I am thrilled to support the fabulous team at ShesConnected & @donnaantoniadis in spreading the word about their social media hands-on full-day workshop designed to empower you with effective ways to use social media for your business and provide you with everything you need to know to navigate your way in the digital space!

You will leave this workshop with an up-to-date and valuable understanding of how social media can help you grow your business and how to do it in just 5 minutes a day and 15 minutes on Fridays!

Donna Marie Antoniadis, CEO & Co-Founder, is a social media powerhouse who has built her career in the digital space since 1995, and was named one of 2010 Forbes Top 20 best-branded women on Twitter.

The workshop will be in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, October 19, 2011. You’ll walk away with a plan in place for a solid media presence and a schedule for the next 365 days.

Find out more and sign up here for Social Media for Business Women

It will be a great event and a fabulous way to connect with other influential business women.
Jan

I regularly lead a lot of teleclasses and group coaching programs for coaches, consultants and other professional women. One of my recent participants said:

“I’m tired of playing small. It’s not satisfying me or paying my bills. I’m not making enough money in this work which I love.”

I’ve been hearing this a lot lately. Women who love their work and want to make a bigger difference…who have a purpose and a message and want to take it bigger. . . . who are ready to get out there and connect with more people and not be so isolated in their home office.

I see many women ready to reinvent themselves and their business and get there voice out into the world in a bigger way.

These are the 3 key shifts I see many women need to make to take their message and their income to higher levels:

1. Shift into a more leveraged, specialized business model.

2. Shift away from so much 1-1 work into groups, programs, and seminars where you can teach and serve at the same time and get an income boost.

3. Shift into new ways of doing business and new ways of getting your message out more effectively by leveraging the internet and simple systems and support.

I’m on a mission to mentor more women to be financially successful and personally fulfilled. Stay tuned over the next few days and weeks for more details on exactly how I’m going to do that…..Jan

Click the button to listen to this article read by Jan and share your comments below.

Over the past thirteen years, I have worked with hundreds of women entrepreneurs as their business coach. I’ve noticed that many women small business owners experience the same challenges in growing and running their businesses, such as feeling overwhelmed and isolated, having difficulty keeping focused, not enrolling enough support, and not planning for growth.

Here’s a summary of my best advice for any woman running a small business – my top seven tips for women entrepreneurs:

1) Focus on your strengths

There’s an old saying – ‘Do what you do best and delegate the rest.’ Know what your top strengths are. Delegate or drop anything that you’re not exceptionally skilled at, and focus at least 80% of your time using your key talents that bring you income.

2) Put yourself first

Your growing business needs a lot of time and attention. Many women in business put themselves third or fourth on their list of priorities. Put you and your business first and everything else will fall into place.

3) Learn to say ‘no’

I ask women who have started a business to drop anywhere from 25% to 50% of their time commitments when we start working together. Most women are too over-committed with non-business related activities. Be strategic about what you say yes to, especially in the first few years of your business. Guard your precious time as the valuable asset that it is.

4) Plan for success

Lack of planning causes more businesses to fail than anything else. Planning is very valuable because it causes you to think ahead to your vision and next steps to reach your goals. You can create a simple one page marketing plan that outlines your business objectives and how you will achieve them.

5) Ask for support

Don’t try to figure it all out by yourself. Notice where you are stuck and could use some help, and ask for it. Ask colleagues or others who have been in business and could mentor you, hire a business coach, or form your own mastermind support team.

6) Delegate or drop your weaknesses

Get clear on what you don’t enjoy doing or don’t do very well. Either stop trying to do it, or find someone who will do it for you. A perfect example is bookkeeping. If you dislike it, give it to someone else to do, and free up your time to earn money doing what you do well.

7) Keep an eye on the bottom line

You don’t need to have complex financial statements, but setting targets and tracking some key indicators every month will help you understand how you are doing. You’ll know sooner what’s working and what’s not working so that you can make strategic adjustments.

Implement at least three of these tips, and watch your business flourish!

© Copyright Jan Marie Dore www.janmariedore.com All rights reserved.

Jan Marie teaches women how to attract more clients and financial success, and as a result, live extraordinary lives. For free resources and programs on marketing a professional practice please visit Femalepreneurs.com .

I work with women to fulfill their purpose and potential through entrepreneurship. Yet many of these women lose sight of why they went business in the first place, and start to lose their passion and enthusiasm over time.

One client I’ll call Mary, came to be because she was at her wits end drowning in paperwork, emails, and to-do lists. She felt drained, overworked, and uninspired. She was in a place of not remembering why she had started her business in the first place or what she felt called to do.

Her reason for going into business was because she felt a strong call to make a contribution in the world. She didn’t know exactly how to do that in the way she imagined, so she just started with what she knew. This is where most women start, but they often get lost along the way.

By the time Mary came to me, she was exhausted, ready to give up, and had very limited financial resources remaining.

Here’s what I had her do to turn her situation around quickly – and you can to!

One: get clear on what you feel most called to do right now
It may be time to hone in on your true purpose and talents more narrowly. Get very specific on the exact value you bring to your clients and the key challenges you can help them solve.

Two: get support
Mary was running a one-woman show in trying to do everything herself. One of the first things we did was to get her some simple administrative support for a few hours a week.

Three: simplify and streamline
Look at your service and program offerings for the clients and the services you can let go of that are no longer a passion for you, for the things that take a lot of your time but don’t reward you financially, and for places where you have a long list of offerings but no clear specialty. Eliminate at least half of what you’re currently doing that no longer serves you so you can focus on the work that truly fulfills inspires you.

So what happened with my client Mary?

She immediately brought on an assistant for several hours a month which grew over time. She simplified by dropping one of her service offerings that didn’t bring a good financial reward, and completed with several clients who were draining her energy. She was then in a position to step into her greatness. Now she’s thriving and very happy and more fulfilled in her work.

Are you ready and willing to take your true place in the world and make the difference only you can make?

Most women are trying to do too much and consequently aren’t bringing their true contribution to the world. Stop playing small and start standing out for the work you feel called to do. Get clear on your true calling and core talents. Then, simplify, streamline, specialize, and get support so you can step into your fullest potential.

Wishing you much success and a great summer
Jan

PS: If it’s time for you to take your place in the world and you’d like the support of a qualified mentor to streamline, simplify, and step into your fullest potential, I’m booking a limited number of “Breakthrough Intensive VIP Consulting Days“. Click here to schedule a call with me to inquire about working together in a private day or half-day of consulting and mentoring to get on the fast track to more sales.

Susan Bulkeley Butler has recently released her new book “Women Count: A Guide to Changing the World“. I received a review copy, and I was inspired reading Susan’s words.

In the book, Susan says that throughout history, women have struggled to change the workplace, change government, change society. So what’s next? It’s time for women to change the world! Whether on the job, in politics, or in their community, there has never been a better time for women to make a difference in the world.

Susan shows readers how to change the world through a series of inspiring case studies that chronicle how she and other pioneering women in a range of fields have done so in years past. Never before has the world so greatly needed the unique abilities of women to lead the way. But as history has shown, to make change, women must step into their power and become “women who count.”

Susan was the first female to work at Arthur Anderson & Co. and became the first female partner of the company’s consulting organization, Anderson Consulting (now known as Accenture), which is the world’s leading management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing organization. Susan has founded the The Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders.

Being the powerful woman that she is, Susan decided to share her story in her book “Women Count” to inspire women around the world to become successful leaders much like herself. Susan feels it’s time for women to break that glass-ceiling and become women who count.

This is a Guest Post by Susan Bulkeley Butler of Tuczon, Arizona, Author of the new book “Women Count: A Guide to Changing the World”

Here’s what Susan has to say: “For All Women: Equality in Sight by 2020″

“Many believe that we, women, are equal, but the statistics speak for themselves.

The good news is:

• We make, or influence, 85% of the household purchasing decisions


• We are nearly 50% of the labor force


• We are over 50% of the college graduates and high paying management positions


• The United States is moving from a manufacturing to a knowledge-based economy, which should provide more jobs for women


• When women are on senior leadership teams, the decisions are better, and they deliver more value to the bottom line of their companies

However:

• Men still hold 83% of the senior leadership positions


• Women are paid less than men (even in the same positions)


• Men think of women as short-timers


• Women must balance major household duties, raising children, and a career

As March was Women’s History Month, the accomplishments that women have been able to achieve over the past years certainly are a reason for celebration.

There were days when women were not expected to read, or go to school, and before August 26, 1920, we couldn’t even vote!

Thank you, pioneers, for paving the way for women.

Now, it’s our turn to make the world a better place for our daughters and granddaughters.

What does that mean? Start with:

• A women president of the United States, and not just one, but many


• Fair representation in the Congress – 50% women in the House of Representatives and Senate – and the state and local government positions


• At least 30% women on boards of directors, senior leadership boards, and other high-level positions in our organizations


• Young women graduating with the science, technology, and math skills necessary to help them secure the career positions of the future


• Fathers and mothers proactively mentoring their daughters as fathers have done for their sons in the past


• Equal salary for equal positions

By 2020, women will be everywhere.

This is a new world filled with opportunities for us to shape and change the world even more for the women who follow us.

The big questions is: do women really want to “dream big” and make these changes happen? It will take all of us to work together with men to change the world.

More women in leadership roles means new ways of approaching old problems, whether it’s how we deal with climate change, international relations, responsibilities of business, government, etc.

By dreaming big, beginning with the end in mind, creating terms, mentoring others, making and following plans, and navigating our way, we can do it!

We will be women who count. We will change the world.

Are you on board to make change happen?”

Susan founded her institute for women leaders as a ‘power center’ for resources related to women and leadership, serving as a clearinghouse for research, coaching and mentoring to develop leadership potential and helping women make bold changes to improve their lives.

You can find out more about Susan and her work with women leaders at The Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders.

How is your new year going so far? I’m getting back into the full swing of networking and events after some time off at the end of December.

You’ve heard me say that in order to grow your business and income to the next level and simplify your marketing, you really need an expertise or a specialty.

Many of the women I work with are very hesitant to say they are an expert at anything. I think it’s in our conditioning to not stand out and make a name for ourselves or to blow our own horn. As women, we try to blend in and be the same as everyone else. But, that strategy will never work to get ahead in business!

Are you one of the many talented women who has so much wisdom and experience to offer, yet lacks the clarity or the inclination to declare expert status? Or, do you have so many interests and abilities that you struggle to simplify your offer and stand out for your specialty?

If so, here’s a simple exercise to narrow down what you’re good at and position yourself to become well known for your expertise.

Write your answers to the following three statements:

• Something I’m really passionate about and very interested in that I like to read and talk about a lot is . . .
• If I was asked to speak to a group next week for an hour, the subject I know so well that I could speak about easily with little preparation is . . .
• My favorite issues, situations or challenges I like to work on with my clients are . . .

Your answers will give you an indication of your passion, talents and expertise and the specific and unique way you like to help your clients.

Being an expert doesn’t mean you need to have degrees and certifications. That’s the old-style of expert. It just means that you really know your subject and care deeply about sharing what you know with other people to improve their lives.

Make the commitment to start reading, writing, and speaking more about what you know and love and you can develop authority status easily in less than a year. This will boost your confidence and will give people a way to get to know you and decide to work with you without you having to work so hard to attract more clients.

Just share your passion and wisdom everywhere you go and people will be attracted naturally to you and your message.

I invite you to share your comments and thoughts below.
Wishing you much success and joy in 2011!
Jan

“2011 Online Business Success: It’s a Woman’s World!” – free 8 week teleseminar series hosted by Meg Montgomery, Founder of Women-Money-Power.com

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If you’ve promised yourself to make 2011 a better year financially, there’s something you must know. The Internet is an unlimited resource for creating prosperity, but only if you know how to work it.

Whether you’re trying to figure out how to get started, or you want to bring your internet business to the next level, you will be amazed by this FREE 8-week teleseminar – “2011 Online Business Success: It’s a Woman’s World!” which features established women entrepreneurs and business experts who will each speak about a different aspect of creating online business success. Each call will be live at 2pm EST on Thursdays, starting January 6th, and will be available by MP3 the following day.

I am one of the great line-up of women speakers. I’ll be speaking on Thursday, January 13th on “Six Smart Strategies to Build Your Brand Online for More Impact and Income in 2011”. Be sure to sign up to attend my call!

Join us for this absolutely free event by registering here.

Don’t delay – sign up now! You’ll get the MP3 of the recordings if you can’t attend live.

This is a unique opportunity to learn extremely valuable information, meet other women entrepreneurs, and build your online network!

To Your Financial Success!
Jan

I want to let you know about a brand new book being released today that is a game-changer for entrepreneurial-minded and entrepreneur-curious women. This new book, “The Three Strategies of the Unstoppable Woman” by Britt Santowski sets out to shake out the entrepreneur spirit within you.

And here’s the most beautiful thing. It’s all based on the premise that you already have everything you need. Your genius, your connections, your experience, your drive.

This book will help you reach inside of yourself. It will let you discover the power of your full potential, and move you towards the realization that you can, indeed, make it work. Whatever “it” is for you.

I have contributed a free bonus for the book launch of my ebook and audio program “Brand Your Brilliance – How to Stand Out From the Crowd So you Get Noticed and Get Hired”. There are many other bonuses available too if you buy today. I have had a peek inside Britt’s new book, and I am very pleased to recommend it to you.

Buy the book here from Amazon TODAY ONLY and receive more than $5836 in gifts—at no extra cost to you!

On Wednesday, December 8th, launch participants receive $2,892 worth of products (22 eBooks, audio courses and videos), $2,944 worth of services (six free consultations and one training opportunity), and $4,300 worth of deep, deep discounts.

Buy the book here TODAY Dec 8th. Act now – On December 9th, all the bonus gifts will be gone (though, of course, you can still buy the book!).

And if there’s a fabulous and deserving woman in your life who can benefit from this, please pass this along to her!

Managing Your Mindset and Your Energy: The Secrets to your Business Success and Personal Happiness – Free Teleseminar

Can you imagine who you could be and what you could accomplish if you could master your mind and boost your energy significantly?

Join seasoned coaches, Jan Marie Dore and Nina Cherry for a free teleclass on transforming your mindset, environment, and energy to support you in manifesting the highest vision for your life and your work.

On this call, Jan and Nina will give you practical tools and specific practices to make the needed shift in your mindset and your energy levels to step into your personal power and create the business and lifestyle you dream about.

What you will take away from the call:

• 3 great ways to develop your personal power


• the 1 secret you need to know to stop your energy from leaking


• how to optimize your environment so you can manifest your highest goals


• the 2 most powerful methods to remove the inner barriers to success


• how to build your energy to overflowing aliveness so doors will open for you!


• how to banish fears and become grounded in your own Being


• the secrets to feeling great every day —and ecstatic about your work

Join Jan and Nina on Wed Dec 8th at 4pm Eastern (1pm Pacific) and discover how the work you do on yourself will directly affect your business and financial success. Learn the value of taking time out for exquisite self-care and power building practices. When your body feels great, you have the energy needed to fund changes in your life and build your business with passion!

Sign Up Here to Attend this special call Dec 8th on
How to Manage Your Energy and Mindset

Your contact information will be kept confidential and will not be shared or sold. You’ll also receive a complimentary copy of our marketing action guide ‘Eight Marketing Secrets of Wealthy Women Entrepreneurs’ and a subscription to Jan Marie’s marketing tips ezine “Success Secrets for Women Entrepreneurs”. (You can unsubscribe any time).

I attended a breakfast meeting of the Women’s Executive Network in Toronto yesterday. WXN recently sent out a press release that they have grown to more than 16,000 members and are the largest community of influential, powerful and successful women in Canada and Ireland. Members are executive and professional women who are high achievers and want to connect with other women for networking and support.

I have recently partnered with WXN to facilitate their Wisdom Mentoring Program for women executives and entrepreneurs. I can’t wait to get started supporting these women to achieve higher levels of success and fulfillment.

Pamela Jeffery founded the organization and is an inspiring woman leader. This is a photo of me with Pamela at the meeting.

Yesterday’s meeting featured a panel of senior level women discussing crisis management within their organizations and suggestions on how to handle a crisis effectively.

Pamela recently launched a study to determine gender diversity on corporate boards. The results of her findings will be released next month at the meeting. I’m sure the findings will be controversial and will provoke much discussion.

Take this time to think about what type of support you want and need to grow yourself and your business. Watch for upcoming announcements about new programs I’ll be offering to support you in stepping up in a bigger way. And – let me know what type of support you need. I’d love to hear!

I listened today to the Inspiring Women Summit – a free virtual event with some of my favorite leaders designed to help women activate their full potential. It features daily dialogues between amazing women such as Marianne Williamson, Christiane Northrup, Sonia Choquette, Joan Borysenko, Marci Shimoff, and Riane Eisler and many other inspiring women leaders which then spark conversations between participants.

Sign Up Here for the Inspiring Women TeleSummit Series

Women are at the core of the shift that is required. It is time for feminine values, wisdom, and virtues to take a fully equal role in creating a world that works for all. The goal is to empower each of us to liberate our gifts and take a stand for what we are co-creating.

Today, Marianne Williamson talked about how women need to step up and speak out about a new humanitarian economic model. We must take more of a leadership role. Yet, there are many internal and external challenges that stop women from saying what’s in their hearts. I really agree with her on that.

Riane Eisler spoke about a new economic model called “caring economics”. Women are 70% of the world’s poor. Women over 65 are twice as likely to be poor than men because they have been the caregivers. WE need a new model so women get more of the economic pie.

This Global Telesummit runs from May 1 to 8 and will put as many as women as possible into deep relationship with other inspiring women across the globe – all for FREE. You can participate live in as few or as many of the live calls as you like, and they are all taped so you can catch up with ones you miss.

Sign Up Here for the Inspiring Women TeleSummit Series

If you miss any calls, you’ll get the replays. These calls are causing me to think bigger about my message of economic empowerment for women and how I can get it out there.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this telesummit.

Join me Tuesday, April 27, 2010 as I’m interviewed by Scott Cluthe on his show “Positively Incorrect” on Blog Talk Radio along with Sandy Vilas, CEO of CoachInc.com / Coach U.

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Jan Marie Dore with Sandy Vilas on Scott Cluthe’s Positively Incorrect!

Scott talks with two master coaches as Sandy Vilas, CEO of CoachInc.com is joined by author and Master Certified Coach Jan Marie Dore Tuesday night!

Since Jan is an expert on supporting women in finding and fulfilling their business and entrepenurial passion, we’ll hear much of what Jan shares with her clients every day. A great chance to call in and be coached on your issues and challenges, successes and desire for being the best you can be in your field.

Jan Marie Dore is a small business coaching expert and Master Certified Coach (MCC) who mentors creative, entrepreneurial women to design highly profitable businesses around their passion, purpose and expertise and live a great life. She teaches women easy marketing strategies and business systems so they can attract more clients, work fewer hours and make more money. Jan is passionate about empowering women entrepreneurs to get their message out to wider audiences and reach new levels of success, fulfillment and profits in their business. Her clients are women around the world who have a talent, passion, service or expertise they want to share to make a difference in people’s lives.

Jan founded The Learning Center for Women Entrepreneurs to deliver training and support in effective marketing and sales strategies through coaching, training and mentoring programs, seminars, retreats, teleseminars and information products.

I just signed up for the Inspiring Women Summit – a free virtual event with some of my favorite leaders designed to help women activate their full potential. I wanted to invite you to join me. It features daily dialogues between amazing women such as Marianne Williamson, Christiane Northrup, Sonia Choquette, Joan Borysenko, Marci Shimoff, and Riane Eisler and many other inspiring women leaders which then spark conversations between participants.

With our world facing numerous crises, humanity needs to find a pathway to creating a new society, one based on principles of love, cooperation, and peace. As each of us liberates more of our gifts, we can more powerfully help our society rebalance itself, and create right relationship with our earth and with each other. It is now time for feminine values, wisdom, and virtues to take a fully equal role in creating a world that works for all. The goal is to empower each of us to take a stand for what WE are co-creating.

Women are at the core of the shift that is required. How can we inspire each other to make an even bigger impact and to live our most radiant lives? This Global Telesummit runs from May 1 to 8 and will put as many as women as possible into deep relationship with other inspiring women across the globe – all for FREE. You can participate live in as few or as many of the live calls as you like, and they are all taped so you can catch up with ones you miss.

Sign Up Here for the Inspiring Women Summit

I’m excited about this wonderful event, so I hope you can join me there!
Jan

The inspiration for today’s article came from a visit to my hairdresser. He gave me a ‘zigzag’ part, when for many years I had had a perfectly straight, linear part in my hair. With a simple flick of his comb, he expanded my concept of what a ‘part’ was, encouraging me into an out-of-the-box idea that I had never even considered.

I hope to inspire you to think out of the box – to step out of our typical linear thinking and think more creatively and innovatively.

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On a road trip I took one time called “Back Roads and Country Inns”, we drove down many back roads and winding country lanes, often not entirely sure where we would end up. The joy was in the exploration and the journey, not in arriving at the destination.

It struck me that we are often willing when on vacation to put the roadmap aside and just explore. We discover charming towns and hidden beauties as we just follow the road wherever it leads, enjoying the journey, living moment to moment.

This spirit of exploration made me think about how we typically limit ourselves in our lives. I wondered where else in my life I took the usual straight and narrow path when it would be more interesting – even more exciting – to follow the road less traveled and take a curious jog on a path I’ve never seen before. Where would it lead me?

In the hustle and bustle of our busy lives, some of us forget that life is not a destination, a deadline, or a single event. Instead, it’s a complex, multi-faceted, organic organism, forever changing as new inputs stimulate its shape and character.

Most people act as if their lives follow a neat linear progression. But, in reality, there is no pre-determined pattern to our lives any more.

Just as there are no longer predictable stages to life, so too are there no longer predictable stages to a business. They follow a much more organic pattern, and it is almost impossible to predict what the actual results or outcomes will be.

Because our lives are constantly changing and evolving, we need to learn to improvise, to be comfortable with where change takes us. To let go of the ‘known’ and take the risk of exploring uncharted territory.

We can learn to ‘zigzag’ by charting our own path in life and business, our own individual course, while giving ourselves the gift of time to explore and enjoying the scenery along the way. Our life plan or our business plan will be shaped by these experiences, and we may end up somewhere we never expected to be – and loving it.

Ask yourself these questions:

1. Where in my life or my business do I most need to step off the linear, well-trodden path, be open to what’s right in front of me in the moment, and take a different course of action?
2. What could I try that I’ve never done before?
3. Where can I zigzag to reach my ultimate goal so that I enjoy the journey instead of just focusing on reaching the end result?
4. How could I innovate and step in a bold new direction?

Consider an out-of-the-box idea that you’ve never tried before. Take a more experimental, open-minded approach. Improvise, try something new, do something in a way you’ve never done it before. If that doesn’t work, try something else. Be open to learning something new. We learn more from our failures than we do from our successes, so be open to ‘failing’ – the surest route to innovation and creativity.

If you have a goal to change your business results, consider several different ways you could achieve the same outcome. In reality, it’s not the destination that is important. It’s getting there, and then starting off in another direction or down another road, relishing every moment of the journey.

Be open to stumbling upon where you’re going rather than mapping it out in advance. Notice which of the many opportunities that come your way really appeal to you most. Say yes to those good opportunities that tap into your passion but weren’t in your plan.

Take the more interesting path to reach your goals. Step off the well-trodden, predictable path and learn to zigzag. I assure you – you will be well rewarded!

I invite you to post your thoughts and comments below.

Wishing you much success,
Jan

P.S. There’s still time to join me TODAY, Wednesday, April 7th at 4pm Eastern for my Teleseminar Training “Attract Lots More Clients and Opportunities by Publishing Articles” that’s part of my Marketing Mastery program. You’ll learn the secrets and best practices for writing and publishing effective articles to promote your business and establish yourself as an authority in your area of specialty. You’ll also get access to the list of the top article sites to submit to. Find out more here to access the live class, audio replay, and learning guide.

P.P.S. If you’d like mentoring, masterminding and accountability to grow your business and income, why not join me and this very talented group of women in one of my mastermind groups? I’m helping women design a simple marketing strategy to stand out as the service provider of choice in their niche. Contact me to find out more, or watch for my announcement later this week.

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Jan Marie Dore, ‘The Women Entrepreneurs’ Success Coach’, Master Certified Coach, Speaker, and Author, publishes valuable ideas to grow a professional service business and increase profitability in her newsletter ‘Success Secrets for Women Entrepreneurs’.

Jan Marie teaches self-employed female professionals to attract more clients and financial success, and as a result, live extraordinary lives. For free resources and programs on marketing a professional practice please visit Femalepreneurs.com and read the Blog Success Secrets.

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I delivered a breakout session a few weeks ago at Amazing Woman’s Day in Toronto. There was a fabulous group of very talented women gathered to celebrate feminine success. We learned, shared, laughed, ate, networked, danced and generally had a very good time. I made connections with many women that will continue for a very long time.

This is a picture of me with Marsh Engle, the founder of Amazing Woman’s Days worldwide, and an amazing visionary leader who inspires women to new levels of success and fulfillment.

Take a look at the photos I posted at my Facebook Fan Page. If you’re not a fan yet, please do sign up!

Belinda Brady gave an incredible performance singing “Phenomenal Woman”. Take a look at her video and be inspired and glad that you’re a woman!

Isn’t she great? I can’t wait to be at the next Amazing Woman’s Day event in Banff, Alberta Canada in August!

Do you secretly wonder what some successful people know or do that you need to know?

I’m going to be talking about how I got to to where I am today for the Successful Spiritual Entrepreneurs series on Tuesday, March 9th, at 3pm Eastern / Noon Pacific time.

Two spiritual business women, Cindy Briolotta and Beth Lane, have walked the path. They have combined forces to make the steps to success easy, effective and aligned with Spirit.

Cindy and Beth will be interviewing me TODAY. I will share my tips and best advice with you on how to be a successful spiritual entrepreneur!

Please join us! Click Here To Register at Profit With Spirit

Come join me at Amazing Woman’s Day Toronto, Canada March 6, 2010!

This special day of inspiration, connection, networking, and collaboration brings together hundreds of women, providing educational resources that support women in their vision of creating and sustaining success.

Check out our fantastic line-up of Speakers & Feminine Leaders (including ME!) for this event at Amazing Woman’s Day Toronto. (Click on the speakers photos to see a description).

Tickets can be purchased here.

The event features inspirational speakers from both Canada and the United States, with local leaders supporting small group discussion and breakout sessions. The event is designed for entrepreneurs, small business owners, independent professionals, coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, trainers, and other leaders who are looking for inspiration, resources and connection.

A key element of Amazing Woman’s Day is the Amazing Woman Spirit Award Ceremony created to honour some of the most compelling voices of feminine leadership within the community.

This is YOUR day to set free the brilliance of your feminine power, discover your real purpose and live with passion!

The event takes place Saturday March 6, 2010 at the Hilton Suites Conference Center & Spa, in Markham ON.

SPECIAL LIMITED-TIME DISCOUNTS: Double Up Deal-Bring a Friend & Save until March 1st: $60.00 off the Diamond Package=$237.00 (Enter Code DiamondDisc2) OR $30.00 off the Gold Package=$167.00 (Enter Code GoldDisc2). Or – for one person Diamond Package $265(Enter Code DiamondDisc); Gold Package $182 (Enter Code GoldDisc2). The price includes an inspiring line-up of speakers, breakouts and 3 meals – including a celebration awards dinner.

This is a great opportunity to network, connect and collaborate with other inspiring, talented women.

Purchase your tickets and get your discount here.

Come join me at my table at Amazing Woman’s Day. I hope to meet you there!
Jan

“Amazing Woman’s Day Launches International Women’s Outreach in Toronto, Canada March 5-6.”

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Media Release

“Amazing Woman’s Day Launches International Women’s Outreach in Toronto, Canada March 5-6.”

“It is time for Canadian women to unleash our real wealth, to share our authentic potential, and create cooperative business,” says Amanda Willett, Executive Director of Amazing Woman’s Day Toronto. Amazing Woman’s Day 2010 provides the platform to make this possible.

The day long program brings together hundreds of women, providing educational resources that support women in their vision of creating and sustaining success. A key element of Amazing Woman’s Day is the Amazing Woman Spirit Award Ceremony created to honour some of the most compelling voices of feminine leadership within the community. Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion is one of these voices to be honoured with a special award.

For the March 5th and 6th celebration Amazing Woman’s Day Toronto partners with “Up With Women”, a charitable foundation that assists women who are dealing with the stigma of homelessness. The success of this organization is impacting women and children within shelters across the city of Toronto.

The event features inspirational speakers from both Canada and the United States, with local leaders supporting small group discussion and breakout sessions. The event is designed for entrepreneurs, small business owners, independent professionals, mothers, coaches, mentors, consultants, speakers, authors, trainers, and other leaders who are looking for inspiration, resources and connection.

The event takes place March 5-6, 2010 at the Hilton Suites Conference Center & Spa, in Markham ON.

Tickets can be purchased here.

History of Amazing Woman’s Day

The celebration of Amazing Woman’s Day was first conceived over a decade ago by transformational coach and author Marsh Engle. As the activities, programs and outreach of the Amazing Woman initiative has expanded over the years, the core mission remained the same: To serve as a unifying symbol of women everywhere who wish to bring a sense of value and purpose to their life, their community and the world. It was in March, 2001 that women throughout the United States first joined to establish the Amazing Woman’s Day movement. In 2002 the celebration grew to 50 U.S. cities. A United States Congressional Proclamation acknowledges Amazing Woman’s Day as a movement of inspiration among women, empowering entrepreneurship and creativity. Since that time, the Amazing Woman’s Day movement has served to inspire thousands across the United States and beyond. Additional celebration cities to join the movement this year include; Kingston, Jamaica; New York City, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California, Los Angeles, California.

Amazing Woman’s Day Toronto Leaders
Dynamic women who are leaders in their field, in their company, their organizations and their community will join us. The day-long program includes experiential exercises that link and build on each other as women move between tables, exchange ideas, and discover answers to the questions that impact their life, work, health, family and community. Featured speakers include Amazing Woman’s Day founder, Marsh Engle who is joined by transformational leaders: Crystal Andrus, Best Selling Hay House Author, Founder of Crystal Andrus Productions, SWAT and The Simply Woman Workout Club; Kim Coles, Television & Film Actress; Jennifer Hough, Founder, The Vital You, Speaker, Author, Coach of Leaders; Lisa McKenzie, Founder of Deserving Divas, Diva’s Do it Socially and Supreme Social Media; Loral Langemeier, NY Times Best Selling Author and Founder of Live Out Loud; Lu Ann Mitchell, CEO, The Voice of Thank God I Am An Empowered Woman. Confirmed to be in attendance is the Mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion. Stay tuned for more special guests still to be announced.

Amazing Woman’s Day 2010 Feminine Leaders include: Jan Marie Dore, Founder of Femalepreneurs.com, The Learning Center for Women Entrepreneurs; Carolyn Ellis, Author, Speaker, Founder of Brilliance Mastery; Katia Millar, Founder of Positive Fabulous Women; Pat Mussieux, Founder of Courage and Confidence; Christine Cirka, Founder of Essence to Success Inc., Coaching and Consulting ; Cheryl Millett, Owner of Healthy Balance 4 You, Nutrition Health Coach, Business Trainer, Speaker & Founder of the Forest Hill Walk Club; Susan Wright, Founder of Wright Momentum, Lifestyle Coaching and Consulting; Sabaina Malik, of Indigo Books; Donna De Luca, Designs For Success; Ann MacDonald, Entrepreneur, Volunteer, Arts Enthusiast Founder of ‘TORONTO 365′; Deborah Maybury, Speaker, Author, Sears National Kids Cancer Ride Cyclist and creator of Realistic Self -Defense for Women; Irene Anderson, Author, Speaker, Director of Discovery WORKS Coaching and Training; Charmaine Loverin, Director of Sales & Marketing- Rebellium WAVE, and many more.

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After I came back from Tuscany last September, I started the daily ritual of making myself a café au lait in a large bowl every morning. When I was in Italy, I would go down early to the breakfast area each day for my coffee. Some of us started using cereal bowls to drink our café au lait. There was always warm milk in a container as well as coffee on the table.

Slowly sipping my coffee with two hands from a bowl was a lovely way to start each day as I looked out over the vineyards and olive groves onto the surrounding fields and hillsides. It made me feel so calm and peaceful and connected to the beauty all around me.

When I came back home, I maintained the daily ritual of my morning café au lait. I have other rituals of course, such as stretching, meditating and journaling first thing in the morning.

What are the daily rituals that anchor your days?

The mundane rituals as well as the ones that give you the feeling of being connected to something larger than yourself? Those daily actions that connect you to both yourself and to the Universal Energy or to the Divine?

Rituals are a set of actions regularly repeated in a precise manner. Rituals can help us connect with who we really are at our core and guide us in our search for meaning and identity.

The beginning of the year is the perfect time to start – or restart – any rituals that give you a sense of calm, security, peace, connection, love or joy.

I’d love to hear what your daily rituals are!

The Brilliance Mastermind Coaching Intensive for Women Entrepreneurs and Independent Professionals

A Small, Private, Live 2 Day Mastermind Coaching Intensive Hosted by Carolyn Ellis, BrillianceMastery.com and Jan Marie Dore, Femalepreneurs.com

Friday January 22 & Saturday January 23, 2010 at The Verity Club, Downtown Toronto, Ontario.

This Mastermind Coaching Intensive is designed exclusively for women entrepreneurs and independent professionals.

We’re keeping this intensive very small and intimate so that we can do so some really deep work together over this concentrated 2-day time frame.

You’ll benefit by receiving advanced coaching from two very talented and experienced coaches so you’ll gain clarity, develop a plan, and remove any barriers standing in the way of your success in 2010.

Find out more and sign up here for the Brilliance Mastermind Coaching Intensive for Women Entrepreneurs

During this Mastermind Coaching Intensive, you will:

• create a powerful, inspiring vision for 2010 that gives you clarity, focus & results. We’ll challenge you to think bigger about how you show up in your business and life.


• identify your Authentic Brand Archetype so you can express your true purpose clearly and effectively in the marketplace.


• receive one-on-one coaching “hot seats” from Carolyn and Jan Marie to identify the greatest success strategy within your current business.


• develop your personalized Brilliance Blueprint to help you stay centered and on track.


• design your Purpose into Profit business model to leverage your expertise into profitable, revenue generating income streams.


• gain insight into success mindset shifts that will boost sales and increase conversions.


• receive customized, take-action strategies on the most profitable, revenue-generating activities for your business


• identify breakthroughs, next steps and an action plan to make 2010 your best year ever.


• learn new ideas from listening in on other women’s business makeover coaching sessions and strategies. You’ll be amazed at how much you learn from hearing other women being coached!


• benefit from masterminding, networking, sharing resources and potential JV collaborations to open new doors of opportunity for you and your business.

This is a first-come, first-served opportunity with only 12 spots available – so if you’re intuitive enough to recognize the extreme value we’re presenting here, don’t delay your decision to join us. Sign up and take decisive action today!

Carolyn Ellis is the founder of Brilliance Mastery™, a program that helps women entrepreneurs own their brilliance so the mission of their business can be communicated clearly, powerfully and profitably. Carolyn has a graduate degree from Harvard University, and is a Master Integrative Coach, Certified Money, Marketing and Soul Coach, and Advanced PSYCH-K Facilitator.

Jan Marie Dore is The Professional Womens’ Success Coach and the Founder of Femalepreneurs.com, an online community for entrepreneurial women worldwide who want to create a more profitable business and live a high-quality life. Jan is a Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation and is an authority on women’s small business issues.

Find out more here about the Brilliance Mastermind Coaching Intensive for Women Entrepreneurs and Independent Professionals taking place January 22 & 23, 2010 at the Verity Club in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada.