Today I have the great pleasure of being the host on Day 4 of the Virtual Blog Tour for A New Dawn Awaits by author and Spiritus member E.Dee Conrad.

A New Dawn Awaits is a compassionate and inspiring channelled collection of short inspirational reflections, bringing together wisdom of the ages, showing us how to access knowledge that has been part of our consciousness, but has been dormant, for eons. E.Dee’s intention in writing this book is to help readers reach inwards into their divine essence and outwards to the energy that connects us as one humanity.

Yesterday, E.Dee visited Charly Leetham’s blog .  For today’s stop on the tour, I thought it would be interesting to interview E.Dee about how she wrote the book – both the logistics and the process. I was surprised by some of what she shares, and think you will be too!

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I hope you enjoy this interview with E.Dee Conrad and that you’ll check out her book A New Dawn Awaits, which is coming to Amazon on Tuesday September 21, 2010. You can receive a collection of over 30 beautiful personal development gifts when you buy her book on the day of her launch.

In addition, E.Dee is hosting a very special FREE telesummit entitled “The Shift. The Message. The Transformation” on September 14th, 15th and 16th with nine of today’s most vibrant authors and speakers on the topic of the consciousness, transformation and the global “shift” occurring on our planet today. If you’d like to attend, all you have to do is request a “launch reminder” about the book, and you’ll receive all the information to attend. If you cannot make the live event, you can download the audio at your convenience.

Find out how to buy E.Dee’s book and receive these gifts, including the FREE pass to the 3-day online telesummit.

AND you can read all about the telesummit and the guests on the 3 days at

http://virtualspiritualevents.com

Be sure to follow E.Dee tomorrow when the next stop on her Virtual Blog Tour is Lynn Serafinn’s Spirit Authors blog.

As usual, please do feel free to share your comments and thoughts below. I love reading your feedback.

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It made me realise that I’ve seen this same pattern year after year.

For women in particular, August is a time when we nearly all end up spending a lot of not just “Mummy-time” but “Daughter-time”, “Cousin-time”, “Partner-time”.

Often we’re hot, which slows us down. Our routines are disrupted because others are on holiday- we have to cover for their work, water their plants, entertain them when they visit. In lots of ways things are different from the rest of the year.

So stuff doesn’t get done.

Then, ping – September arrives. And I find it the most exhilarating, exciting, productive month of the year.

Suddenly, everyone seems to realise that there are still 4 months of the year left, and if those goals for 2010 are to be reached, now is the time to get into action.

All that seemingly dormant time is often a bit like a month of quiet meditation, and ideas and projects seem to pop up, almost perfectly formed, apparently out of nowhere.

Nearly every year, after the frustration of August, I’ve seen this in myself in September.

This year, I’m helping things along a bit!

We’re planning some really exciting events here at Spiritus in September, October and beyond.

The first change, to the format of our newsletter, starts this week -and there’s lots more to come!

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Mike Schwager of http://www.enrichment.com has a fascinating post on the Huffington Post blog, entitled “Can Communications Serve the Human Heart”.

Interesting reading!

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I’m delighted and honoured to be today’s Guest Blogger on Tony Eldridge’s exceptionally informative blog  “Marketing Tips for Authors”.

This is the link to my post – -all about enrolling people to help in a book launch (as well as partnering with your Spiritus colleagues, of course!)

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But now it is here…!

Monday, February 22nd sees the first Webinar – Starting and Writing your book.

Tuesday is Pre-publication marketing “Musts”

Wednesday is Preparing for publication

Thursday is about Your Book Launch

Friday is about Benefitting from the success of your book.

Lynn has brought together 18 professionals from all parts of the industry – and there will be a chance to ask questions during each session.

Full details are at http://spiritauthors.com/pages/grand-opening.html

Calls are at 8pm – 9.30 pm UK time, 4pm-5.30pm Eastern (US) and recordings will be available for any calls you miss.

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Public Relations  – the spiritual marketing perspective

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This was something very new – but then again, this was a groundbreaking book.

Despite its title, only a very few pages are actually about the process of marketing.

The majority of it is about the 5 spiritual rules to having anything you want – not just attracting the clients and customers you want.

So he talks about:

Knowing what you don’t want.
Selecting what you do want.
Clearing all negative and limiting beliefs
Feeling what it would be like to have, do and be what you want
Letting go, acting on our intuitive implses and allowing the results to manifest – either exactly as you have imagined them, or in some better way.

When he does talk about marketing specifically, he gives examples of the power of all the steps in creating the perfect marketing materials which “speak to” the clients and customers who are right for your business.

And at Spiritus -the Spiritual Marketing Directory we have created a business directory which gives members the structure to really “speak to” the clients and customers they want to attract.

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Spiritus gives you a place to do that in a particular way, but most of us connect with our customers and prospective customers through a number of channels, many of which include the spoken word.

This Business Information call is more interactive than most, and in it you will learn, in a structured way, specific tools and strategies to help your spoken words connect with your listener in the way that you intend.

Our expert is Alex Lewczuk (see below for why you should learn from him!)

He will show you how to write a script for your radio programme, website audio, You-tube video – or even your telephone answering message – and then to deliver it in a way that makes it sound natural and engaging.

He will be going through a series of exercises with listeners on the call, and for one of these you will need to print off the Spiritus Newsletter of Monday, January 4th and have it with you as you take part in the call.

This call is part of the teleprogramme which he will be selling later in the year, but is free to Spiritus members and friends.

Call details:

Wednesday January 6th 2010

9pm UK/4pm Eastern (US), 1pm Pacific (US), 7am Thursday (Australia).

Dial 712 421 8894 (preceded by access code for US if outside United States) Call code 774748#

Alex asks you to print off the Spiritus Newsletter of Monday January 4th (which is available online here) and in particular to have these words written on a piece of paper:

“The incomparable incredible unbeatable cigar.”

Feel free to invite visitors to this call if you wish; the call will be recorded and placed in the Spiritus library.

This is what Alex says about the call:

From Page to Stage
A ten-point guide to better presentations including

How to make the most of your most important instrument
How to make your worries work for you
How to bring to life the core values of your writing

Produced and presented in bite-sized nuggets by
Alex Anthony-Lewczuk
Programme leader for the Contemporary Culture & Communications Programme & MA in Community Radio at the University of Lincoln.
Managing Editor of http://www.southsidebroadcasting.com & founder of http://www.sirenonline.co.uk
A qualified LAMDA ( London Academy of Dramatic Arts ) tutor
Over 25 years broadcasting & Acting experience with students of all ages.

I couldn’t let that go, could I?!

So this is what I wrote. I’d love to hear what you think!

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I set up Spiritus – the Spiritual Marketing Directory as a business directory where people can experience the philosophy of those who run a business before starting the business relationship.

My own definition of Spiritual Marketing is that all aspects of how a business presents itself accurately reflect the core values of those who run it.

For some businesses a core value will be quality and integrity (of product and/or service).

For another a core value is to offer the best possible “value for money”.

For another it will be to offer the lowest possible price.

For yet another a core value will the widest possible choice of goods or services.

For some businesses, a core value is to create shareholder value.

For others, to be a company that employs the most able people and rewards them with the highest remuneration.

Customers will be attracted to different businesses because their values match.

And what a customer is looking for may change when looking for, say. a personal coach from when  looking for a lawyer to fight a personal injury claim.

The important thing about Spiritual Marketing is that all the marketing (and customer-facing) communications accurately reflect those values.

When they do not, the customer expects one thing and gets another, which creates disappointed, even angry, customers.

For instance, many banks have marketed themselves as a safe place for customers’ deposits. It turns out that the most important value for many banks has been the financial rewards of its staff.

Some businesses present excellent  service as a core value, but in reality are under-resourced to deliver what is promised.

Some businesses offer high quality, but in reality are packaging mediocre products in expensive wrappings.

Some offer personal service by named staff, but the actual work is passed on to others once the contract is won.

There will always be people looking for a product/service delivered by a business no matter what its core values.

For me, Marketing from Spirit, or Spiritual Marketing, is faithfully presenting those values so the business attracts its perfect customers and customers are attracted to the perfect solution for their needs.

Charly has learnt Affiliate Marketing by doing it, and making money! She now continues to hone her skills, but also teaches others (including her teenage children) how to make a little, or a lot of money.

On this call, I find out how Charly herself got started, and she explains the first steps to take.

She shows how simple the “tecchie” side of Affiliate Marketing can be, and emphasises the importance to success of being authentic at all times – truly embracing the concept of Spiritual Marketing!

A recording of the call is available to members in the Spiritus members’ forum, and Charly can be contacted via her website Ask Charly Leetham.

She has also written a free report on Capturing leads, which you can access here.

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