09.14.06
Sometimes cleaning and decluttering are planned. Sometimes they’re forced on you.
Last week, I had one forced on me. (I’m starting to think the universe has decided I needed to clean up certain aspects of my life.)
It all started when the bug guy (aka exterminator) showed up. I was seeing these piles of dead little black beetles everywhere. I couldn’t figure out where they were coming from nor why they had picked the inside of my house to die in (almost like my house had become the elephant graveyard for beetles). But there they were.
The bug guy told me they were museum beetles, a form of carpenter beetle that eats what we eat — rice, pasta, flour and, in my case, dog food. Yep, that’s what these critters were doing. They had set up shop in the coat closet where I keep the dog food. In addition to the dog food, they were also munching on rawhide (that I give the dogs to chew on) and my leather softball glove.
In fact, food was SO plentiful in that closet they had grown from a mere colony to a thriving metropolis, complete with an airport and a football stadium. (Okay, I’m kidding about that, the bugs couldn’t agree on where to build the stadium.) AND they had started migrating…right into my pantry!
Needless to say, I ended up throwing an awful lot of stuff out. I found things I hadn’t touched in 10 years (when we first moved in). I decided if I haven’t needed in 10 years, it’s safe to throw out.
All in all, a productive day.
On to other matters. Make sure you check out my “Recommended Resources” where I have lots of goodies for you this week, including a free teleclass that takes place TODAY where you can hear me being grilled about my copywriting secrets.
Recommended Resources - there are lots of goodies the week, so I’m posting them here as well as in Recommended Resources.
First, listen in as Kelly O’Neil, UpLevel Strategies, grills me on my copywriting secrets. This free teleclass takes place TODAY at 5 p.m. PST. Register here: http://www.uplevelintensive.com
I’m going to be speaking at Kelly’s upcoming UpLevel Intensive October 13-15. And what makes this event different from other seminars is you’ll walk out of there with your completed marketing plan in hand.
And here’s a second free, really cool tool. My good pals Suzanne Falter-Barns and Travis Greenlee have an excellent gift especially for you. They’re two of the premier business development and platform-building experts on the Web.
I absolutely LOVE their work - it’s authentic, down to earth, and always filled with good stuff.
So, here’s the deal…
For a limited time only, they are making their Brand New 7-Part Digital Audio Mini-Course available to the first 2500 subscribers for F.REE! ($97 value)
“The 7 Most Costly Mistakes Service Professionals Make When Filling Group Programs and How to Avoid Them For Ultimate Success.”
Note: Over 1400 minicourses have been gobbled up and only a small fraction of the folks they’ll be sharing this with have seen it.
Check it out:
As a special bonus, you will also be automatically entered into their drawing on September 30 to w.in a BRAND NEW Ipod Nano, FULLY LOADED with all of their Home-Study and eLearning Programs.
Please be aware that this is a limited time offer. When the 2500th minicourse downloads, that’s it. Game over.
Grab your copy and enter to win a FREE Ipod Nano Now before they are gone:
And lastly, if you want to learn how to write awesome copy that gets results, make sure you sign up for Lorrie Morgan Ferrero’s Speed Copywriting Workshop, http://www.speedcopywritingworkshop.com. (It’s not free but it’s still a good deal.) Last I heard only 2 spots are open, so you better go there now if you want to snap up one of those last seats.
