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Showing posts with label transformational workshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transformational workshop. Show all posts
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Ready to paint in warm sunshine ? Anna Maria & Sarasota Art Workshop March 5-6, 2020
https://www.permissiongranted.org/
Saturday, July 6, 2019
POP UP Art Workshops Niagara Falls, Ontario
Summer is finally here.
Need a gift for an event ?
Want to spend a day doing something creative with your BESTIE ?
1/2 day workshops available - see our schedule at http://artworkshops.homestead.com/niagara_dates.html
1.800.393.7270 or 905.354.8692
#niagarafallsartworkshops #findanartworkshopniagarafalls
Friday, December 9, 2016
Niagara Falls 10th annual "Day in an Artists's Studio"
Feb 5, 2017 - Looking for that unique Gift ? 10th annual "A Day in an Artist Studio" Niagara Falls is an experience to give or share with someone you love. Learn, Laugh, Relax and go home with a new way of looking at your world AND a finished oil painting !! That's a tall order, but I promise, all you need to do is register for this all inclusive mini holiday workshop and I'll show you how to change your thinking about what you believe you can do...http://www.permissiongranted.org/Artist-Studio.html
#artworkshop #niagaraartworkshop #paintingworkshop
Friday, April 24, 2015
Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Social Media Tips for Authors - it ain't just about the book...
Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Social Media Tips for Authors
By Guy Kawasaki
Wrap your mind around this: One of the most important factors that traditional publishers use to decide whether to acquire a book is the marketing platform of its author. You’d think that the main reason for approaching a traditional publisher is to reap the benefits of the publisher’s marketing, and you wouldn’t have to bring your own.
Life is full of mysteries, and whether you’re working with a traditional publisher or you are an artisanal publisher (a.k.a., “self-publisher”), the potency of your marketing platform can determine your success.
There is no scenario under which thousands of social-media followers is not a good thing, so here are 10 social-media tips for authors of any kind.
1. Start yesterday
You must make progress along two fronts at the same time: writing your book and building your marketing platform. You cannot wait until you’re done writing, because a platform takes nine months to a year to build. Ideally, you started building your platform before you even began to write your book.
2. Segment the services
There are five social-media services to choose from. You need not use them all, but each serves a different purpose. I call this the five Ps of social media: Facebook is for people — people who you went to high school or college with and your family. Twitter is for perceptions — perceptions such as “I feel an earthquake and I’m in Chile.” Google+ is for passions — passions such as photography that you cannot share with your Facebook people. Pinterest is for pinning — pinning pictures with little interaction. LinkedIn is for pimping — as in making business connections or finding a job. You can use each of these to build a platform, but your relationships on them are apt to differ.
3. Make a great profile
Your profile page is an ad. Its purpose is to convince people to circle, follow, subscribe, or like you. It should communicate that you are a likeable, trustworthy, and competent person. Two details: First, ensure that your profile has a high-quality picture of your face (and only your face, not your spouse, dog, kids, and car). Second, use the text areas to simply and humbly describe who you are and tell your personal story. For example, Peggy Fitzpatrick has a great Google+ profile. (See image above.)
4. Curate, don’t create
It’s hard enough to write a book, much less create content for social-media sites at the same time. So give yourself a break and focus on curating the content of others while you are writing. Link to articles, pictures, and videos that are relevant to your genre in order to establish your expertise. Power tip: Go to Alltop.com, a site I co-founded, to find content on more than 1,000 topics. For example, the followers of a science-fiction writer would find “How to Deflect Killer Asteroids With Spray Paint“ interesting (found via Science.Alltop.com).
5. Act like NPR
NPR provides great content 365 days a year. A few days a year it runs pledge drives. No one I know likes the pledge drives, but we tolerate them — and some of us even give money. Why? Because NPR has earned the right to promote its pledge drives by providing such great content. This is a good model for authors too: Provide such great content that you can promote your book when it’s done. If you do this very well, people may want to reciprocate for the value you’ve added to their lives by buying your book. So just imagine you are the producer of “Fresh Air” or “All Things Considered” and look for interesting content. 6. Restrain yourself NPR provides another excellent example for book marketing: It doesn’t run pledge drives very often. Less than 10 percent of your social-media posts should promote your book or other commercial endeavors. It’s OK to pour it on when your book launches, but back off on the promotion after the first four weeks and do educational things like free webinars and Hangouts on Air. You need to make a transition from salesman to teacher.
7. Candy-fy
Social-media sites are busy places, so people don’t notice all-text posts or posts with small pictures. Every post should include a picture that’s at least 400 to 500 pixels wide or an embedded video from YouTube or Vimeo. Eye candy counts in the constant contest for attention — if you’re old enough to remember, it’s like the difference between a Yellow Pages ad and a Yellow Pages listing. Check my posts on Google+ to see what I mean.
8. Respond
Social media is a conversation, not a one-way broadcast. Every time you share a post, respond to the comments that it generates. (If it generates no comments, you’re doing something wrong.) A big mistake that most authors make is that they think they are delivering a sermon when a conversation is what’s appropriate.
9. Stay positive or stay silent
Even if the topic is an issue that perturbs the core of your soul such as gun control, women’s rights, or ObamaCare, don’t show anger. On a practical level, if you only want to sell books to people who agree with your sensibilities, you should prepare for a life of poverty. If people attack you, ignore them. If they attack you twice, block them from seeing your posts. And don’t look back.
10. Repeat
Social-media “experts” disagree with me on this, but I’m telling you it works: Repeat your posts. I repeat my tweets four times every eight hours — you don’t get 1,240,000 Twitter followers by not taking risks. This is pushing the edge, but the assumption that everyone who is interested in your posts will see it the first time is naïve. CNN doesn’t run a story once and hope that everyone has seen it or recorded it to see later. At least try sharing a post when your audience is awake, then 12 hours later, and see what happens.
One last tip: Do, don’t plan. Social-media experts will tell you that the first step is to develop a plan that includes highfalutin elements such as goals, strategies, and tactics. Let me simplify the process of building a platform. The goal is to get 5,000 followers by the time your book comes out. End. Of. Discussion. There is little “right” and “wrong” in social media — even what I say here!
There is only what works for you and what doesn’t, so jump in and get going. You’ll figure it out along the way.
Guy Kawasaki has 3,821,000 million Google+ followers, 286,000 Facebook subscribers, and 1,240,000 Twitter followers. He is the co-author of APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book, which explains self-publishing, and has written eleven other books, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Enchantment. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
Life is full of mysteries, and whether you’re working with a traditional publisher or you are an artisanal publisher (a.k.a., “self-publisher”), the potency of your marketing platform can determine your success.
There is no scenario under which thousands of social-media followers is not a good thing, so here are 10 social-media tips for authors of any kind.
1. Start yesterday
You must make progress along two fronts at the same time: writing your book and building your marketing platform. You cannot wait until you’re done writing, because a platform takes nine months to a year to build. Ideally, you started building your platform before you even began to write your book.
2. Segment the services
There are five social-media services to choose from. You need not use them all, but each serves a different purpose. I call this the five Ps of social media: Facebook is for people — people who you went to high school or college with and your family. Twitter is for perceptions — perceptions such as “I feel an earthquake and I’m in Chile.” Google+ is for passions — passions such as photography that you cannot share with your Facebook people. Pinterest is for pinning — pinning pictures with little interaction. LinkedIn is for pimping — as in making business connections or finding a job. You can use each of these to build a platform, but your relationships on them are apt to differ.
3. Make a great profile
Your profile page is an ad. Its purpose is to convince people to circle, follow, subscribe, or like you. It should communicate that you are a likeable, trustworthy, and competent person. Two details: First, ensure that your profile has a high-quality picture of your face (and only your face, not your spouse, dog, kids, and car). Second, use the text areas to simply and humbly describe who you are and tell your personal story. For example, Peggy Fitzpatrick has a great Google+ profile. (See image above.)
4. Curate, don’t create
It’s hard enough to write a book, much less create content for social-media sites at the same time. So give yourself a break and focus on curating the content of others while you are writing. Link to articles, pictures, and videos that are relevant to your genre in order to establish your expertise. Power tip: Go to Alltop.com, a site I co-founded, to find content on more than 1,000 topics. For example, the followers of a science-fiction writer would find “How to Deflect Killer Asteroids With Spray Paint“ interesting (found via Science.Alltop.com).
5. Act like NPR
NPR provides great content 365 days a year. A few days a year it runs pledge drives. No one I know likes the pledge drives, but we tolerate them — and some of us even give money. Why? Because NPR has earned the right to promote its pledge drives by providing such great content. This is a good model for authors too: Provide such great content that you can promote your book when it’s done. If you do this very well, people may want to reciprocate for the value you’ve added to their lives by buying your book. So just imagine you are the producer of “Fresh Air” or “All Things Considered” and look for interesting content. 6. Restrain yourself NPR provides another excellent example for book marketing: It doesn’t run pledge drives very often. Less than 10 percent of your social-media posts should promote your book or other commercial endeavors. It’s OK to pour it on when your book launches, but back off on the promotion after the first four weeks and do educational things like free webinars and Hangouts on Air. You need to make a transition from salesman to teacher.
7. Candy-fy
Social-media sites are busy places, so people don’t notice all-text posts or posts with small pictures. Every post should include a picture that’s at least 400 to 500 pixels wide or an embedded video from YouTube or Vimeo. Eye candy counts in the constant contest for attention — if you’re old enough to remember, it’s like the difference between a Yellow Pages ad and a Yellow Pages listing. Check my posts on Google+ to see what I mean.
8. Respond
Social media is a conversation, not a one-way broadcast. Every time you share a post, respond to the comments that it generates. (If it generates no comments, you’re doing something wrong.) A big mistake that most authors make is that they think they are delivering a sermon when a conversation is what’s appropriate.
9. Stay positive or stay silent
Even if the topic is an issue that perturbs the core of your soul such as gun control, women’s rights, or ObamaCare, don’t show anger. On a practical level, if you only want to sell books to people who agree with your sensibilities, you should prepare for a life of poverty. If people attack you, ignore them. If they attack you twice, block them from seeing your posts. And don’t look back.
10. Repeat
Social-media “experts” disagree with me on this, but I’m telling you it works: Repeat your posts. I repeat my tweets four times every eight hours — you don’t get 1,240,000 Twitter followers by not taking risks. This is pushing the edge, but the assumption that everyone who is interested in your posts will see it the first time is naïve. CNN doesn’t run a story once and hope that everyone has seen it or recorded it to see later. At least try sharing a post when your audience is awake, then 12 hours later, and see what happens.
One last tip: Do, don’t plan. Social-media experts will tell you that the first step is to develop a plan that includes highfalutin elements such as goals, strategies, and tactics. Let me simplify the process of building a platform. The goal is to get 5,000 followers by the time your book comes out. End. Of. Discussion. There is little “right” and “wrong” in social media — even what I say here!
There is only what works for you and what doesn’t, so jump in and get going. You’ll figure it out along the way.
Guy Kawasaki has 3,821,000 million Google+ followers, 286,000 Facebook subscribers, and 1,240,000 Twitter followers. He is the co-author of APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book, which explains self-publishing, and has written eleven other books, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Enchantment. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Here's an intro into the workshop retreat on Monhegan Island, Maine - transforming from the inside out
a different, gentle kind of workshop
People often wonder about whether my creativity workshop/retreats are a good fit for them...watch an intro to a week long retreat on Monhegan Island, in Maine - a tiny island 10 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean
www.permissiongranted.org
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Florida art workshop March 5 & 6 - Sarasota Longboat Key
Join us in warm, sunny FLORIDA
We've got some fun stuff happening in Sarasota this Marchhttp://www.eliteemail.com/archive.cgi?action=view&bid=NY/682360&cid=209625
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
almost everyone has at least one good book inside of them
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| they say... almost everyone has at least one good #book inside of them. www.permissiongranted.org |
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Permission Granted the book - who do you want to reach with your book ?
Q: Where did the idea of the Permission Granted book come from ?
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A: I was having a discussion one day with a dear friend and associate who does a specific workshop with me and we were bouncing around ideas for a book. The conversation turned to the energy in the workshop and how some participants approach a workshop, questioning whether I felt they were a good fit for the program - not trusting their instinct. I remarked, 'almost like they were asking for permission' - Permission Granted
Q: Who do you hope to reach with your book ?
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A: In the beginning, people will find it who are looking to enhance their creativity, find more ways to access it more easily, finding personal satisfaction expressing themselves in more unique ways. Ultimately, finding the reader who doesn't know right now that accessing their creativity has life benefits, that it can be a coping strategy to deal with stress, a source of positive energy physically and emotionally.
Q: What started your research on the subject ?
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A: We're all students of life. Spirituality, philosophy and art with emphasis on accessing the subconscious have always been a focus in mine, finding the zone of all possibilities
Through the years painting and instructing, creativity sessions and workshops has shown me fascinating examples of the vulnerabilities we all have in common, the confidence levels we face as adults, and the limitations we accept, that have no basis in reality.
www.permissiongranted.org
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Candy canes and life lessons - www.permissiongranted.org
I have a beautiful 4 year old granddaughter and can tell you a 4 year old perspective is, to the point, totally focused on the moment and terribly dramatic. I've also seen this in the 4 year olds we have in the studio involving candy canes from their perspective.
Comparing candy canes to candy canes ...and life
A 4 year old is pretty sure what they want – they want the candy cane,
But only if ...
you don't want them to have it
you don't want them to have it at that particular moment
it's the right color, even though it looked fine a second ago
there's not a lot of choices – what if they pick the wrong one ?
they think the kid next to them has a better flavor and
they're pretty sure the kid's next to them is larger and ...
So, remember that 4 year old you once were ? We haven't changed that much...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tips on writing - Make time for writing every day
Motivation
comes from connection. That connection can be the inner need to share
your story with the world, or it can be your caring heart wanting to
help - or please - your audience.
Either
way, see yourself as a conduit - an empty channel - between the
creativity within you and your audience you love. Here are some tips
that will help.
- Record your ideas - either use the voice recorder on your phone, or jot them down - the minute you get them.
- Make time for writing every day. Read over your ideas and write them out.
- Re-read great stuff you've read.
- Find some supportive people and share positive comments on each other's writing.
If
none of these work, then you are facing writer's block. You have some
inner fear that is keeping you from being yourself and writing your
truth and your story. In that case, face it directly.
You
can find books and tools to help. Or you can set aside four healthy
hours and just write every thought in your head, without censorship, no
matter what comes up. I've done it. It works - it's painful, but it
works. Sid Kemp
Monday, December 1, 2014
Is it fear of the unknown that keeps you stuck ? Permission Granted the book
They say that the left brain is like a computer...
everything you've ever seen, heard, experienced is filed away like a software program.
It comes up again and again, as that little nagging voice in your head that often prevents you from acting, because it reminds you of a similar outcome that didn't work for you. If the previous similar situation didn't have a positive outcome, the emotion stored with that experience is likely fear.
The truth is, that little voice is not what you want to be listening to, for a lot of reasons.
It's just stuff. A hoarder brain condition that holds on to stuff, way past its expiration date.
Stuff that no longer serves you, and probably never did. Fear is the number one reason that you don't take chances most of the time. You think it's fear of the unknown, your left brain tells you it's fear of the 'known'. J. R. Baldini
Monday, November 17, 2014
How much new 'stuff' do you let into your life ?
How do you rely on the world around you and how much control do you give up to science, organized religion, authority, etc ?
Science has not eradicated physical or mental illness - they're still 'practicing'...
Organized religion has not eradicated evil
they're still 'practicing'...
Governments have not eradicated violence, poverty or hunger
they're still 'practicing'...
Most of us, know little about our own physical or mental bodies
we're still 'practicing'...
Why not let go of
what you know is not working and
the fear of what might happen
and take a chance in a direction
that could have many possibilities...?
'practice' trusting yourself...
'practice' consciously getting to know yourself...
'practice' having faith in yourself...
It's not about science,religion and governing being extracted from your life - as if they could be,
It's about you...
(next part 2 - how you can dispel fear )
Thursday, October 23, 2014
I tweeted Neil Diamond - love to get feedback from other writers
.Fun Twitter happening last night with one of the most prolific songwriters of our times.
Neil Diamond
here's what Neil Diamond tweeted back to me.
@jbaldini The legal pad is a necessity for me, I can write, cross out and change faster than a computer and doesn't require electricity.
— Neil Diamond (@NeilDiamond) October 23, 2014
My own writing habits have been both in the files on my laptop and the old standby nostalgic composition notebook with a pack of yellow sharpened pencils.
Writers have different rituals they follow.
Some only write a certain time of day.
Some in a certain location.
I knew a writer who had a lucky sweater, if he didn't have it, he didn't write that day.
Share with us... love to hear
What's your MO for writing ?
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Are you an author or wanna be author ?
Join 21 TOP book marketing experts
I have been given permission to invite my author friends with a free pass to an expert panel and 21 days to transformation at
Free Pass
Write, publish and market your book like a rock star...
www.permissiongranted.org
I have been given permission to invite my author friends with a free pass to an expert panel and 21 days to transformation at
Free Pass
Write, publish and market your book like a rock star...
www.permissiongranted.org
Monday, September 1, 2014
Niagara Falls Fall Creativity Workshop - "Find Your Creative Self"
2 registrations today for the
'Find your Creative Self '
Sept 12 & 13, 2014 workshop in Niagara Falls
more details http://artworkshops.homestead.com/niagara.html
Let's get back to the basics of who you are...feel that stress leaving already ?
or call the studio at 800.393.7270
other dates Sept 27 & 28
Oct 10 & 11, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Our workshop is full for August 11-15
We have a full workshop for the week of August
11-15 . Participants will be spending a creative week on a tiny island
10 miles off the coast of Maine...
http://www.permissiongranted.org/Maine_art_workshop.html
http://www.permissiongranted.org/Maine_art_workshop.html
Thursday, July 10, 2014
The Law of Attraction
Mike Dooley is so right - you can't expect others to behave in concrete ways...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Do you use self imposed deadlines writing your book ?
Trying to finish your book ?
Try to be as consistent as you can with your writing time.
By now, you may have developed a method of writing which may involve
a location, a ritual, silence, being in nature, music ...
The important thing is to bite off one piece at a time and to set a deadline for each phase of your book.
What are some of the methods/s you employ in your writing habits ?
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” Douglas Adams
Try to be as consistent as you can with your writing time.
By now, you may have developed a method of writing which may involve
a location, a ritual, silence, being in nature, music ...
The important thing is to bite off one piece at a time and to set a deadline for each phase of your book.
What are some of the methods/s you employ in your writing habits ?
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” Douglas Adams
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Permission Granted the book - What if you got a 'life' advertisement in the mail ?
What if you got a 'life' advertisement in the mail ?
Why are human 'beings' like you making the switch ?
Why are human 'beings' like you making the switch ?
Are your life needs evolving ?
Are you looking to replace your
limited daily outlook ?
Tired of unexpected disappointment
increases ?
Introducing an all inclusive
solution.
The universe is built around your
needs by providing a range of useful features...
- anywhere access
- a provider that always has your back
- universal dedicated specialists
- 24/7 tech support
- truly unlimited long distance
- improvement in the quality of your life
- multiple dimensional packages available
- unlimited usage – enjoy the freedom of sharing data
- seamless switching – no interruption in service
- installation included
- an unlimited guarantee
- continuous free music channels
Pay attention now to take advantage
of this exclusive offer
an excerpt from Permission
Granted – the book
©J. R. Baldini
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