If you’re finally ready to step up and Own Your Power and YOUR OWN BUSINESS, this course is for you! Release the shackles and start to build your dream business. It’s time!

This powerful 8-week program is based on the book Jack of All Trades, Master of None? and features private coaching from Simone Kelly. This personalized business development program will keep you focused on a progressive transformation of your business and also help you gain a new sense of balance and joy from working solely on your passion!

You’ll get the knowledge, tools, insight, and confidence to lead your company and create extraordinary results.

Who Should Sign Up:
-Anyone who has a full-time job and a side business and wants OUT of Corporate America!
-An entrepreneur who continues to seek new business opportunities, instead of capitalizing on the ones they already have.
-Anyone who is feeling overwhelmed with their business and not sure of what to do next.
-Someone who needs help in managing various projects, but thinks they can’t afford to hire anyone.

How You Will Benefit:
-Transform your vision and begin doing something you LOVE, which is aligned with your goal, and is not just a JOB.
-Learn how to think like a marketer…even if you don’t have a business background.
-Master the art of relationship building.
-Design ways to increase your productivity by incorporating “Me Time” rituals.
-Learn the value of duplicating yourself by building and effectively managing a volunteer or commission-based team.
-Unleash your creative spirit and use it to promote your business.

“Working with Simone Kelly-Brown is like a breath of fresh air. Prior to my eight-week coaching program with her I had no idea that there were other ways to develop my business and market my holistic therapy services. I am now hiring an intern to work for me, and I have a tried and true system in place for running my company so that I can delegate projects as well as manage my practice when traveling if needed. My client-base has expanded, and I am now creating new possibilities for leading large seminars, retreats, and holistic events including my music production, on a global scale. Simone truly loves what she does, and speaking with her always leaves me inspired, grateful, and able to take concrete steps towards extraordinary business success. Many Thanks!” Kena “Rohi” Custage, NYC Director, www.energyofbreath.com “My experience with Simone Kelly Brown’s 8 week course was life altering. Before I started the course, I felt like I was all over the place. I learned that you can get more things done in the course of a day if you plan it out correctly. I accomplished more than I ever thought I could in such a short period of time.  I’ve developed a newsletter, a slogan, a teleclass, just to name a few. I can see the success of my business coming to fruition! I appreciated the challenge and I now feel like I have structure. I may take the course again in the future! I highly recommend it.” Tamisa M. Covington Apropos “Charmed, I’m sure…” www.apropos-etiquette.com

What You’ll Learn:
Session 1: Diggin’ Deep
We will focus on your goals, core values, and fine-tune what you want to accomplish with your professional life. Diggin’ Deep allows you to look into your future and develop the story that you will transform into a reality. This session will help you reflect, re-energize and refocus!

Session 2: Are You a Jack?
We’ll discuss the main areas you excel in and design your business around it. In this session, you’ll learn how to focus on your core strengths and get rid of the excess. You will begin to sculpt a new mission statement for your company and we’ll lay the groundwork to get it to the next stage.

Session 3: Develop YOUR System
We will work on how to best design your company’s weekly, daily, and monthly procedures so that it runs smoothly and consistently. Observe and monitor your business’ progress as you communicate a clearer vision to your team and implement new systems that address your business frustrations.

Session 4: Have Them Remember You!
Understand the push buttons of your target audience and design new ways to be remembered with innovative strategies.

Session 5: Fine-Tune Your Customer Retention
Learn the effective techniques for customer service, feedback and following up with clients.

Session 6: Create Your Power Team!
Create a Power House Team! Team Building is all about picking the right people! Develop some low-cost creative ways to build your staff and how to keep them. Learn the value of duplicating yourself by building and effectively managing an intern or volunteer based team.

Session 7: Create Your Own Mini-Marketing Plan
Develop a short marketing plan to roll out the newest strategies that you have learned in prior sessions. We’ll design a six-month timeline together.

Session 8: Gots To Have Vision!
In this last session you will develop your vision even further and begin to evaluate your progress. We’ll also do the assessment you did in the beginning of the workshop to see how far you’ve come in the past 8 weeks. The goal is to keep you on the path that you’ve started and to encourage you to continue on the path of growth and development.

This course is normally $1,200 for the one-one-one coaching. The Discount to you if you register before January 15th is a savings over over $300!

You also have the option of just getting the online course that will include 2 mini-sessions with Simone. One in the beginning and one before your last class.

All students will receive a certificate of completion as well!

TUITION:

Full plan: Pay in full and save over $353! Normally $1200

Buy now for $847

Installment plan: (SAVE $300!)

One on One weekly calls for 8 Weeks: Deposit $149 to get started, then every two weeks (3 payments of $250)

Buy now with $149 Deposit

Online Course: is a One-time tuition payment of ONLY $149.

You’ll get the course via email each week and must submit homework each week. You’ll have a weekly 20  minute question and answer group call with Coach Simone Kelly as well!

Buy now for only $149!  That’s only $18.62 a week!

Have questions? Call us TODAY to ENROLL  for the 8 Weeks to CEO Course at 877-545-7352. For more reviews on what clients had to say about their experience with us, please check out our success stories page.

We’re looking for like-minded writers, with knowledge and resources they want to share with our OYP community!

After reviewing our writer’s guidelines, please submit a sample blog for review and consideration.

Featured Writer Guidelines for Own Your Power

Since 1996, we have been empowering entrepreneurs to take their companies and life dreams to the next level. OYP takes a holistic approach to business by offering small business, lifestyle and wellness content. Our services include transformational coaching,empowering events, Reiki -   energy balancing,  a podcast, and an insightful blog  to help each of our community members to go after their personal and professional goals.

The Own Your Power blog and member-only e-zine provides  proven insights and tips from highly respected professionals and entrepreneurs. These tips have included items such as building a team, how to create more focus and balance, and how to develop better business and personal relationships.

The concept of  Own Your Power not only represents a confident state of mind,  but- also our company’s philosophy. We believe that anything you want in life is attainable, and in order for your vision to evolve into a reality, you have to maintain an “Own Your Power” attitude!

If you read the articles, blog posts, Own Your Power Principles, and quotes we share on Twitter and Facebook… you already know our goal is to help others to transform and to truly remember who they are!

If you are a writer that loves personal or business development, you will fit right in!

Why would I want to be a featured OYP blog contributing writer?

1. We have a loyal following of passion seekers! Your post will be promoted to over 5k in our email database, 2k+ Twitter followers and 2k+ Facebook fans. Our loyal database of fans that loves to repost as well!

2. Our online community is active and gets involved. If you have something to say related to personal or business development, they will be all “eyes”.

3. Every post includes a bio with links back to your site.

4. If people rave about your content, we’ll look forward to featuring you again and again!

Writing Guidelines:

• BE YOURSELF! Share your PERSONALITY and have fun with it. Our vibe is practical, informational,definitely down-to-earth, and fun. No uptight, stuffy, newsroom articles allowed!  LOL
• Get creative and original. In other words, USE YOUR OWN CONTENT!

If you use any other information, you will be expected to properly credit your sources and  confirm any provided links.

• Include your byline—which should not exceed 150 words. 
• Spell check, grammar check, and spell check again please! 
• We reserve the right to edit content and titles as needed. 
• For your submission to be considered, the less work we have to do to prepare it for uploading, the more likely your article will be posted without changes. 

Possible Rejections:

• If a topic has been recently addressed.
• If the article does not meet the OYP content or submission guidelines.
• If the content is inappropriate as deemed by the editor.

Blog Categories:

• Barter
• Business Development
• Contest
• Event
• Fitness and Health
• Give Back
• Intuition
• Livin’ Good
• Love What You Do!
• Marketing
• Me Time Rituals
• Misc
• Personal Development
• Relationships
• Speaking
• Technology
• Time Management
• Writing

How to Submit:

• Send your post (s) in Microsoft Word to simone@ownyourpower.biz.
• Make sure the content is relevant and can fit into any of our categories on the blog.
• Include bolded parts for emphasis and bullet points or numbers, where it makes sense.
• Use 12 size font, black, with single spacing.
• Keep your post between 500-1,300 words.
• Write “Submission for (fill in the category) Blog” in the subject line, along with the blog title.

Please note that your post may be edited, including your title, and it may be included in distribution via  free OYP publications.

Thank you for helping us spread the word of empowerment, entrepreneurship, and self-love to our readers.

You are making a difference!

Own Your Power!

Simone

877-545-7352

p.s. Allow at least 7 days for a response to find out if you’ve been selected.

“STOP HERE! Your search is over. You have found The Write Woman for your  marketing and PR writing, and newsletter and article writing. With my 20 year background in direct sales and marketing, combined with my superior writing skills, you will get a creative and professionally written piece with words that work!

I am also available to consult with you on your projects to ensure that they have great bang for the buck. I can edit and hone your writing, so that it reaches your audience with the message you want to give. My rates are reasonable and I am willing to work with you to create a win-win scenario that gives you the help you need with terms your business can afford.

Let me know what your needs are and I will be happy to craft or send a free sample that will give you a look into how I will approach your project. I will ask questions to ensure I have a good understanding of your needs and will execute the project in a timely and enthusiastic manner.

Millions out there are looking for The Write Woman; well, you have found her! I look forward to speaking with you about your project today!”  Interested? Email me at laurab5571@hotmail.com  or contact Give ‘n Take!

NOT A MEMBER? JOIN FOR FREE and see our VIDEO HERE: www.giventakenetwork.org then call our team at 877-545-7352 and we can give you a walk through! Learn how to start bartering, to get help promoting what you have to offer so that you can get what you need in our barter exchange! By the way…  WE NOW HAVE  COSTA RICA Vacations, FACIALS, VOICE OVER ACTRESS, TIME MANAGEMENT COACHES, ACCOUNTANTS, PERSONAL ASSISTANTS,  LIFE COACHES, INTUITIVE READINGS, HAIR SALONS,, REIKI, MASSAGE, VIDEO EDITING, AUDIO EDITING, GRAPHIC DESIGN  and much more on barter.

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BARTER IS SO MUCH SMARTER!

Writing takes me new places. Some real, some imagined. Oftentimes, the imagined places are what I am most fond of, and find myself spending incredible amounts of time creating amazing worlds that rival anywhere I could imagine going on this planet. Writing for me is like a cool drink of water a massage, a baby looking into my eyes with pure love. Writing feels like home. It feels like peace. When I put pen to paper, everything around me disappears. The world melds away and it is only me and my words.

There are days I wish all responsibilities would disappear, and all I would need to do is spend my days and nights writing. But this is not realistic. So I use writing as my mini-vacation, my get away from the madness of the world. It is where I solve problems and learn from my mistakes. Overall, writing gives me something that no other activity has yet given me. Maybe I’m jaded. Maybe the world is just too superficial for me. Maybe as I continue my journey through this life, I will discover something that might pull me away from writing as a tool of pleasure. Until then, writing is my literary orgasm. It gives me so many wonderful things.

As I explore the planet, pen in tow, I hope to bring together the many wonderful things I see and discover with my passion. Imagine, a melding of two worlds, the real world and my created worlds. What would that look like? How would it feel? Time will unfold the answers I’m sure.

by zaji @ www.thezaji.com/write

From entertainment to politics to fashion, fascinating tales of a single web site or blog being the catalyst to entrepreneurship and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are increasing. Jeanine Hays, 32, a lawyer who has had a love for interior design since she was given her first decorating job—her bedroom at the age of six—is now one of the newest innovators to join that list of those who’ve found success via a passion they simply wanted to blog about. Hays is the founder of AphroChic: Modern.Soulful.Style, a blog she launched in 2007 that highlights designers and design products from around the world. The blog became so popular that in 2009, Hays launched AphroChic pillows and apparel, and most recently she launched her second collection, Brooklyn Renaissance, which includes wallpaper, shower curtains, tabletop and other home décor items depicting Brooklyn life. Lucky magazine and the folks at HGTV are among her biggest fans.

Read more>>

Own Your Power,

Simone

7 Simple Ways To Get New Clients Writing Articles by Biba F. Pedron

Two years ago, a publisher from Canada contacted me
to let me know that he had found online one of my articles,
“12 common mistakes new entrepreneurs make and how to
avoid them”, loved it, and asked if he could reprint it in
his next edition. Guess what my answer was? “Of course,
you are welcome!” I said, with a big smile.

The article was printed and as a result, I got three new clients
in Canada. Then another of my articles was featured in
Africa and I got my first client from the Burkina-Faso, and
got some more since then. Last year, a couple of my articles
were published in a book about marketing in India.

Articles give you international exposure, as soon as you
post them online, you never know who will read them or
reprint them.

So, how could you too get clients from all over the world
just by sitting behind your computer?
If you are not doing it yet – start writing articles!

If you think that you don’t know how to write or will not
be able to write, just try. Start with the tips of the week
and write 5 to 10 lines about your expertise. If you are
passionate about what you do, it shouldn’t be a problem.
You will be very surprised how easy it is. And it will
probably be easier for you than it was for me, since English
is your first language. So if I can do it, you can too.

Here are 7 simple ways to get new clients writing articles:

1/ Write articles, it is free. It will take some of your
time, but who better than you can speak about your
expertise, your services and your products. Writing articles
shows people that they can trust you, and it builds up your
image and your credibility as an expert.

2/ Post your articles online. You can post your articles on
various ezine directories like www.ezinearticles.com. You
can find at least a hundred of them looking on Google. Some
are free, for others you have to pay a small fee.

3/ Take advantage of the resource box “About the
Author”. Make sure to include the benefit of your
services, offer a free report, mention your newsletter and
of course mention your website. People like free stuff, so
when offering a free sample of your work, people will be
more willing to check your website and sign-up for your
newsletter to get the information they are looking for.

4/ Grow your list with your target market. How would you
like to have your target market coming to you instead of
chasing it? When people find and read your articles online,
it is because they are interested by the topic. The chances
are they would like to learn more about the topic and more
about you, so they will go to your website to do this.
Writing articles geared towards your target audience will
save you lots of money compared to communicating via a more
classic advertisement. It will also ensure that a higher
volume of people visit your site. When you promote your
products or services on your newsletter, people will get the
chance to know you and trust you and when the time comes,
they will buy your products or services.

5/ Grow your traffic. One of the main purposes of writing
articles it to encourage more traffic on your website. When
you publish your articles on ezine directories, this will
give you hundreds of websites pointing to your site, which
will also help your ranking on search engines.

6/ Get unlimited exposure. When you post your articles
online you don’t control anything.

Numbers of people who read and like your articles will
republish them on their own websites. I am always surprised
when I Google my name to see new websites using my articles.
And the great thing about it is that it is free publicity.
The exposure is huge because it can be websites from
companies from various countries, not only the US. That is
how I found some of my articles republished by companies
from UK, Canada, Australia, Africa, Poland, or China.

7/ Become an expert. Become “THE GO TO GUY” in your
field and you will quickly realize that people will come to
you for your expertise. As a result, you well get new
clients without leaving your home or office.

And here comes the magic. Just watch your business grow and
get tons of new clients, local or national or international.
And the beauty of it is that the only thing you had to do,
was to spend a couple of hours or less writing about what
you do and what you love the most, speaking about your
favorite topic: your business.

Want other ideas like this one to promote your business?
Learn more about “Power of Networking Secrets”, a 5 step
program, to turn more contacts into clients and more leads
into sales.

You will learn: how to create an outstanding business card
- how to polish an elevator pitch which will hook your
audience so that people will remember you – how to create
a 7 step follow-up system to turn more prospects into
clients – how to use your newsletter to promote your
products or services without hard selling – how to create
strategic alliances to grow our business faster. You can
read more about it and get your own copy of “Power of
Networking Secrets” at www.powerofnetworkingsecrets.com

(c) 2007 Biba F. Pédron

For Immediate Release:  

Contact: Debra Dixon, Light of Gold PR, Marketing, and Consulting LLC

E-mail: mediainquiries@lightofgoldpr.com, Phone: (646) 399-1678 – NY office or (404) 212-1643 – Atlanta office

Website: http://www.lightofgoldpr.com

MEDIA ADVISORY

The Own Your Power Biz Conference in NY features Keynote Speaker from Dr. Randal Pinkett “Season 4 Winner of the Apprentice” and other prominent business coaches To Empower Professionals To “Get Personal with Their Business Brand”

New York, NY – July 28, 2010 – The upcoming 2010 Own Your Power Biz Conference theme is “Getting Personal with Your Business”. The Own Your Power Biz Conference will be held on Saturday, September 18th from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm at Columbia University’s Faculty House.  The Conference offers an exciting program chock full of powerful business and personal development workshops, prize drawings, complimentary coaching sessions, networking, entertainment, breakfast, lunch, and better yet….a low price point at only $99 for the Early Bird special, &169.00 Regular Registration.  The conference’s business and personal development workshops are designed to broaden your vision and bring clarity for your businesses future. This conference is only for those SERIOUS about increasing their profitability and living their best life!

The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Randal Pinkett, the Season 4 Winner of  Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice TV Show.  Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Pinkett’s Course, “ No-Money Down CEO”, engage in networking, and enjoy amazing entertainment by Grammy Nominee.

Attendees will receive expert advice from powerful motivational business coaches and a host of prominent speakers. The topics include ‘Authentically Yours, Publish Your Way to Success, There’s a Goldmine in Your Cell Phone, and other interesting topics to help professionals and small business owners empower themselves and grow their business.

Simone Kelly-Brown, Founder of the Own Your Power  Biz Conference says, “Our goal is to encourage people to take action, discover their purpose and take those important steps toward success.  Anyone who attends the Conference will leave with new contacts, new friends, and a game plan. The best part is that we’ll help you put it together!”

Participants also have the opportunity to showcase their business.  Vendor Tables are available for only $199.00.  All vendors will also receive a complimentary listing in the Own Your Power Resource Directory valued at $39.00 a year and will be featured in the print directory.

Attendees can register for only $99 with the early bird special until August 15^th. After the August 15^th the price will be only $169.  For Registration or Sponsorship for the Own Your Power Conference, go to www.ownyourpower.biz/conference or 877-545-7352.  The fee includes a full day of workshops, a Power Pack of gifts from sponsors, a delicious breakfast and lunch, a complimentary copy of Dr. Randall Pinkett’s “No Money Down CEO” Audio Business Course and much more.  .   

To schedule a media interview, e-mail mediainquiries@lightofgoldpr.com or call 646-399-1678.

About Us  

Own Your Power Communications (OYPC – http://www.ownyourpower.biz), has been empowering entrepreneurs to take their company and life’s dreams to the next level since 1996.  Owner and Founder, Simone Kelly-Brown is passionate about personal empowerment and encouraging professionals and business owners to OWN businesses and to pursue a holistic lifestyle. Simone has reached thousands with her advice and uses her talents best with various forms of media that include being an author, speaker, coach, and radio show personality. Through her programs under the OYP umbrella, Kelly-Brown helps professionals and entrepreneurs gain powerful results to help you own YOUR Power!  This conference is presented in partnership with C&G Enterprises (www.cgenterprisesonline.com).

“At Second Glance is a real page turner! I laughed, I cried, and laughed some more as I felt a little connected to some of the characters and their situations. I highly recommend this fantastic novel by multi-talented author Simone Kelly Brown!” Tamisa Covington, NJ

That email she sent made me feel so good; it was an ego boost at first, but I have to admit, I felt guilty. I was mad at myself for not really writing or promoting it like I should have. Writing is really one of my first loves and my favorite form of expression. However, I have to admit, because it’s so much fun and like a hobby to me, I still have to force myself to promote my fiction work. It’s also not bad to have an extra revenue stream from doing things that you love. That is what ‘Owning Your Power’ is all about!

After I read Tamisa’s email, I looked at my book At Second Glance again. I started reading some of it , smiling, blushing, laughing and getting into the book as if I didn’t write it! It’s mind-blowing how new things can feel when you haven’t looked at it in a while. I was excited again about my work! I posted a link on my network, Facebook and Twitter about it and then a new order came from a member who lives in Japan about twenty minutes later! A few others ordered it in the next few days. I was pleasantly surprised to wake up in the morning to “You’ve Got Cash” emails from Paypal.

I began to wonder what was the “block” with this book in particular. It’s like deep down I still believed, “Oh, artists don’t really make any money. Who wants to be a starving writer? Not me! I’m a respectable business coach!” I’d tell myself,” You got real work to do, no time to be playing around writing fiction.”

However, as the law of attraction states, what you focus on expands.

What Tamisa’s little email did for me was make me revisit my second fiction novel that I’ve been picking up and putting down for the last few ~shivers~ years! I know if I really work on it, I could knock it out in about three months.

I keep hearing the faint whisper in my ear of my writing coach, Sophronia Scott telling me, “Respect your work.” Those were the words she uttered to me in a coaching session a few years ago to help me with procrastination with my first fiction book, At Second Glance. Those very words drove me to action to complete it, along with her amazing tips on re-writing your manuscript.

Just like I love to blog on lifestyle and business tips, host podcasts and events; my fiction writing is a part of my soul. It’s a part of me that I shouldn’t push to the side as a silly hobby. It’s my way of sharing my message, voicing my opinions, creating my own little universe of characters that help heal others, make people laugh and teach lessons.

So, enough about me. What have YOU been kicking to the curb? Maybe you think it’s just too much fun and it’s not going to bring in instant income, so why do it?

1. Really sit and remember to honor your passions, be true to yourself and respect your work. Carve out small chunks of time each week by creating focus days. Have specific days isolated for various tasks.

2. Get a coach to help in this area to increase your productivity.

3. Ask a friend to be an accountability partner that is aware of your goals and can help crack that whip on you. Set up weekly calls.

4. Join a network of like-minded people. Surround yourself with positive energy and influences.

5. Stop making excuses and worrying about what people will think or say. ~a-hem~ Yes, it’s one of my issues with my fiction books. Well, there are juicy sex scenes and all. My father almost passed out when he read a scene on my site. I did say I was a respectable holistic business coach, what if it gets out that I write like that? LOL. Oh…so sorry, I digress

6. Spend me time with yourself so that you can remember what your TRUE passions are. You know, in case you forgot or never made time to find one.

If you need a push, I’m here for you, as long as you give me a push back too.

You have a talent to share with the world, and believe me we’re waiting…

P.S.
You probably had no idea what an impact your funny little email had on me, but thanks again for encouraging me to respect my work again, Tamisa. Sophronia, I’m a forever grateful to you for doing what you do encouraging writers like myself to just do it, love it, commit to it, and of course…respect it!  ?

Own Your Power,

Simone