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New article on how you can achieve more personal success now available in print and audio at the Abundance Center...

Drama: How It Caps Creativity and Changes Our Success

Marketing Plan: Creating Your Objectives

Tomorrow I am going to be on the radio and I had to do a lot of preparation.

Topic: Writing your objectives for your marketing plan.

My notes, worksheet template and examples are available in the forms section at the Abundance Center.

There is a "NEW" button on the home page that will take you there. You will need to register to protect from spammers.

Are you a coach?

By Catherine Franz

Here is a question that will assist you in breaking through why you aren’t attracting as many clients as you desire. Be open with this. Sit quietly and dump any pressing thoughts. Write the question on the top of a blank page:

“I really don’t want more coaching clients because…”

Finish with a list. Remember, don’t block, and be open. Try it a few times during the week. You will be surprised what emerges. It is freeing. From the answers you can then work through to a solution to let it go. It will definitely open the doors to new attraction.

This also can be used for other types of clients. For example, substitute the word coaching for insurance, or consulting, or business, or retail.

The purpose of the exercise is to reveal subconscious what is blocking your attraction.

(c) Copyright 2005, Catherine Franz. All rights reserved.

Book Review: The Sound of Paper

By Catherine Franz

She splits her year between New York City and Arizona. I have been a fan since her first book and especially enjoyed The Artist Way. I like to believe that I was one of the first to devour it page by page, exercise by exercise. Not just once but six times. Having studied with Julia through the years, not just in my pajamas but in workshops and one-on-one, I ponder how The Sound of Paper escaped my notice until last month.

One of Julia’s gifts for showing readers instead of telling them, I believe, begins with her perception. As a writer myself, I saw myself as a writer for some years. But Julia sees herself as an artist. And as I read the rhythmic cadence, I see Julia swaying in front of a large white canvas swirling colors on a brush getting ready to paint with words. A creator of language, of prose, singular words that say in just an instant what a picture says in a thousand brush strokes. Mona Lisa step aside.

Article Published

The Company of Women website published one of my articles: What Distinguishes You From Your Competitors

The article includes 50 items that will get you noticed and set you apart from other companies similar to you.

Enjoy,
Catherine

Are you a women looking for a grant?

Here are 13 places you can begin your search for grants...

There are two choices, pay someone else to find a grant for you, or find it yourself. There are many fr*e*e ways to find a grant for your project or business. If you are a women, I recommend beginning with: http://www.theladiesclub2000.com/grantsforwomen.htm. You will need to register as a member (fr*e*e). Yet, after becoming a member you will have fabulous information on obtaining grants.

On http://www.womens-finance.com, there are two different kinds of grants available -- the New Business grant ($100-$5,000) and the existing business grant ($1,000-$5,000). You will need to apply to become a member of this site and wait to be accepted. The time and patience is well worth it.

Another site: http://www.womensbusinessgrants.com/

There is millions of dollars of grant money available for women. Many of the grants require that you meet specific requirements, such as age, minority, or poor credit.

Here is a site that lists ten other sites specifically looking for women grantees:
http://www.womanowned.com/Growing/Funding/Opportunities.aspx

New place to post Internet articles

Article-Treasure
www.article-treasure.com

A brand new site to post articles too. Only a few writers at this time. Get in there early.

Where to find many of my articles

echievements.com now hosts many of my articles. Not all but a wide variety and list of about 20 of the 1600 articles that have been published in the last few years.

To bring up a list on the site, the webhost has given me my own list capability.

Here's the URL:
http://www.echievements.com/authors/Catherine%20Franz

A Business In One Sentence

By Catherine Franz

Marketing expert and author, Geoffrey Moore, has a useful fill-in-the-blank method for creating a theme and positioning statement for your business. I prefer to use his same system for creating clarity for myself in what I'm selling, creating an elevator or introduction speech, and also material for my website, brochures and business card.

Using this same method for each niche I have also keeps me focused and on target for where I am going and what comes first. I know it will do the same for you. As a public speaker, I also like to use the same exercise to create a one-line message for each workshop or engagement. This way the participants and I start from the same page. I like to say it provides the tree trunk that all the branches stem from.

This exercise is designed to be simple and achievable in 15 minutes. However, if this seems somewhat daunting, see if your beliefs are still in the clouds of wanting to deliver too much to too many to soon. If this is the case, there is a great book I recommend that will support you in narrowing down: Niche and Grow Rich, by Jennifer and Peter Sander. This book will support you understanding the market place
you want to enter and in narrowing your thoughts.

New Marketing Form Available

There is a new form available at the Abundance Center. It is a "One-Page Marketing Plan" you can use for quick and easy planning. The form is in MS Word so that you can use it over and over again. Just remember, I own the copyright. You can use the form personally, but the form is not available for publication or mass distribution in any way, shape or form.

Examples:

One-Page Marketing Plan for [widget]
One-Page Marketing Plan for [my website]
One-Page Marketing Plan for [my book]
One-Page Marketing Plan for [info product]
One-Page Marketing Plan for [ad in X magazine]

After you use the form, I would appreciate you re-visiting the blog and letting us know:
* What you used it for?
* How you used it?
* Did you modify it in any way?
* What was the outcome after using it?

Remember, when you share, ask for it to come back tenfold, and it will!

To access form: www.AbundanceCenter.com

Have an abundant day,
Catherine