Hi Creators and Big Thinkers,

First of all, a great big Welcome to all of our new GIA Members this week! If you haven’t had a chance to join our Facebook group, you can do so at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42850138906

And a big thank you to all of the wonderful women that attended my small Create Your Own Network Workshop this last Tuesday. Here is a picture of all of us below. These women were truly amazing and we had a blissful day thinking big and creating brand new purpose driven organizations!

Our newsletters will be back next week (along with a brand new website launch for our Smart Women’s Business Conference and Expo), but I did want to take a quick moment to remind you about the most important deadline I have for you this year over at our company.

Notice to the Big Thinking Smart Women Out There, This is Last Chance to Enroll in a GIA Program This Year

On May 1, we will close down GIA Membership Enrollment until we unveil our brand new 2011 programs at our big event on November 2, 3, 4. Due to the growth spurt of this company, I am revamping my priorities a bit as the CEO of the GIA. By closing down GIA enrollment the rest of the year, I will be better able to focus myself, my staff and my resources towards my all current clients at both companies and on some upcoming exciting opportunities in my professional career such as a book and media tour for my next book.

What this means for you is that if you are someone who wants to start or build your own network this year, you have until April 30th to take advantage of our complete Blueprint and Tool Kit Program (includes a brand new PDF “Create Stage” workbook too), join us for two monthly group Q & As, listen to our 2010 Core Curriculum calls, plus much much more! All for only $2,997 (Payment plans available).

Check out the Blueprint and Tool Kit Program and read many of our testimonials here: www.gia-connect.com/blueprint

Then check our GIA Membership Benefits (which includes the Blueprint/Tool Kit Program) here:  www.gia-connect.com/benefits

Have questions?

Join us on Tuesday, April 27th at 11 am (Central) for a Last Chance Q&A Call and personally ask me any of the burning questions you have about starting your own network!

Call in number: 800-662-6992
Code: 1020261

To your success,

Sheri McConnell

Hi Creators & Big Thinkers!

First of all, a great big Welcome to all of our new GIA members!  So incredibly happy to have you here.

Next week, we will launch the website for the Smart Women’s Business Conference and Expo, so make sure you keep an eye out for it.  Expo space is limited and we expect it to be sold out quickly.

On a personal note, I am almost finished with my next book… I will read it one last time over the weekend before sending to editor on Monday.  All I have to say is: WOO HOO!  YIPPEE!  AWESOME! COOOOL!  and  THANK THE UNIVERSE I AM FINISHED!  Sorry for all the caps, but I wanted to be completely authentic with my feelings.

I have been tweeting some of the quotes from it and will continue to do so… feel free to follow me at: http://twitter.com/SheriMcConnell

Here are a few from yesterday:

• We can never see past the choices we don’t understand.
• Being authentic is peaceful and profitable.
• “Why” is more important than the “what” or the “how”

Notice to the Big Thinking Smart Women Out There, This is Last Chance to Enroll in a GIA Program This Year

On May 1, we will close down GIA Membership Enrollment until we unveil our brand new 2011 programs at our big event on November 2, 3, 4. Due to the growth spurt of this company, I am revamping my priorities a bit as the CEO of the GIA. By closing down GIA enrollment the rest of the year, I will be better able to focus myself, my staff and my resources towards my all current clients at both companies and on some upcoming exciting opportunities in my professional career such as a book and media tour for my next book.

Another reason we are making this change and giving you your last chance to enter the GIA at the current membership level is because we have found over the last three years that our most successful clients are in our higher level programs. They are simply more successful because I get to spend more time with them and catch their mistakes and expand their mindsets. So for 2011, our entry level program will go up to $9,997 so we can offer the higher level of service to all of our GIA Members.

What this means for you is that if you someone who wants to start or build your own network this year, you have until April 30th to take advantage of our complete Blueprint and Tool Kit Program (includes a brand new PDF “Create Stage” workbook too), join us for two monthly group Q & As, listen to our 2010 Core Curriculum calls, plus much much more! All for only $2,997 (Payment plans available).

Check out the Blueprint and Tool Kit Program and read many of our testimonials here: www.gia-connect.com/blueprint

To your success,

Sheri McConnell

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers,

How are you and how is your week so far? I have been buried in the process of book writing this week and having a blast seeing what I come up with everytime I sit down. I am even sharing an excerpt as this week’s article. Enjoy!

Open Enrollment for the Global Institute of Associations Ends In A Few Weeks

As you know, we only allow 50 people to register once a quarter to maintain a high-level of quality to the business model on the Internet and offline too. A dozen or so new members already snuck in early from yesterday’s live call, so make sure to check out your options now below because we won’t allow new members in again until July.

You have a few options for open enrollment this time around because we ar e doing the one-time only live Create Your Network workshop on April 20th. If you attend the workshop, you receive a special 75% off link for GIA Membership. Here is information on both options and just let our team know if you have any questions at all.

http://www.gia-connect.com/workshop
(Attend live workshop and join the GIA for 75% off)

http://www.gia-connect.com/benefits
(Join the GIA for Q & As and complete Blueprint and Tool Kit Program

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning

www.sherimcconnell.com

Why Creating A Network
(Association, Alliance, or Institute)
Is EASIER and SMARTER Than
Your Service-Based Business

Date: March 31, 2010 This call has ended, but you can still register to receive the recording.
Time: Noon (Pacific), 1 pm (Mountain), 2 pm (Central), 3 pm (Eastern)

Join Sheri McConnell, CEO of two global networks, on this brand new call where she zeros in on the reasons the membership-based business model is EASIER and SMARTER than almost all business models that exist. Sheri has been running associations and institutes for over 10 years while raising her four children ages 15 to 4. Sheri’s passion is helping women use smart business models so they have security, more time, and freedom. Ready to play bigger and get bigger results? Oh, and by the way, playing bigger does NOT mean playing harder.

Call in and listen live as Sheri shares:

• Why your business model (service-based) is more complicated and takes far longer to get off the ground than the membership-based business model (Using Sheri’s method!)
• The 5 “laws” of the membership-based business (not talking about continuity either–she will explain) that allow you to attract members, partners, and opportunities faster than all other business models
• The “business strategy” that allows you to comfortably reach six-figures (and much more!) in first 12 months of operating your business
• Why CONTENT should never be the reason members join
• The 5 Secrets to Growing Your Membership Fast
• And much more!

Register Now to Receive the Recording!

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers,

How are you?

It has been a great week here… we have been working on creative projects more than normal which is a blast because I usually only get to do that about 25% of the time.  We just finished a brand new Smart Women Business and Marketing Planner for the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning that we will launch to the public next week. Nothing exists on the market like it right now for female entrepreneurs. And we also finished a brand new free “map” of 25 steps that you should take during the entrepreneurial journey. It will also be available during the next week, so stay tuned and make sure to plug into the website for the latest announcements.  Oh, AND I am putting the final touches on the next book, Smart Women Know Their WHY–The Guide for Discovering Your Life Purpose While Owning a Business So You Can Create Positive Change In the World (and Make Big Profits!) due out in June.

Brand New TeleSeminar for the Membership-Based Business Owner

Join Sheri McConnell, CEO of two global networks, on March 31st for this brand new call where she zeros in on the reasons the membership-based business model is EASIER and SMARTER than almost all business models that exist.  Click here for more information or to register now!

And finally, we have a brand new article for you this week called the “Five Types of Smart Women” for those of you who market to or serve women. Enjoy!

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning

www.sherimcconnell.com

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

I am so excited about the workshop I am doing for you on April 20th. Are you coming?  If you are stuck in the Create stage of putting your own network (or association, alliance, or institute) together, then you MUST find a way to join me. This WORKshop is truly that, a long day of productivity, so you can return home and start leading others, inspiring them, and making money. We are keeping it small so I can work with you so you can go home with your complete “plan” and hand it over to your web designer. And yes, I give you a list of web designers too. Check out all the details here: http://www.gia-connect.com/workshop Note: Due to time constrains and prior commitments, I will not be offering a live version of this workshop ever again.

How to Build Your Funnel of Leads Faster

Want to see one way that we are generating new leads at my other association? I hope it gives you some great ideas for your own target markets. Just go here, see what we are doing, and create your own freebie and start filling your funnel full of leads just like we are.  And of course, grab some of the freebies while you are there and enjoy.

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning

www.sherimcconnell.com

Hi Smart Women,

How are you doing this week?  It has been a fun week with lots of creative projects to work on and amazing clients to work with.  And because I have been so busy, I made sure to just STOP yesterday and take the rest of the day off and spend it with the kiddos giving them hugs. Seriously. I just stopped.

Why? Because I like to give the kiddos more of my time before I go out of town.  I leave for a quick drive to Austin on Saturday to hang out with Suzanne Falter Barnes’s at her event.  I will hook up with Alexis Martin Neely again (mwah) and then I will finally get to meet Andrea J. Lee after all these years of partnering with each other on projects.  Then Sunday morning, I will head directly to the airport and fly to Los Angeles, CA because I have a photo shoot on Monday with Lesley Bohm for the next book and then I will spend time with Ali Brown and her Platinum group for a few days and then finally I will spend the last day with a group of millionaire business women that I mastermind with.  Whew!  I promise to take lots of pictures and learn lots of new things to pass on to you when I return.

OK, so why am I telling you all this?

Because I want to discuss Yin and Yang. I encourage my clients to squeeze as much ROI out of the business as possible, like me packing everything I can into the four days of travel above. I mean if I have to be away from my kids, it has to be worth it, right.  But trust me, I am smart enough (most of the time!) to know that I also need to “Just Be” too.  Example: I took a bubble bath at 2 pm a few days ago when my throat was starting to get a little itchy.  I had deadlines and to do’s that would make a grown man cry. OK, not that bad… just depends on the man I guess. The point is, I want you to be a leader to your customers, to your family, to your team.  So you need to have that “make it happen energy” and then you also need to take care of yourself and go with nature’s rhythms.  Just a reminder that if you don’t hustle here and there, you won’t be successful. And on the flip side, if you don’t completely unplug here and there, you won’t be successful.

Brand New: Create Your Own Network Spring Workshop

Registration is now open for a brand new workshop on April 20th. Check out all the details here: http://www.gia-connect.com/workshop I know you hear it all the time, but if you are in the start up stage of building your network (meaning you aren’t making at least high five figures yet with it), then you need to be at this workshop. It is affordable and intense and you will get it created quickly.

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning

www.sherimcconnell.com

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

Did you hear “What Smart Women Need to Know AND DO in 2010 – Part 1 & 2″!

If you missed it, no worries… here it is now:

Smart Promo Call #1 and Smart Promo Call # 2

On Part One, we discussed:

• What you should spend your time doing this year to catapult your business growth

• Three things to do today to jumpstart your results

• How to get started figuring out your “BIG WHY”

On Part Two, we discussed:

• How Christine Kane completely changed her life and business with the information I teach you in my “Infoproduct Program”

• How Tina Games is leveraging the information I teach in the “Book Publishing Program” right out the gate and how it is helping her live her life purpose

Listen in as I speak with Christine Kane and Tina Games about the results they are having in their business since they implemented many of my lead building and revenue building strategies last year.  The same strategies I documented in detail for you in our three Smart Women Products at http://www.smartwomenpromo.com!

REMEMBER: The Smart Women promo will end in a few days and we won’t ever offer a 3 for 1 launch promo again on these three programs.

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Global Institute of Associations

www.sherimcconnell.com

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

I hope you are having a fantastic week.

I am enjoying the beauty of having a home office today because my daughter is sick with the flu. What a wonderful life I have to be able to work from home while she sleeps just a few feet away. I have no guilt and such peace of mind that I am doing what I am called to do on all levels. And in the spirit of what it takes to create this type of lifestyle, I am rerunning one of our most popular articles that has helped many of my clients garner the support they need at home to build their dream company. It is called, “Honey, I Am Having A Business”. Enjoy!

Bonus Q & A for our Members

January/February can be our busiest months of the year, and this year is no different. Our inboxes runneth over with questions from our GIA members. To reward you for moving quickly to build your business, we are adding on a bonus Q & A on Friday, Feb. 5th at 1 pm (CST). Our normal monthly Q & A is at 11 am (CST) which we will still be having and then we will do an additional round of Q & A again at 1 pm (CST). Again, this if for GIA Members only. Look forward to “hearing” you there.

Not A Member Yet?

Unfortunately, GIA open enrollment is now closed. Please call 866-821-5829 to be put our waiting list. We will open enrollment back up on April 1st for 50 more members. Enrollment priority is given to full payments and the order you sign up on our waiting list.

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Global Institute of Associations

www.sherimcconnell.com

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

Were you able to join us on Monday for the “2010 Powerful Online Business Models” call?

If you missed it or weren’t able to stay on the full 80 minutes, no worries, the download is available below.

Here are just a few of the tweets that listeners were posting during and after the call:

• StacyNelson @SheriMcConnell great call – thanks so much! Inspired and heartfelt…
• mommyCHICK @SheriMcConnell Really appreciate the call! Thanks, Sheri! Amazing content and inspiration!
• DaniFakeWebb Call about the association/network business model by @SheriMcConnell is blowing my mind.
• SunshineBoat On @SheriMcConnell call right now. SO glad she admitted/addressed how it seems/feels while you’re working in the vacuum. (I say this often)

What you need to know about this call:

If you are a female entrepreneur or would like to start a business at any point, this call is for you.

Why: We covered a multitude of important topics in the 80 minutes that affect every part of what it means to be a woman in 2010.

We also had a few of my most recent clients on too which was perfect because you get to hear honest, organic experiences of real women in opposite industries applying a different business model to their brilliance and getting “break-even” results within a few short months and even a few short weeks!

Click Here to Listen Now!

Only 48 Hours Left to Enroll In Membership Business Building Program

After you listen to the call in its entirety and if you are ready to start your journey now, all you need to do is go to this link http://www.gia-connect.com/benefits and join the GIA before Friday, January 29th at midnight. We will not open enrollment again until April 1.

Note: The 5 fifteen minute strategy sessions I talk about on the call are already gone, but no worries, because once you join as a GIA Member, you can join us on our next member Q & A on Feb. 5th and ask your questions then.

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Global Institute of Associations

www.sherimcconnell.com