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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
9:00 - 11:00 AM - Pacific

Cutting Clutter Teleclass
with April Welch

Fee: $57

Location: Teleclass

Do you struggle with letting go of stuff? Do you search for a calm environment that only exists on vacation? Are you ready to back a dumpster up to your door & fill it to the brim with anything you can reach? Join our Organizing Expert, April Welch, CPO® as she breaks down the myths behind clutter.

To register click here.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
9:00 AM - Pacific

Cutting Clutter Teleclass
with April Welch, CPO

Fee: $57

Location: Teleclass

Do you wonder why it is so hard to let go of certain things you own?

Teleclass details will be emailed to your in-box 24 hours after purchase.

To register click here.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
9:00 AM - Pacific

Kitchen Organization Teleclass
with April Welch

Fee: $57

Location: Teleclass

Are you searching for that missing ingredient right when the recipe calls for it? Are you convinced you could secure a job with the circus after the balancing act you did looking for a pot holder? Let Certified Professional Organizer, April Welch, show you great systems that will save you time whether you are entertaining or just have a baker's craving!

Event details will be delivered via email to your in-box.

To register click here.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

Digital PR Free Preview Class with Gail Martin

Fee: FREE

Location: Teleclass

In this preview class, we'll talk about how to know whether you're ready to take the step into digital PR to promote your products and services to a global audience.

To register click here.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

30 Day Marketing Restart Free Preview Class
with Gail Martin

Fee: FREE

Location: Teleclass

In this preview to the full three-week program, discover how to know whether your marketing needs to restarted, revved up and re-energized.

To register click here.

Wednesdays, September 10, 17 and 24, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

The Entrepreneur's Promotional Survival Guide
Three Session Program with Gail Martin

Fee: $75 for Smart Women's Coaching members

Location: Teleclass

In this three week, three hour program, you'll discover how to make the most of whatever size budget you have to market your book and develop powerful alliances.

What You'll Learn:

  • How to use free PR sites to reach your audience and boost your search results
  • How to drive traffic to your site from online PR and articles
  • Why your words matter more than ever before on the web and what to do about it
  • How to use blogs, forums and message boards to drive traffic to your site
  • The powerful secret of the ethical bribe

To register click here.

Tuesdays, September 16, 23, 30 and October 7
12:00 PM - Eastern

30 Day Marketing Restart Four Session Program
with Gail Martin

Fee: $97 for Smart Women's Coaching Members

Location: Teleclass

Recession-proof your marketing Create marketing programs that achieve your goals

Details: In this four-week webinar, veteran marketing expert Gail Martin of DreamSpinner Communications shows you the secrets behind creating an effective marketing campaign regardless of the size of your marketing budget.

You'll learn how to:

  • Link your marketing directly to your key business goals
  • Recession-proof your marketing plan
  • Match your marketing messages to your target audiences
  • Feel confident setting an advertising schedule
  • Build-in measurement so you can validate results.

This is turbo-charged marketing like you've never seen it real rubber meets the road techniques that will change the way you do your marketing forever!

To register click here.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
12:00-5:00 PM - Eastern,
11:30 AM Registration/Check In

"SPEAK EZ in Front of Groups" Workshop
with Donna Marie

Fee: $90

Location:
Holiday Inn Express
21100 Haggerty Road
Northville, MI 48167

Do you cringe at the thought of public speaking? This interactive and experiential workshop is packed with tips, strategies and experiential exercises to guide you to reduce anxieties, build your speaking confidence, connect with your audience and learn ways to relax and center yourself.

To register click here.

Thursday, October 2, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

Book Marketing on a $0 Budget Free Preview Class
with Gail Martin

Fee: FREE

Location: Teleclass

In this free preview class, discover tips on how to plan your book marketing strategy. Although this is a preview class, it is NOT a sales pitch. Sure, I'd like you take the whole three-week course. But you'll get solid info even if you only attend this single class.

To register click here.

Thursdays, October 16, 23 and 31, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

The Savvy Author's Guide to Book Marketing on a
$0 Budget Three Session Program with Gail Martin

Fee: $75 for Smart Women's Coaching members

Location: Teleclass

Discover how to market your book non-fiction or fiction Proven tips and tricks from a bestselling author and a savvy marketer

In this three week, three hour program, you ll discover how to make the most of whatever size budget you have to market your book and develop powerful alliances.

What You'll Learn:

  • Why your NEED a website
  • How to make the most of the crucial 90 day launch window
  • What it really takes to do a book tour and your virtual alternatives
  • The inside scoop on book trailers, author blogs, podcasts, radio and free PR
  • How to build alliances with other authors, bookstores, bloggers and webmasters to create amazing publicity

To register click here.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

Online Marketing Secrets
--Free Preview with Gail Martin

Fee: FREE

Location: Teleclass

In this free preview class, you'll discover the basic tool kit for online marketing and how to get your feet wet with Online Marketing.

To register click here.

Tuesdays, October 28, November 4 and 11, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

Online Marketing Secrets for Entrepreneurs
and Authors --Three Session Program
with Gail Martin

Fee: $75 for Smart Women's Coaching members

Location: Teleclass

Description: In this three week, three hour program, you ll discover how to pull your social media marketing, online publicity, web site, blog, ezine and other Internet marketing tools together to create a powerful message reaching a global audience.

Pull the pieces of your Internet marketing together Reinforce, leverage and strengthen your online presence

What You'll Learn:

  • How to use the pieces of your Internet marketing for specific audiences and tasks
  • Why repurposing copy and repeating content increases the odds of success
  • What it takes to get your online marketing in sync with your business goals
  • How to connect your online and offline marketing for best results

To register click here.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

The $6 Trillion Hidden Market Free Preview Class
with Gail Martin

Fee: FREE

Location: Teleclass

Multicultural consumers (Baby Boomer, Gen X, Gen Y and ethnic buyers) in the U.S. account for almost $6 Trillion in purchasing power almost half of the U.S. GNP. Is your company getting its share of this growing market?

In this free preview class, we'll talk about the way today's consumers use their purchases to affirm their identity.

This is a free preview class, but it's NOT a sales pitch. Sure, I'd like you to sign up for the full three-session program. You'll learn more that way. But you'll take away valuable tips even if this is the only class you attend.

To register click here.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
12:00-5:00 PM - Eastern,
11:30 AM Registration/Check In

"SPEAK EZ in Front of Groups"
Workshop with Donna Marie

Fee: $90

Location:
Holiday Inn Express
21100 Haggerty Road
Northville, MI 48167

Whether the thought of public speaking makes you quiver with fear or dance with excitement, you'll gain something priceless in this workshop. A transformational approach that goes beyond the nuts-and-bolts taught in most public speaking courses. You will learn to make impactful mind and body connections to calm your insides and connect with your audience.

To register click here.

Wednesdays, November 12, 19 and
December 3, 2008
12:00 PM - Eastern

The $6 Trillion Hidden Market:
Reaching Multicultural Consumers
--Three Week Class with Gail Martin

Fee: $75 for Smart Women's Coaching members

Location: Teleclass

Multicultural consumers (Baby Boomer, Gen X, Gen Y and ethnic buyers) in the U.S. account for almost $6 Trillion in purchasing power almost half of the U.S. GNP. Is your company getting its share of this growing market?

Does your PR have what it takes to compete?

In this three-hour, three-week seminar you ll learn:

  • How to align your PR to your consumer s identity
  • Why multicultural consumers want much more than just a press release
  • How to become a part of your multicultural consumers community and reap the rewards

To register click here.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
9:00 AM - Pacific

Client Organization & Beyond
with April Welch, CPO

Fee: $57

Location: Teleclass

Join Certified Professional Organizer, April Welch, for this informative, inspiring & always humorous teleclass. She will help you work within your own 'wiring' to identify systems that are efficient, eliminate distracting factors & improve your client care.

Teleclass details will be emailed 24 hours after purchase. Watch your in-box for details!

Wednesday, July 30, Aug. 13, 20, 27, and Sept. 3
5:15 - 6:15 pm (PDT), 8:15 - 9:15 pm (EDT)

"Overcoming UnderearningR Tele-seminar: A Five Step Plan to a Richer Life" with Barbara Stanny

Fee: Cost is only $130, Sign up now!
Five 1 hour group phone sessions

Location: Tele-Seminar

Barbara personally leads you through the content and exercises in her Overcoming UnderearningR book. You will learn to: Eliminate your specific hurdles, Achieve specific financial goals & Take financial control of your life. You'll get unlimited emails with Barbara series.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
12:00pm – 2:00pm eastern

Check-In/Registration: 11:30am
”How to Present Yourself Professionally from Inside to Out” with Jill Jordan & Donna Marie

Fee: $35 - Bring a friend for $10, pay at the door

Location: Residence Inn by Marriott.
17250 Fox Drive, Livonia, MI 48152
(at 6 Mile and I-275, behind Buca di Beppo restaurant)

You will gain tips and strategies on creating a professional appearance and impression, powerful introductions and intentional conversations. Learn to understand your "inner self" or your inner workings that influence your presence and connections with others.
Thursday, July 10th
3 p.m. EST

Transformational Nonfiction Storytelling
with Marilyn Schwader

Location: On Bridge Line

Fee: Free
 

Make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature.

Join Published Author, Marilyn Schwader as she takes you through a treasure-filled journey of mind, eye, and heart-opening writing exercises designed to help you explore your inner and outer world!

Wednesday, July 9th
3 p.m. EST

Multiple Streams of Writing Income Teleclass
with Marilyn Schwader

Location: On Bridge Line

Fee: Free

Use one piece of writing in 10 different mediums!
Published Author and Social Media Coach, Marilyn Schwader will show you...
  • How to develop your vision and mission objectives for your writing
  • How to determine your strategies, methods, and tasks so you can know where to start
Tuesday, July 8th
3 p.m. EST

Creating Your Social Media Strategy Teleclass
with Marilyn Schwader

Location: On Bridge Line

Fee: Free

Do you have a Social Media Strategy?
Join Social Media Coach, Marilyn Schwader for an information-packed teleclass that will teach you...
  • How to use social media to establish credibility and trust.
  • How to pick the social mediums that your target market uses so you aren't shooting in the dark.
Starts Thursday, June 26
5:30pm PST

Brand & Publicity 12-Week Teleclass
with Ruth Klein

Fee: $49 – Bring a friend for $10, pay at the door.

Location: $1697 plus 10% off for SWC

You will create your own results-oriented and tailor-made Publicity Campaign for you, your business and/or your book. I will take you step-by-step in crafting 9 to 12 publicity strategies just for your business or book.

Starts this Thursday, June 26...
sign up before Tuesday evening at midnight for the Early Bird Registration fee...

Save $300 plus an additional 10% for SWC.
 

June 21
5 pm EST

SOLD OUT

Smart Women's Coaching Presents
Summer Solstice on the Lake!

Space is limited - so be sure to register early!

Fee:
$40 per person
$70 per couple

Location: Commerce, MI

An evening to benefit
The Smart Women's Empowerment Program!

5:00 p.m. Cocktails and Appetizers
6:00 p.m. Wine Tasting with Napa Marketplace
7:00 p.m. Dinner and Dessert Silent Auction, Bonfire and Celebrations
June 17
12:00pm (Noon) EST

Blogging to Boost Your Business with Gail Martin

Fee: Free

What is a blog? The greatest free publicity tool ever developed. Your blog is your voice heard round the world.

What You'll Take Away:
  - Ideas to turn your blog posts into information products
  - Tips on reaching even more people by adding audio & video
  - Ways to create a dialogue with blog readers and use your blog to cross-promote with other professionals.

June 13,14,15
Begins Friday at 11am EST
Ends on Sunday at 5pm EST

Adventures in Excellence with Johanne Edwards

Fee: $795.00 for both weekends

Location: Novi, Michigan

This dynamic, empowering seminar is designed to infuse your life with new energy and give you the tools you need to create a more exciting, joyful, rewarding personal and professional life. The complete Adventures in Excellence Training is two weekends surrounding a 30-Day support process.
June 12 – 14, 2008
All Day Event

Millionaire Mind Intensive™ 3-Day

Fee: FREE with purchase the book, “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” for $20 through Smart Women’s Coaching

MUST HAVE SMART WOMEN’S COACHING REFERENCE CODE for this offer!

Location: COBO, Detroit, MI

T. Harv Eker’s, Millionaire Mind Intensive™ 3-Day seminar will change your thoughts and beliefs about money to bring you more wealth and success than you have ever dreamed of.
May 29, June 5, 19 and 26 (Thursdays)
4 p.m. Eastern

30 Day Marketing Restart with Gail Martin

Fee: $147 for Smart Women's Coaching Members

You'll learn how to:
  - Link your marketing directly to your key business goals
  - Recession-proof your marketing plan
  - Match your marketing messages to your target audiences
  - Feel confident setting an advertising schedule
  - Build-in measurement so you can validate results
May 29, 2008 (Thursday)
6 - 8pm EST

IIDA Michigan Chapter's Annual Meeting

Location: Lansing, MI

Join us for our annual meeting as Jill Jordan from Smart Women's Coaching is our featured speaker, and will address the group on the topic of "Personal Branding: Identifying and Communicating Your Individual Strengths".
May 20, 2008
12:00pm – 2:00pm eastern

Check-In/Registration: 11:30am

”How to Present Yourself Professionally from Inside to Out” with Jill Jordan & Donna Marie

Fee: $49 – Bring a friend for $10, pay at the door.

Location: Residence Inn by Marriott.
17250 Fox Drive, Livonia, MI 48152
(at 6 Mile and I-275, behind Buca di Beppo restaurant)

You will gain tips and strategies on creating a professional appearance and impression, powerful introductions and intentional conversations. Learn to understand your "inner self" or your inner workings that influence your presence and connections with others.
May 20th
12:00pm eastern

Passion-Fueled Publicity with Gail Martin

Fee: None

Connecting passion to publicity cuts through the noise. Real passion is so rare, so compelling that your message stands out.

You'll learn how to: Reconnect with your business passion, link your passion to your PR goals, and generate passion-fueled PR.

May 16,17,18
Begins Friday at 11am EST
Ends on Sunday at 5pm EST

Adventures in Excellence with Johanne Edwards

Fee: $795.00 for both weekends

Location: Novi, Michigan

This dynamic, empowering seminar is designed to infuse your life with new energy and give you the tools you need to create a more exciting, joyful, rewarding personal and professional life. The complete Adventures in Excellence Training is two weekends surrounding a 30-Day support process.
May 16, 2008
8am to 6pm EST

Day of Marketing with Deborah Gallant

Fee: Varies depending on what you register for

Location: Teacher's College at Columbia University, New York City

Day of Marketing will be a blockbuster learning event for anyone in private practice, with experts on: Internet Marketing, Newsletter Marketing, Event Marketing, Public Relations, Branding, Creating Products and Much Much more. For more details click here.

Friday is the main day with an optional Mastermind Saturday for one on one time with our experts. Click below to get the DISCOUNT registration rate through our CE, Deborah Gallant.
May 13, 2008
5:30pm - 8:00pm

Brand You! How to Create Your Personal Brand

Fee: $25 - Members
$35 - Non-members 
$40/Door

Location: The Skyline Club
2000 Town Center
28th Floor
Southfield, MI 48075

Business Attire Required!

Do you ever wonder why it is that certain people achieve great success, while others with the same characteristics and competencies don't? During this high-impact presentation, Jill will teach you how to create your personal brand!

Learn how Branding You will benefit:

  • Your earning potential
  • Your credibility
  • Your perceived value
  • Your connections
May 1, 2008
5:00 PM EST

Michigan Women's Foundation

Fee: $150

Location: Novi, MI

Join us for the Women of Achievement and Courage Celebration where we will honor five phenomenal Michigan women who continue to make a difference in our community.
April 26th
10:30 am - 5:00pm eastern

Special Needs - Managing Stress with a Smile with Mike Jaffe

Fee: $39.95 full day pass (Includes audio recordings of all sessions)

Location: Teleconference and webinar - no travel required!

Join us for a day of helpful hints and upbeat attitudes from those that live a life like yours. As well as useful information you can use immediately to help your daily life stop being so stressful.

Use the coupon code SMARTWOMEN and get 10% your registration!
April 23, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. EST

Smart Women's Coaching Idea Lab

Fee: Free

Bring your networking or marketing challenges, your new business ideas, and/or a problem to solve and you'll walk away with solutions. Entrepreneurs, Solo-preneurs, Business Owners, and those thinking about starting a business will benefit from participating in this live teleclass.

April 23 & 24
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM EST

NAWW Telesummit: Create Your Very Own Passionate Writing Life

Fee: None

Description: Sheri McConnell, founder of the National Association of Women Writers, is hosting her 7th Annual Event on April 23rd and 24th. This year's event is focused on helping you Create Your Very Own Passionate Writing Life!

This event is completely free and even if you can't attend, make sure you sign up for the free audio files and our downloadable 2008 TeleSummit Workbook.

 

April 22, 2008
6:00pm - 9:00pm eastern

Check-In/Registration: 5:30pm

”Women in Transition” with Jill Jordan & Donna Marie

Fee: $69 – Bring a friend for $10, pay at the door.

Location: Residence Inn by Marriott.
17250 Fox Drive, Livonia, MI 48152
(at 6 Mile and I-275, behind Buca di Beppo restaurant)

Are you a woman in transition facing career changes, retirement, lifestyle changes, or thinking about creating your own business? This insightful and interactive workshop looks at ways to uncover your purpose, refocus your direction and energy. You will discover effective networking techniques, powerful interviewing strategies, fresh resume writing, and how to embrace transition with ease and confidence!
April 15th
12:00pm eastern

Using Online Marketing to Build Business and Retain Clients with Gail Martin

Fee: None

Unlock the power of your online marketing. 5 web site essentials, 3 online power tools, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay-Per-Click, Email Marketing, 3 more tools for max visibility, Article directories, PR distribution, Blogs and forums, 4 online pitfalls to avoid.
April 12th
5:00pm - 10:00pm eastern

Divorce - Passion, Power & Play with Mike Jaffe

Fee: $19.95 (Includes Audio Recordings

Location: Teleconference and webinar - no travel required!

From the contemplation of separation to well after everything is divided including child custody, every step of divorce is difficult. These workshops talk to the divorced woman and provide INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES and CONCRETE TOOLS and resources for moving your life in the direction you choose!
April 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
6 p.m. EST, 3 p.m. PST all days

The ABCs of Social Media Marketing Success: How to Make Writing Online Easy, Fun, and Phenomenally Effective! with Marilyn Schwader

Fee: $197

Increase your visitor traffic each month, add to your prospect list, and establish yourself as an expert in your niche! Find out how you can do this without spending a fortune on marketing and search engine optimization by using online social networking!
April 2nd at 6:00pm eastern

The ABCs of Social Media Marketing Success: How to Make Writing Online Easy, Fun, and Phenomenally Effective! with Marilyn Schwader

Fee: None

Increase your visitor traffic each month, add to your prospect list, and establish yourself as an expert in your niche! Find out how you can do this without spending a fortune on marketing and search engine optimization by using online social networking!
April 2nd at 12:00-5:00pm eastern

SPEAK EZ in Front of Groups with Donna Marie

Fee: $90

Location: Birmingham Public Library
2nd Floor, Jeanne Lloyd Room
300 W. Merrill Street
Birmingham MI 48012

This workshop is designed to demonstrate basic skills for feeling more comfortable speaking in front of groups. In this workshop you will be able to experience yourself in front of a group and acknowledge and shift anxieties. Whether you are a newcomer or an experienced professional you will learn and experience new techniques to become calm, centered and balanced when speaking.
March 26 - May 14
7:00pm to 8:00pm eastern

Becoming Your Own Prince Charming with Barbara Stanny

Fee: $130

Based on Barbara's book, Prince Charming Isn't Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money. You will come away from these life changing sessions with a personal action plan for taking charge of your finances and your life! You will also have unlimited email access to Barbara during this series.
March 20th
8:00pm eastern

Writing Your Story- Sharing Your Legacy with Pat Samples

Fee: None

Learn 5 easy steps to start writing your memoir. You'll discover how to weave your important life experiences into a meaningful story and pass this gift on to others.
March 20th, 27th, April 3rd, 10th and 17th
4:00pm eastern

Grow Your Business With Webinar Marketing: Five-week Intensive Class with Gail Martin & Mike Jaffe

Fee: $247 (Café members save $50 with code)

In this five-part series, Mike Jaffe and Gail Martin help you identify the marketing potential of webinars for your business and understand the basics of creating a successful webinar program.
March 18th
9:00pm eastern

8 Questions to Ask Yourself Before It's Too Late with Pat Samples

Fee: None

Feeling at your wit's end about how to handle all your care giving duties? Will one more thing put you over the edge? Pat Samples will help you reflect on 8 sanity-saving questions so you can get back in charge of your mental and physical health.
March 18th
5:00pm eastern

Grow Your Business With Webinar Marketing: Preview Class with Gail Martin & Mike Jaffe

Fee: None

If you’ve thought about adding webinars to your marketing strategy or whether webinars are right for your business... This program will change the way you think about webinars, marketing and the value of what you know. This one hour could change your business, your income and your life!
March 18th
12:00pm eastern

Multiethnic Marketing: How to Compete in the New Reality with Gail Martin

Fee: None

Discover how the changing U.S. market creates new opportunities for companies prepared to embrace diversity. You'll learn: How America is reinventing itself, why partnerships matter now more than ever, and why the changing demographics of business ownership make multicultural fluency essential.
March 13th
6:00 - 9:00pm eastern

Grow Your Business With Webinar Marketing: Preview Class with Gail Martin & Mike Jaffe

Fee: none

If you’ve thought about adding webinars to your marketing strategy or whether webinars are right for your business... This program will change the way you think about webinars, marketing and the value of what you know. This one hour could change your business, your income and your life!
March 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th
5:00pm eastern

How to Create an Internet Income From Your Writing --- In 30 Days or Less! with Marilyn Schwader

Fee: $147

This 4-part series gives you step-by-step information on how to create Internet income from your writing. Beyond instructing, I will be giving action steps to help you create your own e-book, build a passive income through affiliation referrals, and begin earning residual income quickly and simply.
March 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th
4:00pm eastern

Transformational Storytelling: Writing About the World Around You with Marilyn Schwader

Fee: $97

If you have been confused and frustrated with getting your ideas into story form, I will give you techniques to help your stories flow. You will also receive proven, practical methods for shaping your stories into writing.
February 25th
6:00 - 9:00pm eastern

How to Present Yourself Professionally from Inside to Out with Jill Jordan and Donna Marie

Fee: $49

Location: Novi Community Education IT Center, 25345 Taft Road, Novi, MI

You will gain tips and strategies on creating a professional appearance and impression, powerful introductions and intentional conversations. Learn to understand your "inner self" or your inner workings that influence your presence and connections with others.
February 20th
7:00pm eastern

Smart Women's Coaching Idea Lab

Fee: None
 

You have a great idea - a new business concept, the beginnings of the great American novel, an unusual way to create commerce or change the world - so what do you do NOW? Bring it to the Idea Lab, and our experts will help you brainstorm strategies, find appropriate (and credible) resources, and nurture your steps along the way. We’re here to help you move forward with your great ideas.
February 19th
6:00 - 9:00pm eastern
Check-In/Registration: 5:30pm

Women in Transition with Jill Jordan and Donna Marie

Fee: $69

Location: Novi Community Education ITC Forum Center, 25345 Taft Road, Novi, MI

Are you a woman in transition facing career changes, retirement, lifestyle changes, or thinking about creating your own business? This insightful and interactive workshop looks at ways to uncover your purpose, refocus your direction and energy. You will discover effective networking techniques, powerful interviewing strategies, fresh resume writing, and how to embrace transition with ease and confidence!
February 19th
at 12:00pm eastern

Book Marketing: Write it, Promote it, Profit with Gail Martin

Fee: None

Success is all about marketing--that's publishing's dirty little secret. Marketing is the author's job. You'll learn: How to sell the benefits instead of the book, where to find marketing partners, and how to win readers, bookstores and the media by meeting their needs.
February 15th
9:00am - 4:30pm eastern

"Public Speaking with Confidence - Yes You Can" with Donna Marie

Fee: $189 includes continental breakfast and lunch

Location: Novi Community Education - Instructional Technology Center - Room ITC Forum - 25345 Taft Road - Novi, MI 48374

Do you cringe at the thought of public speaking? This interactive and experiential workshop is packed with tips, strategies and experiential exercises to guide you to reduce anxieties, build your speaking confidence, connect with your audience and learn ways to relax and center yourself.
February 12th
12:00 - 9:00pm pacific

Live event - Geek Mythology: Lessons from the Goddesses of IT - Building & Cultivating Relationships with Jill Jordan

Fee: $70 full day; $35 for dinner and keynote only.

Join us for MCWT’s third annual career-building symposium, sponsored by Sun Microsystems and Accretive Solutions, for an opportunity to network and learn from a prestigious lineup of speakers and workshop leaders. The event will convey vital business skills to university students and corporate professionals.
February 7th
4:15 - 5:15pm pacific

12-Week Branding & Productivity Tele-coaching

Fee: $325 per month ($975 for 12 weeks) with a 10% discount for SWC members

Create, reinforce or repurpose your Personal & Business Brand. Learn Marketing Strategies to Increase Your Profits and Become more productive and focused EVERY DAY.
February 7th for four weeks
4:00pm eastern

Transformational Storytelling with Marilyn Schwader

Fee: $97 for Café Members (Regularly $147)

Location: On Bridge Line

Have you been looking for a way to learn how to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature? Published author Marilyn Schwader offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers, from the newest to the most experienced.
February 6th
4:00pm eastern

How to Create an Internet Income With Your Writing In 30 Days or Less with Marilyn Schwader

Fee: $147 for Café Members (regular $197)

Location: On Bridge Line

Have you ever wished a published author could take you by the hand and---step-by-step---teach you how to quickly and effortlessly produce, promote, and profit from your writing? Join published author and Info- Products Marketing Coach Marilyn Schwader on this 4-part tele-class series.
February 5th
8:00 - 9:00 pm eastern

Don't Worry, Get Healthy 12-week teleseminar with Wendy Battles

Fee: $247

Lose weight in a healthy way, get in tune with your body and finally feel like optimal health is possible. Join us for 12 Tuesdays and be a part of a supportive online community to encourage, inspire and motivate you and others.
February 2nd
10:00am - 4:30pm eastern

3rd Annual - Emotional and Spiritual Fitness for 2008 with Donna Marie

Fee: $149 - Café Members are $119 includes light lunch

Location: Northville, MI (details sent after sign up)

There is more to life than making it go faster! Tired of demands, life s chaos and lack of fun? Learn how to create a SIMPLIFIED FOCUS for 2008. We will engage in the process of understanding abundance and miracles from visioning, setting realistic, simple, but powerful goals.
January 29th
12:00pm pacific

Kitchen Organization with April Welch

Fee: $57

Are you searching for that missing ingredient right when the recipe calls for it? Convinced you could secure a job with the circus after the balancing act you did looking for a pot holder last night?
Let Certified Professional Organizer, April Welch, show you great systems that will save you time!
January 28th
6:00 - 9:00pm eastern

Women in Transition with Jill Jordan and Donna Marie

Fee: $69

Location: Novi Community Education IT Center, 25345 Taft Road, Novi, MI

Are you a woman in transition facing career changes, retirement, lifestyle changes, or thinking about creating your own business? This insightful and interactive workshop looks at ways to uncover your purpose, refocus your direction and energy. You will discover effective networking techniques, powerful interviewing strategies, fresh resume writing, and how to embrace transition with ease and confidence!
January 25th
12:00 - 2:00pm eastern
Check-In/Registration: 11:30am

Embrace the Richness of You! with Jill Jordan and Patty Buccellato

Fee: $35 advance/$45 at the door

Location: Birmingham Library, Jeanne Lloyd Room, 2nd Floor, 300 West Merrill Street, Birmingham, MI 48012

Create First Impressions that are Lasting Impressions - Develop a Marketing Voice to be Remembered - 5 Things Not to Buy at the Mall How to Incorporate Trends with Grown-up Savvy - Fashion Rules NOT to Follow - What Not to Wear if You’re a Woman Over 35 - How Your Style Reflects Your Season in Life.
January 24th - May 30th
5:30pm pacific

Brand & Pitch Book Camp tele-class with Ruth Klein

Fee: $3997; Early Bird fee until midnight, December 20, 2007 is $3497 plus an additional 10% off for SWC members

I'll introduce you to book agents after I help you create a WINNING book proposal.I have sold 5 books just from my winning book proposals!
January 22nd
12:00pm pacific

Closet Organizing 101with April Welch

Fee: $57

The Spring of 2007 brought many clients wanting to whittle their wardrobe! So April has prepared a fun practical workshop that will help anyone who owns clothes to make sense of their decisions (past or present) & create a system that will work for seasons to come!
January 19th
9:00am - 12:00pm eastern

Half Day Intensive Secrets of Successful High Earners - Going to the Next Level in Life

Fee: $35 (space limited, so register early!)

Whether you are self employed, an employee or a business owner looking to increase your earnings by $10,000, $100,000 or $1,000,000, this half day workshop will unleash the power and potential within you to achieve your goals! Conference Center, 6875 Rochester Road, Rochester, MI..
January 16th
6:00 - 8:00pm eastern

eWomen "Accelerated Networking" Dinner

Fee: Prior to 01/16/2008, $40.00, $30.00 for eWN Members

Location: LaSala, 6840 Rochester Rd., Rochester Hills,MI 48306

Join Katana Abbott as she shares the five secrets that successful high earners know and how these secrets can change your life. The impact of these secrets goes far beyond money. Former workshop attendees have reported that the most common results were – in this order – significant weight loss, better financial habits, more leisure time, improved health, increased optimism, and enhanced relationships.
December 12th at 7:00pm eastern

Open to Public Idea Lab Call

Fee: None

Join us for fun and festivities at 7:00 P.M. EST on Wednesday, December 12 in the Idea Lab - where Smart Women go to Dream and Grow! We'll wrap up and toast your successes - big or small - for '07, cheer you on as you unwrap your dreams, and cook up marketing ideas for '08, and share some much-deserved good cheer, with fanfare and applause for all. Invite your friends, family, co-workers, and colleagues to join in - this session is open to the public, but registration is required.
December 11th at 1:30pm eastern

Your Real Story: The Secret to Profitable Customer Connections

Fee: None

Stories sell. What is the story of your business? Sometimes, part of the story is about you, the business owner. Sometimes, the story is built around the owner s passion to right a wrong. If you don t know what story your business has to tell, join Gail Martin, owner of DreamSpinner Communications, for a free teleconference to discover your one-of-a-kind secret for making profitable customer connections your Real Story.
November 20th at 8:30pm eastern

Secrets of Successful High Earners - 3 part series

Fee: $150 non members (includes BONUS 2-month complimentary Café membership)/
$112 Café members

Learn the 5 Secrets of Successful High Earners and begin a
process that could change your life forever in many ways you may never have expected. All attendees should leave this workshop series with a specific game plan and a new relationship with money! Includes 33-page interactive workbook by mail.
November 20th at 6:00pm eastern

Unlock The Secret To Marketing Yourself...with Authenticity and Ease

Fee: None

You will learn the "one" secret to fun, comfortable, authentic marketing and hear examples of how others have taken the secret to create easy, successful marketing steps.
November 17th at 10:30pm - 3:30pm eastern/ Registration at 10:00 am

SPEAK EZ in Front of Groups

Fee: $90
 

1/2 day experiential workshop demonstrating skills to feel more comfortable speaking in front of groups. Experience yourself in front of a group and acknowledge and shift anxieties. Newcomer or experienced professional, you will learn new techniques to become calm, centered and balanced. Birmingham Baldwin Library , 300 W. Merrill St., Birmingham, MI.
November 15th at 6:00pm eastern - 4 wks

How to Create an Internet Income from Your Writing in 30 Days or Less!

Fee: $147
 

Join Info-Products Marketing Coach Marilyn Schwader in this 4- part tele-seminar that will give you cutting-edge information on what to do and more important HOW to create income on the Internet using your writing--- in 30 days or less! Space is limited. Starts next week!
November 14th at 6:00pm eastern - 4 wks

Writing About the World Around You: Transformational Storytelling I

Fee: $147

In this inspirational 4-part tele-seminar series, Author Marilyn Schwader gives you specific techniques to capture your experiences and turn them into transformational personal essays, articles, and book-length memoirs. Space is limited. Starts next week!
November 13th at 8:30pm eastern

Secrets of Successful High Earners - 3 part series

Fee: $150 non members (includes BONUS 2-month complimentary Café membership)/
$112 Café members

Learn the 5 Secrets of Successful High Earners and begin a
process that could change your life forever in many ways you may never have expected. All attendees should leave this workshop series with a specific game plan and a new relationship with money! Includes 33-page interactive workbook by mail.
November 8th at 5:30pm eastern

Caring for Your Aging Parents: A Survival Guide Featuring Key Conversations with Family, Employers and Health Care Professionals

Fee: None

The Women in Communications will present a Caregivers Panel featuring Katana Abbott and other experts to discuss: Where do you turn when there are signs that an aging parent's health is declining or when crisis hits and their independence changes Franklin Athletic Club, Southfield, MI.
November 6th at 8:30pm eastern

Secrets of Successful High Earners - 3 part series

Fee: $150 non members (includes BONUS 2-month complimentary Café membership)/
$112 Café members

Learn the 5 Secrets of Successful High Earners and begin a
process that could change your life forever in many ways you may never have expected. All attendees should leave this workshop series with a specific game plan and a new relationship with money! Includes 33-page interactive workbook by mail.
November 6th at 1:30pm eastern

Power PR Seven Secrets for Small Business

Fee: None

Positive media exposure is cheaper than paid advertising and it can be much more effective but nothing valuable is really free. Good Public Relations and great media relations requires work, preparation, media savvy and some risk-taking! Companies of all sizes that know how to plug into traditional and online media can generate big buzz without a big budget. But without a good grasp of PR basics, a media blitz can quickly become a public relations disaster.
November 1 at 6:00 - 8:00pm eastern

How To Stand Out!

Fee: $35 (or $45 at the door)

Join us as we team up to present a fun and interactive workshop focusing on enhancing your professional presence (no matter what industry you're in). You'll walk away with more confidence and poise whether presenting to a group or introducing yourself in a networking situation! Birmingham Public Library, 2nd Floor, 300 West Merrill Street, Birmingham MI 48012.
October 30th at 1:30pm eastern

Low-Cost, High-Tech Marketing Strategies.

Fee: None

Join Gail Martin, owner of DreamSpinner Communications, for a free teleconference to discover how to harness the power of easy Internet marketing tools to boost your business.
October 29th at 8:30pm eastern

Get Ahead by Getting Known Series

Fee: $49 per class

Create Your Signature Style...And Be Remarkable!
October 25th at 10:00am - 5:00pm eastern

Get Your Body and Business in Shape!

Fee: Attendees: FREE

Location: Southfield Town Center, Southfield, MI.

Visit Smart Women’s Coaching and hundreds of different exhibitors to help get your body and business in shape! Personal Health: fitness, weight management and medical screening, Also Business Health: marketing, finance and networking. Break-out session are FREE to all attendees!
October 25th at 10am pacific

Online In 10 Steps:
Guidelines for Creating a Winning Website

Fee: $39

Don't let the prospect of launching your website overwhelm you. Online in 10 Steps provides easy to follow advice that takes the mystery out of planning and implementing your web action plan. Join award winning web designer Angela Nielsen on this one-hour call.
October 23rd at 7:00 - 8:00pm eastern

Unlock the Secret to Marketing Yourself with Authenticity and Ease

Fee: None

There is a simple answer to marketing yourself with Authenticity and Ease. Learn how to create the perfect marketing approach for YOU! If you are interested in the opportunity of overcoming your marketing barriers, or seeking creative marketing insights, you'll want to grab your spot immediately.
October 22nd at 8:30pm eastern

Get Ahead by Getting Known Series

Fee: $49 per class

Mistakes We Make...And How to Avoid Them.
October 20th ~ All day

AAA Caregiver's Fair: Financial Planning for Caregivers and their Loved Ones

Fee: None

Location: Diamond Ballroom at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, MI.

Katana Abbott and the Designated Daughter Panel of experts will share tips to help you and your loved ones prepare for and manage issues related to multiple generational planning when you are involved in the long term care needs or financial planning needs of your loved ones.
October 16th at 5:00pm eastern

Six Weeks to a More Balanced, Wealthy & Productive Life...professionally and personally

Fee: $597; $100 discount for SWC member

Time management skills lay the groundwork for living a more balanced, calm, joyful and productive life. In six weeks your tailor-made Life Program will have you focused and on-course to reaching your goals professionally, financially, personally and any other goals you want to achieve.
October 16th at 8:30pm eastern

Secrets of Successful High Earners

Fee: None

Begin a process that could literally change your life forever. Whatever is happening with your money is showing up in many other areas of your life. This is your opportunity to learn these secrets based on hundreds of interviews with some of the countries top money earners.
October 15th at 8:30pm eastern

Get Ahead by Getting Known Series

Fee: $49 per class

Brag is NOT a 4-Letter Word...And Other Myths.
October 11th at 12:00 - 5:00pm eastern
Registration 11:30am

Speak EZ in Front of Groups

Fee: $90.00

Half day workshop demonstrating basic skills for feeling more comfortable speaking in front of groups. Experience yourself in front of a group and acknowledge and shift anxieties. Newcomer or experienced professional you will learn new techniques to become calm, centered and balanced when speaking. Birmingham Public Library, 2nd Floor, 300 W. Merrill Street, Birmingham MI.
October 10th at 8:30am - 2:30pm eastern

NAWBO/EXCEL GirlBiz Fall Keys to Success - Teen Girl Registration, Keys to Success, Entrepreneurial and Financial Literacy Conference

Fee: None

Learn new money skills and basics on what owning your own business is all about. Registration is mandatory, walk-ins are not accepted. Participates are limited to 100 teens, first come first serve. Located at Troy Community Center 3179 Livernois Troy, MI 48083. Contact Amy Marshall at 734-675-0920.
October 10th at 1:00 - 2:00pm eastern

Learn to Attract More and Better Clients, INCOME, and 'Outrageous Opportunities'... While Doubling Your Time Off!

Fee: None

Join business coach, Travis Greenlee, for this free one hour webinar where you will learn how to attract More and Better Clients, INCOME, and Outrageous Opportunities..While Doubling Your Time Off. Learn how to transform your expertise into information products while leveraging the power of the internet. Plus! Enter to Win a Brand New iPod...FULLY LOADED with all our best Learning Programs! ($1200 value).
October 5th at 5:30 - 8:30pm eastern

Women Supporting Women

Fee: $45 per person Café Members: $35 per person (members' guests included)!

Location: Commerce Township, MI 48382.

Please join Jill and Katana for an Evening of Wine, Food and Fun on the Lake! Come mingle with the Smart Women's Café Advisory Board and raise funds for a wonderful cause!
October 1st - 6th

Momference 2007 Global Tele-summit

Fee: $127 - early registration is $97

Learn what experts have to share about relationships, parenting, career, home, wellness and self-care. Rediscover your dreams and find out how you can achieve them while still being a great mom. Celebrate mom-ness in all its sticky glory and all aspects of your life with people who've been there, done that and have the spit-up on the t-shirt to prove it!
September 26th at 1:00 - 2:00pm eastern

Learn to Attract More and Better Clients, INCOME, and 'Outrageous Opportunities'... While Doubling Your Time Off!"

Fee: None

Join business coach, Travis Greenlee, for this free one hour webinar where you will learn how to attract More and Better Clients, INCOME, and Outrageous Opportunities….While Doubling Your Time Off. Learn how to transform your expertise into information products while leveraging the power of the internet. Plus! Enter to Win a Brand New iPod...FULLY LOADED with all our best Learning Programs! ($1200 value).
September 25th at 1:30pm eastern

Passion-Driven Marketing: Get a Life and Max Your Marketing!

Fee: None

Join Gail Martin, owner of DreamSpinner Communications, for a free teleconference to discover how following your passion can pay surprising business dividends.
September 24th at 8:30pm eastern

Get Ahead By Getting Known

Fee: None

Do you struggle to attract the business you want? Do you know that you have a product or service that's fabulous, but cannot seem to get known be enough in order to bring in the business? Do you wonder how to differentiate "you" from the competition? Have you effectively built a "personal brand"?
September 19th at 8:30pm eastern

How to Create a Multi-Media eBook

Fee: $97

How would you like to create a multi-media eBook within 4 weeks, under 40 hours and for less than $600? This teleclass includes 15 Ways to Promote You and Your Brand with your eBook, how to create an eCourse with your eBook and charge 10 times more than your eBook alone, what you must know in creating your eBook brand to receive orders, and so much more!
September 19th at 7:00 - 8:00pm eastern

Unlock the Secret to Marketing Yourself with Authenticity and Ease

Fee: None

There is a simple answer to marketing yourself with Authenticity and Ease. Learn how to create the perfect marketing approach for YOU! If you are interested in the opportunity of overcoming your marketing barriers, or seeking creative marketing insights, you'll want to grab your spot immediately.
September 19th at 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST

How To Stand Out!

SOLD OUT!

Join us as we team up to present a fun and interactive workshop focusing on enhancing your professional presence (no matter what industry you're in). You'll walk away with more confidence and poise whether presenting to a group or introducing yourself in a networking situation! Birmingham Public Library, 2nd Floor, 300 West Merrill Street, Birmingham MI 48012.
September 9th - 10th

10 Seats only - Writer's "Action" Book Camp

Fee: $1997 - early bird price is $1497