Debbie Ducic is JAZZED about Patti Serrano’s newest insight about what’s working for her in the online world as well as the physical world and she calls it ORGANIC MARKETING.

It’s The New Wave of Marketing your Business - The Natural Way.

If you are a small business person, you’ll LOVE learning from this GutZy Woman, which is why you won’t want to miss this FREE LIVE interview with Patti, AKA “Grandma”! (Grandma and the Geek is her latest UStream Live streaming broadcast on Sunday nights.)

It’s happening THIS WEDNESDAY, July 16th, 2008 at 7:30 PM MDT, 9:30 Eastern. You must REGISTER HERE for the details:

The GutZy Women International Mastermind Alliance Teleseminar - Webcast or “Simulcast” series started last week and will continue once a week with a different guest for the rest of the summer to enhance the visibility of what successful women are doing across the world.

These are Patti’s own words…

“In all my years of working in the surfing industry we adopted some of the same laws of nature to do business.

The ebb and flow of the tides and swells is a simple way of looking at the way you can create new business. The natural way to be out in the water surfing was to “share” or give up a wave knowing that the waves come in sets or 3 or 4 at a time. In each set there was always a bigger one than the others.

You could take the first or second wave of the set and have fun or you could share the set and wait for the “BIG ONE.” Such as it is in business today. People are sharing information on the internet through blogging and podcasting and becoming experts in their field. Through this sharing comes new business or “the big one.”

Also, organic marketing can come from the natural, back to the basic way meeting people and making friends. Meeting in smaller groups to get to know the person better helps the business relationship grow.

Many large mega churches are forming smaller groups with this theory in mind. A small business can set a goal to get out to a small event once a week and watch their business grow though this tried and true method.

Patti is a serial entrepreneur who has built more than a few successful small businesses as well as train others to follow her methods.

Come join us, Won’t you?

http://www.gutzywoman.com/PattiSerrano.html

Obviously it’s something that has to do with thin air, but what?

Take your best shot with this multiple choice quiz:

A. Spiritual gurus on a mountain summit manifesting cool things out of thin air?

B. Altitude sickness sufferers collectively test a new inhaler that works in the thin air of the mountains?

C. Experienced climbers gather to brainstorm ways to lessen the affects of thin air in order to reach the summit?

D. None of the above.

Trick question, actually, because it’s a bit of all three …

But before you continue reading the article, I would LOVE to hear YOUR first guess as to what is a Thin Air Summit? Come on, be creative! Could be fun.

In truth, The Thin Air Summit is the evolutionary outcome of an eclectic group of new media enthusiasts originally coming together to plan a “Podcamp.” But just as new technology and media morphs at the speed of light, so has the nature of this event , scheduled to happen in November 2008 in (drum roll please…) DENVER, COLORADO (Thin Air…get it?)

So what is a Podcamp? How is it different than a “New Media Conference”?A PodCamp is a usually a free “BarCamp-style” community UnConference (which just means an “unorganized conference,” shortened to the word UnConference.) for new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and ANYONE curious about new media.

A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering of people born from the desire of each to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

The first PodCamp was held September 8-10, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. They’re now being held regularly all over the world, so they’ve proven to be quite popular events.

PodCamps aren’t just about podcasting.(I know…this gets confusing, with alll these new terms, so bare with me).If you’re interested in blogging, social media, social networking, podcasting, video on the net, audio, or you’re just curious about new media and how you can use it in YOUR endeavors, you definately want get involved.

If you’re eyes glazed over when you read those terms, it’s OK, you aren’t alone. 

You just haven’t read up on some of my other articles or watched my videos yet. It’s all there in short and simple, easy to understand articles. Hey, It’s important to your future success, especially if you run a  business or compete for donation dollars.

Then when you feel a bit more confident and don’t want to sit on the sidelines any more, please join in.

When Patti Serrano invited me to join her in crashing the Denver party and after a couple of “meetups” I’ve met some very “media savvy” men and women who will become incredible resources for me, as well as those I serve.

OK, so what makes the Thin Air Summit different than a Podcamp is that it has morphed into a “real conference” as opposed to an “Unconference” (an “unplanned” conference is now been shortened to the word: Unconference).

In other words , it IS an organized event  which will include experts in their fields to give primarily EDUCATIONAL presentations divided up into 3 different tracks: text, audio and video . The individual sessions will provide practical information relevant to creating better content in that particular medium.

They’re also planning some panel discussions. The panels will bring all three tracks together and be focused on new media topics that are relevant to all - both the practical, such as monetization, and the philosophical, such as “What is New Media and Why is it Important”.

So what’s in it for GutZy Women (or Brave Men ) like you?

Many of you might experience a fear or frustration when it comes to technology and multimedia marketing. The first step to getting over it is education. The next step is taking what you have learned and implementing it.

Sometimes, we need a little handholding, mentoring, inspiration and support in actually taking the action necessary to move forward.

The Thin Air Summit will be an UNBELIEVABLY VALUABLE place to be to learn, be inspired, connect, ask for help and the price is definitely right…LIKE FREE?

If the organizers hear from you powerful women and Enlightened Men out there who believe it’s important to include a greatly diverse bunch of qualified presenters, If you DO feel that way, there just might be a good showing of well qualified women speakers on stage at the event.

So forget all those expensive, overdone conferences that make your cash vanish into Thin Air! Rise to the Summit challenge. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone even if you feel it’s going to be too “techie” for you.

Events like this are a great opportunity to network with people who can teach you, mentor you and learn from you as well. As a matter of fact, the organizers are now in the process of looking for great presenters. Maybe you’re one?

^{In the mean time, what’s  your version of what the Thin Air Summit could be? Let’s hear your ideas in the comments down below… (Let’s keep it clean, OK?)}

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:

OK all you grassroots organizers, non-profit fundraisers and do-gooders out there. This article is about the power of the internet to save a person’s life that YOU can take part in or use as a template for creating and implementing your own drives, fundraisers or movements.

If you have a list or post in a blog, then this article might even spur you on to spread the word to help the cause or if you’re the type they’re looking for, you may even decide to save a life!

This is exactly why so many of us get so JAZZED about new technology, web 2.0 and the Internet.

We talk about how we use the Internet to start and grow our businesses in order to create more freedom and abundance, which is GREAT, but with all of the crazy things going on in the world, we can use it to do great things to help man(woman)kind in our life struggles as well.

“Petey Needs a Wheelchair Van” is an Example

I previously wrote of an example of one of my fellow competitiors in the Next Internet Millionaire, who is an aide for a young man by the name of Petey. Petey has an incurable debilitating disease and in order to help him lead as normal a life as possible with the time he has left, Jason Marshall put together a giveaway campaign to raise money to buy  a wheelchair accessible van.

While they didn’t reach their goal of $15,000.00, they did raise $6,000.00, which not only puts them closer to the possibilities and may open up new opportunities, but it also helped those of us who who donated recieve some valuable information products, softwares, books, courses, etc. for much less money than we would have had to pay if we bought them at retail…Obviously you can see the WIN WIN!

By the way, you HAVE to go see the Google graphic Petey created for a contest…Those of you who can relate to handicap life will LOVE it!  

When you Ask for More than Money

Well, this new grassroots effort takes this same sort of idea to another level. This time the disease doesn’t have to be fatal and by either contributing our time, our connections or our bone morrow, we get a chance to save a life of a darling 26 year old Asian American woman and more!

Michelle Maykin dedicated herself to helping others by creating Project Michelle, an online/offline campaign focused on recruiting people to become potential bone marrow donors for others like her who  have leukemia, so this drive reaches even further. Apparently, there is a major shortage of Asians registered as potential donors, which is a problem because they are the most likely prospects for donors that match others of Asian background.
 

My point is that this campaign can be used as an incredible template for using our skills and creativity to put together grassroots movements of as many people and entities as possible to provide for the needs of others less fortunate in our communities by leveraging the capabilities of viral marketing, blogging, email marketing and the Internet.

What makes this drive unique is that its purpose is not to raise money, but bone morrow donors. Think about the logistisical challenges, especially online, which, to the more traditional thinking person, might stop them before they start in putting something like this together.

So I invite you to study how this grass roots campaign is put together and how are successfully getting the word out, gaining volunteers and how they handle the logistics of creating drives in 5 major cities, as well as dedicated centers outside of those cities, that are tied in with the National Morrow Donor Program. 

Read the rest of the article here:
 

Overcoming the Weight of the World…

In my previous post, I shared a personal story about how all the bad things happening in the world recently affected me and how after releasing all the pent up garbage I had been holding inside, I examined why it affected me so badly and what it would take to feel better.

In order to do that, I re-visited what it was I wanted to create in my personal and business life. I questioned whether what GutZy Women offers to our readers, students and partners is truly of value to them. Additionally, I asked myself and YOU if GutZy Women is actually having an impact in the mission to change perceptions about computer and internet technology being too complicated, threatening, frustrating, time consuming and/or expensive.

In the Beginning…

I know when the vision of GutZy Women came to me, it was so EXPANSIVE that I needed help figuring out where to start.

After much confusion on my part and after working with a few business building consultants, I decided to begin with the education piece. So last May, I held the grand opening of GutZy Women LLC.

The educational process began with classes I facilitated here in Pueblo and have since expanded in scope, both online and off. There are so many great educators, coaches, trainers and mentors online now, with more and more women becoming a part of that talented pool, it becomes overwhelming! How does one decide. How does a multi tasking Mom/business owner, for example, find the time? GutZy Women to the rescue!

GutZy Women’s contribution to education is now at over 100 articles, videos and audio combined. That doesn’t include all the tips, strategies, advice, learning experiences, resources and connections we have freely shared on our other websites, social networks, forums and chat rooms for seekers of marketing and income solutions.

Welcome to the Future:

Every day, more and more people are learning online, not just by reading, but by listening and watching, thanks to broadband, wireless technologies and Web 2.0 capabilities . There is still some resistance, but to be honest, with the price of gas and the lack of time, on demand online learning, without leaving home, just makes sense.

Besides the phenomenal growth of social networking, there’s instant messaging, Skype type calling , mobile texting…it just continues to expand! It soon becomes apparent that the world is at our fingertips.

GutZy Women is behind the scenes at this moment creating alliances with resources around the world for education, mentoring, networking and joint venturing.

Expanding possibilities for women and their families by leveraging communication technology is GutZy Women’s  ”Big Picture”.

Being able to connect with people who are intent on making this a better, more sustainable world and are taking positive ACTION in that direction IS what gets me JAZZED and in it’s inaugural year, GutZy Women LLC is HOT on that path.

So… Why the Discontent?

A source of my discontent, it seems, is when I came to the realization that it’s time to add on the next level.

Not that we want to leave “newbies” behind. The education piece is still very important for the EVE-olution.

We continuously scour the internet and attract like minds to flush out the great stuff (and expose the bad), but we also have to have successful ways to bring it to your attention….then convince or inspire you to overcome your own barriers to taking POSITIVE ACTION.

Additionally, I realized my own personal resistance to being totally business and internet marketing oriented in content, when my true passion lies in manifesting a world that values and supports women and includes them as valued equals in all the different facets of life.

Gathering the Feminine Energy

I see the necessity of the return of feminine energy into our world in order to keep us from self-destructing.

Because I see it that way, I sometimes come across as a feminist, a whiner or a sexist. At other times, I strike people as “Pollyanna-ish”, gullible or an unrealistic ”dreamer” because I believe in the power of love, the virtue of open mindedness, co-opetition vs competition, abundance vs scarcity, and the existence of miracles.

Regardless, I proclaim my right to deviate from a purely professional presence and humbly present the truth of who I am and what I believe as a holistic being.

You have the same right here in GutZy Womanland.

If you are comfortable with that, as well as with inspirational messages or “women talk” in the same breath as internet marketing, technology education and business development, then GutZy Women is the right place for you and NO, you don’t have to be a woman. Enlightened Men are welcome and even encouraged to join us in the EVE-olution.

(OK now, I’m getting all choked up again..Hands over your hearts. please

The GutZy Women Proclamation: Here at GutZy Women, We ARE on a level playing field.

It is provided for you by technology. It is provided for you by education.

The resources, support and understanding you need or want are here.

Other GutZy Women and Brave Men have gathered and are waiting for you.

Your ideas are BRILLIANT.

Your gifts, skills, talents and passions are anxious to contribute to the freedom and abundance you dream of and, quite frankly, deserve.

GutZy Women are anxious to illuminate them! Thrilled to bring attention to them!

Excited to help spread them out into the universe in a way that will benefit us all.

God Bless GutZy Women and Brave Men Across the World!

Now, That’s what I’m talkin’ about!

(OK…now I feel betterJ) Thanks for understanding!