Women market differently… women run their business differently…

Nothing against guys but often the tactic and methods they teach and use don’t work for us women.

So were do you get the answers?

You get them from two very successful business women

My coach Deb Micek and my mentor Mari Smith. These women totally rock and making a big splash on the internet. If you follow @CoachDeb and @MariSmith on Twitter and Facebook, you know what I mean.

Today they are live broadcasting at 4:00pm Eastern Time you can hear them live discussing

• Women on top - the risks, rewards and battle scars of getting there
• How women sabotage themselves in reaching the top
• How women hold themselves back - and how to attack these fears
• Seducing the Boys Club
• What Men don’t tell Women about business
• And a few other top secret strategies that only LIVE participants will hear

It’s totally free to join them. They may password protect the broadcast. So make sure to sign up on the left to receive the password

Go to http://idebi.tv/blog/no-boyz/

Personally working with these two women continue to make a big difference in my life and business. I know you’ll gain so much from listening to them.

See you there at 4:00 pm Today. August 11

Facebook changed it’s profile look this week. I’m getting use to it. Actually I discovered I can get through Mari Smith’s Recommended Daily Activities Checklist much quicker.

Except for one little thing… The Ignore All button is gone… poof…. vanished. It took me 3 times longer to process requests this week. I’m not the only feel this pain… Jim Turner wrote an excellent note about the Disappearance of the Ignore All Button.

I already started blocking certain apps that I’ll never use but I noticed it’s often the same group of people sending app request. So I created an Application Acceptance policy. So from now on when someone sends me more than 2 frivolous applications, I exercise the option to ignore invites from this friend. It’s up to you to determine what you consider a frivolous application.

You can find this option right below the Accept/Ignore buttons

This DOES NOT block them as a friend… it only blocks you from seeing the application invite and they don’t know you are ignoring their invites.

Since implementing this policy, the time to process requests reduced dramatically and at times I can go for 24 hours or more without on application invite. Less time I use in processing app requesst, means more time to invest in connecting and building relationships.

PS.

My Mentor and Friend Mari Smith is hosting an impromptu Q&A Webinar on July 29 @1:00pm EST to review the new Facebook design, answer any questions you may have, show you a few cool things…. PLUS talk about some Twitter strategies. This is a PRIVATE webinar of the Facebook for Professionals program members.

If you want to increase your visibility and following on both Twitter and Facebook, furthering your branding, get more subscribers and most importantly TOP paying clients! Go MyFacebookProfits.com and Join Us.

This week on twitter @QueenofSpain and @DaveTaylor started a lively conversation about where are the women speakers at conferences. Last year at Blog World all the keynote speakers were men.

Over the past few years, I hear more and more women complaining about the same thing.

I like to make a few disclaimers before going any further….

1. Nothing against guys. I’m married to one for almost 24 years. He is totally awesome.

2. Some of my best mentors are guys and I’m eternally grateful to them. I wouldn’t be where I am today if they didn’t take me under their wing and shared their knowledge.

3. My top clients are guys and I wouldn’t be in business without them.

With that said I too have become frustrated with the "good ole boy network" that appears to dominate the internet.

According to eMarketer women now outnumber men using the internet and The US Census bureau posted these figures on women business owners:

6.5 million -The number of women-owned businesses in 2002, up 20 percent from 1997. (The increase among all businesses was 10 percent.) An estimated 916,768 such firms had paid employees, with receipts of $804 billion.
$940.8 billion - Receipts for women-owned businesses in 2002, up 15 percent from 1997.

Those are some pretty impressive figures. So I decided to quit spending money on "good ole boy network" products and services a couple of years ago when I encouter the following:.

When I visit a web page and see nothing but guy testimonials or guy speakers, it says two things to me

1. Your product doesn’t work for women or your service isn’t for women.

2. You don’t need my money.

The earlier days of the internet didn’t give you much of choice. Let’s face it, guys were the earlier adopters. They were the one with the information. I learned a lot from them. But the demographics of the internet is changing.

Today there is no excuse. There are some very powerful and knowledgeable women on the internet including:

Deb Micek
Mari Smith
Denise Michaels
Alexandria Brown
Lori Morgan-Ferrero
Terri Levine
Melanie Benson-Strick
Anita Campbell
Penny Haynes
Donna Fox
Loral Langemeier
Stephanie Frank
And there are many more…

So why are women still being ignored?.

Here is my opinion and feel free to share yours

1. Habit.

Guys are just in the habit of looking within their circle of buddies for speakers, testimonial etc. I don’t think guys realize the subliminal message they are sending to women. At one of our Toastmaster meetings, a guy gave a speech on exception people. All people in his speech were men.

When it came time for his critique every women notice the male dominance of his speech. He lost 50% of his audience. His response… he wasn’t even aware of the message he was sending. He was also very grateful for the insight.

2. Bottom Line

If you promote an event virtual or real world with more women speakers, will people pay to participate?

Can women draw in the money or is it just perception that only men can draw in the big bucks?

Are women showing their support by spending their money for women dominated events?

Next week Adam Urbanski, of www.themarketingmentors.com/, put together a series of teleseminars featuring the top Social Networking experts.

Surprise… Surprise… all 5 speakers are women…. Kudos to you Adam.

This series is free… It’s a no brainer to sign up and attend.

I’m going to propose a challenge to all you women out there… put your money where your mouth is… upgrade and get the transcripts.

I believe women need to start supporting each other more not just emotionally but with purchase power. Men have supported each other monetarily for years.

Disclaimer: I make NO money promoting this!!!!!

Yes I did buy the transcripts to show support for my Coach Deb Micek and my mentor Mari Smith. I know these two will be sharing some incredible information and I can’t wait to here the other speaker too..

So Join us… The Contact to Contracts Seminar http://snipurl.com/0624