This has been an exciting couple of weeks!  The Business Goddess Manifesto, an inspirational affirmation, was truly divinely downloaded through my work with women entrepreneurs embracing their feminine power in business.

It’s been exciting to see the Business Goddess Manifesto travel around the world and become a part of women business owner’s lives. Over 900 women entrepreneurs have downloaded the Manifesto!

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Having worked with thousands of creative women entrepreneurs over the years, I see the common trend: you fall into the “safe marketing” place. Doing what everyone else is doing, using the same descriptor words, offering the same types of products and programs…and then wondering why your marketing efforts aren’t paying off with client interest and joint venture opportunities.

Turn your marketing around with these three Marketing Mojo perspectives.

1. What is your Movement? People don’t want to be marketed “to” or “at” anymore. Their days are too busy – they want to be moved. They want stories, passions, reasons to take action. They want hope and solutions presented to them that will change their routines and better their worlds in some way – whether it’s because they’ll change their habits, they’ll heal, they’ll laugh, they’ll be entertained, or they’ll achieve their dreams.

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Love and business have been a big topic in the Joyful Business eZine!

Are You Infusing Love into Your Business?

If not, take a look at my featured article: 5 Love Practices for Your Business

Or join the conversation below by posting a comment. I would love to hear what you have to say about love and your business …

*What does love in your business mean to you?

*Where does love currently show up in your business?

*Where in your business do you need to make room for more love?

*Which area do you need to start with first?

Yesterday, I shared the fourth of five tips, and today is the last of our Tips for Creative Planning for a Joyfully Successful 2010. I hope you’re getting excited about your business and really stepping into the creative side of being an entrepreneur. (Tip #1: schedule a creative planning day. Tip #2: Get out of your home office. Tip #3: Bring your favorite supplies. Tip #4: Set the stage for inspiration.)

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The other day I shared the third of five tips, and I hope you’re getting excited about your business and really stepping into the creative side of being an entrepreneur. (Tip #1: schedule a creative planning day. Tip #2: Get out of your home office. Tip #3: Bring your favorite supplies.)

Tip #4: Set the stage for inspiration

I find that inspirational ideas don’t always just happen when I say it’s time. It’s better to prime the pump. When I go on creative retreat time, I bring an inspirational book. Something by Wayne Dyer or Marianne Williamson works well when I want to be called into my purpose and passion; SARK books work well when I really want freedom to express my joy.

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Last week, I shared the second of five tips, and I hope you’re really thinking about what you need to do to set aside time to plan your business. (Tip #1: schedule a creative planning day. Tip #2: Get out of your home office.)

Tip #3: Bring creative supplies

You don’t want to develop your marketing strategies, creative ideas, and inspiration with a boring yellow legal pad. Pack your favorite markers, pens, or pencils, add some colorful, fun sticky notes to capture spontaneous free flowing ideas, bring paper or a tablet for making mind maps of ideas (a great way to access your right-brain creative thinking before your left-brain logic kicks in).

Do you have stickers or a favorite pen that you love writing with? Do you have cool big planning calendars or pads that you can’t wait to dive into?

I find that the more I can support my creativity around planning for making more money, rolling out big marketing campaigns, or committing to a big project or that new platinum program – then the more tapped in I am to my creative flow, ideas, inspiration… And it’s so much easier this way!

So – whatever makes you giggle with delight – bring with you on your creative planning day.

The other day, I shared the first of five tips for creatively planning for a joyfully successful 2010. I truly believe that it’s all about intention. The intentions that are aligned with your goals and purposes for being in this business in the first place, as well as purposefully designing your business. (Tip #1 was to schedule a creative planning day.)

Tip #2: Get out of your home office

I find that creativity, sparks, ideas, and inspiration don’t usually come when I’m sitting at my desk. Going to a new environment like a café, a friend’s retreat house, the lobby of a beautiful hotel, or even renting a lovely space for the day will shift my energy. What does shifting energy mean? Instead of having a “head down – what needs to be done next” focus, I’m able to have a “heads up and looking at the horizon” type of perspective.

By shifting your location, you are able to shift your perspective, and then you shift what’s possible. New ideas come to you. Just the act of planning to go on a creative retreat outside of your office will subconsciously start pulling new ideas and thoughts toward you. Suddenly you will find that you are making notes of ideas to explore when you have your retreat time. Your commitment will cause your creative momentum to start moving in that direction.

As I think about what my purpose and passion in life is, I find that I’m really stepping into the role of leading women to their most fulfilling, authentic, successful lives and businesses. I want to see what’s possible for women entrepreneurs.

So when I get asked to participate in a movement for women to lead inspired lives, I sit up and take notice.

I’m excited to partner with Aspire Magazine and offer their subscribers some really great bonuses to help them live an inspired life.

Imagine receiving tips, tools and inspiration to live a deeper, more authentic, balanced and inspired life. Couple this with the shared wisdom from some of the biggest names involved in the conscious thought movement and you have the premiere inspirational magazine for women – Aspire Magazine.

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What do you want your business to look like? How do you want to grow it? What’s possible? How can you get there?

To help you plan to grow your business with grace, I wanted to share with you some tips for creatively planning for a joyfully successful 2010. Because business growth doesn’t just happen. You have to plan for it. You have to consciously and intentionally plan what you want for your business. So, each day for the next five days, I’ll share with you a tip to plan for a successful 2010, maybe the most successful year you’ve ever had.

Tip #1: Schedule a creative planning day on your calendar

This time is important. It isn’t an urgent fire you have to put out, but it will be some of the most important time you will spend on your business. This time will shape the success of your business, your focus, and the outcome for your entire year! It can be a half day, whole day or a weekend. It will be worth it to focus on what’s possible.

Make sure you spend the time planning. Don’t use it as a clearing house for all those daily to-do’s. Use it to actually plan 2010.

I’ve heard from several of you that my SpiritRICH™ Platinum Group Coaching and Mastermind Program sounds amazing, but you have some questions or concerns. Since I know what is personal is also universal, I though you might have some of these same questions.

“I don’t have the money. Will you let me know when you’ll be offering the next program?

I have to challenge you – what’s really going to be different for you when my next program begins? If money is the obstacle, how are you going to make more money with your current business actions, strategies, and marketing? Truthfully, what I have found is that something bigger – inside you – has to shift first. Often, committing to a Platinum program such as my SpiritRICH™ Platinum Group Coaching and Mastermind Program is a sign that you have shifted your commitment inside.

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