What are you trying to accomplish in your business?
When you’re trying, what are you actually doing?
Did you know that trying could be what’s stopping you from receiving what you desire?
Hey there ~
Coach Cassandra Rae here and I am so excited to invite you to our very first Simply Fearless Solopreneur Group call tomorrow Monday, February 22, 2010 at 12noon Pacific/3pm Eastern. Woohoo! I can’t wait for this call because we are going to unwind the process of trying versus allowing and doing. Oh this topic is near and dear to my heart as my habit is to try so hard that I get stuck. Has that ever happened to you?
Membership to our Simply Fearless Solopreneur Group is free. Woohoo! Can’t beat that. All ya gotta do is sign up, show up, and share. Meetings are held every 4th Monday of the month at 12noon Pacific/3pm Eastern. Enter your name & email to join now or click here to learn more and see the rest of our 2010 topics.
On the 4th Monday of every month at 12noon Pacific I host a free coaching call. This month we went over the Simply Fearless Fempreneur Group.
Right click here and “Save link as” to download the audio to today’s call or listen via the player at the end of this post.
Important News: registration for the Simply Fearless Fempreneur Group ends tomorrow, Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 12midnight Pacific. I would love for you to join us!
Today is our opportunity to connect. Woohoo! Aren’t you excited? I am because I *LOVE* to connect with you, support you, and inspire you to follow your heart. Yummy!
And I’m especially excited today because we are previewing the inaugural Simply Fearless Fempreneur Group. To follow are my notes for the call and if this is something that speaks to your Soul, then by all means jump on that phone and join us! It’s super cinchy. All ya gotta do is call in at 12noon Pacific today {01/25/10}:
{note: right click here to save recording to your computer or listen via the player at the end of this post}
We just finished our free bonus call all about blogging for your business and it rocked! Seriously, it was probably one of my all-time favorite connections. The energy and information was off the hook! Thank you so much to all of the Simply Fearless Fempreneurs who were on the call. You brought out the best in me and I loved connecting with you.
Our next free Simply Fearless Coaching Call is on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 12noon Pacific where I will be introducing our brand new Fempreneur Group!
Here are all my notes from today’s call…
Opening quote:
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr, author of Life’s Little Instruction Book, found on ThinkExist.com
One of my favorite mantras is, “I have plenty of time.” The truth is, no matter how you look at it, you still have the same amount of time! So you might as well choose a perspective that empowers you and provides a sense of calmness.
6 Questions Every Blogger Should Answer:
Why are you blogging?
Set your intention
Make your title match your intention
Create a powerful tagline to share your intention
Who are you writing to?
Create a clear picture of your reader
Pick one person – real or fictional – and flesh her out
What are her problems?
Beliefs?
Feelings?
Experiences? Etc.
What do you want visitors to do?
One very clear call to action
Above the fold – no scrolling to find it
You might know what you want them to do, but do they know?
Give away valuable content you could sell to encourage sign-ups
Why should your readers listen to you?
Let go of “I’m not educated enough,” or “I’m not experienced enough,” etc.
This is about your mindset
Write from a place of believing in yourself, which will attract more people
Your experiences are valuable and it doesn’t matter how much education you have to share what you already know
How personal are you going to get?
Others do what you do, but there is no other you
Share your personal story – it will set you apart
Being a one-person business is an asset!
People want to connect with people
How often are you going to publish without getting overwhelmed?
Be realistic!
Make a promise to yourself & your readers
Be consistent
Release any judgment
Make adjustments as you go
Closing Quote:
“There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.” ~ Anthony Rapp, American film and stage actor, found on ThinkExist.com
Peeps who were on the call: please leave a comment letting others know what you gained from this call. Be sure to include a link to your blog so that we can check you out!
I am so excited to announce that I am offering a free bonus coaching call!
One of the best ways to introduce yourself, share your message, and invite people to become clients is through a blog. Like most of the “best ways” it can also be one of the most challenging, which is why I am offering this free coaching call:
6 Questions Every Blogger Must Answer
These are the basic building blocks to creating a successful blog for your business. I love blogging and I want to see you use it to build your business. It’s so easy to beat yourself up with your blog because the truth is you could always blog more. But, what good is that going to do you? None!
In this call we are going to jump right into the content. My goal is to give you loads of helpful information that you can play with right now. For each question we explore, I will give you coaching tools to help you articulate your unique answers. Be sure to bring something to take lots of notes with.
There will also be space for callers to share their answers and their challenges. My hope is that we can do some live laser coaching on the call. So if you’ve been struggling to keep up with blogging or are even wondering why you are doing it, then please join us for this call.
What: Simply Fearless Free Coaching Call ~ 6 Questions Every Blogger Must Answer When: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 9am Pacific Where: Conference Call {long distant charges may apply} How: Call (712) 432-0800 and enter access code 886293# Who: Fempreneurs blogging for business development
**Update: the link to the recording has been fixed. Plus, there is a player at the bottom of this post that allows you to play the audio directly from this screen.**
What a fantastic call we just had! My favorite part was connecting with all of you and helping you articulate your 2010 blogging promises. It’s given me some fantastic ideas for our calls for next year. So thank you for showing up and sharing.
**Recording**
Click here to listen to the 1 hour recording of our coaching call. Remember that when you listen to this recording, you are agreeing to honor all participants (including yourself) with authentic, positive, and uplifting words. You also agree to pass on judging, criticizing, or put-downs of any kind. {Note: I did get dropped off the call for a minute right at the beginning. But, no worries, because I jump right back on and share lots of yummy information.}
**Resources**
Here are all the resources I talked about on the call with a short description of how I use them:
TweetDeck
I use this free tool to manage my Twitter accounts, see who’s tweeting about me, and update my Facebook status.
Networked Blogs Facebook Ap
I use this free tool to automatically import my blog posts to my Facebook profile & fan page. In fact, I love it so much I blogged about it here.
Feedburner
I use the free version of this tool to offer free email updates for people who subscribe to my blogs.
Blackberry Phone
I have email & Facebook access through my phone and it makes it so easy to share on the go.
Google Analytics
I use this to watch the traffic on my blog, how people are finding me, and what keyword searches I come up in.
Wordpress.org
All of my blogs run off of wordpress.org. It is free software to download and install. It is for self-hosted blogs and is different than wordpress.com which is a free blogging platform that will host a blog for you.
Dreamhost
I use Dreamhost to host all of my websites. It’s only dollars a month and I can host as many sites as I want for the same price. I must tell you that recently we had some major unexpected outages as they moved servers. But, other than that I am super happy hosting with them. Disclosure: I am an affiliate with Dreamhost and I will earn money if you use the link above and sign up with them.
GoDaddy
This is for domain registration. They also offer hosting too, but I found that Dreamhost is easier to use for installing blogs.
aWeber
This tool is for setting up autoresponders and email lists. I use it for my eCourse and newsletter distribution. Disclosure: I am an affiliate with aWeber and I will earn money if you use the link above and sign up with them.
NaBloPoMo
This on-line community is for those of you who are ready to take on daily blogging for a month at a time.
**Call Participants**
For those of you who were on the call, please leave a comment with a link to your website or blog so that we can check you out.
**Practice Assignment**
In your journal, answer the following questions:
What do you want people to do when they visit your website?
Do you have a clear, concise, and compelling invitation to do so?
What changes, if any, do you need to make to inspire your website visitors to take action?
Make a promise to yourself for your 2010 social media strategy. Think about:
How often you will blog
How you will use Twitter
How you will use Facebook
Finish this sentence:
I am willing to promise to…
**My Promises**
On the call, I shared my promises and here they are:
I am willing to promise to:
Change CassandraRae.com into my professional speaker site
Launch the Simply Fearless Friday meme (AKA blog carnival) and blog once a week beginning 1/8/10
Launch the 7 Simple Ways to Connect with Your Ideal Client eCourse
Publish a video once a week beginning the week of 1/4/10
**Your Promises**
That would be so cool if you posted a comment below with your 2010 social media promise(s) especially those of you who created one on the call.
