TODAY Tuesday March 15th is the big launch day of the new English translation of the bestselling book Emotional Balance: the path to inner peace and harmony by Dr Roy Martina.

I am delighted to have been the campaign manager for this book launch. The energy has been wonderful. Our networking partners have all be so helpful and we had 3000 register for our wonderful “Emotional Balance Telesummit” last week, which I had the pleasure of hosting.

As I am writing this (at 12.30pm UK time March 15, 2011), the official launch started only 4 hours ago, and already it has hit #1 in the UK in Mental and Spiritual Healing, and #5 in New Age.

Here are the latest screenshots I took:

I fully expect to see it go higher as the day progresses, and trust we will see similar rankings in the US and Canada.

Roy Martina is a holistic medical doctor with over 30 years experience helping people tap into their true selves and “cure the incurable” by understanding the connection between emotional balance and dis-ease. He is the author of over 40 books in Dutch and other languages. He has spent the last 25 years studying acupuncture and numerous holistic techniques in order to offer people a profound level of healing, and he has been tireless in his pursuit of methods that work swiftly and effectively to aid the healing process. This work has put him at the leading edge of the holistic and self-help world.

A long-time bestseller in Dutch and other languages, this new English translation of the book has just been released through Hay House Publishers, and arrived on Amazon US, UK and Canada TODAY (March15th).

You can buy the book and receive a complete library of free gifts at

http://emotionalbalance.com/book.html

Emotional Balance is the result of years of empirical research Dr Martina conducted to discover why some people heal from illness and chronic conditions while others do not, in spite of having received the best holistic medical treatments he could offer them. As he embarked on a journey to unravel the secrets of the subconscious mind and how we sabotage ourselves, he says he discovered that our unresolved emotions and conflicts in the first seven years of our lives create deeply-rooted behavioral patterns and negative beliefs that cause us to sabotage ourselves, and that these can lead to long-term patterns of rocky relationships, financial hardship and, of course, ill health.

The end product of those years of experience and research is a method Roy developed called “Emotional Balance.” Roy explains, “Emotional Balance is a technique that allows us to return to what I call the ‘Still Point’. The Still Point is that place within us where we are in our power and are no longer governed by our egos or our past.”

Roy’s work is crystallized in his book Emotional Balance: the path to inner peace and harmony. It represents a culmination of his years of research, holistic practice and teaching, and is a substantial, comprehensive manual that teaches us how to deal with our self sabotaging mechanisms and return to our still point rapidly and easily when life knocks us off balance.

You can receive over 40 free personal development gifts when you buy the book during the launch this week, including one from me: 4 audio meditations from my “Garden of the Soul” workshop.

Also, as a special gift to everyone who buys the book during the launch celebration, Dr Martina will be delivering a fr*ee 2-Day course on how to use the book (to be delivered in April over the Internet), which will include time for people to ask questions directly from Roy himself. Roy says he is doing this because he doesn’t want his book to be just another self-help book that ends up sitting on your bookshelf. He wishes everyone who buys Emotional Balance to understand how to use the tools in the book, and feel supported as they start to apply these techniques in their lives.

You can buy the book and get these gifts including
the free classes from Dr Roy Martina
TODAY Tuesday March 15th at

http://emotionalbalance.com/book.html

As Roy always says, “Be the best you can be.”

Even though the majority of my business these days involves online promotion (usually of mind-body-spirit authors), it is a rare event that I recommend products, but the other day I found one I thought was so useful and so affordable, I wanted to share it with you. I just bought a new WordPress theme today called Digi Launch Pad. It is a theme designed to do what the name says: “Launch” your products and services – books, courses, programs, whatever.

Here are just a few of the features, and the reasons why I bought it myself:

• With the EZ Editor you can point, click and type your way to a professional product launch without any of the normal headaches.
• Digi Launch Pad comes with proven, high conversion templates and a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor. So you create your content using a Microsoft Word like interface and DLP takes care of the rest.
• It also has the easiest video setup I’ve ever seen. Every single template included in Digi Launch Pad is video ready. Copy and paste the video location (you don’t even have to embed it) and click update and you’re done.
• The way you can set up a video sales page integrated with your opt in form… totally sweet.
• You can incorporate testimonials right onto the page (I LOVED that feature).
• They’ve made it so that you can completely integrate auto-responder forms into sales pages without the need to mess around with PHP or getting confused with CSS (trust me… I’ve made some blunders in CSS that have resulted in my pages vanishing, lol).
• There’s some very cool stuff for social network integration as well.

How To/Videos/Demo Have a look at the info videos Andy Fletcher (the theme’s developer) has put on that page. The first few are great for beginners, and didn’t grab my attention right away, but the later features are what sold me on it altogether. I am going to use it for my new book blog at http://The7GracesOfMarketing.com (which I will be setting up by Christmas).

• Installation – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1356
• Setting homepage – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1401
• Basic Colour Config – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1405
• Custom header/footer – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1408
• Basic Page Editing – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1418
• Adding social functionality – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1436
• Add a video – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1439
• Creating a squeeze page – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-27_1445
• Creating menus – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-28_1608Adding testimonials – TechSmith | Screencast.com, online video sharing, 2010-10-28_1610

There are a lot more features and, in my opinion, if you’re fishing around for a WordPress theme for a new book blogsite, I don’t think you’ll find one that is easier to use or more suitable for creating sales pages, short of making all the pages yourself with Dreamweaver or other html editors. Ok… now here’s the thing that REALLY sold me on getting it right away. It is currently on sale (but only until the end of November) for 50% off the public price of $97 –  making it just $47.

Here’s the link to the special $27 discount (yes, it is my affiliate link), which is valid only through the end of November:

http://spiritauthors.com/pages/recommended/digi-launch-pad-theme-for-wordpress-70percent-off.html

At the end of the month, the price goes back up to $97, which, in my experience, is in the price range for most decent premium WordPress themes.

Just so you know, this isn’t a “fake” special where you’re told you’re getting a great deal but no one is actually paying the public price. I know because I am an affiliate of the product for the FULL price too. I also spoke directly on Skype to Andy who created the theme (hey, he lives in Surrey… my old stomping ground).

Frankly, for the $47 price tag, even if you only use it for a single campaign (and I don’t think that will be the case), I cannot see how you wouldn’t get many times your return on investment. Just about all decent themes cost about $100 these days, and they aren’t necessarily geared to sale page creation.

AND…

I probably shouldn’t say this, but if any of you have been thinking about buying that other recently hyped-up program that begins with “K” (I won’t mention the name) at a whopping $99 a month (!) I recommend holding off for a while and buy this theme to see if it doesn’t help you get started with making great sales pages. I know the “K” product offers a lot more than just sales pages, but if you’re just getting going in your WordPress blog or your online business, this could help you make some sales so you can AFFORD the other bells and whistles product later.

To be honest, I would have bought Digi Launch Pad for the full price of $97 had it not been on sale because I think it has a lot of features I will use over and over again, and it looks like you can create custom sales pages really fast.

And if all of that blurb isn’t enough to entice you to check it out, Andy even offers a 60-day (not 30) money back guarantee. AND he’s on Skype. You can ask him about the product yourself.

Whether you are just starting out making your first WordPress blog for business purposes or you create blogs for other people, I do recommend checking out the Digi Launch Pad theme for WordPress.

If you do, drop me a comment below to let me know what you think.

BTW: if you miss the sale price, you might consider buying the product at the regular price and then becoming an affiliate. I’ve already sold several copies and more than made back my investment. Sometimes something is worth what you pay for it.

About Lynn Serafinn, Creator of Spirit Authors

Lynn Serafinn is a transformation coach, book promotion coach, radio host and bestselling author of the book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. She also works as a campaign manager for mind-body-spirit authors and has produced several top-10 book campaigns, including FOUR #1-sellers, in 2010 alone. She created Spirit Authors to offer training, coaching, business-building and inspiration for mind-body-spirit authors, whether established or aspiring. Contact Lynn about YOUR book project at at http://spiritauthors.com/contact.

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Author Maria Gamb proposes some answers in her new Book Healing the Corporate World, coming to Amazon Tues Oct 12th, 2010.

It’s staggering to think about it.

The American Institute of Stress calls stress “American’s #1 Health Problem.” They estimate “75 – 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems” and that “Job Stress is far and away the leading source of stress for adults.” The New York Times quoted Steven L. Sauter (Chief of the Organizational Science and Human Factors Branch of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) as saying, “workplace stress costs more than $300 billion each year in health care, missed work and stress-reduction” and “workers who report that they are stressed incur health care costs that are 46 percent higher, or an average of $600 more per person, than other employees. And in the UK, nearly half a million people expressed they felt work related stress was at a level that was making them ill in 2008, and these figures appear to be increasing rapidly every year.

But in spite of all this, to my shock, all too many sites I found during my research provide tips on how to “deal” with stress, rather than trying to change “what is.” One site even talks about being “stress hardy” to make us better able to survive what we believe we cannot change. In other words, it seems that all too many have thrown in the towel, and given into the idea that being stressed (and unhappy) at our work is simply a part of life, and that the best we can do is to learn how to cope.

But Maria Gamb, former Fortune 500 executive with over 20 years of experience in the corporate world, and author of the new book Healing the Corporate World: how value-based leadership transforms business from the inside out, has a different idea altogether.

By all accounts, Maria was experiencing a highly “successful” career for many years—at least to the naked eye. But inwardly, Maria, a highly sensitive and intuitive woman, with a great belief in the human spirit, knew something was intrinsically wrong with the way businesses were being run in our modern world. Stress wasn’t the problem; it was merely the natural symptom that arouse as a result of much deeper issues. Competition, fear, blame, feelings of helplessness, and a sense of not being “seen” had become the norm rather than the exception, especially in corporate life. And no amount of stress management would ever make stress go away until these issues were addressed—not only at a personal level, but also at a global level.

It was time to talk about how we were going to transform the business world and heal a seriously ailing system.

Understanding that real change could only come from within, with each person taking personal responsibility for his or her own thoughts and actions, Maria decided to write a book that would be a call-to-action to the business community entitled Healing the Corporate World: how value-based leadership transforms business from the inside out.

Maria wrote this book with a passion to start the ripple of change that will do exactly what the title says: HEAL the corporate world. That doesn’t just mean to rescue our culture from economic crisis, but rather to heal the people and relationships within organizations so they can become healthy, flowing systems for change and creativity that are founded upon values, innovation, personal responsibility and authentic leadership at all levels of the business structure.

And while the title suggests a focus on corporate life, the book is NOT just for CEOs, senior managers or even corporations—it is a book for anyone who works. You might be a middle-manager, or a new employee on a team. You might even be self-employed, or the owner of a small business. The principles in this book are applicable to anyone who wants to create a more human-focussed society by transforming the way we do business.

The official Amazon launch of Healing the Corporate World
starts at 12:01 AM Pacific, Tuesday October 12th.

To celebrate the release of this “inspiring and visionary book” (Ernest Chu, bestselling author of Soul Currency), when you purchase Healing the Corporate World on the day of its launch, you can receive a complete library of personal development gifts from dozens of leading authors, business professionals, speakers on the subject of business and self-improvement.

To purchase the book and claim your bonus gifts, go to
http://healingthecorporateworld.com

There you will find links to purchase the book from Amazon and instructions on how to claim your bonus gifts, including a special gift from Maria: almost 5 hours audio recordings of her 4-Day Telesummit, “Transforming Business from the Inside Out”, an uplifting and inspiring online telesummit with 9 of today’s top business and transformational authors and speakers.

When you look at all the bonus gifts, don’t worry about not having enough time to download them all. As long as you purchase the book during the launch, you’ll have access to the download page until October 31st.

I hope you’ll check out Healing the Corporate World on Tuesday October 12th, so we as a society can begin to apply these values-based principles in our work-place, and help start the process of healing for everyone.

Lynn Serafinn

Author, coach, book promotions

http://lynnserafinn.com

Allison Maslan, author of Blast off!

Author and Coach Allison Maslan Helps You ‘Blast Off’ in 2010

by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC

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These days, the market is flooded with self-help books. Unfortunately, all too many of them leave me feeling dull and lifeless, and they don’t really “help” very much. Half of the books I come across hit you over the head with “power talk” that makes you feel guilty for not being rich or for getting the occasional cold (I won’t mention names, but I have indeed tossed more than one self-help book across the room because of this!). The other half usually drown you in lofty “woo woo” language that never quite gets down to practical action. Frustrating! For a new self-help book to stand out from the crowd and become keeper in my library, it would need to be friendly, engaging, fun AND practical. In other words, it would actually have to HELP me help myself. In her new book Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan to Launch Your Dreams into Reality, author, coach and registered homeopath Allison Maslan, has achieved exactly that. Her book is a step-by-step programme to achieving some of the most challenging and important goals in life: career, relationship, health, fun/adventure, and of course financial security. In my own experience as a coach, I know that when people wish to make positive changes in their lives in any of these areas, they can frequently feel overwhelmed. I know that there are two keys to helping them get started: 1) make the challenge feel light and fun and 2) break the challenge into smaller, and not so daunting, chunks. Maslan uses both of these strategies in her book Blast Off! Her creative and colourful use of language (Daily Launch Tools, Weekly Flight Assessments, etc) and her easy break-downs of tasks and targets (Sun-up Scripts, Mini-Feats, etc) give Blast Off! a quality of lightness that helps readers believe they can and will achieve their goals and aspirations. But most importantly, Maslan keeps the reader focussed on the bigger picture: life purpose and the path of your whole life. Thus, unlike other books that might just focus on one aspect of life, like money, relationships or health, Blast Off! is a holistic handbook for creating the life you want to live. Written with a charm that immediately makes you feel at home, Allison avoids the downfalls of so many other self-help authors (no condescending “power talk”, no airy-fairy stuff). With Blast Off!, Allison Maslan has written an accessible, inviting and honest handbook, with a sweet, down-to-earth charm and practical action steps. The combination results in something that is both believable and useful. In other words, this is one self-help book that actually IS showing you how to help yourself. Blast Off!, along with the excellent organised companion Workbook, is kind of like having a life coach in a book. Certainly worth checking out to enhance your New Year’s resolutions in 2010.

Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan to Launch Your Dreams into Reality by Allison Maslan is coming to Amazon on 19 January 2010. I have joined up with over 20 other mind-body-spirit professionals to help celebrate the release of this special book. Together, we are giving away an array of very special gifts to everyone who purchases the book during its launch. To find out how you can receive these gifts, go to http://www.myblastoff.com/booklaunch.

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