Viral Storytelling with The Story Lady, Ronda Del Boccio

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There are a lot of affirmations products, and indeed a lot of free affirmations available on the web, but there is nothing else like the Best Affirmations program.  It is, indeed, a program and not just another list of phrases like “I am gorgeous” or whatever.  I know both of the authors, and I can wholeheartedly recommend their products to you.

The Best Affirmations Workbook teaches you to recession-proof your mind by teaching a step by step program for strengthening the power of your mind.  Over the course of a month you will do a different- and also quick and easy - task for that day.

Thoughts shape your reality perhaps more than you realize.  My mother’s husband constantly speaks fear.  Prices are going up and gas is high and how can he have enough money for retirement and the like.  He is caught in an employee-mindset and in fear. 

Am I saying that your thoughts will lower the price of gas?  NO of course not!  However, what you focus on expands, so if you look for all that is wrong or difficult, that is what you get more of.  YUCK!  I don’t want more scarcity thinking.

The Best Affirmations Workbook is not mumbo-jumbo fluff-talk.  It is practical.  It guides you step by step and day by day into amping up your mind. 

You get to decide whether you can or cannot make the changes you want in life.  It’s up to you and your own mindset.  The cool thing to me is that the program is very affordable.  for under $15 you get the workbook in PDF format, the audio recorded in a Grammy Award winning sound studio, plus other surprises.  Check it out now!

Your thoughts are either paralyzing or freeing you.

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 I had the supreme pleasure and FUN of interviewing co-author Dr. Patricia A. Ross on the radio.  We have the best synergy.  This is a powered-up wild ride for an hour about how you can recession proof your life.  Listen now!  You can also download it from the show’s main page.

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One of my friends is in the Blogging Idol Contest & has $30K of  prizes so far with more coming in all the time.  His blog is about marketing, so drop on by Big Jason’s Big Marketing Blog and sign up for his feed to get blog updates (at least while he is running the contest!).

I’ll tell you what a few of the prizes are in a minute, but perhaps you’re not sure what a feed is.

Don’t be scared of a feed.  It’s just a way to have the content you want delivered right to you.  What this means in terms of the contest is that you’ll receive his blog updates by email.

OK so what are the prizes?  Go to the site to read them all, but here are a few.  Some of my favorite people are offering a prize, and what Jason is about to find out is that I’m giving one too.  I won’t tell you what it is yet.

Here are some of many prizes from the biggest name dropper I know.

Quoting Big Jason on  his blog…”

Complete Website and Copy Critique with Million Dollar Copywriter Ray Edwards ($4500) - Ray is a Direct Response Copywriter, Speaker, Author, and Marketing Strategist. His clients include Jack Canfield, Alex Mandossian, Frank Kern, and Mark Victor Hansen (there are more, but jeez, then it would start to sound like name-dropping)Ray is going to give your website and sales copy a thorough critique and record everything on video for you to keep. And that $4500 value is the initial value. I’m not going to speculate on the long-term value of this prize because you’ll probably wet yourself.

Complete Website Copy Critique and 1hr Private Consultation with Rachel Rofe ($2000) - Rachel is a direct response “copywriter to the stars”. She’s been endorsed by some of the world’s top copywriters and has been responsible for the copy behind several six figure launches.Rachel is going to give your website copy an in-depth critique, as well as an hour consultation to discuss your marketing, call to actions, and overall message.

2 Copies of Word of Mouth Transformation from Mark Joyner ($997) - Mark is known as the godfather of internet marketing.Find out the difference between inspired and incentivized word of mouth. Then discover how to get more of the right kind of word of mouth for your products and services.

1hr Private Consulting with Ben Mack ($600) - Ben Mack is the author of the best selling business book, Think Two Products Ahead, a two-time American Marketing Association award winner and visionary online entrepreneur. Credited with taking Yomega Yo-Yos from $8 million in sales to $120 million in one year as a former corporate advertising executive, Ben Mack will teach you branding secrets the big ad agencies don’t want you to know and how to leverage those secrets for bigger profits.Forget everything you think you know about branding and prepare to have your profitable business mind ripped wide open.

1hr Blog Consultation by Ritu Pant of Axiium.com ($500) - You may have not heard of Ritu before now, but I found out about him from Ms. X..Ritu will help you take your blog to the next level.

1hr Facebook Consultation by Mari Smith of Facebook Fortunes ($500) - Mari is a facebook business coach.

You’ll work together with Mari in her private Webinar room where she’ll walk you through the entire process of setting up and optimizing your Facebook Profile and Facebook Page. You’ll implement the steps real time so by the end of the sessions you know what to do on your own to build a loyal following of people interested in your products and services.

Tags: writing help, business development, mentoring, story, network marketing, entrepreneurial authoring

I am going to Gateway to Wealth in Orlando next week and went to Allegiant Airlines to book my flight.  It LOOKED like an excellent price, but what they don’t tell you is that on top of the taxes, there is a fee to select your seat.

Yes, I said they charge you from $11-$15 to select a seat, and there is no way to take the luck of the draw.

for crap sake, why don’t you just charge $25 more for the  ticket?

Then I tried calling the airline to find out if there was a way to bypass paying $22-30 simply to select a seat in the back of the plane (because that’s where they all are), and here’s what happened.

I listened to 17 minutes of hold music.

I heard a ring and thought, “Oh good, I’m about to get to talk to someone!”  Then do you want to know what I got?

wait for it…

an ANSWERING MACHINE!

And I’m not done yet.  It gets worse.

First off, I always ask for a bulkhead seat because I’m blind traveling with a guide dog.  Members of NFB need not harrass me for not following your code of conduct.  I always preboard (gasp) and I always get the bulkhead if I can.  It’s better for my guide dog, and I emerge somewhat less corkscrewed from having to contort myself and a dog into an inhumanely small space.

Now when I go to the desk at the airport, I’m going to find out if I can get the $22 I had to spend on selecting a seat near the back of the plane.

OK sidebar rant over…back to the main story… 

So with no way out of paying at least $22 simply for the privilege of clicking a box to designate my seat.  The other airlines are at least $200 more.

OK sure, the price on Allegiant Airlines is better than the others, but I hate being hosed.

OK  so yes, mantra - the price is better, the price is better, the price is better…

BUT then I go to check out before the price triples on me…

and guess what?

 I’m sure you guessed…another FEE of $15!  So what looked like a really great fare is not only reduced to a good deal, but I feel used, abused, hosed, taken advantage of…and I still have to change my seat and ask for assistance in Orlando at the airport, and I still can’t get to a live human being directly.

And I can’t check a bag unless I want to pay for that too.

Are they going to charge me a $20 convenience fee for the privilege of breathing the air in the plane?

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Today I am excited to introduce you to Regency Romance author Hazel Statham.  Hazel has written three novels, Dominique, My Dearest Friend, and her latest release His Shadowed Heart. 

You can purchase all of Hazel’s books from Amazon.com, Fictionwise, and Wings ePress.

Blurb/summary of book Can a shadowed heart be healed?  Can love grow where least expected?  The Earl of Waverly believes not.  How wrong can he be! After the death of his wife, the Earl of Waverly, believing his heart irreparably damaged, enters into a marriage of convenience.  However, he is not prepared for the healing influence his new young bride has on his life. 

Despite the couple’s  new-found happiness, nefarious deeds abound and strange happenings are attributed to the ghost of his former wife.  Will their love stand the test or will the perpetrator emerge the victor?

Do you set writing goals and write them down? 

I don’t set goals.  I write as and when the mood takes me.  Working to a schedule wouldn’t work for me as I like the freedom of writing what and when I like without any pressure.   

Do you set goals for your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of your life with specific action steps and deadlines? 

My mobility is limited through rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, plus heart problems. However, despite some physical restrictions, I join in the family activities as much as I can.  To try to strengthen my legs, so that I can go on walks with my dogs, I have joined the gym and although I can only use the recumbent bike at the moment, I am improving. I keep my mind agile by writing and reading and enjoying research on the internet.  I hate the thought of sitting and doing nothing so therefore, it is very important to me to keep occupied.   

What aspects of your own life are woven into your book? 

My love of the romance and elegance of Regency England.  I suppose it’s inevitable that an author weaves a little of herself into her work, but often, as in my case, it is quite unconsciously and difficult to pin-point.  However, animals have always played a huge part in my life, so, as you might expect, one usually has a small cameo part in my books.  In ‘His Shadowed Heart’, there is Dog.  Not an animal I know, but somehow, he just belonged there and in the end, he plays an integral part.  

How do you spark your creativity? 

Many things can spark my creativity.  A dream, a line in a song, a piece of music, or, as in this case, a series of ‘what if…’  In my imagination, the story started at a particular scene in the middle and worked outwards.  

How do you relax? 

Reading and spending time with my dogs.  I currently have two yellow Labradors, Lucy who is ten and Mollie who is five months.  As you can guess, they are a lively mix.  I also love spending time with my grandson, Daniel, who is a constant delight.  He’s six and very bright and intelligent. 

What do you enjoy doing with friends? 

Sometimes, we go to the cinema or out for a meal.  We meet for lunch and sit talking for hours.  I also go to dog shows with my daughter who shows her two rescue dogs in the fun classes with some success. 

What quality do you most desire to develop in yourself as a person? 

Wisdom in all things.