Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

How are you? What an amazing few weeks we have had in 2010 so far… so many people are definitely taking action and taking ownership! You listened to your gut and decided to “create positive change” for yourself this year by taking steps to learn more, connect more, and focus more on those things that have meaning for you. Congrats!

Recipe for Happiness… Be Grateful, Creative, and Help Others
What do you think? Did I leave anything out in the recipe above? This is actually one of my many 2010 Tips that you can receive at Twitter from me. Just follow me and then type in #Sheri2010Tips

Is Quickbooks Lying To YOU?
I always tell business owners that Quickbooks doesn’t lie to us. If you aren’t making money with your business model, then you need to take action and tweak and let go (sometimes start over!) and fix it. The only way to fail at anything is to quit.

If you need accountability, smart answers, and the ability to connect to successful leaders and visionaries, then you need to join GIA today. We are the only place on the web teaching leaders of their networks how to connect authentically and have a high return on your investment of time and money at the same time. And trust me this combination is golden!

Learn how to become a member today at:
http://www.gia-connect.com/benefits and start learning right away how to be a leader in your industry.

To Your Success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Global Institute of Associations

www.sherimcconnell.com

Dear Creator and Big Thinker,

How are you? I just wanted to take a few moments today to let you know about about an opportunity to learn “A New Way of Being”.

Are you someone who is ready to lead?

I mean really ready to lead and create positive change in the world.

Later this year, one of my companies, the Global Institute of Associations is sponsoring a global initiative where leaders will literally learn to become visionaries in three short days!

This initiative, a life-changing event on October 6 – 8, 2009 in Los Angeles will be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

WHO IS THE EVENT FOR:
This event is for YOU if you want to learn how to start, grow, and most importantly, LEVERAGE an association.

This event is for Presidents, CEOs, Founders, and yes, YOU, if you are ready to learn how to become a leader and a visionary.

As you can see, this is not your normal event. No service-based business owners here. Only big thinkers and creators like yourself!

FREE CALL:

Listen Now: http://naww.audioacrobat.com/download/GIAConferenceLaunchCall.mp3

Yes, we will discuss the upcoming event and the amazing conference package, but we don’t want you to leave without an opportunity to learn too. So make sure to stay on the call and we will also cover all the information below.

On this call, you will learn:

- 3 Ways To Make Six Figures In 12 Months With The Association Model
- Why the Association Model Is More Powerful Than Any Continuity Program
- The Single Most Important “Strategy” You Must Understand or You Will Not Be Successful
- 5 Ways The Association Model Allows You To Maintain Your Freedom
- Why 2009 is the Best Year to Build Your Very Own “Tribe” (Association)
- Sheri’s Easy Formula for Choosing the Perfect Association Name So that the Search Engines Love You and Your Future Members Get It
- Plus much more!

To your success,
Sheri McConnell

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers,

Hope you are having a wonderful week so far.

This week’s newsletter is now available at the link below, enjoy!

http://www.gia-connect.com/ezine/may0509.html

Here are a few highlights:

• 5 Reasons the Association Model Allows You to Maintain Your Freedom
• Why You Must Change Your Business Model in 2009
• Associations Directories now available!

To your success,

Sheri McConnell

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

Welcome once again to all the new subscribers and members this week!

It has been a busy week behind the scenes at GIA… we are working with a new designer who will be reworking the website in the next few weeks and then we have brand new person who is building topic specific databases that will be available for purchase in the near future. Let me put it this way, “your direct mail marketing just got easier!”

The other two projects we are working on for you is 1) the Annual GIA Intensive Workshop in October and 2) the GIA Blueprint and Tool Kit. We hope to have all these projects finished for you by the end of April.

In the meantime, the best way to learn how to build and grow your own association is to just join the Global Institute of Associations. And to help you make the leap and get started on your journey sooner, we are waiving the GIA Lifetime Fee of $297 until April 1st and this is no “April Fool’s”

Check out the GIA Membership Benefits here and then use this link to join and you won’t have to pay the $297 Lifetime Fee. Remember, this offer expires on April 1st.

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Aha of the Week

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The world is made up of followers because most people aren’t willing to lead. The association business model is the perfect business model for entrepreneurs are ready and willing to lead, to create change, and to start a movement.

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Member Profiles
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Click here to read our member profiles.

Want to be added to our member database?

Learn more about GIA Membership Benefits at:

http://www.gia-connect.com/benefits

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

Welcome once again to all the new subscribers and members this week!

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Aha of the Week

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The Difference Between An Association and Continuity Group

With Associations:

When you create the association for a niched group of people, you shoot yourself to the top of the industry. Associations are considered the “go to” place in almost every industry not only for information, but also as the single best place to network and generate new leads.

Think about it. Every business book you have ever read offers the same advice: “Join an association and network”.

With Continuity Groups:

When you run a continuity group (a group with recurring revenues) you are still viewed as a solopreneur of a service-based business. You will not have leverage in your industry nor will the “universe” literally send you leads as they do with associations. Know that your service-based business, no matter how much money you pour into it will ever have the type of attraction as the association you are creating and building for “your people”.

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Articles or Blog Postings:
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What Is Business About?

http://www.gia-connect.com/what-is-business-about

Accomplishing Dreams Requires Balance

http://www.gia-connect.com/accomplishing-your-dreams-requires-balance

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Member Profiles
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Click here to read our member profiles.

Want to be added to our member database?

Learn more about GIA Membership Benefits at:

http://www.gia-connect.com/benefits

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Four Ways to Learn:

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Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

Welcome once again to all the new subscribers this week!

I want to wish each of you a Happy Valentine’s Day.

To celebrate our love for each other earlier tonight, we went to a new Sushi restaurant near our home with the kiddos. And nothing is cuter than a 2 year old boy trying to use chop sticks by the way.

What’s New:

This week was hectic but it was awesome too. Why? Because of one word. Clarity. I returned from my mastermind meeting in Phoenix last Sunday with a 7 figure plan for one of my most recent companies. And the only reason I “was given” this plan from the universe was because I decided first to let go of other projects and even a few new companies I had already began to build. My mastermind members rocked and they called me on “my lack of passion” for the new projects and in a flash I got it. Once I let go, it only took an hour or so before my brain thanked me for the new “mental space” and I was able to draft up a very doable 7 figure plan in 2009 for the Global Institute of Associations at http://www.giaconnect.com.

I also want to share how I excited I am to formally welcome three new team members this week to Sheri McConnell Companies, Inc. As you know, part of my mission here is to help women become financially independent and I share a special bond with moms as I am one myself… so it is no wonder that all 3 of our new ladies are moms too!

Please help me welcome; Marty Harkelroad our Event Manager, Laura Staten our Client Services Manager, and Kathy Kruesal our Executive Assistant.

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Global Institute of Associations
www.giaconnect.com

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Weekly GIA Member Calls
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Weekly group Q & A every Thursday at 11 am (Central). You will meet with the CEO of GIA, Sheri McConnell and other GIA Members, the CEOs of associations and networks around the world to network and get your important questions answered about the growth of your company. Calls are also recorded and posted for download. (Value of this benefit per year: Over $20,000 as Sheri regularly charges $500 an hour!)

Click here to join the GIA today!

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Articles or Blog Postings:
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What Is Business About?

http://www.gia-connect.com/what-is-business-about

Accomplishing Dreams Requires Balance

http://www.gia-connect.com/accomplishing-your-dreams-requires-balance

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Member Profiles
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Click here to read our member profiles. Want to be added to our database? Read about our membership benefits below.

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Three Ways to Learn:

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Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

Welcome once again to all the new subscribers this week!

I just finished doing group calls for two different programs I run–one call was for the Global Institute of Associations where I help owners of “associations” build and grow their businesses each week and the other was for my monthly 2009 Online Ultimate Leverage Mastermind program. Although I am a little tired from such intense work today, I can tell you I am also energized at the same time.  Here is why:  As I do the work I am meant to do in the world, I attract (by the law of attraction) many entrepreneurs who are also focused on bringing their gifts to the world and creating financial independence at the same time! Be Aware.  So be aware what you focus on… you don’t see successful people focusing on the state of the economy and trying to figure out how to survive. We instead are focused on providing our gifts and being of service to those around us.  And through our choices to focus on what we also want in the world, we actually create the “space” for it to happen.

Weekly News:

My popular program, the Create Your Group Blueprint and Tool Kit is officially off the market as of February 2. Now that I am no longer offering this program, I will have more space in my companies to move into some new directions… so stay tuned to see what is coming up next.

And finally, I am jumping on a plane tomorrow morning to head to Phoenix the rest of the week to join my Diamond Mastermind (a group of other 7 figure entrepreneurs) for some important high-level strategy work on my businesses! I promise to share pictures upon my return.

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Global Institute of Associations
www.giaconnect.com

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Weekly GIA Member Calls
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Weekly group Q & A every Thursday at 11 am (Central). You will meet with the CEO of GIA, Sheri McConnell and other GIA Members, the CEOs of associations and networks around the world to network and get your important questions answered about the growth of your company. Calls are also recorded and posted for download. (Value of this benefit per year: Over $20,000 as Sheri regularly charges $500 an hour!)

Click here to join the GIA today!

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Articles:
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Honey I Am Having A Business

How To Create Passionate Connections

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Member Profiles
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Click here to read our member profiles. Want to be added to our database? Read about our membership benefits below.

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Membership with the Global Institute of Associations (GIA) includes the following:
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Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

Welcome once again to all the new subscribers this week!

As you can see, we have changed our weekly newsletter format a bit. We are now housing our weekly news on our website. Each week, you will receive a text only e-mail notice that the new html newsletter has been posted on our site. Please let us know if you have any questions at all.

Weekly News:

I just got back from Christine Kloser’s Freedom Formula event in LA. The guest speakers (Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsch, and David Neagle) were amazing! I know that she will be offering recordings of the event in the future and I would highly recommend grabbing them when they come out.

And another friend and colleague, Melanie Benson Strick, CEO of Success Connections, Inc, has recently released something that I think will profoundly change your business this year. This program is designed specifically for mid to high 6 and 7 figure business owners who have already achieved a significant amount of success and who want to leap into the 7 and even 8 figures in their business. It’s unlike anything I have ever seen and I know if you start putting the CEO Factor ™ to work in your business and your life, you will see a dramatic shift. I’m planning to attend her event April 3-5 in Laguna Beach, CA and I think it would be great for you too. Check out the event here and I hope to see you there!

To your success,

Sheri McConnell
CEO of the Global Institute of Associations
www.giaconnect.com

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Weekly GIA Member Calls
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Weekly group Q & A every Thursday at 11 am (Central). You will meet with the CEO of GIA, Sheri McConnell and other GIA Members, the CEOs of associations and networks around the world to network and get your important questions answered about the growth of your company. Calls are also recorded and posted for download. (Value of this benefit per year: Over $20,000 as Sheri regularly charges $500 an hour!)

Click here to join the GIA today!

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Recent Blog Articles:
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3 Reasons “Your Mindset” Matters Most In Your Life

My Favorite Entrepreneurial Tool—Deciding My SWOT

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Membership with the Global Institute of Associations (GIA) includes the following:
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