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Answer: When the contents of the email has the power to delineate between before and after.

An email that shifts your thinking in such a way that you take different actions and make different choices than you ever would have if you’d never received that message, is an email that is not an email.

Emails like that are more of a catalyst. If you trust that the universe indeed sends messages that if heeded will lead you where you are meant to be, then it follows that that message could be arriving in a digital form. Those who have succeeded at the highest levels truly believe that you create your own luck, by stating unequivocally that which you desire and then working steadily towards your goal while keeping your eyes open for the opportunities that land in your path.

Often the difference between success and failure is the ability to see what is presented to you, and to take action when the time is right.

An email is being sent right this very minute, to a select group of people. People who have shown in the past that they are aware  — that they are action takers.

In this email is a link to a story. The story is about a journey.

Read it here —->>>>Entrepreneurial Spiral of Success

This is moment that everything can shift.

This is time when the roads diverge.

Entrepreneurial Spiral of Success

From offline to online to midline to every line…..

In my world, a full circle has been completed. For the past 4 months I’ve felt a sense of intense relief. I no longer spend hours creating content and social networking in order to develop income. Yet I still use those skills and tools to build the most lucrative business of my career. It’s a very cool circle of development, when explored from a bird’s eye view..

Five years ago I began as a network marketer – Old School.

Three foot rule and all that, and I did fairly well but it was a struggle. In retrospect, my lack of experience and the product category itself contributed to the struggle (but that’s a different story).

The struggle led me online and I dove into the internet, first with Mike Dillard and Magnetic Sponsoring and then into using Better Networker for community and attraction marketing. I moved into Ann Sieg’s writings and expanding my internet marketing skills using blogs and self-created lead capture pages.

I amassed quite a large network of connections, friends and even a mastermind group.

Did I make money?

Not really.

I made some. I covered my costs and brought in a small profit.

I spend 100’s and 100’s of hours creating online content and focusing on self Branding. Deborah Tutnauer, Inc.

At the time the message from Dillard, Sieg and others was to brand oneself without letting people know your primary MLM. In fact, not even letting on initially that there was an MLM lurking in the background. Everyone was coached to become the coach. Look at how Mentoring For Free developed like gang busters during that time. That was the mindset. The plan was that people would be attracted to ME, INC and my value and then want to come work with me after working their way through my funnel of affiliate and self created products. The list would grow generically and a decent number of people would move through the funnel and exit right into my network marketing company.

A whole industry developed during that time, created to teach people how to get a list. Whether it was Magnetic Sponsoring, or MLMSP, or The Renegade Network Marketer, or Klingler’s Renegade University, the philosophy spawned a sub industry who’s goal was to teach people to affiliate market their system in order to develop a list, in order to bring the list ultimately into one’s network marketing company.

In my opinion, it got out of hand. Many (most) who signed up and on made some affiliate income but did not convert most of those people into members of their down line..

In fact, in retrospect I think the value was much more in the communities that developed, than in the actual methods and products. If at the time this was all going on, specific network marketing companies had reasonably priced, excellent quality products and a SYSTEM in place to use the internet in a 21st century manner to market, there would not have been the need… (another story too…)

I loved that period of time in my own professional development, because it was hugely expansive and led to a community of connections that are now priceless. That time period led to this group. It led to knowing Mark Hoverson, Ann Sieg, Eric Walker and others, as friends and colleagues. In that way it totally “worked”.

The price?? An inordinate amount of time with a financial return not commensurate with the time.

The price?? A feeling of stress related to needing to be in front of people online, everyday, or lose traction in the online world.

So back to the circle of entrepreneurial success and life….

I am now making more money, having more fun and feeling more relaxed than I have in my business life in five years. And I’m still online..still making new connections on the internet
But it’s not this stressful feeling of needing to stay in the loop and in front of people all the time.

It is so amazing to me..
Relief is the word that keeps arising in my mind..
So much energy was spent on BRANDING
And I made many connections..but not much money
Now I’m just following the very simple Visalus system..regardless of where I meet the people..online or off..
And it’s just amazing..and simple and I don’t spend hours doing things that don’t yield an income

I have a team that is growing exponentially and duplicating, because the system is so simple. Teaching people the concept of attraction marketing was simple. But for most people, putting in the hours and riding the steep learning curve to truly develop a business with just the attraction marketing concepts, was really difficult. Most could not and did not succeed. Thus team duplication did not occur.

Since most network marketing companies did not give people the right tools either, the result was mass frustration.

I love that I don’t have to see people succumb to that anymore.

I have come full circle, as I said in the beginning of this post. I am back to including my company as part of my brand. There is no reason to hide that I’m a promoter of the Body By Vi Challenge. Not only is Visalus the fastest growing company in the industry right now (678% in 2010), but we have created a SYSTEM that is customer focused, designed for today’s economy and simple for anyone to plug into and make money.

A curious observation to share: I have three solid legs in my network marketing business. Two are much more solid than the third. Here is my crazy observation., take if for what it’s worth and comment with your thoughts. My least solid leg is comprised of people who are focusing their energies 95% on branding themselves online and leading into their Body By Vi business through the back door. My most successful legs are filled with people who are not wavering at all from the system that Visalus teaches. Even though that system includes online marketing and Facebook in particular, it is not teaching to develop a brand first before building a business and making money. The order is different and in my opinion now that I’ve come full circle, the order that they teach is much more effective and efficient and replicatable by anyone!

The sticky learning curve of pure online attraction marketing is what I now see is holding people back..
Those who are taking action in Vi are making money. Those who keep thinking about how to..are not.. especially when it comes to just relying on the internet..unless it’s peoplel who are skilled enough to be generating a lot of leads..like Melanie Milletics… and even she has stepped back from branding her ME, Inc, and is now incorporating her role as a promoter of the Challenge, into all that she does. Melanie has been my mentor and is now my upline and partner. She is by far the best female internet/network marketer that I know. Even she is following and teaching the Vi system and getting better results than when she did it the other way. She too, has come full circle!

The circle of Entrepreneurial Success..from beginning to middle to end..which is right back and the beginning with many more tools and skills. If you are still not seeing serious money from all that you have done, learned and accomplished over the last few years , feel free to contact me and we’ll talk. The lightbulb went on for me about four months ago.

Everything that happens in your life begins deep within your thoughts. Whether it’s changing a bad habit or creating a successful home business, or being a change agent to better the world…it all begins with your thoughts, your actions and your beliefs.

I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time investigating the charities that I consider giving to. In my research it has become increasingly distressing how much of my money ends up being used for administrative costs rather than ending up in the hands of the people that I most want to support.

Obviously all charities must have some type of operating budget. But there is a wide discrepancy between what percentage of every dollar given helps fund those costs versus how much is given directly to the intended recipients in the form of cash, products or services.

I have made it my business to fund organizations who give a relatively higher proportion of each dollar to the intended recipients. In many cases that means looking into more grass roots types of organizations rather than those that are bigger and more well known. This year, the decision is an easy one.

Visalus makes it very simple, because there are no hidden costs or diversions of donations. My $24 goes directly to 30 meals for hungry children. On top of that, the Visalus company matches my donation and actually provides 30 additional meals. That means 60 meals are given to children for a mere $24. That’s just a little more than 40 cents for a healthy, protein rich, balanced and delicious meal for a hungry child.

$100 given to the Visalus Community Challenge results in 240 meals for kids!! I love knowing so clearly how my money is going to be used. Not only that, I can give and trust that the nutritional shakes are being disseminated across the US.

OR

I can choose my favorite organization which serves needy children and arrange to have my donation of Visalus nutritional shakes go directly to that group. (Contact me directly to set this up for your favorite organization!)

Either way, it’s an incredible program and I know that my funds are being used to directly impact the recipients I choose with the nutrition that they need.

Won’t you help a hungry child this holiday season?

http://itsallsuccess.visalusgiving.com

This is so old fashioned that many of my internet marketing friends will probably laugh. But there is a reason why drop cards still exist and there’s a reason why many savvy marketers use them. They are easy, inexpensive and though they don’t have a high conversion rate, the people you do connect with are ones who are anxious to speak to you.

For you young ‘uns out there who don’t know about drop card, let me explain. A drop card is a card, business card sized or a bit larger. Often the cards look like million dollar bills on one side. Sometimes they are compelling in a different way, say if your ideal customer would be attracted to a particular look or color. You basically DROP THEM. On the card is an engaging question or statement and a call to action. The action is to call a number or visit a website. Personally, I like to use a phone number with an outgoing message recorded by me that is short and compelling and directs the customer to my website.

Drop card are very different than business cards. They are not what you hand to someone when you are speaking with them. They usually do not have your name on them, nor your regular business number. Drop cards are a little akin to the offline version of opt-in boxes. You DROP the cards in places where you expect your target market to be. A person finds the card. If they are intrigued by the short message, they “opt-in” by calling the number and leaving a message. The beauty of drop cards is that they take little skill do use well.

Anyone can use drop cards. When it come to meeting and greeting potential Body By Vi customers, there are many places to put drop cards. For instance: Inside library books that are focused on weight loss; or the same type of books at a book store; on the bulletin board at health food stores, or gyms; windshields of cars in the fitness center parking lot; etc…

Drop cards are inexpensive and require very little time out of your day. As I said before, the conversion factor is quite low. But if you spend one hour per week placing 100 cards, and doing so within the context of your daily travels, you might be pleasantly surprised.

It’s a real place at a real time; it’s a mindset and a plan.

For starters: It’s a REAL PLACE! Offline with real people. The first meeting is on October 16th 2010 at 10 AM. The location is in San Diego. It’s a live Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge Introduction and Weight Loss Motivation meeting. If you are in San Diego and you are tired of struggling to lose weight, then we want to meet you and help change that struggle into success! We are meeting at a central and public location in San Diego. And we will continue meeting after October 16th as well. All you have to do is call  619-796-3BBV right now, and leave a message for me after the recording beep. I’ll get right back to you with the details.

Next is mindset: Every neuron in your brain is connected with other neurons that have been trained to fire at the same time. They say that neurons that fire together, stay together. In people who are overweight because they eat more than just the right food in the right amounts, their brains have connected their hunger neurons with neurons related to all kinds of other emotions. The trick is to retrain. Mindset is not just motivation. It’s not just fortitude. It is actually re-inventing your habits so that on a neurological level, appetite and eating behavior are no longer tied up with anything that gets in the way of making healthy choices.

A plan: The plan is the how. It relates to the creation of new habits. It is far easier to end bad habits when they are being instantly replaced with new ones. Nature does not like a vacuum and thus just ending something that you have been doing for a long time, is very very difficult. But replacing it with another healthier and easy habit, is the way to go. We’ll talk about the plan and how it works for you, at the Live Meeting, or on the phone if you can’t make on the 16th..or if you live anywhere other then San Diego.

Working with me on your Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge gets you something that’s pretty hard to come by anywhere else. I’ve taken my 20 year of experience as a Licensed Psychotherapist and I offer my weight loss counseling services FREE OF CHARGE to anyone who joins the Challenge in my group. You get everything the Body By Vi Challenge has to offer PLUS twice monthly group weight loss counseling sessions for FREE! The only thing you have to lose, is the weight! Call right now and leave a message. 619-796-3BBV

I have not been “on a diet” since I was in my early 20’s. If I tell you how long ago that was, I will be severely dating myself. Regardless, as I grew in maturity, I grew to understand that nutrition and sustainable healthy eating habits are the key to the proper weight and a balanced lifestyle. A “diet” is so temporary in mindset. But a healthy nutrition mindset and plan can last a lifetime.

So, why did I then embark on the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge, just four weeks ago? The answer is that I needed a change. I needed a focus. I needed a system that allowed me to lose some excess body fat and to bring fitness and exercise back into my life, full force. The motivational aspect of the Body By Vi Challenge, intrigued me. Winning a cruise wouldn’t be so bad either.

In the past four weeks I’ve lost five pounds and almost four inches. Given that I only needed to lose seven, I am almost there on that front. The next sixty days will be spent really ramping up the weight training, now that my running is smooth and steady for thirty minutes at a time. Time to get buff!

You may be wondering where I’m going with this post and why I am sharing all this somewhat personal information with you. Here’s the answer. Read more

Have you ever noticed that ideas can percolate within your brain for long periods of time, ripening slowly until one day they become crystal clear? They begin as a vague sense that a shift is coming. Hazy plans develop in a series of action steps which move slowly towards clarity. Sometimes this process takes just a few hours. Sometimes days. Often weeks or months. In this case, a good six month have passed since the idea became clear — and it’s been years since I’ve known that the shift was coming.

Here’s a story:
Eleven years ago this month I became pregnant for the first time at 40 years old. It was a sad day in February 2000 that we lost our tiny baby, still growing in my womb. After four additional unsuccessful pregnancies we made the decision to adopt. In July 2002 my husband and I were blessed with child I’d been dreaming about for years. We held her in our arms when she was just 15 minutes old. She smiled (no it was not gas) and we knew we were the family that was meant to be.

Being the earth mother attachment parenting person that I am, I was determined to nurse my new baby. Read more

Take a minute and close your eyes.
Go back in time and be yourself at
7 or 8 years old.

What do you remember most about
your mom?

For me, memories begin with snapshots
of days at beach, or setting the table
for dinner, or family trips to Florida
when we were carried sleepily from our
beds and put to rest at 4 AM on the
soft cushions in the back of the wood
sided station wagon. (Pre-car seat days).

But deeper in those memories are the
senses. The coolness of my moms hands
on my forehead when I had a fever. The
safety of coming home after a hard day
at school and knowing she would listen.
The warm bed to crawl into after a bad
dream.

I’d like to say I remember my moms yummy
meals or delicious cookies. But my mom
was a little different than your typical early
60’s housewife. I didn’t even realize that
you could make soup without a can until I
took home-ec in 7th grade. Same with baking..
I thought you needed a box of Betty Crocker
in order to make a cake.

Moms today have a million more choices than
my mom did back when she was raising us. Even
so, she seemed to know that cooking and sewing
were not necessary to be a good mom, nor a good
wife.

“Mompreneur”
A new term, coined by mom entrepreneurs
and becoming mainstream enough that is shows
up in Google statistics. Moms who know in their
heart that they can be there for their families
and also be passionate and creative in a business
of their choosing.

Welcome to Good Day Mompreneur.
We are a group of four Mompreneurs
who have come together to expand are
passion for working at home, and share
our expertise with moms (and dads)
that work from home in a variety of
different ways.

Won’t you join us?
We’ve saved a place for you
at our table. Sit back, relax
watch some of our shows and then
share your own stories too.
http://GoodDayMompreneur.com

Not a mom? Then we invite you
to pass along our information to
a mom that you know and love.
http://GoodDayMompreneur.com

Peace and Abundance,
Deborah

This is the story of our Mothers and Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago.

Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.

The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote.

And by the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden’s blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of

‘obstructing sidewalk traffic’.
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air.

(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional
affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.

Thus unfolded the ‘Night of Terror’ on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson’s White House for the right to vote. For weeks, the
women’s only water came from an open pail.
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