Issue # 71
CIRCULATION: 4,105 (and growing!)
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CONTENTS
- Spirited Woman Quote
- Editor's Spirited Message
- Sponsor of the Month - Travel Indochina
- Nancy's Inner Circle
- Spirited Woman Q & A - Tabby Biddle
- Listing Board
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SPIRITED WOMAN QUOTE
"Spring is here. The clocks leap forward and so do you!" - Nancy Mills
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EDITOR'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the world of SPIRITED WOMANHOOD.
I am so very excited. Things are hopping around here! As promised I'm expanding some things in Spirited Woman Land.
As many of you know, I've made the leap into the mentoring/teacher role. In January, I began my first "Nancy's Inner Circle." It has been an enormous success.
Now, I am launching my second circle, so with my knowledge and your wisdom, I can work with more of you individually and in a group, so that we can all live life more fully.
An international mentoring program, Nancy's Inner Circle is all about taking "creative out of the box marketing leaps to get more exposure for who you are and what you do." The 2nd circle starts in April. There's limited space for 10 special women.
As always, I would like to thank you for your support, comments, enthusiasm, and friendship. For those of you new to the newsletter, I'd also like to welcome you to our growing numbers. YOU inspire me, always. Enjoy the newsletter!
Nancy Mills
Founder Spirited Woman
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NEW! SPONSOR OF THE MONTH
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You too, can sponsor a newsletter. It's a great opportunity to reach 1000's of spirited women and grow your brand/business. Contact Nancy Mills at 888-428-1234.
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NANCY'S INNER CIRCLE
Are you thinking NOW (more than ever before) is the time to start thinking and acting "creatively out-of-the-box?" Yes, I hear you. Loud & clear.
Are you eager to be motivated to change in a supportive space? Have someone believe in you? Co-create with like-minded women? Move yourself forward with touchstones around you? That is what Nancy's Inner Circle is all about.
What many of you don't know is that I have an extensive marketing background. For years I ran a PR agency in Beverly Hills, wrote 100's of articles, created Spirited Woman, and currently consult many people in the social media realm. My specialty as you might have guessed is "thinking out of the box" from a marketing/community PR perspective. Hello - spirited women!
I feel now more than ever it is time to work with women co-creators, women who are passionate about what they do. Mentor them. Give back. Lead us all on a new adventure of change.
So what is Nancy's Inner Circle? A group of 10 specially selected women, who I will work with individually via phone - 1 hour a month on "thinking outside the marketing box," by utilizing my knowledge and your creativity to move you forward. Also, there will be a monthly inner circle group call (if you can't make it, it will be recorded). I'll send marketing e-mails, give free newsletter ads as bonuses, and I offer my personal commitment to help you network with other members.
The second circle begins in April. I guarantee you this affordable program will help you take a BIG LEAP in your future and be one of the best investments you ever made.
To find out more about Nancy's Inner Circle and my "out of the box marketing tips," please join me for my:
FREE TELESEMINAR
"Creative Ways to Think Outside the Marketing Box: To Get More Exposure & Visibility For Who You Are & What You Do. Yes!"
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 5-6:00pm Pacific Time (7pm Central) (8pm Eastern)
REGISTER NOW. We expect call to fill-up.
Join other passionate spirited women. Feel the synergy.
You'll learn on the call:
- My top 5 insider secrets on creative marketing
- Marketing passionately versus not
- Why if you snooze creatively, you lose financially
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Why it is so important to creatively think outside of the box to
survive (emotionally, financially) & why traditional marketing no
longer works
- The importance of aligning yourself with co-creators (think: people, companies, sponsors)
- How women are on the cusp of change & destined to change the world
Testimonials for Nancy
"Just using two of your simple, but creative ideas has netted me $2000 in sales in less than two months. Plus, the Inner Circle women I've had a chance to connect with so far are absolutely awesome: interesting, talented and giving. Great energy. Thank you so much for creating this opportunity---and we are just getting started!" - Shelly Lieber, Author/Creator of 4Ps to Publishing Success™ http://ShelleyLieber.com.
"Nancy
Mills is the queen of marketing outside the box. I am blessed to be a
part of her inner circle. I am truly amazed at how fabulous she is.
Joining her group has been a tremendous asset to my business and my
life. She gives such an incredible value for the money. Her ideas,
knowledge and expertise are truly priceless. Nancy is the Queen."
- Stacey Joiner, You Deserve The Royal Treatment, www.StaceyJoiner.com
For those of you who can't make the call or would like to reach me privately about Nancy's Inner Circle, please call me at 805-698-3555 or e-mail me at: nancymills@thespiritedwoman.com
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SPIRITED WOMAN Q & A
TABBY BIDDLE
Tabby Biddle is great. I know - what a way to start an interview, but she is. A former yoga teacher (both certified and a Phoenix Rising yoga therapist), she stopped teaching last year to devote full time to her rapidly expanding business, Lotus Blossom Style, a yoga lifestyle company.
I've had the pleasure of knowing Tabby for awhile now, and one wild weekend we worked together selling her company's fabulous eco-friendly t-shirts at the Ecogift Festival in Santa Monica. I mean who would have thought we would have bonded over bamboo t-shirts?
Born in Philadelphia, educated on the East Coast, Tabby, age 38, eventually went on to earn a Masters in Education, became certified as a teacher of English as a Second Language from Cambridge, received a Creative Writing Certificate from Georgetown University, and graduated from the National Outdoor Leadership School and Outward Bound. Wow.
In between all this, she has traveled to such places as Nepal, India, Tibet, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, England, Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and she spent ten summers leading outdoor adventure trips in northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Another wow.
Currently a resident of California, Tabby who recently got married in India, runs her business from her home in Santa Monica. As she says, "On August 1, 2007, I conceived Lotus Blossom Style and began working on it right away. I wrote my business plan in two afternoons at the Santa Monica Public Library (as thorough as I knew how to get it at the time). I launched the website and sales three months later in November, 2007."
Now, over 20 stores carry her t-shirts, and she has a
growing on-line business for her products as well. Founder and CEO
Tabby Biddle has quite a story to tell. And...roll the drums...she is
also moving in the direction of becoming a media queen. Go Tabby. I
invite you to read her inspiring interview.
Q. Tabby, what is a yoga lifestyle company?
A.
A yoga lifestyle company is a company that supports living a yoga
lifestyle. To me, a yoga lifestyle means having a commitment to
personal growth alongside a willingness to evolve and change and serve
others in that process. A yoga lifestyle encourages healthy living --
physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Q. What are the types of products that Lotus Blossom Style carries?
A.
Lotus
Blossom Style carries Goddess Tees for women, Live Your Truth Tees for
women, Live Your Truth Tees for men, Organic Love Onesies and Tees for
babies and children.
Q. Are you the designer? If so, how do you come up with your designs and then transfer them to the t-shirts?
A.
I am the main designer. I collaborate with a local artist and friend,
Lindsay Frame, to create the artwork for the tees. I give Lindsay my
vision and sense feeling of the design, she meditates with this
information and then gets her own vision which always seems to be very
in sync with mine. She draws the image and shows it to me, I give her
feedback, she revises and we go back and forth a few times until the
image feels just right to both of us. As for the shirts themselves, I
have designed the bamboo inside/out stitch long sleeve tee and because
of the minimum order requirements on your own designs, I have picked
out blanks from other manufacturers.
Q. Your t-shirts are eco-friendly. What does that mean? And why do you feel it is so important to "go green", particularly now?
A.
Eco-friendly means friendly to the earth. It means taking care of our
earth the best we can. I created the company as an eco-friendly company
because I couldn’t imagine making clothing that was adding to the
already high level of pollution and sweatshop scenario. Eco-friendly is
not perfect. It does not mean no toxins or pollutants whatsoever, but
is does mean fewer and it is a step in the right direction for clothing
manufacturers. I thought that as more and more of us started small
companies that were green, we would have an influence on consumers and
eventually influence bigger companies to go green. Consumers have shown
that they want to buy green and this has indeed influenced the bigger
companies. It actually happened a lot faster than I thought it would.
It is so important to go green in any way we can because we cannot
survive polluting at the high level we have been. Everyone needs to
make a change even in a small way and buying clothing that is made with
fewer pollutants as part of the growing and manufacturing process is a
step in that direction.
Q. I know your company primarily
carries women's t-shirts to connect them to the divine feminine energy
- so when, how, and why did you start carrying a men's and kid's line?
A.
I
started the company for women and children. I wanted women to be
empowered by recognizing the divine power of the feminine and wanted
children to be surrounded by messages of love and blossoming into their
potential. When I was creating the company I was in a Ladies Who
Launch “incubator.” The women there felt strongly that I should not
cut out men from my clothing line and that they needed to be included
in some way. I resisted. Finally I caved thinking that perhaps they
were right – that I needed to open up to the divine balance between
feminine and masculine. This served me personally, but it has not
served the company. Selling men’s clothing has been an uphill struggle
and one that I have finally let go of. I still have inventory, but have
taken the men’s clothing off of my website and trust that the clothing
will find it’s right home when the time is right.
Q. How would you like to see your company expanding?
A.
I am at a transition point of finally acknowledging and accepting that
my dream is not to be a famous clothier, but rather being a woman who
is famous for empowering others to tell their stories and live their
truth. Lotus Blossom Style was created for this exact purpose, but
somehow I get caught up in the business aspect of it and lost site of
its deeper purpose. Right now I am transitioning back to its deeper
purpose and am leaning toward having myself, Tabby Biddle, as my brand
and Lotus Blossom Style as one of the products that I offer as a
transformational tool for women.
Q. You write the popular "The Goddess Diaries" blog. How does that fit into your company model?
A.
I started the Goddess Diaries blog to initiate what I wanted to create
for other women. It is my passion and purpose to inspire women to tell
their stories and share our lives with one another so that we can
understand each other and not live in fear or shame or isolation and
can work together as a loving, compassionate team. I thought that if I
wrote down my truth, others would be inspired to do the same. This fits
into my newly developing company model with myself as the brand name.
Once I started blogging for own my company, I was picked up by The Huffington Post,
Intent.com, Yogamates.com, and Gaiam. Now I am writing a book. My new
company model is unfolding and it looks like media will be a big part
of it.
Q. What are your goals for Lotus Blossom Style? Personally (I understand you are writing a book?)
A.
As I mentioned earlier, through the process of creating and building
Lotus Blossom Style, I have discovered that my passion is not to be a
clothier, but my passion at its core is to empower women. Creating
Lotus Blossom Style to offer shirts that celebrate feminine power and
wisdom was one step in that direction and certainly empowered me to
become a businesswoman and use my voice in a bigger way.
Now I
am onto the next step which is creating a brand around myself. I am in
this process right now. What I know is that I am here to inspire and
help other women tell their stories. My life has been about personal
growth and transformation and I want to offer safety, community and
support for other women to go through their processes and share their
stories with the world. One step in that direction for inspiring many
women is the book that I am writing right now – which centers on taking
a leap, trusting the process and living one’s truth.
Q. Tabby, why do you feel that you are a Spirited Woman?
A. I am a Spirited Women because I live my passions and dreams. I never let myself fall into a place of doldrum and despair. I have been close, but I am a true believer in Life and that we truly can live our dreams. I have mountain climbed in the Himalayas, white water rafted class five rapids, gone after and received the jobs that I desired, taken care of young children, taught yoga for healing and empowerment to adults and children, traveled all over the world, found and married the man of my dreams, starred on stages in New York and Los Angeles to live out my childhood dream as a singer, lived in an Indian ashram, sat in silence for 10 days at a time in meditation on several occasions, met and studied with the Dalai Lama, fell in love with a Tibetan, lived out many romances that my heart desired, and more often than not – take the leap!
THANK YOU TABBY FOR BEING A TRUE BELIEVER IN YOUR DREAMS.
Tabby welcomes you visiting (and shopping at): www.lotusblossomstyle.com or you can E-mail her at tabby@lotusblossomstyle.com
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Visit: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_store/.
P.S. We're looking for new colorful lifestyle products for our store. Got any ideas, suggestions, products? Contact Nancy Mills@thespiritedwoman.com or call her at 888-428-1234.
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SPIRITED WOMAN MEDIA COVERAGE
SPIRITED WOMAN IN THE NEWS! To read current articles and listen to interviews please visit our press page at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/press/.
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THANKS FOR YOUR SPIRIT! SPIRITED WOMEN! AND YOUR SUPPORT!
Nancy Mills
SPIRITED WOMAN
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