishing, computers, and business development. Some of the clients Donald has worked with include ACX, The Gallup Poll, Merrill Lynch, Civi.com, Inc. and the National Visa Registry.

An author, publisher, programmer, and entrepreneur, Donald has authored over a dozen books, written several important programs including a global conference calling system, an automated publishing system, and most recently a business creation system. He is a sought-after expert on the subject of using Intellectual Property for personal and professional branding, and how to use automation to build business systems.

A published author and speaker, Donald also teaches individuals how to dramatically increase the value of their Intellectual Properties. He holds degrees in Government, Psychology and Divinity from Los Angeles Valley College, California State University at Northridge, and Oral Roberts University.

During this session, Alexander and Donald will share their experiences and other people's examples of how having a semi-automated system, and professional team can help you gain and grow the momentum your business needs for ultimate success. They will talk about the best ways to systematize and automate your current processes, some of the best tools currently available and how to use them, common mistakes people make when setting up their systems and teams, how you can use your own system to explode your success geometrically, and more!

There are two ways to attend this session: In our Web Conference Room or our Teleconference Bridge Line.

To gain access to either of these, send a message to Heidi@wecai.org with "RSVP 1st Fridayz" in the subject line and you will receive instructions via email response.

*These sessions are being recorded and will be made available to our Charter, Charter Elite and Lifetime Members of the Women's eCommerce Association (after the sessions) as well as all guests who are online orin our conference room during these interviews.

To find the time and date in your area, visit www.timeanddate.com

Hope to see you there!

Heidi

Heidi Richards, Founder & CEO – The WECAI Network - http://www.WECAI.org

Let's Celebrate Baby Boomer Diva Day Together

2008-06-17T11:33:00.000-07:00

If you're a professional woman with a book or product, give us an opportunity to purchase from you on Friday, June 20.

This is the day we are celebrating who we are as women---as women who are on the move and making a difference! June 20 is the 2nd annual celebration of Baby Boomer Diva Day.

Showcase your product for 15 minutes for the very low price of $10. A few vendor slots still left.

Also, there will be plenty of prize giveaways with special guest speaker, Heidi Richards, who will discuss how blogging can turn into $$$ for your business or product in her session, 30 Blogging Tips in 30 Minutes (starting at 10:30 AM Eastern time).

It's going to be the most fun you've had online in a LONG time. 10am-3pm (EST.)

To get more information or to sign up now:
keybusinesspartners@verizon.net

Check out the Baby Boomer Diva Nation.

Heidi

ps. It's Beverly Mahone (founder of BBDN) Birthday! Be sure and stop by and wish her a Happy Birthday!

73 Women Bloggers to Watch for Summer 2008

2008-06-11T06:18:00.000-07:00

"My philosophy: Life is too short to regret. At one point everything you did willingly is exactly what you wanted so live it up, drink it down, laugh loudly, dance wi.ldly, sing horribly, live fr.eely, love openly, give graciously, and take humbly." - Jennifer Scott

Summer is a time to be carefree, courageous and creative. So I have been surfing the net to find some incredibly courageous, often carefree and always creative women bloggers. Today I share my list of 73 Women Bloggers to Watch for Summer 2008. Be sure and check them out, stop by their blogs, leave a comment and tell them Heidi sent you. And when you are finished visiting the blogs, be sure to check out the resources mentioned below.

Color Alchemy with Jami Lin

Ms. Biz with Tami

Absolutely Beautiful Things with Anna Spiro

The Goddess Files with Suzann Kane

Sandi Thompson Nutrition

ConflictZen With Tammy Lenski

Resonance Partnership Blog with Marianne Richmond

Building an Empire with Trisha Allen

Money Pants

The View From Here with Emily Gallardo

A Girl`s Guide to Project Management with Elizabeth Harrin

Kimmunications with Kim Snider

Mrs. Write: Musings of a Writing Wife with Julia Temlyn

One Bubble at a Time with Heather

Doctor Blogger with Dr. Rima Bishara

Idea Secrets with Laura Childs

The Savvy Tourist with Annie

Frugal For Life with Dawn

Darla Mack - Days in the Life of a Mobile Diva!

Following the Judo Life with Ronda Rousey

Bad Ass Ideas! With Samantha Warren

Lynne`s Take on Tech with Lynn Jolitz

Kathy Maister`s The Main Dish

ClickNewz with Lynn Terry

Plain Talk with Eileen McDargh

My Open Wallet by anonymous New Yorker

Najla’s Notes with Najla

Customers Rock with Becky Carroll

Sitting Pretty with Nina Smith

Ideas for Women with Trisha

Elemental Links with Brenda Michelson

We Speak Business - Hablamos de Negocios with Lara Bersano

Simply the BEST Coaching with Sylvia Warren

Almost Smart Cookie with Dr. LeslieBeth Wish

Marcom Interactive with Linda Zimmer

Mauritius Today with Kathy Wilson

Girly Geekdom with Sarah Blow at

SEO Igloo Blog with Miriam Ellis

Bunny got Blog with Bunny

Ecopreneurist with Sarah Pressman Lovinger

Business Golf Blog with Suzanne Woo

Jenny, The Bloggess

Mary Murtz, The Eleventh

Julie Pippert: Using My Words

Angela’s Mommy bytes

Lotta’s Mom-o-matic

Words for Hire with Karen

Passions that Pay with Katherine Reschke

Pangea Collection with Patricia

Small Biz 2.0 with Peg Corwin

Time Goes By with Ronni Bennett

I Quit for Lijit with Tara Anderson

Keeping Nickels with Nichelle Stephens

Semantically Driven with Jen

Daring Young Mom with Kathryn

Key Business Partners with Teresa Morrow

La Vida Cocoa with Kathleen Granfield

Branding and Marketing with Chris Brown

Dishing with Kathy Casey

SLENTREPRENEUR by Cybergrrl Oh

Joy Lan Kim

Moms in Business with Linda Hollander

Pink Heels with Beka Brown

Alice of Crafting a Business

Fiona Walsh Tips

Great Presentations Mean Business with Laura Fitton

PlaneBuzz with Holly Hegeman

Perrin Post with Wendy Perrin

Ali Bytes with Ali Cherry

Making it Lovely with Nicole Balch

Aimee’s Adventures with Aimee

*Connie Bennett’s Sugar Shock Blog

* Real Words from a Real Writer with Kathryn Vercillo

*Blogger Buster with Amanda Fazani

Three Blogging Tips to get your “blog on”:

1. Tweet your blog posts (or articles). Every time you write a new article on your blog, go over to Twitter (you do twitter, don’t you?) and post the title of the article and a link to it at your home page. If you don’t Twitter yet, get started now. It’s microblogging so you only have a few words (140 characters to be exact) to post a tweet. Followers and visitors to your home page can read your updates and if they like what they see will follow you and tell others too.

2. If you want to increase your blog traffic you have to comment voraciously on related blogs and forums. Make sure your comments add value to the conversation (not just, “hey, nice post”), so that when readers visit those blogs they feel compelled to click on your link and “check you out.” This can increase the number of visits to your site and if those new-found visitors like what they see, they too become loyal readers. In fact, I found this tip while surfing a blog and then clicked on the link in the comment and found other great tips on blogging! And I even found a few *women bloggers whose comments I liked and have added them to this list!

3. Something I never thought of was to add a "tell-a-friend" link at the bottom of each page. Some people who visit blogs may not think to share their new findings with their own circles.

Note: Here’s a cool tool I found that can help you stay in touch: RSS responder is a new script that allows you to keep in touch and follow-up with your subscribers without the hassle of email: http://ebizwhiz-publishing.com/rssresponder.htm

Ps. If you are a woman blogger or know women bloggers we should be listing be sure to leave a comment and let us know. We are looking for TEAM bloggers, GREEN bloggers and Women Bloggers to Watch for Fall 2008!

Leverage Social Networking - Two experts share

2008-06-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had the opportunity to interview two experts on social networking topics and wanted to share the resources they mentioned during their interviews. I also included the link to the first interview - if you leave a comment here, you will also receive a link to the second interview next week!

Here they are:

SESSION ONE

How to Leverage Linked Ito Grow Your Circle and Your Business with Chuck Hester of iContact

Here is Chuck’s interview:

To connect with Chuck, visit his LinkedIn page.

Here are some of the resources Chuck mentioned during his interview:

LinkedIn Answers – a wealth of tips, resources and a great way to get “known” by LinkedIn members

OpenID is a great tool to use to create a single identity across social networking sites

iContact - is an Email Marketing and Surveying Application that makes it really easy to create, send, and track email newsletters, surveys, and autoresponders

Read the book “I’m on LinkedIn, Now What? By Jason Alba, Founder of Jibber Jobber

Here’s a great Cheat Sheet for LinkedIn that I found this morning

SESSION TWO

IS ANYONE READING YOUR BLOG? How to go from 0 to 2,000 subscribers in 3 months! Interview with Tina Sue of Think Simple Now

You can connect with Tina Su at her blog http://thinksimplenow.com/about/ - her email is listed there as well.

Here are some of the resources Tina recommended:

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog.

StumbleUpon discovers web sites based on your interests, learns what you like and brings you more

If you have a Wordpress blog - Comment Relish is a plugin that sends an e-mail message to users who comment on your website who have never commented before

To monetize your blog check out:

BlogHer

Natural Path Media

Find more ad networks online (via google, etc.) - advertising network or ad network is a company that connects web sites that want to host advertisements with advertisers who want to run advertisements

In addition, the Women’s eCommerce Association has a special offer for you…

If you’d like to increase your Blogging knowledge and receive tons of great resources, check out the Blogging for Business Audio Program (part of the Women’s Success Series) at Blogging for Business Program. We are offering this program to you at 50% off the advertised price of $57! That means you’d only pay $28.50 for more than 14 hours of content, a 53 page workbook filled with resources and the interview questions we asked of each guest… and more.

If you would like to purchase this program, send me a message with Blogging for Business in the subject line and I will send you a PayPal link for the $28.50. Once you purchase the program you will receive a link to instantly access this Outstanding program.

And there is no risk to you! We have a 100% money back guarantee so if you decide the program is not for you, you will receive a refund AND you can keep the workbook!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Warmest regards,

Heidi Richards Mooney, Founder & CEO – Women's eCommerce Association

Really Cool Website Tools

2008-06-03T06:06:00.000-07:00

Today, while surfing the net, I found 3 really cool programs I'd like to share with you.

#1 is SitePal and it's a talking avatar you can add to your website.

Here is one of the banners I chose to add to WE Magazine for the Summer issue (turn up your speakers to listen):

#2 - Do you Twitter? If so, read this article Five New Twitter Tools You Should Know posted at Top Rank Blog. Feel free to visit my Twitter page at www.twitter.com/heidirichards

#3 - Another site that I am quite fond of and am making money with is Linkshare. According to their site: LinkShare provides ecommerce businesses with a wide range of online marketing services including Search Marketing (SEM), Lead Generation and Affiliate Marketing. Advertisers can increase their online sales by leveraging LinkShare's massive performance marketing network, along with expert consultative services and patented technology. Superior service combined with technology innovation allows advertisers and publishers to acquire and retain new customers, increase revenue and drive results. It is a great way to add passive income to your coffers.

Here is one of my affiliate banners.

That's my 3 really cool website tools for Tech Tuesday!

Thanks for stopping by,

Heidi

Amy Sherman, Author - Distress Free Aging

2008-05-21T08:15:00.000-07:00

Today, I have the honor of interviewing Amy Sherman, Author of "Distress Free Aging"...

As a member of the Baby boomer generation, Amy, I just love your book, "Distress Free Aging." It has come at the perfect time and will undoubtedly help a multitude of people not only age gracefully, it will help us learn (and relearn) valuable skills to help us age with attitude, abundance and the power to really shape our own destiny.Today I'd like to share a glimpse of "Distress Free Aging" with my readers by asking you a few questions.

How do you define "Aging with Attitude"?
It's your view on getting older. How do you perceive yourself?Aging doesn't have to mean you are over the hill, but rather it couldmean you are wiser, more confident,more resilient and more content at this stage of your life.It's all in one's perspective. If you believe that nothing isgoing to stop you from fulfillingyour dreams, from living your life with joy and hope,then you will be better prepared to tackle thetrials and tribulations that come your way, as you transitionthrough your midlife.

In your book you talk about "flexibility" and ask the reader 'do you want to increase your overall well-being?' Please share some of the tips you describe under the scope of flexibility.

Flexibility means being open and receptive tonew concepts or ideas. We get set in our ways as we ageand many times it is hard to change our patterns.

I suggest you at least "try the new idea on for size" to see how well it fits in your life. For instance, if it is suggested that you meditate to reducestress, do you say, "No, that's not for me" or do you say,"Tell me what to do because I've never done it before."It's a choice that you make and hopefully, the choiceis to give something new a chance. You life will be full of changes.Change is inevitable and if you are unable to adjust easily andaccept new opportunities, you will create disappointments that becomemore and more difficult to overcome.Let's talk about self-esteem and self-love. How and why is this essential to our emotional well-being?

Self-esteem is the single greatest factor that affects your behavior.Everything you do, think and say reflects your view of your self. If youfeel good about who you are, you respond emotionally to what happensto you in a positive way. You may say, "Things could be worse. At leastI have my health and I'm working." This ties in to the notion of self-love. If you are able to nurture yourself as you would any valuable,deserving, lovable person you know, and keep yourself focusing onthe good you already have, you are supporting a healthy, strongsense of your self, which is essential to your emotional well-being.

Amy, how can our readers get a copy of "Distress Free Aging?"

"Distress-Free Aging: A Boomer's Guide to Creating a Fulfilledand Purposeful Life" gives you 10 strategies that help turnyour setbacks into opportunities, and move you in the right direction forenjoying and fulfilling your life's dreams. It can be purchased directly at http://www.distressfreeaging.com/ or go to http://www.bummedoutboomer.com/ to sign up for the weeklynewsletter.

Thank you so much for sharing a few tips with our readers. Best wishes for a wonderful blog tour.

Where are you off to next?

Well, yesterday the tour was at Lisa Fredette’s blog at http://lisafredette.com/blog/
And tomorrow the book blog tour will continue with Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D. & Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D and Her Mentor Center at http://www.hermentorcenter.com

Who's Who Directory of Women in Ecommerce is here

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It's finally here!

The International Who’s Who Directory of Women in Ecommerce - Showcasing Women Who Promote Their Businesses on the WEB - has hit the Net!

The Who’s Who Directory of Women in eCommerce is an annual publication recognizing women who promote their businesses to a global marketplace via the Internet. It’s THE Directory for Business women providing links to women's business ownership, business owners, business service, women's business advice, business enterprises, shopping, jewelry, fashion, beauty, wedding, and much more. This registry serves as an outstanding resource for networking and consulting as well as cultivating strategic alliances.

The mission of The Who’s Who Directory of Women in Ecommerce is “to support and promote women entrepreneurs around the globe.”

You can ge your own copy here: http://www.whoswhoinecommerce.com/ NOW!

If you wish to have your profile considered for inclusion in future editions, you may do so by completing the Registration Form (download copy of this form in PDF, visit: http://wecai.org/whoswhodirectoryregform.pdf To download copy of this form as a Word Document, visit: http://wecai.org/whoswhodirectoryregform.doc) and mailing the information to heidi@wecai.org with “Who’s Who Directory Submission” in the subject line.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Heidi
Heidi Richards Mooney, Publisher
Founder, Women’s eCommerce Association, International

Meet Lisa Fredette Certified Life Coach

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This week we had the honor to interview Charter Elite Member Lisa Fredette, CTA Certified Life Coach, Founder of Passionate About Life Coaching. Here’s what Lisa had to say….

1. Tell us a little bit about yourself.

My name is Lisa Fredette. I am a certified life coach, author, speaker, radio host and owner of Passionate About Life Coaching. I was introduced to life coaching during a challenging time in my life – a separation from my husband of sixteen years. I participated in a weekend workshop that was facilitated by life coaches. The support and insights I gained from that weekend were magical. The magic didn’t end there - I participated in group coaching and one on one coaching for up to a year after that weekend.

I truly believe that it was the work with my life coach and the life coaching process that allowed me to effectively heal and grow through my divorce. This experience also provided me with the opportunity to finally live out my life purpose. I have always had a nagging feeling that I was meant to do more, help others, try and make an impact on others. Well my introduction to life coaching ended that nagging, that is when I pursued my certification with the Coach Training Alliance and Passionate about Life Coaching was born. When I started my business three years ago it was only natural for me to start with divorce recovery as my focus. I still have this as my primary focus but I have since expanded to working with women on all relationship issues. The journey to this point has been amazing and I am so excited about what my future journey will be.

2. What would you say is your “claim to fame”

I believe that my claim to fame is my intuitive nature for one. The other is my ability to cut through the story and get to the truth. Finally, getting my clients to face their truth, which allows them to create a reality that is truly amazing.

3. What do you enjoy most about your profession?

When I hear my clients hit their “aha moments”, it is truly an amazing experience. When they know that they have truly arrived – wow! I can literally see the light bulb turn on, nothing is the same from that time forward. Great things happen from this place.

4. What are some of the trends you are noticing in your profession/industry?

I see that many coaches are moving toward a membership type business and other income sources then just one on one coaching, which I think is awesome. This allows many more people to experience the magic of life coaching.

5. From where do you draw inspiration?

My inspiration comes from learning and networking. I am a life-long learner. If there is something I don’t know how to do I take a class, workshop or read about it. I also surround myself with a lot of different kinds of people. Having these two things in my life allows me to plant the seeds. I then continue to nurture and cultivate those seeds until one day they sprout into an inspiration. I never know when it will hit but I am always open and ready and when it hits I am quick to act on it before it is gone.

6. What one thing would you like to learn this year?

I would love to learn how to use the law of attraction more effectively. I have the basic understanding of how it works and how to incorporate it into my life but I want to make it a greater part of my daily life and to be able to more clearly articulate the vision that I want to manifest.

7. What are your personal/professional goals for the next 6 months, year?

Personally I would like to experience a spiritual retreat. I want to surround myself with others who speak my language and want to experience more fully spirituality in their life and I want to learn from a master who already has this. Professionally, I want to continue to grow my business so I can experience financial abundance effortlessly. I want to continue to meet and touch the lives of amazing people who want to fully experience their greatness. I want to continue to attract members to my membership site, sell my ebooks, write more books and attract members to participate in my coaching programs as well as experience one on one coaching with me.

8. What do you like to do for recreation?

I love to golf. I also enjoy exercising, both cardio and weight training. I like to run and race. I enjoy reading, watching movies and spending quality time with my daughter, Kaitlin and my partner, Gary. I enjoy long walks with my dog, Tori.

9. What book(s) are on your nightstand?

Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsh, The Law of Attraction by Esther and Jerry Hicks, Women and Money by Suze Orman to list a few.

10. What is the one thing you would like readers to know about you?

I get my energy from the sun and warm weather – which is a real challenge living in Western Pennsylvania. I plan to move someday to a warmer climate that speaks more completely to my soul and feeds my energy.

About your company?

The name of my company was no accident. I am passionate about helping people and I am passionate about life. Everything that I do and develop for my business is designed to help others regain their passion for life, whether it be after a divorce, reclaiming your relationship with you or finding that special someone to spend the rest of your life with.

Also, if you would like to include a statement about the benefits of being a member of the WECAI Network™ that would be terrific!

I love being a member of WECAI Network. As a member I have the opportunity to experience the two things that support my inspirations; education and networking. I am able to learn from experts on how to build my business and I get to surround myself with like-minded people. It is awesome!

To learn more about Lisa, visit Passionate about Life Coaching at http://www.lisafredette.com