Hang around here for a while and you’ll meet the most interesting women!

For example, several weeks ago, a good girlfriend invited us to dinner to meet a multi talented musician, author, poet, actress, activist born in Southern Colorado near the New Mexico border from an educated and  political Hispanic family.

Her name is well known in New Mexico circles, but not just as an entertainer. She’s not afraid to speak up and take action when her people and community need a leader to bring attention to the plight of the rural areas of Colorado and New Mexico. She has become the keeper of the language and culture of the people.

Her Name: Veronica Ortiz. In some circles she is known as “The Gypsy Nun”.

We were treated to a delicious Cuban dinner, an eclectic and fun mix of guests and a performance of delightful and beautiful songs sung in spanish, a soothing voice and a strumming guitar. It was a delightful evening, but even more engaging were the stories told by this greying woman of the world, who now sticks close to her home of  El Rito, a rural setting, which, while beautiful, is suffering from lack of water as a result of drying up wells from years of drought.

It’s a Problem. People Need Water!

And the discussion was…how is it possible that the government in this great United States of ours, one of the richest nations in the world, cannot seem to provide for the basic needs of it’s people! People Need WATER! And because this is an aging and economically depressed rural area, the people cannot afford to pay for the infrastructure needed to pipe in water. The problem is falling on deaf ears.

But rather than dwell on it, Veronica just does what she can to help her community AND she has many stories to tell of her younger days growing up on a sheep ranch in a family of 13 children. She talks with a focus on the benefits of her experiences…

as a nun in training at a Benedictine Convent…

Deciding to leave the order to travel and follow her love of music and creativity…

The consequence of that ending in divorce and separation with her children…

Winning recognition and awards as an artist, actress, as well as activist…

As a multimedia maven and as a natural communicator, I am passionate about revealing the remarkable stories of GutZy Women!

Our stories are important and for many years were hidden away from the history books, but couldn’t be stopped as women LOVE to talk and we pass stories on by  word of mouth, woman to woman and then pass the down to our children. But often they get lost, as they have in my family.

Just exactly why I LOVE this medium called the internet with all of it’s capabilities to communicate, connect, educate, archive and inspire! Won’t you join us?

Don’t forget to come back when Part 2 is unleashed! 

In the meantime, there is much to gain from the TONS of INFO at my website

AND, there is MORE to gain from Veronica’s Wisdom…

Do you ever try out new software that comes with a new computer?

If you’re like me, then you probably just stick with what you know, get the work done that you need to, and tell yourself you’ll try the new stuff when you get a chance. Do you find that “chance” very rarely shows up? Yeah, me too…

Until yesterday when I decided to try the video template software that Vaio so kindly placed within my computer.

You may have seen some of the videos I made using the “Flip” templates. I REALLY LOVE my flip, but I find the templates are pretty limiting, so when I took on the job for a friend of shooting action shots of her kids playing softball, I was on the lookout for something other than Muvee (the company that makes the software for the “Flip”).

Sometimes I use Window’s Movie Maker, but that didn’t excite me, so I actually was surprised to find a software fromVaio just sitting there and decided to try it. They have created some very cool templates, complete with special effects and music, so I got all excited and started to play.

Frustration took over when I realized that the only way I was going to get it to work right was to upload one picture at a time and recreate the movie over and over again. It took me HOURS!

Another problem I had was that the template panned the pictures so that the focus ended up being on the kids bodies rather than their heads and faces. I did then try to find just the right shots, but WHAT A PAIN!

Don’t you just hate it when these companies create software that is supposedly made for non-professionals which are easy and fast to use, but they end up being more of a hinderance than a help?

I would LOVE to hear about your experiences with video software, what works well, what’s easy and fast and FUN!

To check out more GutZy Women Videos, click here

It’s like Winning a 3 Week Shopping SPREE!

This is a heads up on the SECOND incredible “Giveaway” Event our
GutZy Women International Mastermind Alliance has teamed up for
in the last several weeks.

If you didn’t get a chance to take a look at the first one, and missed
out on the INCREDIBLE Giveaway of products and services, all I
can say is you’re NUTS for missing out!

Now you have a SECOND CHANCE! And this time, you don’t
have to buy ANYTHING at all to be able to collect.

This Friday…June 20th, 2008, The GutZy Women Alliance members…
Tracy Repchuk, Diane Corriette, Patti Serrano, Hayley Solich, Joanie
Winberg and I will be offering an array of INCREDIBLE products and
services to you and THOUSANDS of others across the world for
absolutely NO COST!

Are we NUTS too?

Actually, we’re taking part in the Wonderful Web Giveaway put on by
Janet Beckers and her Wonderful Web Women. Over 200 items are
being offered, adding up to over $10,000 in value. Just the ones being
offered by our GutZy Mastermind alone are worth close to $700.00
They’ll be available for 3 weeks and that’s it.

You can sign up here to choose as many of these gifts as you like
just by clicking on the link below. No purchase necessary!

Wonderful Web Giveaway 2008

But because there are so many gifts, we want to give you a clue as
to how to find ours…It’s actually really easy.

When you get to the giveaway pages, there is a search box. Fill in
any of our names, or the term, “GutZy Women” and it will take you
to our page. A few clicks later it’s all there for the taking.

Once you’ve collected ours, you’ve got 3 weeks to look over the
others and request as many as make sense to you.

Many of these gifts have been created especially for this event and are
donated by men and women from all walks of life.

Here are just a few of the topics covered:
* tools to help you build an Internet business or a traditional small business.
* ebooks and audios on personal and business development, including training.
* ideas and help on starting a business and keep it sustainable.
* health and lifestyle gifts on yoga, weight loss and skin care
* fun things like books and videos on music, recipes, jewelery making and
  gifts for children created by children.

This is a really great opportunity to get the tools, resources and people you’ve
been looking for to make your life just a little bit easier with NO COST!

We’re very PROUD to be a part of this event and sincerely give of ourselves
in the hope that you will be inspired to TAKE ACTION! No Excuses.

Wonderful Web Giveaway 2008

By the way… The Chet & Amanda Holmes Giveaway is still available as well and can be
accessed by going to:
http://www.ChetandAmandaHolmes.com

1.  Become an affiliate of those who are selling products on the giveaway. For example: on the Chet Holmes Giveaway, in order to get into it as a recipient of the free gifts, you must buy Chet’s book or Amanda’s CD.  So if I am an affiliate of Amazon.com and I send you to Amazon to buy, when you do so, I make a percentage of that. In the case of Wonderful Web Women, as an affiliate, if I get you to come to the giveaway and like what Janet has to offer in her Gold Membership and you join, I get a commission.  YOU can do the same.

2. Once you get new people to subscribe, you can promote your products or services for them to buy, through email campaigns and relationship building activities. 

3. After people subscribe, but before they reach your gift page, you can make them a onetime offer, but if you do this, be sure to give them the option to pass and to be able to download the free gift after they buy 

4. When you send them the Thank You page or email once they have retrieved their gift, you can offer them either the same product at a lower price or offer a brand new product. 

5. You can follow up with a series of automatic messages with valuable tips and information without actually making them an offer, but the intent to build relationships. Once they learn who you are and how great your products are, they will naturally want to buy from you. 

6. Co-promote with JV Partners in the Giveaway itself, like I did with the GutZy Women International Mastermind Alliance. Be sure to become an affiliate of theirs and send traffic their way using your affiliate link.  

7. Run a Giveaway yourself: offer dollar incentives to contributors to upgrade their positioning on the pages of the giveaway. Get them to promote the product offered for sale by you in an affiliate arrangement. Offer services like consulting or webmastering to help your contributors who don’t have the time or skills or desire to do the work themselves.  

These are just a few ideas you can use to make money while giving your product or services away. We would LOVE to hear more ideas from you if you have experienced success at using them in giveaway events!  

In the meantime, check out the Chet and Amanda Holmes Giveaway still in full swing Tracy Repchuk, Diane Corriette, Joanie Winberg, Patti Serrano, Hayley Solich and myself have some great stuff for you FREE, but you won’t believe the QUALITY of people who are taking part in this one.

Relativity Syndication CO-OP Economic Relief Package

Last October I became a Beta tester for Relativity’s syndication co-op which leverages the capabilities of Web 2.0 and social media to exponentially increase visitors  to my websites as well as blast out my content to the online world.I have been amazed by the results and have personally offered this system to those I felt had the kind of content that was top quality. And even though It was well worth the initial investment, most of the people I approached just couldn’t afford it right now.

Check out the article on my GutZy Women Website to discover what I’m talking about in detail.If you decide you want to hop aboard this fast moving train, and you qualify, please notify me once you submit your paid application.

Feel free to ask me or David questions (but please ONLY after you have read the offer and watched the video).

This syndication program so fits with GutZy Women’s mission to educate and support women (and Enlightened Men) in getting their messages out into the world and increasing their presence online! But I’m afraid the spots will fill up quicklybecause the money barrier has been removed for a short time.

This is NOT for everybody, but if your online content is GREAT, you owe it to yourself to get in!

Here’s Relativity’s RELIEF MESSAGE: