Hi Creators and Big Thinkers,

How are you doing?  I hope you are doing wonderful.

Today I want to connect with you and take notice of a very important journey. Our journey together-and for so many of you, the journey has been over a decade now. Wow.

I just finished a week of business mastermind meetings. One meeting was for my clients and the other meeting was for me where I met with other very successful business owners (many are into multiple seven figures now) to chart my 2010 plans. I had some huge shifts this past week. I am excited about how our company will continue to reach more women business owners and entrepreneurs and help them create and grow profitable businesses that support their lifestyles. It is such an important mission when you really think about it. Let me explain…

Over a decade ago, I was a single mom of two toddler girls working as an administrative assistant (even with a Masters degree!) at Verizon Wireless trying to make ends meet and searching for a way that I could spend much more time with my children and independently take care of us while living a passionate life. Not too much to ask for, right?

I didn’t think so.

So I left and started a daycare called SMILES Learning Center. My first real company. Because I was brave enough to leave that job and start my own business, my journey led me to a new more evolved husband (we just celebrated a beautiful 10th anniversary earlier this month) and two more healthy children.

Had I not left that job, I would have never started the journey that eventually led me online where I built an amazing umbrella of businesses that inspire other women to be brave and take the first step to just move forward in a direction that feels soulful and alive. When I left my corporate job, I was scared, but at least I had hope and I felt alive.

Today, Sheri McConnell Companies, Inc. (which includes the National Association of Women Writers and the Global Institute of Associations) empowers over 15,000 women every week in our newsletters. Not to mention the more than 10,000 women we inspire virally through social networking at just Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In. Our Smart Women books are reaching thousands of women every quarter now and our financial projections for 2010 are close to 3 million.

And honestly, we are just getting started. The vision and mission is that big.

If you have been one of my subscribers over the last 10 years, then you know how important this e-mail is. You know how rare it is that I slow down and take stock of it all. It is time.

I have come full circle and I am here to share the path and the journey with you because it is and has always been our mission to empower women to become financially independent so that they could create positive change in their lives and the lives of their children and their communities. See how huge it is!

So if you are ready, come and play with me and about 75 other amazing women! I sincerely promise to provide inspiration and a genuine approach to starting a business and growing it gracefully so that you don’t lose your mind along the way. And most importantly, I want to show you how to do it so you can have a life full of connections, passion, and people you love all around you.

And don’t think there won’t be bumps (or as I like to say “growth opportunities”) along the journey. Remember, anything worth having is worth finding out how to create and grow. One thing I know for sure, we are each responsible for our own success. And we are the ones that have to find a way to get through all the obstacles along the way.

To all of our success!

Sheri

PS

Here is all the information on my upcoming event below. Don’t forget that I am also including a ticket to Ali Brown’s Shine event for you until the end of this week. Hope to “play” with you soon.

Are Your Ready to Learn How to QUICKLY Run Your Own PROFITABLE Association So You Can

Have More Freedom, Build Equity, Earn Passive Income, and Be Considered A Leader In Your Industry!

When you register for the GIA Event before September 27th, you get to go to Ali Brown’s SHINE Event for free! (A $1497 value!)

AND if you missed our preview calls for the GIA event, you can listen to them all at: http://www.gia-connect.com/previewcalls

Dear Friends and Women Writers,

It’s time to take intelligent, bold action to empower your life and career…

How long have you wanted to, planned to, hoped for and even ached to write your own book?

In these competitive times, a book with your name on it increases your market value, your credibility, your opportunities and your professional profile in every way. Not to mention, the process of becoming an author is incredibly fun and fulfilling!

NAWW Member Linda Sivertsen (the “secret weapon” behind James Arthur Ray’s SEVEN-figure book deal) can’t wait to share with you how she attracted top executives from the biggest publishing houses in NY and created multiple publishing offers for Harmonic Wealth®, which became a New York Times bestseller.

You may not know this, but you don’t need to have a book written to get a non-fiction publishing deal. In fact, most literary agents and publishers don’t want you to. All you need is a unique concept backed by a winning book proposal!

Linda recently revealed her book proposal secrets in her first-ever teleseminar series, divulging the same secrets she used for me. Her three-week course, “How to Write a Winning Book Proposal & Land Your Publishing Deal” was a huge success: www.WinningBookProposals.com

Good NEWS! Linda has turned the course into a program.

Linda’s unveiling it TODAY at a huge discount for immediate access… And, she’s teaching incredible writing/book proposal retreats that people are raving about as well. To get one of the few spots left, go to: www.WinningBookProposals.com/retreats

Linda will share with you countless strategies and samples of winning book proposals, and you’ll learn about how you can also make millions with your books after you’ve nailed the proposal…
Let Linda do for you what she’s done for me and many others by helping you craft a winning book proposal that finally lands you YOUR big book deal!

Here are just a few pictures of the retreat location… go to www.WinningBookProposals.com/retreats to see many more!

NAWW Member Press Release

Announces Release of Revised Edition Mission Possible – Spiritual Covering

Alabaster Box Publishing – www.alabasterboxpublishing.com

Orange Park, FL, United States, 09/10/09 – Author Tackles Delicate Subject in Marriage –

In Mission Possible (Alabaster Box Publishing ) the author, Deborah McCarragher, candidly portrays her quest over time to reach her husband for Christ. This book is targeted primarily towards women
and encourages a biblical solution to a situation that many call “hopeless.” “Deborah, has, in Mission Possible, expounded scriptures to encourage women to believe God with a “radical” faith for the salvation of their spouse. She helps women fulfill their role in the marriage for the salvation of their mate,” stated Pastor Scott Yirka, Hibernia Baptist Church in Green Cove Springs, Florida.

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Making Work-at-Home Work for You: Secrets for Raising a Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Writing Business

• Are you frustrated with trying to manage your writing business at home and still enjoy time with your family?
• Wasn’t having more time with your family one of the reasons you decided to work from home?
• Are you struggling to get things done and make money?
• Are you overwhelmed by all the information and advice about how to build our business, and you don’t know what to do next?
• Do you feel like you’ve just traded in the frustration of a job for a frustrating business?
• Or, have you hesitated making the leap from a job to a home-based writing business because you’re not sure you can make a go of it?
• Are you wondering if it’s really possible to go from burned out working mother to happy career-at-home mom?

Debbie LaChusa began her work-at-home journey 20 years ago, well before serious career women worked from home and personal computers and cell phones were a commodity in everyone’s life. She’s been a corporate executive, a non-profit vice president, and a stressedout, burned-out working mother. Now she’s an author, speaker, coach and association owner. In her talks, she shares the totality of her life and business experience to help others avoid the very challenges she’s faced on her path from burnout to bliss.

On this NAWW Member TeleSeminar, you will learn:

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Everything You Should Know About Publishing, Publicity and Building a Platform with Arielle Ford

You will learn:

• What are the biggest mistakes “wanna-be” authors make?
• How much money can an author earn?
• So, What good is a book?
• What are the 3 most important skills a bestselling authors needs?
• What are publishers looking for?
• What is Publicity and how is it different from advertising?
• You always say “do every interview you can.” Why?
• What are some easy ways I can begin to get PR for myself BEFORE I have a book?
• I can write a coherent sentence, can I still become an author?
• How can I begin today to create a career as a speaker and an author?

How To Register for This Event:

If you are not an NAWW member yet, find out more about NAWW Membership Benefits by clicking here: http://www.naww.org/blog/benefits

If you are already a member, you can find the call in number on your Member Login page. If you no longer have this information, please e-mail us at support@naww.org

Bio:

Arielle Ford has mastered the art of making things happen. A nationally recognized publicist and marketing expert, producer, author and consultant she has catapulted many authors and celebrities to stardom and enormously facilitated the rapid growth of the self-help and human potential movement in the US.

Arielle helped launch the careers of Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen creators of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Neale Donald Walsch author of Conversations With God. She has also handled publicity for myriad best-selling authors including; Wayne Dyer, Dean Ornish, Debbie Ford, Gary Zukav, Marianne Williamson, Louise Hay, don Miguel Ruiz, Kenny Loggins and many other notable authors, 11 of whom became #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Arielle is the author of seven books herself, including the popular Hot Chocolate For The Mystical Soul series. Her latest book; The Soulmate Secret: How To Manifest The Love of Your Life with the Law of Attraction was release 3 months ago and is already in a 4th printing and will soon appear in more than a dozen languages.

She is one of the founding partners of the Spiritual Cinema Circle, a DVD club dedicated to movies about love and compassion, Arielle is also the co-producer of Deepak Chopra’s Happiness Prescription, a new PBS pledge show that aired nationally in March 2008.

Arielle has compiled her knowledge and expertise in the industry to create a 25 audio CD and resource guide, Everything You Should Know About Publishing, Publicity and Building a Platform, www.everythingyoushouldknow.com. It is a favorite among first-time authors and has received rave reviews.

She lives in La Jolla, CA with her husband and soul mate Brian Hilliard. In her spare time she raises money for www.justlikemychild.org, reads historical thrillers, loves traveling to India and exotic locales and truly believes there is enough love in the world for everyone.