June 1, 2011 - Vol. 10, No. 12
ARE YOU AUTHENTICALLY MARKETING YOUR 'UNIQUE'?

Greetings!

First, if you found your way here from Rick Sidorowicz's Mindful Network, welcome! You'll find the Vision & Inspiration Zappers edition here.

And if you're a curious adventurer who wants the 4-1-1 about recent aha's and insights into authentic marketing and your 'unique', welcome to you, too ... and read on!

When I say authentic marketing, I mean really authentic marketing that's actually effective and leaves you feeling good about it, as opposed to the marketing approach that, well, doesn't leave you (or the recipients) feeling good or helped at all.

In truth, I've been exploring this -- authentic & conscious marketing -- for over 10 years now.

I've written about it, experimented with it, researched it, consulted on it, have been interviewed about it, and even received a request 5 years ago from a top-notch publisher to write a book on it (I regretfully declined, because I was in the thick of another project).

All that to say, it's not a new topic of interest for me. But it is an ever-evolving one.

Authentic marketing is really important, and for a whole lot of reasons, authentic marketing can be really challenging.

This is true all the way around, but it's particularly true for Heart & Purpose-Centered solopreneurs, small-biz owners, and change artists (which includes individuals who want to positively shine in the midst of their crowd).

Why?

First, HPC entrepreneurs and change artists have a heart-felt vision and servicesand products (or gifts and skills) designed to meet the needs of these wild, transformative times ... co-creating a new paradigm, not propping up or doing the Zombie-go-along thing for the one that's passing.

But if no one can find you, or they can't see your 'unique' -- what distinguishes you from the rest of the birds in the flock -- then you end up holding all of that vision, passion, and seriously needed and valuable expertise and mojo. That doesn't serve anyone.

The problem? Heart & Purpose-Centered biz-owners often have a certain sense of humility, for one thing, so can feel a bit sheepish about making their 'unique' really shine. And some fabulously talented, gifted, super-value people may not even knowing what their 'unique' is!

Secondly, many of these same wonderful, gifted people shrink from traditional marketing and sales approaches -- and feel completely slimed by the 'snake oil salesman' approach, however new the wording or surface-vibe seems.

Yet for such valuable services, gifts, and perspectives, it's really important to find ways to authentically 'give voice' to your message so that your ideal clients can find and/or recognize you.

And that's what really jazzes me!

Every time I work with a fabulously talented Heart & Purpose-Centered entrepreneur, leader, or change artist, and help them get a clear I.D. on their 'unique', and then help them identify how to really shine that in their communications (including marketing-comms), I know that their very valuable services are that much more visible to the ideal-clients who are looking for them!

One by one, co-creating that new paradigm.

If authentic marketing is something you're interested in -- or something you really need to be doing more effectively -- I've put together a few resources just for you.

You'll find the info and several article links below (along with the latest on the Feminine Mojo Show and The Blogs!).

And if you'd like to take a Quantum-Leap in your Authentic-Marketing, I put together a new package that I am opening right now to five people, take a look at the sidebar, follow the link, and sieze the day!

Blessings A-Plenty,
Jamie

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Jamie S. Walters
Founder of Ivy Sea-Sophialon and The Feminine Mojo Projects
Vision & Transformation Doula • Inspiration & Dialogue Partner
Author, Big Vision, Small Business (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) & Leading at the Visionary Edge (ICFAI University Press)

P.S. BE ONE OF 5 PEOPLE TO QUANTUM-LEAP YOUR AUTHENTIC MARKETING - Follow the link to find out more.

P.S. S OTHER HANDY RESOURCES FOR HEART & PURPOSE-CENTERED ENTREPRENEURS AND CHANGE AGENTS - Find out more...


CAN YOUR 'IDEAL CLIENTS' FIND YOU?

That's really what authentic marketing is about, you know -- helping your 'ideal clients' find you.

Seeing it that way, and knowing (and communicating) your 'unique', can make a big, big difference.

This article shares a couple of clues about 'lighting those lanterns' (and includes several good questions to get you started!).

Read the full article - "Can Your 'Ideal Clients' Find You?" - here at Ivy Sea Online.


CAN YOUR MARKETING BE MORE AUTHENTIC & CONSCIOUS?

Authentic, c-enterprise principles take "business as usual" into a higher and more deliberate realm of envisioning, planning, action, and attraction.
 
It's not a matter of putting prettier icing on the same old cupcake, though. It's more like knowing that cupcakes can be really, really good, but the old recipe got stale and boring.
 
It's about finding a way to make a whole new, fabulously fantastic, inspired, and luscious cupcake that fills that need and is irresistibly unique and oh-so-satisfying.
 
Conscious enterprise (like really original, truly heavenly cupcakes) originates from the inside - within the entrepreneur and her vision for the enterprise (and lifestyle) - and radiates with deliberateness outward in inspired communication and action.
 
That's a beautiful thing, isn't it?
 
The same is the case with authentic, conscious marketing.
 
When it comes to marketing, what does "business as usual" usually look like, and what does "authentic, conscious marketing" look like?

Leap on over to "Can Your Marketing be More Authentic & Conscious" for a lovely taste...


ON THE FEMININE MOJO SHOW (Internet-Radio on BlogTalkRadio)

I've felt really fortunate to learn that the Feminine Mojo Show has a quickly growing audience of listeners, with over 1000 people listening in to these inspired conversations!

Listeners, thank you!

Among the most popular Feminine Mojo Shows

* The Sophia Mysteries Series - Jamie talks with scholar and Sophian Mysteries expert, John Lamb Lash about Sophia & why the Mysteries are relevant to us right now

* Divine Feminine Fire with Teri Degler (lots of Shakti Presence in this mojo-full convo!)

* Mary Magdalene - The several shows about Mary Magdalene are among listener favorites (we're not surprised at that, are we!)

* What the Experts 'forgot' to tell us about the ancient priestesses and goddess tradition we inherited from the Greeks, with Dr. David Hillman (a fab, fab, fab convo!)

...and more.

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Check out The Feminine Mojo Show page and ask for a 'show reminder'...


FEMININE MOJO V-SCHOOL
Activate & Express Your Feminine Mojo - Within & in Your Heart & Purpose-Centered Entrepreneuring, Leadership, and Change Artistry

You really just have to check it out.

Check it out and join us in the Feminine Mojo V-School...


SESSIONS & INDEPTH CONSULTATIONS
For Individuals and Organizations

Clients have all kinds of raves for their sessions and consultations with Jamie (and about their more indepth consulting projects with Jamie and her Ivy Sea Peeps).

Clients talk about how their Mojo sessions helped them to:

• make heart-aligned quantum leaps

• clear creative blocks that had plagued them for way too long (and find themselves overflowing with new creative inspiration and action!)

• make decisions they were putting off or just not seeing clearly

• feeling super-clear, super-inspired and super-energized about their heart & purpose biz, leadership or change artistry

...and other lovely, real-deal fabulous things.

Schedule your Mojo consultation sessions or a more indepth project or special-initiative consultation.

Send an email to info 'at' ivysea 'dot' com to explore which Mojo-Flow option is best for you, and to schedule your session-series to Get Your Mojo Flowing.

Read client raves, learn about sessions, and schedule your consultation now...


This is an image of Labradorite, also known as 'Black Moonstone.' It is a stone of the Wise Woman, the deep Feminine, of the inner gifts and protection for the priestess or shamanka.

THE FEMININE MOJO BLOG

You'll find more Feminine Mojo inspiration in the Feminine Mojo Blog (now weaving the rich history of Sophia's Children and Priestess in Blue Jeans into a single blog, with a rich archive of posts).

The recent Feminine Mojo Blog entries on:

* Wise Women & Mid-Life Blooming

* Tracking & Clearing Toxic-Energy Slime

* Be the Love (and Be the Change)

* Wild-Bee Wisdom From the Dark Night

* Brigid and "A Habit of the Wildest Bounty"

Sophia's Children Blog entries on:

* Venus, Green Man & Magical May

* The Black Madonna

* The Sacred Feminine

...and more.

Browse The Feminine Mojo Blog (& find the link to Sophia's Children)


Did you miss the recent Mojo-SeaZines on:

Do You Experience These 'Vision & Inspiration Zappers'?

Grace, Presence, and Creative Idea-Power (May 11, 2011)

Spring Forward: Venus, Green Man, Special 9s & 'Magical May'

Rat-Race Fatigue (Do You Have It)?

The Conscious Feminine and Feminine Leadership

The Creativity Issue - It's Time to Spark Your Muse

De-Stress & Clear the Toxic & Negative Energies That Drag You Down


Until next time...

Wishing you inspired vision, heartful purpose, and artful relationships.

Heart-Full Mojo Blessings,
Jamie S. Walters
Founder, Ivy Sea-Sophialon & Your Mojo-Reclamation Guide
Creatrix and Publisher, Ivy Sea Online & the Sophia's Children Blog
Author, Big Vision, Small Business (Berrett-Koehler Publishers)


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