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August 1, 2008 | ||
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Thanks so much for the many warm birthday greetings I received from last issue --- I loved that so many of you shared with me your own stories about turning the big 4-0 and also your home manifestation stories.
A special treat was having Morgan P. as my first ‘rooftop’ SHIFT-IT client. We worked outside on my rooftop deck with the different boats, floatplanes and birds adding punctuation to his visioning and alignment session. Morgan participated in the June SHIFT-IT Intensive … we could see the hotel where it was held from my new deck. He reminded me of a conversation we had had on the balcony of that hotel where I had pointed out over the view to an area that I particularly liked … turned out his grandmother’s home in which he had spent many happy times was there. I said how I was really attracted to that area of town for some reason. Well, just a month later, I’m living in it … gotta love the power of intention!
I know that many of you are entrepreneurs and solo professionals … so hopefully this will spark some thinking and dialogue for you too. See you next issue! Christina Merkley,
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Sept 14-Nov 30 (Sundays, 10-11:30am by Webinar): Level 2: Merkley’s Manifestation Mastermind Got your Magnetism Map all worked out? Ready for your next level of manifestation support? This Level Two experience is for past SHIFT-IT attendees … the next level of Law of Attraction learning, integration and community. Learn more in-depth LOA practices plus get deep private coaching on your unique specifics. Plus sessions on the complimentary outer world tools of internet marketing, web technology, team building, etc. Register Now to Secure Your Spot. Nov. 5-8: Meeting Graphics 101 and The Graphic Bootcamp (level 1 and level 2 combo): Yes, its true. This is the LAST EVER offering of my popular, inspiring and nurturing training in using interactive-graphics in group settings. Learn the base underlying skills for graphic recording and graphic facilitation, no matter what level of artistic ability. Plus all the inside scoop on marketing, business development and personal mindset … for both internal and external consultants, facilitators, trainers, etc. Let my over 14+ years experience live on thru you! More Info. Sold Out … wait list building. Ongoing: Private Mentoring and In-house Trainings: One-to-one graphic recording and graphic facilitation training for yourself or for your organization. Come to me or I come to you. Only available to the end of this year as this stream of my business is concluding on Dec. 31, 2008 – get my rare knowledge out of me and into you while you still can. Let the skills live on! More Info.
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Be Brave and Be Yourself: It took some guts for me to step out there and change things. But not quite as much as I would have thought – as the response as been overwhelmingly positive. Lesson learned: trust that who you are is just fine and that enough folks out there will respond to you. If you are going through your own SHIFT – I invite you to jump sooner rather than later … as you will find that its not such a dramatic, scary thing as you might have thought. Reframe Rejection & Nasty Comments: I’ve come to see these comings and goings as an energy flow --- a case of Law of Attraction in action. As my vibration shifts, a recalibration has to occur. Folks leaving my list (and new ones joining it) are a sign of the energy change. As business owners and entrepreneurs, our job is not to manage the changing tides of people coming and going (law of attraction takes care of that). Our job is to be ourselves, so people can either be attracted or repelled – they get to decide whether or not we are a vibrational match for them (or continue to be). Learn to Re-frame Selling I used to feel conflicted about ‘selling’ too. But now, I actually like doing it because it makes me feel good! For me, it has transcended into a matchmaking function. I have excellent products and services that have great benefits. I want to match them with the people who can benefit from them … so the energy can flow through them. My offerings and I don’t do any good if we just sit on the sidelines. So, it’s up to me to get the word out and for people out there to determine if I am a match for them … so those who are can find me. Believe in Your Worth And Give Good Value One of the reasons that I like the internet marketing models so much … is that they are permission based. That people give their permission to receive information and are empowered at any time to opt out – a total freewill relationship. And, these methods are also based on giving. If you check out my sites, blog, e-zine etc … you will see that I offer a ton of free information. I love doing this! Not only is it fun for me to originally create that content but it feels good to have it up on the web knowing even the fr-ee stuff helps people (I get tons of compliments on my generosity and that adds to the feeling good vibe all round). If people go on to my other programs, then that is awesome. But if they don’t that is totally cool too. Thankfully more than enough do to sustain me or other forms of abundance are drawn to me. It all ‘works out in the wash’ as the saying goes. My Favorite Marketing Mentors: (1) Robert Middleton and Info Guru Marketing Basic beginning marketing stuff as well as the very handy concept of developing yourself as an ‘info guru’. (2) Alexandria Brown, The E-Zine Queen She’s since gone on to cover the whole gamut of methods beyond just e-zines in her Online Success Blueprint Program. (3) Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero, Red-Hot Copy Copy is all of the writing that you put out connected to your business. Learning good copywriting techniques has been an invaluable skill to develop. (4) Sheri McConnell, Assn’ of Web Entrepreneurs Sheri has several companies around web entrepreneurship, creating and running membership groups and a forum for women writers (all as a mother of four!). (5) Melanie Benson-Strick, Virtual Team Building My current coach (I’m in her platinum program) … all about systems and building a proper team and backend for effective, smooth and sustainable growth. Use Your Own Guidance System: Just like my reaction to that particular experience, I invite you to pay attention to your own internal guidance system as you go about building and marketing your business and looking for people to assist you in that process. Pay attention to your own emotions and feelings --- about what feels right to you and what doesn’t. In the web world, there is a huge buffet of offerings to choose from. I invite you to choose what feels right to you and discard the rest --- we each have to figure out what to put on our own plates and eat (to borrow an Abraham analogy). All the best in making a delicious selection! © 2008 Christina L. Merkley WANT TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR E-ZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include this blurb with it: Christina Merkley, "The SHIFT-IT Coach" and creator of the SHIFT-IT Method® is a Visioning and Strategic Planning Expert specializing in Graphic Facilitation and Law of Attraction techniques. Based in charming Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, she works deeply with individuals, partners and groups in defining and getting what they really, really want. For more information visit: www.shift-it-coach.com
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