AUTHOR 101 UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 29-31 IN LAS VEGAS

You know I go to maybe 4 events a year.  Many events have lots of hype but when you show up  (frankly) they can suck.  I am sorry for being so blatant here, but you know it’s true.

However, the event that I return to EVERY year is Author 101 with Rick Frishman.

This is one of the best events.  It is always a PACKED room, and you meet a ton of authors and BIGWIGS.  Rick always invites industry pros and let me tell you – most people don’t even realize or take advantage of this opportunity.  But that’s like life isn’t it?  98% of people don’t do the things that gives them the edge, they just talk.

I am shocked.

Here’s why.   It costs you NOTHING to go up and either ask ME (which I will) or ask Rick to introduce you to a star maker at the event. What MOST PEOPE do at this event is just attend, sit in a chair and watch the speakers.  Listen, you will learn a LOT that way, and I hope you show up to support my presentation. But if you want to be someone who BREAKS through then in between the speakers presentations (on the breaks) CONNECT with those who help to make you a star.

Some may be one of the speakers OR one of the panelists.

EVEN if you have nothing to offer right, now, no book or product, no website.  What you DO have right now is YOU, your heart and your guts.  Nothing beats a face to face handshake, and 2 mins of rapport building that who knows may turn into dinner, that may turn into a million dollar deal next year.  I have seen it happen.

Trust me you won’t get a chance to have a phone call with them.

You might meet someone who SEES your STAR potential.  You might just meet someone who wants to PUBLISH you or MARKET you or turn your ideas into a MOVIE or TV Show next year. Or you might meet someone who just thinks you are so great they want to do a JV with you and you don’t know what yet, just that you are keen to put something together.

So here’s the email about the event.  It’s also 2 for 1 and it’s frankly underpriced.

I suggest if you go to this event – and when you do, COME GET me and ask me to introduce you to ANYONE or EVERYONE.

Be the top 1% , not the rest.

Plus – it’s Halloween- if you’re going to come to Vegas Halloween will be a riot.  Lots of fun.

About the event:

AUTHOR 101 UNIVERSITY is the place to be if you’re an author, publisher or aspiring author. You’ll hear top publishing and marketing experts reveal tools and techniques to get your book published and double or triple your income as an author or publisher.

You’ll hear from…

• Brian Tracy (he will help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined)
• Stefanie Hartman (she will help you monetize your expertise and make revenue FROM your book)
• Rick Frishman (best selling author, Morgan James Publisher and the go-to guy for author publicity)
• Barbara DeAngelis (one of the most influential teachers of our time, with four NY Times #1 best selling books)
• Tom Antion (internationally acclaimed Internet Marketing Expert)
• Loral Langemeier (NY Times best selling author and one of today’s most dynamic and pioneering money experts)

There are 19 other fabulous speakers – AND a Publishing Panel of publishers, agents, and editors that you can meet and talk with. This is going to be an amazing event and it is going to sell out fast.

LITERARY AGENTS are looking for your book – Don’t participate in the recession – this event will change your life!

Go today to www.stefaniehartman.com/recommendation/author101
and get the details and watch videos from some of our previous attendees.

See you there!
Stefanie

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Why to Stretch Yourself…

I just returned from speaking at Nick Nanton’s VIP (and Private) mastermind event in New York City.  I LOVE LOVE, (did I mention) LOVE NYC!

That was a cool experience as I was speaking to mainly Dan Kennedy’s graduates.  Nick hand selected my training piece and I spoke on the $500,000 webinar formula.  I trained, it wasn’t a pitch fest (and I loved that).  It was fun and everyone was taking notes like mad.  In fact Nick asked me to distribute the PDF’s to make it easier for his group.  That’s always my secret goal with speaking – deliver content so they are writing it down.  I am so mean – Ha Ha.

I was reminded of a GREAT SPEAKER LESSON: Train people, just give great content – and then those interested will ask to become your clients because you gave them real help – not a sales pitch.   I just want you to know that I practice what I preach and not only is it less stressful for you as a speaker, and way more fun, but when you are relaxed and just train, you and your material shines though.

So I had one day to work and 1 day to play and I wandered the streets of New York.  What a beautiful city.  There was an open market that extended all the way to Central Park.  It was too much fun; I really enjoy outdoor markets when I travel.  Of course as I came with only carry-on so I could not buy all I wanted.  Which perhaps was for the best.

The best part of that trip was getting to know Nick and his partner Jack as well as their family.  What a dynamo team they have with Lindsey, Jack & Nick.  If you haven’t checked out what they are doing go and see: http://www.nicknanton.com/

Few Days Later…

A few days and 3 planes later I was off to Ocean City Maryland to speak at the Entrepreneur Success Summit.  That was a longer event (3 full days), and didn’t exactly turn out as I thought it would.  870 people were expected and less than ¼ showed up.  I remember walking in on the first day and my stomach just dropped.  I felt a little ill not only for me and the other speakers but for the organizer.  I felt bad for us all.

This was a massive 3-day event with the biggest names in the industry.  And some of them pulled out of speaking due to the lack of attendees.  There was talk of cancelling the event outright.  I can understand that for sure, but I was determined to stay and see it through for those who DID show up plus those who were planning on watching on You Tube and Facebook – live.

What made it tougher was you could feel deflated energy in the room.  Like it was hush-hush, quiet.

SPEAKER LESSON: Raise your energy and BE THERE – fully present no matter if there are 25 people or 2000 people.  Everyone deserves your best.

So I got on stage, even asked everyone to rise and shake out that deflated energy that I was determined to change.  It worked and I had fun training on stage.  People shifted because I shifted.  That’s important for you guys to know – every phone call you take, every interaction, people reflect your energy – so give them your best.

I admit, I worked hard, and because there is less in the room, less energy is reflected back to you so I did feel drained, not only from that but from the back stage drama. I thought I was done, that I could enjoy the next few days, but then I was asked to put together a presentation on the fly for the next day in place of one of the speakers that did cancel.

At first, I was tempted to decline.  I was tired and the easiest thing to do was nothing.  I had fulfilled my obligation.  The easiest thing to do was to go out that night for dinner, and out on the town with people who invited me.  After all, I hadn’t even seen the city.

But I decide to stretch myself and see what happened.  So I was up past midnight, but got it together and you know what – people loved it.  In fact they came up saying they had goose-bumps and chills and walked away with valuable usable tips right away for their business.

Here’s what I PERSONALLY LEARNED from these 2 events:  Stretch yourself.  Going to NY was last minute and very inconvenient for me.  I had family staying at my house for only 3 days, and had to give up 2 days with them to prepare for the trip.  I was also speaking to a sophisticated group and had no idea how my material would land with them.

But in New York I was not only rewarded with new clients, but I felt PRIDE that I did it.  I showed up and pushed myself.

In Ocean City I was rewarded by actually getting some big clients and also some JV’s, but again felt PRIDE that I pushed myself and my second talk (on the fly) turned out great.

Here’s the deal, I hope I don’t sound too preachy here, but the “safe” thing to do is NOT to push yourself.  It’s not to expose yourself.  I could have turned down NY, AND the second talk.  Heck I could have walked away from the whole event – but it is not in my make-up to do that. I need to do what feels right.

Hey, I speak to experts like you all the time, who are gung-ho in the beginning yet when they start to get a little success, sometimes they draw inward or backwards.  They fear what others will think of them, even what the other experts in their industry will say about them.  And essentially what is really happening is YOU are getting bigger.  Your reach is expanding.

Certainly some people (competition) who fear you may talk.  But so what?  Ok, I know it still sucks.  And it does upset me when rumors fly – in fact there was one about me and someone who is just a friend of mine at this last event.  But that will pass, and it’s all Bull**** anyways.  Don’t let it block you (am I going to really care about that rumor in 10 years?? NO!).

The important thing is that the world is waiting for YOU to STEP UP.  When you do step up, guess what – the world comes forward and meets you where you are.  So whenever you get that “unsafe” feeling – most likely you are GROWING – that’s all.  Recognize that and go for it.

My philosophy is that you can’t plan for many of the big things that will happen to you in life – fame, kids, marriage, you can’t plan for all the details and challenges each will bring.  But you can decide to STEP UP and GROW.  To expand yourself – believe me the personal satisfaction and private PRIDE you will feel for just going for it outweighs everything else.

The opposite typically leads to frustration and even depression.

We are always meant to do and learn new things grow & expand ourselves.  Isn’t that what we did as kids – it doesn’t stop just because you reach x age.

If nothing else – you will walk away a richer, deeper person with each step, each time you stretch yourself.  And by doing so, you gain more confidence so that the fear really dissipates.

Isn’t that what life is about in the end anyways?  Isn’t that what leadership is about?

As an entrepreneur – you ARE a leader.

This weekend – why not do something different and out of the norm for you – go do something adventurous and slightly scary, out of your comfort zone, even take a friend, do it together or better yet do it by yourself.

Some suggestions:
Learn to rock climb, ice-skate or ski, go to the track and take a stunt driving lesson. Bake a complicated cake for a party, enroll in a running group or bootcamp.  Do something that you used to do when you were a kid and forgot how to do OR something you have always wanted to do.  Or for work – call a BIG client, or that JV partner you’ve been dreaming of – do something BIG, something outrageous to get their attention.  Take the risk.  Take the step.

Please report back to me – tell us when YOU expanded yourself and how you felt when you did.

I would REALLY be interested in hearing about it.

Thanks!
Stefanie

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I am speaking at the Entrepreneur Success Summit in Ocean City, Maryland I would like to see you there, meet you face to face if I haven’t done so before plus have the chance to sit down and talk with you face to face at the Rolland E. Powell Center, just stop by. 

I finished a training on Friday on monetizing your expertise, another speaker cancelled on Sunday so I’m doing a spontaneous talk on Joint Ventures.  OMG, you can watch me live,  wish me luck I may fall flat on my face!

See the Entrepreneur Success Summit in High Definition from the comfort of your home: 

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=GkU5F&m=Ij3htocWiSz7cv&b=_RiszBm9YKuYWpwegvOnvg

Watch LIVE as well as access the On Demand recordings in 24 hours.  I’m speaking Sunday, August 15th at 8am PDT / 9pm MDT / 10pm CDT / 11pm EDT / 5pm GMT .

All the best, Stefanie

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Very soon, I will be speaking at the crème de la crème of events, as one of the handpicked Successful, Elite Entrepreneurs Tactics team and I would like to see you there, meet you face to face if I haven’t done so before plus have the chance to sit down and talk with you face to face.

Without any hype or B.S. this truly could be the best event I speak at all year after seeing the star studded line up of the other speakers . . . such as;

Mark Joyner
Joel Comm
Marshall Sylver
Matt Furey
Simon Leung
Mr. ‘Z’.
. . . and myself, plus many more.

At many seminars and events, there is a mystery speaker, usually referred to as Mr. ‘X’.

Due to who this mystery speaker is and the fact the promoter has managed to drag him away from his secret hideaway and come out of ’speaking retirement’ for a one off speaking engagement . . . he is clearly not any old ‘Mr X’ . . . he’s so rare, he deserves to be called ‘Mr. Z’!

What I can reveal to you about Mr. ‘Z’ is this; When he speaks, you can hear a pin drop in the room because everyone hangs on every single word, not wanting to miss even the smallest nugget of pure gold which flows effortlessly from his lips.

He’s like the pied piper of entrepreneurs and someone you don’t want to be kicking yourself for the rest of your life because you passed on the rare chance to see him live.

I know I will be taking notes like crazy.

http://www.stefaniehartman.com/recommendation/bigevent

After looking at the website for the event and knowing what each and every other speaker will be talking on . . . you would be wise to investigate for yourself so that you can make an informed decision.

I can reveal to you, some of the Team of speakers do private consulting . . . and, on average, it costs $5,000 to $10,000 an hour to buy their time and advice, and you would probably have to get in a very long line and wait forever.

In reality, YOU would have more chance of going to the moon. Others NEVER reveal their strategies and business secrets, for any price . . . to anyone. Some teach other subjects, however they have kept their best kept success secrets locked away in ‘Fort Knox’ . . . until now.

If this interests you even slightly, I urge you head on over and get the full story at:
http://www.stefaniehartman.com/recommendation/bigevent

All the best
Stefanie

PS. I am very selective as to which events I will put my name to because it’s my reputation on the line. When I was invited to speak at this event, my decision was a no-brainer. Head on and see why.
http://www.stefaniehartman.com/recommendation/bigevent

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Well, if you’re feeling like me – time has flown by!

So many of my students admitted to me that they had SO many plans for their business this year. They were going to get their blogs up and running, create eBooks, do podcasting, and build an amazing relationship base with their customers – and they were going to have it all done by now!

It can be hard to get everything on your list done when you’ve got a business to run as well.

Well if you are planning to do 1 thing to BOOST your sales and get more customers I would recommend starting to Podcast – timing is important and NOW is the time to OWN your market on iTunes.

Right now you are MISSING 100% of a whole new audience for you – people who will seek you out and buy from you. And with the apps coming on the market they can buy from you right on the phone (I will reveal that soon to you) and you don’t need to be a techie person to do a podcast or sell – all you need to know how to do is basically talk into your phone.

And I know you can already do that. LOL.

How would you like to build an audience of 150,000 in the next year… with no advertising? No website? NO SEO? No PPC? No Affiliates? No cost?

How would you like to have a major Fortune 500 company give you $100,000 for simply “keep doing what you’re doing – just add their logo to your podcast”, like 2 stay at home mom podcasters did. These moms didn’t even have a product or business; they just chatted on the phone and posted them on iTunes (as a podcast). They created a following and now do videos as well.

I really believe that it’s important to have all of these business growth and marketing tools up and running – especially NOW before this market gets as busy as the internet. You may be the ONLY podcast in your industry! That’s amazing – and yet millions are listening.

PLUS….

Wouldn’t you like to spread your message virally via cell phones? Podcasting can do that.

With 100 million iPods sold and 10 million iPhones in use, the potential for podcasting is about to be realized.

The thing is, I love marketing strategy and techniques and teaching my students the behind-the-scenes secrets of how the super successful become well-known, generate massive leads, and well…make a ton of money doing it.

This made our hot marketing list as it is a top secret for building a list of subscribers, customers, leads as well as simple way to earn “extra” big cash – with no expense!

Here’s what I wanted to teach – what I set out to find and track down for you:

I wanted to show how ANYONE, even a 6-yeard old could do this – in fact the most technical you will need to do is “push record”, “push stop recording”, and it took you no more than thirty minutes a week.

And all you had to do was talk about a topic that you loved to talk about?

Well, lucky for you and me, I have been searching for the special people to help me with all this stuff, and I have FOUND someone really special – Scott Paton – The Dean of Blogonomics and Podology. Scott has been teaching 1000’s of entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, speakers and trainers around the world, how to leverage the massive popularity of iPhones, iPods and what he calls “The Un-Web”. He has co-hosted podcasts that reached 30,000, 50,000 and 150,000 loyal subscribers with no advertising, no social networking, no AdWords, no SEO, nothing but talking and following a 10 minute system. On a consistent basis.

By the end of the year, you’ll be able to cross podcasting off your list that you’ve been meaning to do since January (or before) to catch yourself up to the latest techniques and growth tactics!

Ease your mind and fatten your wallet in 2010. Make that your new motto! Stop by and check it out TODAY – you don’t want to miss out on this one!

Quick and EASY training to help you with podcasting
http://www.getitdonetodayseries.com/podcast

It’s all the training you will ever need. Simple. Direct. Effective.

Warmest Regards,
Stefanie

PS – You could do what this Hypnotist did….After his audience grew to 60,000 avid listeners, he offered them a chance to learn hypnotism from him on a premium show costing a mere $5 bucks a month. Ten percent of his listeners took him up on it and now he makes a cool $30,000 a month from his second show. $30,000 dollars a month for 1 hour worth of work. WOW.

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This week I am moving  my home office.  Looks like I am not alone…entrepreneurs  – enjoy this article from the Globe & Mail.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/start/location/the-end-of-the-office/article1607287/

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At JV Alert, I met with Joel Comm and he showed me this new tool he has. I saw a live demo and it creates a blog or word press site for you in minutes. It also comes with social media already attached to it.

The best part is – you pay once and not monthly, and its dirt cheap.

I get calls all the time with people who are stuck trying to build their first website, or frustrated looking for just the right niche Wordpress theme for their site.

Well, I’ve just found the solution you’ve been waiting for… and you’re going to love it.

As the world’s leading blogging platform, Wordpress offers a number of standard “themes” anyone can use in the design of their website.

But these themes were not created with you in mind.

So Joel has been developing a premium Wordpress theme specifically geared toward online marketers and niche bloggers which can be setup in minutes…

Watch the video at:

=>http://mitprogram.wpthemes.hop.clickbank.net

You’ve never seen a theme as easy to use with so much functionality.

Some of the features include:

- Custom Header Design System
- 160 + Niche Headers
- 1000’s of Design Combinations
- Built in Clickbank Monetization
- Built in Social Media Slider
- Wordpress Tutorials and Training
- Internet Marketing Training videos
- Integrated Affiliate Links for Theme earn 50%

With Socrates, not only can you control all the links on the primary navigation bar, but there are also give you three optional navbars. At the top right, bottom left and bottom right.

There’s an optional “Ad Bar” which allows users to insert a 728X90 Ad Unit above their content, and lets them enter a Clickbank ID to rotate two Clickbank products on the top right.

There is also a “custom html” section in the upper right where more ad units, optin boxes, or any html code can be added.

It’s get better.. in this same space there are some social icons for Facebook, Twitter, and your RSS Feed.

- Choose From 50+ Backgrounds or Upload Your Own

The Socrates Theme comes preloaded with 50+ backgrounds to suit your own personal style.

- Create Custom Headers On The Fly!

Over 160 Niche header designs which you can instantly insert into your theme and brand with your site title and description.

- Multiple Layout Design

You have the ability to choose left sidebar, right sidebar, and split sidebar designs with either 150px width or 300px width.

This is just the beginning of Socrates. There are even more features coming in the next version.

Go check this out now and watch the brief video for an overview of how Socrates Theme is the answer you have been looking for!

=> http://mitprogram.wpthemes.hop.clickbank.net

To Your Success
Stefanie

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My friend, Farhana Dhalla has written a book titled “Thank You for Leaving Me”

It is an insightful, funny and revealing book of her own struggles and the empowering discoveries that she made when her marriage came to a sudden end.

She is an eternal optimist and has a knack of seeing things from another point of view.  And what I really like is how truthful and raw she is in this book.

She is a semi-finalist in the Next Top Spiritual Author competition and needs our support  to help her make it to the final round.

Would you please give a moment of your time and a few clicks of your mouse to get her the votes she needs.

Please vote for her at http://bit.ly/FDRound2 and pass it along to your friends to do the same.

Enjoy, Stefanie

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O.K.  I know it’s really girly, but last night I went out with some gals pals to see the Sex and the City movie.   We had a blast.   The music, the fashion, was great and the story line was much more grown up than the last one.  There were 3 poor guys in the audience – obviously on first dates or dragged there by their mates.  But on the other hand- single guys – I have to say this movie’s audience is the best looking crowd I have seen in a room.  Designer duds –the works!  No sloppy joe’s.  Smart guys will pick that up and attend with friends, guaranteed you will be sitting next to a good looking gal.

My friends and I went out to dinner, enjoyed a drink, and then went to the show.  We looked around the restaurant and saw pods of girls doing exactly the same thing.  It was an amazing sight to see.

What stands out in this movie is the power of friendship – it endures over problems in marriage, difficulties of parenthood, work troubles, everything.  The movie reminds us to enjoy ourselves and not take life too seriously.

If you’re on the fence about it – go!  It’s one of Kim Catrell’s BEST performances – there’s one scene in a marketplace where you’ll know what I mean!

Enjoy the weekend
Stefanie

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I am back from speaking out of town and I am planning something BIG. 

Unfortunately as some of my colleagues (and competitors) are on my list, and may be reading this, I cannot reveal everything for you in this post.  But TRUST me it’s important for YOU, and what I am creating could possibly be the BIG BREAK you are looking for.

Imagine you booked a seat in FIRST CLASS in an airplane and you will be in the air for the next 10 hours sitting right next to YOUR IDOL.  And he was willing to tell you ANYTHING you asked.  You had your dreams, materials with you so he could even go over your stuff with you…

HOW would you spend that time so you could walk away a richer person, spiritually, inner growth wise and financially?

TELL ME BELOW so I can make your wish come true.  Your thoughtful answers will help me get you what you need RIGHT NOW (please answer it on the link below).

THINK – If I was to put you in a room with someone who started from scratch and sold over a billion dollars worth of books and licensing products, as well as someone who was the behind the scenes person to help grow another multi-millionaire speaker, author….

And they were open to sharing their secrets….

And CLOSE the door (so you could talk in private). REAL private – as this is no seminar.

This could be your BIG BREAK!

1.  GAIN WISDOM

What SPECIFICALLY would you most want to know or learn so you could do it yourself?

Think beyond “tell me how did you do it” and get as specific as possible. 

What info would you want to walk away with?

*Please answer this today – really make it count.  Only 20 people will actually be able to get their answers.

2. WALK AWAY WITH SOMETHING IN HAND

What plan or credibility item would you want to walk away with?

Some examples:

- Be part of a new best-seller book with other incredible authors.
- A marketing plan
- Back-end profit center strategy
- Video testimonial from a big name
- Book launch website created for you
- Feedback on your project(s)
- Sample licensing contracts
- Be their best friend

Very soon, I will be able to reveal what I am planning for 20 lucky people.

Good luck!!!

LINK: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DP5NN8Z

Stefanie

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