Get Your Mojo Runnin’
Less than two weeks ago I hosted Marketing Mojo, a phenomenal workshop JAM-packed with information about building your business.
We discussed key elements like:
- How to make your website work for you from layout, copywriting, and listbuilding
- The secrets behind making your copywriting sizzle in your product offerings, your free giveaways, and even your packages and offerings
- Launching a product or program and leveraging your time so you can work less and earn more!
The workshop was truly a blast on all accounts. We had fun, we discovered a ton, and most importantly the people attended walked away with business changing ideas.
One person told me “I got so much out of it so quickly; I’m still surprised by it two weeks later.” Another person received their first newsletter registration, others have made changes to their blogs and websites are putting themselves out there in different and more strategic ways! Who hooo – how exciting.
Just to make it fair, I wanted to give you a chance to grab your copy of Marketing Mojo. You’ll instantly receive access to the digital recordings and downloads and all of the handouts.
You can check it out here and grab your copy today at http://www.andreacostantine.com/marketmojo
As always I guarantee my work – if you go through the product and don’t love it I’ll give you your money back! I’ll even give you a WHOLE year to keep it.
You can even email me your questions and ensure you get your answers met. I’m here for you. That’s my promise.
It rocked, it really did! I don’t mean to brag, but when something is this good, you’ve got to tell people about it.
Anyways – happy marketing 
Grab your copy of Marketing Mojo – TODAY! http://www.andreacostantine.com/marketmojo
P.S. Big marketing “gurus” sell this information for thousands of dollars and I’m not kidding. At my rate I’m practically giving it away! I’m doing it for you – because you ROCK and it shouldn’t cost you an arm and a leg to get the best information that is available out there.
Life is a Series of Choices
Just this week a friend sent me a mug shot of an old friend. One whom I have lost touch with over the years because of her choices and patterns that she’s refused or been
unable to break.
It appears my old friend has been arrested four times over the last four months. Her family has cut her off, she’s without any friends, and she’s been in a pattern of drugs, abuse, and lies for longer than I can remember.
Her now teenage daughter is one of the most beautiful spirits I have ever met. Living with her grandmother, she’s determined never to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Despite her strength, fortitude, and will to become a powerful adult one day, the situation is heart breaking.
I remember the days where my old friend and I would head out on the town for a night of bar hopping, clubs, and fun. One day it was no longer fun for me and we distanced ourselves as I would chose to go home and she’d choose to stay out the rest of the night.
Over the years I’ve seen her go in and out of rehab, promising this time was different, saying she’d changed – yet to find out she’d relapsed once again.
Seeing her mug shots this week reminded me that life is really a series of choices. Some harder than others, some physical and psychological and hidden beneath our awareness. Regardless of where her addiction stems from – the point is how we are all made up of our choices.
Looking back at where you are today you can see how a series of choices put you exactly where you are in this moment.
Last week I was reflecting on all the times I have felt like “I have found it!” the key to my happiness and career. Each time, knowing I was getting closer to the truth.
Returning back to school and selecting a school that didn’t have an undergraduate program for elementary education, I chose psychology.
Not finding a job in that field, I chose to buy a franchise.
Not being able to make that business work, I moved to Colorado.
Looking for a new career path I returned to school again for counseling.
Realizing that counseling was too demanding, I chose coaching.
Seeing how I love to write and create through coaching lead me to writing.
Writing led me to this very point….
A series of choices, all stacked upon one another. All leading me to where I am right now in this very moment. Your choices have done the same. Despite where you may stand currently, your choices will take you where you need to go. After all, you chose to be here.
Speaking Circles – a refreshing, authenticity based approach to public speaking.
I love sharing with people how less than two years ago I was TERRIFIED of public speaking. I was so scared I wouldn’t even raise my hand in a large room to share something. Although I felt called to speak, I couldn’t muster up the courage until I found Speaking Circles.
This is a guest post by the incredible Paula Friedland, a Denver Host of Speaking Circles. Speaking Circles are held throughout the country – so check their main website to find a facilitator near you.
So if you are anything like what I once was – would rather DIE than speak in public – here’s a great way to build your comfidence and overcome your fears.
What are Speaking circles? Speaking circles are small groups (from 4 to 9 people), where you each have a series of timed turns up front, where you simply practice focusing on one person at a time while you let words come up naturally. This is a simple, yet profound practice that ends up transforming how you relate to and connect with your audience. It’s not about GETTING RID of the fear or anxiety or nervousness. It’s taking it with you up front, and speaking anyway. It is honoring yourself vs. shaming yourself. Transformation never comes from shaming ourselves. It comes from stepping out of our comfort zone, but with nurturing, acceptance, and support.
What are some of the main principles of this approach to public speaking?
A Series of one on one conversations: This approach focuses on making speaking a “relationship event” (person-to-person, one-on-one, warm, authentic) vs. a “performance event” (distant, staged, manipulating). In transformational speaking, you speak from the heart directly to one member of the audience at a time. It transfers a performance into an authentic conversation. So each participant has a series of turns up front, and their only job during that time, is to have a series of conversations with one person at a time in their audience. If we think of any speech as a series of conversations, it takes the pressure off; because we all know how to have a conversation.
Not content based. Rather, it is a series of turns up in front of a group where you just allow words to come in the presence of being with the audience. The focus is on allowing whatever comes up in you to be there, without judging it or trying to get rid of it. When you are able to “be with” whatever comes up (nervousness, anxiety, shaking, blushing, sweating, heart racing, etc), without judging it, you are then able to speak more freely, regardless of these things going on. THEN, ironically, these “symptoms”, start to dissipate on their own.
Being vs. Doing. We have to feel connected to people in some way before we trust them. When we are our authentic selves up front, people relate to us better and sooner. In speaking circles we practice being ourselves, by letting the words come naturally. We can then add content later, but the “being” of who we are has to be in place before adding any “doing” (like content). The connection is established first. Then the audienceWANTS TO hear what we have to say. They actually feel SEEN by you, as the speaker, and that makes them able to see and hear YOU.
Logistics: You don’t prepare any content. You simply show up, as yourself. And simply come with an open mind and an open heart and be ready to see your powerful, authentic, essence reflected back to you from your audience. This will transform the way you speak in front of any group in any setting.
If you are in Denver and would like to find out more about Speaking Circles contact Paula Friedland at www.paulafriedland.com
Are you more than mediocre?
The other day I attended a business event. As I talked with other entrepreneurs and business owners I couldn’t help but wonder are any of these people offering an
ything more than just mediocrity?
In business, in life, and even in our relationships we’ve got to put ourselves out there. We need to be doing remarkable things, standing out from the crowd, and playing at 100%. More than not, most individuals are just barely scrapping by. Not good, not bad, just there somewhere in the middle of mediocre.
If you want more out of life, more must go into it. Showing up simply isn’t enough. To stand out from the crowd, to make your mark, to get noticed – there’s a need for you to go above and beyond mediocrity.
Take a look around your life and see where you could improve. In all areas: personality, pizzazz, and spunk!
Developing a Thick Skin
On Saturday night we headed down to the Rockies game. It was a great evening as the sun went down and the stadium cooled off. I watched the game and the thousands in the crowd as I cracked open peanut shells fighting for the treasure inside.
The Rockies were up by a few runs and the pitcher for the Dodgers had hit a few of the batters. The catcher and 3rd baseman came to meet him on the mound.
Meanwhile, the stadium started seeing “nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah – hey, hey, hey goodbye!”
As the crowd caught on to the chant it grew louder and louder and the pitcher was finally replaced. Participating in this past time for a moment, I put myself in the place of this professional Major League Baseball pitcher.
Could you imagine EVER having to deal with something like this during your entire life? How scarred would you be hearing thousands upon thousands of people telling you to go home. While, it’s a part of the sport and the crowd energy – it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t or couldn’t affect the player.
It got me to thinking, is my skin thick enough? Could I withstand thousands of people chanting at me to go home and yet still get up again tomorrow and have the courage to do it all over again? There are days when a client criticism, even if constructive, can send me into a spiral of self-doubt.
This incident just made me realize how easy I have it compared to some of big athletes and others in the public eye. Regardless, to achieve your dreams you need more than thick skin, you need the courage to pick yourself back up and start all over again.
Today is the day of our book launch!
Grab your copy on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615377386
One More Day Until…..
Can you believe it? Speaking Your Truth is out tomorrow (August 25th). This book is more than a compilation of powerful and moving stories; it’s a start to a movement. Our hope is that Speaking Your Truth sparks new conversations and inspires more truth in our lives.
The unique wisdom and experiences shared in this anthology “sizzle with brave energy” as one of our endorsers said.
This newly released book will be available online at Amazon.com starting Wednesday, August 25th. Together, Lisa Shultz and I have spent the last nine months plowing through all of the many steps to bring this book to life.
It’s been a pleasure and an honor to work with the 47 other women in this book and to see the many changes and inspiration it has brought about in my own life.
I’m honored to be a part of Speaking Your Truth and I cannot wait to hear from you as you read these incredible stories of courage, triumph, loss, and love.
Grab your copy on Wednesday, August 25th on Amazon.com
Who Holds the Magic Answer?
Well I do silly! And you do too. We all do. That’s because a one-size fits all magic answer doesn’t actually exist. It’s a little different for everyone. What works for you and what works for me could be two completely different things.
The magic answer is really no magic answer at all. The magic answer is really a question. A question that asks “where do you find your magic answers?”
Did I confuse you yet? I hope not. But the answer is in the question. Each of us access our information differently, yet most of us forget to even go to the place to get the answer.
For example, answers come to me when I meditate, when I walk, when I am out in nature, when I take a break and step away.
Your answers may come in the shower, in the garden, or while skateboarding.
Whenever I hear of someone struggling, I always ask how much asking they are doing. More than not, they aren’t asking very much. In fact, they are so afraid of the answer that they stopped questioning.
The magic answer exists in you, always, all the time. The key is to ask. Asking may simply mean that you are putting yourself in the situation where you receive answers. It could even mean a direct demand.
Recently, I got a bill in the mail that was totally unexpected. I felt the lump in my throat and took a deep breath. Then instead of putting the pressure on me to figure it out, I had a “look here” conversation with God.
I said “God, look here, I’ve been doing all that I am supposed to be doing.” I then listed all the ways I was abiding by His rules. Then I said “I want you to take care of this.” I knew the bill I received just felt like a temporary “crazymaker” in my life. It wasn’t real, it was momentary drama.
Then I took the action that I felt inspired to take. Come to find out there was an error and that bill wasn’t accurate at all.
You see, I asked for this to be taken care of, I didn’t take it on as my personal mission to fix it or figure it out. I put it back out into the Universe and said “your problem!” But would the solution have come if I hadn’t asked for it? I’ll never know, but my guess is not.
So instead of just waiting for the magic answers – ask for them.
Do Vision Board’s Really Work?
I’ve been practicing the use of vision boards since I first found out about The 
Secret three and a half years ago. While I’ve had quite a few and they changed over time, none have ever come quite as true as my most recent one.
Currently, I have two large vision boards that sit right behind my desk. All day long they support me by being on the back wall of my office. But this new vision board is a bit different.
In March of this year I attended MiniCamp (of CampExperience) in which Deb Roffe, a life coach, taught a vision board workshop. I had recently created a vision board, so I wanted this board to be all about my summer. I love summer and I wanted this one to be enjoyed. I had worked so hard the last few years to get my business off the ground, it was time for some R&R.
I came home from the event and placed my vision board directly above my computer monitor. A place where I sit more than any other place, the vision board has been in my awareness now for the past six months.
One day I looked up to assess whether or not it had all happened or not and found that I had indeed created exactly what I put on my vision board. I had named it the summer vision board, and without thinking much about it – that’s what I did – I manifested it.
Now, you might be saying well of course you did – you pasted all those images on there, you wanted it, you made it happen. True, I agree, that’s part of the law of attraction cycle. But I want to propose a question – what’s different about the vision board I created for my summer versus the ones I created for my business?
Well, some of those things have come true, but I’m not yet on Oprah and I haven’t been to Maui.
Here’s my take on what’s different:
1st – the vision board is actually in my line of site. Hours upon hours a day, I see it. It has subconsciously sunk into my being. Versus the boards behind me, which I only notice a few moments throughout the day.
2nd – I didn’t get attached to it. I put it there, made my commands and then went on my merry little way.
3rd – I stopped doing any “trying.” I wasn’t “trying” to make it come true, it was what I wanted so I went after it. There wasn’t any head trash around being able to have fun, ride my cruiser, or go hiking – I didn’t doubt that it could be done.
So here’s my proposition. Create your vision board – make it VERY specific. Instead of making one about your whole life’s dreams – make it about one specific thing (ie. my summer). Next, put it somewhere that you will see it ALL the time. Don’t hide it, put it behind you, or stuff it in a drawer.
Lastly, forget about it. Loosen up the reigns, let go of the desire to make it come your way. And of course, allow the Universe to do its part as well.
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