Powerful You! Women's Network

By Debra Hollinrake

"The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something." ~Randy Pausch

Is this how you view your challenges?

What is the biggest brick wall you've faced? Did you give up or climb over it? What is the first thing that goes through your mind when an obstacle stands in your path? What's the second thing? Do you resist the challenge, thereby creating physical and mental tension inside of yourself? Do you listen to others when they say, "It can't be done."? Do you just assume that, if something is standing in your way, it truly can't be done? Try this exercise the next time you encounter difficulty.

1. Immediately step away from the situation.
2. Sit down in a comfortable position.
3. Breathe. Think about your breath as you breathe. Think about how it is filling you up with life every time you take a breath.
4. Close your eyes and imagine delicious warm water gently falling onto your head, neck, shoulders. Cascading over your body, this healing water magically melts away all the tension your thoughts created. As your body calms down, so does your mind. And you notice how soft, relaxed and flexible you are.
5. After about 5 minutes of this luxurious treatment, believe and feel the words as you say this affirmation three times:
   
   "I know all the answers I need are inside of me right now. I have complete faith that the situation will be resolved and I will experience the outcome I desire. I am staying alert and listening to my inner voice as it guides me through this process."
   
6. Now remain relaxed and neutral as you ask yourself these four questions. Don't answer them - just ask. 
   
   • What is the difficulty I need to address? 
   • What caused it to happen? 
   • How do I feel about it? 
   • What is the best way to resolve it?


7. Then repeat your affirmation three more times. Allow yourself to feel what you'll feel like once the situation is resolved. Feel it and believe it.
8. Then listen as you ask yourself the same four questions again.
9. As new ideas come to you, take action on them. Follow the guidance!

It is true that all the answers are inside of you. Most people don't hear the answers. Their thoughts dash every which way and they physically tense up when difficulty occurs. This makes them deaf to their own wisdom. But you'll be a step ahead because now you know how to deal with any obstacle. And the best news is that, the more you practice this, the fewer obstacles will show up! As you practice these 5 steps - Breathe, Relax, Accept, Listen, Act - your energy will rearrange your situations. Things will start to go right for you more often until, low and behold, your life is filled with harmony.

The next time you want something, you won't' have to smash or climb over brick walls anymore because you have dismantled all of them, brick by brick, with your new and improved approach. Allow yourself to believe and feel it, and this will be true for you!

Here's to your inner peace as you contemplate and grow.
Click here for a sample of our weekly positive affirmations.  www.intentionalpower.net/affirmation.html

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Debra Hollinrake is a Law of Attraction Counselor and the President & CEO of Intentional Power, LLC. Intentional Power provides professionally produced, customized "stories" in audiobook format to compliment your goal process. You can accomplish your goal with Your Story, Your Way - http://www.intentionalpower.net.

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By Penny Sansevieri

These days it seems like everyone's book marketing budget is a little tighter. If you're feeling the pinch, or if you're just looking for some great free stuff to do on your own, here are some tips that could help keep you on track.

1) Buy your domain name as soon as you have a title for your book. You can get domain names for as little as $8.95. Tip: When buying a domain always try to get a .com and stay away from hyphens, i.e. penny-sansevieri.com - surfers rarely remember to insert hyphens.

2) Head on over to Blogger.com or Wordpress.com and start your very own blog (you can add it to your Web site later).

3) Set up an event at your neighborhood bookstore. Do an event and not a signing, book signings are boring!

4) Write a few articles on your topic and submit them onto the Internet for syndication. You can submit them to sites like ezinearticles.com and articlecity.com.

5) Check out your competition online and see if you can do some networking.

6) Do some radio research and pitch yourself to at least five new stations this week.

7) Ready to get some business cards? Head on over to Vistaprint.com. The cards are free if you let them put their logo on the back, if you don't they're still really inexpensive.

8) Put together your marketing plan. Seriously, do this. If you don't know where you're going, any destination will do.

9) Plan a contest or giveaway. Contests are a great way to promote your book.

10) Google some topic-related online groups to see if you can network with them.

11) Send thank you notes to people who have been helpful to you.

12) Send your book out to at least ten book reviewers this week.

13) Do a quick Internet search for local writers’ conferences or book festivals you can attend.

14) Create an email signature for every email you send; email signatures are a great way to promote your book and message.

15) Put the contents of your Web site: book description, bio, Q&A, and interviews on CD to have on hand when the media comes calling! 

16) Submit your Web site to the top five directories: Google, MSN, Alexa, Yahoo, and DMOZ.

17) Write a great press release and submit it to free online press release sites like: PR4 - http://www.prlog.org/ ,  http://www.1888pressrelease.com/, http://i-newswire.com/,  http://www.prfocus.com/

18) Write your bio and have someone who can be objective critique it; you’ll need it when you start pitching yourself to the media.

19) Schedule your first book event!

20) Start your own email newsletter; it’s a great way to keep readers, friends and family updated and informed on your success.

21) Start a Twitter account and begin tweeting. If you don't think Twitter is significant, think again; it's been a major part of our marketing strategy for over 2 years now (before anyone even knew what Twitter was).

22) Develop a set of questions or discussion topics that book clubs can use for your book, and post them on your Web site for handy downloads.

23) Add your book info or URL to your answering machine message.

24) Start a Facebook Fan page. Fan Pages are much better than groups because they're searchable in Google.

25) See if you can get your friends to host a “book party” in their home. You come in and discuss your book and voila, a captive audience!

26) Find some catalogs you think your book would be perfect for and then submit your packet to them for consideration. If you're unsure of what catalogs might work for you, head on over to http://www.catalogs.com/ and peruse their list.

27) Go around to your local retailers and see if they’ll carry your book; even if it’s on consignment, it might be worth it!

28) Add your book to Google Book Search.

29) Research some authors with similar subjects and then offer to exchange links with them.

30) Start a Squidoo page and make sure it's linked to your Twitter Account and Facebook Fan page.

31) Make sure your blog is connected to Amazon via their Amazon connect program (yes, it's free). 

32) Ask friends and family to email five people they know and tell them about your book.

33) Leave your business card, bookmark, or book flyer wherever you go.

34) Subscribe to Google Alerts and make sure that you are getting alerts under your name as well as your book title(s), brand, and keywords.

35) Pitch yourself to your local television stations.

36) Pitch yourself to your local print media.

37) Work on the Q&A for your press kit. You’ll need it when you start booking media interviews!

38) Pitch Oprah. Go ahead, you know you want to.

39) Is the topic of your book in the news? Check your local paper, and write a letter to the editor to share your expertise (and promote your book!).

40) Stop by your local library and see if you can set up an event. They love local authors.

41) Do you want to get your book into your local library system? Try dropping off a copy to your main library; if they stock it chances are the other branches will too.

42) Go to Chase’s Calendar of Events (www.Chases.com.) and find out how to create your own holiday!

43) Going on vacation? Use your away-from-home time to schedule a book event or two.

44) If your book is appropriate, go to local schools to see if you can do a reading.

45) Got a book that could be sold in bulk? Start with your local companies first and see if they’re interested in buying some promotional copies to give away at company events.

46) Don’t forget to add reviews to your Web site. Remember that what someone else has to say is one thousand times more effective than anything you could say!

47) Trying to meet the press? Search the Net for Press Clubs in your area, they meet once a month and are a great place to meet the media.

48) Want a celebrity endorsement? Find celebs in your market with an interest in your topic and then go for it. Remember all they can say is no. Check out the Actors Guild for a list of celeb representatives.

49) Ready to get some magazine exposure? Why not pitch some regional and national magazines with your topic or submit a freelance article for reprint consideration?

50) Work on your next book. Sometimes the best way to sell your first book is by promoting your second.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert and an Adjunct Instructor with NYU. Her company is one of the leaders in the publishing industry and has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. She is the author of five books, including Book to Bestseller which has been called the “road map to publishing success.” AME is the first marketing and publicity firm to use Internet promotion to its full impact through The Virtual Author Tour, which strategically works with social networking sites, blogs, micro-blogs, ezines, video sites, and relevant sites to push an author’s message into the virtual community and connect with sites related to the book’s topic, positioning the author in his or her market. To learn more about Penny’s books or her promotional services, you can visit her website at www.amarketingexpert.com. To subscribe to her free ezine, send a blank email to:  subscribe@amarketingexpert.com Copyright © 2010 Penny C. Sansevieri