I have been following Marie Forleo‘s blog for a long time.
I started watching her after my friend Mariah went to her b-school and came back with all of these stories about how awesome and amazing and great she was.
As with everything that everyone loves I have been skeptical.
I am always skeptical.
You found the best product in the world? The cure for world peace? Pshaw. Yeah. Sure.
In fact, most of the time I don’t even TRY whatever they are telling me is amazing and wonderful. I just assume it will be terrible and don’t even need to try it because everyone loves terrible things and it can’t possibly work how they say it will work.
The other night I got an email about a new program that Marie Forleo was launching and a link to some videos she had created about her business. I then stayed up until mid-night watching all of the videos because we all have hobbies and watching videos about business is mine.
In true entrepreneur fashion, I spent this morning trying to use Facebook to crowdsource creative ideas on how I could raise $2,000 to take the online program she just launched. I am a big believer in investing in education. I am such a big believer in this that I very recently invested $55,000 in a Philosophy degree. Do you know how useful my in-depth knowledge of The Cave is? Very.
My Facebook friends had awesome terrible strange plenty of ideas.
The winning one was selling stuff on e-bay which made me think about the fact that I could totally SELL STUFF online. Except, noone wants my stuff because few things in this house have both survived Aiden’s sticky hands AND his curiosity.
So I decided to turn my blog into my own personal ebay and sell my mind which has somehow survived Aiden’s sticky hands.
What can you buy?
An Hour-long Private Brainstorm-$250
I am offering five people the chance to pick my brain for a one hour phone or skype session.
We can talk about how to take your offline business online, we can talk about how to start a blog, we talk about how you can make money blogging ,we can talk about how to create a media kit, or how to pitch national media, or land a book agent. Or whatever your heart desires. My brain is yours for one hour.
But Cassie, why would I spend $250 for an hour of your brain power? Because I know that if you spend an hour on the phone with me you will leave with at least one idea that can generate $500 in profit. See? It’s like I am giving you $250 to talk to me.
As an added bonus, you will receive a copy of the e-book “Tall Order! Seven Master Strategies to Organize Your Life and Double Your Success In Half the Time.” a book from my brilliant and successful coach Honoree.
Pay-What-You-Can-Hour-long Live Q&A:
I am hosting an hour-long live Q&A next Thursday, May 17th from 6:00-7:00 central time. You can ask me questions about blogging, business, social media and anything else that you would like my insight on. You can donate any amount from $20 to $20,000 to join. I will send you information to access the live session once you register.
On top of that, I will be sharing my whole b-school journey in my brand spankin new newsletter.
What happens if I raise more than $2,000?
I will donate anything I raise over $2,000 to Hope Runs, a non-profit NGO working in Kenya and Tanzania, using athletics, education, and social entrepreneurship to empower AIDS orphans.
Questions?
There is lots of stuff happening.
So much stuff that this blog post is going to be a list of things I want you to know right now.
There will be no lengthy prose.
There will be no dramatically crafted words.
There might not even be beautiful pictures.
Just a list.
Here is goes.
If you are in the Chicago area, I will be speaking here. I will be talking about Facebook and how it changes your identity. I will be gettin all Philosophical up in this joint. Come see me?
If you are in the Quad City area, I will be speaking here. I am talking about Social Media for Small Business…well kind of. I love speaking at local events and I am especially excited to be part of this one.
Many of you aren’t in the Chicago or Quad City area and I thought you might be a little sad you can’t hear me speak as well. SO, Jessica and I are hosting a live e-course on the business of blogging. The first half will teach you everything you need to know about working with brands. The second half will be a hands on workshop in which you will create a full sponsorship deck. You can sign up here and learn more about it here.
I wrote a whole bunch of stuff over at She Posts last week.
I talked about an amazing project that one of my favorite friends just launched. If you are looking for a Mother’s Day idea, here is is. I also wrote about the Digital Family Summit, the first blogging conference for teens and tweens. Fun, right?
I am going to LA this weekend to hang out with Jessica and attend the Lucky Fabb conference.
I am also renting a car for the first time ever.
Big steps my friends, big steps.
Go check out the most adorable pregnant friend of mine you’ve ever seen and her new site.
And then read this.
What have you been up to?
