Sunday, March 27, 2011

99 Things You Wish You Knew Before...Stressing Out!


Lauren E. Miller, Google’s #1 Stress Relief Expert, is now a 99 author as well.



Lauren has received national recognition in Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, CNBC, Lifetime and Discovery along with the International Journal of Healing and Care.

With 10 years of proven experience and 18 years of intensive, extended education in the areas of anxiety relief and stress reduction, Lauren works with men and women worldwide empowering them with techniques and skills to live life without stress using one on one coaching, teleseminars, seminars, and workshops.

As an international speaker, Lauren has shared the stage with some of today’s most inspirational speakers. Her third book: Release the Stress around Breast Cancer... with Methods and Mantras for the Mastectomies of Life, was released in October 2011, and was written during her own journey through stage three breast cancer. The first book in the series is entitled: Release the Stress...5 Minutes to Stress Relief around the Craze of Life at Work and at Home. Her first book - Hearing His Whisper...a Journey through Cancer and Divorce - is an Amazon Best Seller and Indie Book Award Winner.

Lauren is currently working on the screenplay for her story, a dramedy (drama/comedy). Find out more about her personal journey on Lifetime's The Balancing Act at http://thebalancingact.com/story/?id=2412.

Her fourth book will be released in spring, 2011 and is entitled: 99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Stressing Out!

For more information, please visit her website at www.laurenemiller.com.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before...Starting their own business



Erica Diamond, Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Author, Blogger, Weekly Radio Show Correspondent and Mentor has joined the 99 Series with her new book - 99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before...Starting their own business.

With over 20 years sales experience, and 15 years marketing experience, Erica Diamond is a born entrepreneur. Using a small savings from her first job as a Marketing Manager at a large corporation, Erica built her Promotional Products Company, Unique Corporate Gifts from scratch in 1999 at 24 years old.

After enjoying seven years of great financial success with her Company, Erica sold her business in 2006 to Canada’s Largest Bag Retail Chain. Her business journey along the way has awarded her a ProMontreal Young Entrepreneur Award, Top 30 under 30 Entrepreneur Award, Top 40 under 40 Entrepreneur Award nomination, among numerous others, and finally, The Profit Hot 50 Award – One of Canada’s 50 Emerging Growth Companies. She was the only female CEO on this list. Erica has also been featured on the cover of the Business section of multiple newspapers, amongst other publications and TV appearances.

Fast forward to September 2009, the birth of WomenOnTheFence.com (now syndicated to over 2 million readers a month). This is the Blog that Erica was only dreaming of creating, and is now finally a reality. Women come from around the world by the thousands for a daily dose of hope, inspiration and laughter about all the “on the fence” issues women face today. If you’re single, married, a mom, a MomPreneur, a woman, you’ll love the captivating blog posts written by Erica and her incredible Guest Bloggers. Ranging from light to thought-provoking, Erica’s goal is to leave you feeling inspired, educated, enlightened and entertained.

Erica was recently named to the coveted list of THE TOP 20 WOMEN IN CANADA 2010.

Beside her successful Blog, Erica gives Sales and Marketing Conferences for Entrepreneurs and young businesses, speaks publicly, and mentors other entrepreneurs. Erica was the headlined speaker at the 2010 National Women’s Show. She will be speaking at Tory Johnson’s Spark & Hustle Conference in 2011, and a panelist in The Women In Leadership Series in 2011 amongst many others. Erica Diamond is a Brand Ambassador for ABC’s The View to represent the Mom community, and was named The Top 25 Best Twitter Feeds for Women 2010, 50 Best Blogs by Women 2010, 21 Amazing Women Entrepreneurs 2010 and was nominated as a Role Model & Mentor for Women & Girls.

Erica has written three children’s books and co-wrote a television show. She is a board member of her son’s school and a serial volunteer, whose ongoing work with various charities never tires her. Erica loves everything women, mom, business and entrepreneurship related. She is also a die hard music lover.

Erica is the author of the new release, The 99 Things Women Wish They Knew… Before Starting Their Own Business. Her book is part of the first-ever women’s self-help series, The 99 Series and has been endorsed by incredible names such as Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York and Brooke Burke, C0-CEO of ModernMom.com and Co-Host of Dancing With The Stars and more.

Don't start your new business without first reading 99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before....Starting their own business.

Wishing you a blessed and successful day!

Jody Ortiz

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

99 Things Women Wish They Knew before Dating after 40, 50, and YES, 60!

Have you passed the age of 30-something?

Have you given up on dating?

Do you think that all of the good ones are either gay or taken?

Ladies, don't lose hope. Romance is in your future and dating experts - Rosalind Sedacca, CCT and Amy Sherman, LMHC - share their secrets for finding love and romance at any age.



About the Book:

Are you tired of getting into relationships that go nowhere? Fed-up with making poor choices–or wasting time on partners who don’t share your ‘path’? Then 99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before Dating After 40, 50 & Yes, 60! by Rosalind Sedacca, CCT and Amy Sherman, LMHC, is the book for you. Dating at midlife has its own special challenges. To succeed, it’s important to be realistic about what you can and cannot expect from a romantic, long-term relationship. It’s time to stop being an observer, watching and waiting while life goes on without you. Become part of the action. Create your best life. This book will empower you to avoid the pitfalls and mistakes many women face and show you how to step outside your comfort zone into a place of insight, awareness and conscious decision-making. You can have the relationship you desire and deserve. Don’t let it pass you by!

About Rosalind Sedacca:

Rosalind Sedacca, CCT, is the co-author of 99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before Dating After 40, 50 & Yes, 60! This book is a quick and easy read filled with insights, advice and tips women need to know before dating or entering into a romantic relationship. The book is available in print and digital formats online at 99-series.com, www.womendatingafter40.com, Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

Rosalind is a Certified Corporate Trainer, an award-winning national speaker and workshop facilitator. In addition, she is an award-winning copywriter and marketing consultant who works with businesses both large and small - including authors, coaches and entrepreneurs - in defining their positioning platform so they can target their passion toward maximizing their business success!

Rosalind is also recognized as The Voice of Child-Centered Divorce. She is creator of the Child-Centered Divorce Network and author of How Do I Tell the Kids about the Divorce? A Create-a-Storybook™ Guide to Preparing Your Children – with Love!

At www.ChildCenteredDivorce.com she provides valuable resources and services to parents coping with divorce-related issues. She is on the Board of Directors of both WE Magazine for Women and ChildSharing, Inc. Rosalind is an Expert Advisor at ParentalWisdom.com and numerous other parenting and relationship Web sites as well as a Contributing Author for Exceptional People Magazine.

Her blog posts are picked up by CBS News Eye on Parenting and other large sites. She is also the 2008 National First Place Winner of the Victorious Woman Award and a Distinguished Judge for the annual Mom’s Choice Awards.

About Amy Sherman

Amy Sherman is a licensed mental health counselor, an award-winning writer and professional seminar leader. She is the founder of the Baby Boomers' Network and the author of Distress-Free Aging: A Boomer's Guide to Creating a Fulfilled and Purposeful Life.

The Baby Boomers' Network blog (www.bummedoutboomer.com) provides tips, tools and successful strategies to help boomers overcome the challenges they face as they move through midlife. Amy is an Expert Advisor at ParentalWisdom.com, a Contributing Columnist for BasilandSpice.com and a Founding Member of BoomerAuthority.com.

Amy offers individual and group counseling to families and couples and is available for relationship coaching. She is also the 2009 First Place Winner of the Victorious Woman Award and a Contributing Author to the motivational book, Forever Young at 50+.


Learn more about these experts and their book, 99 Things Women Wish They Knew before Dating after 40, 50, and YES, 60! on the 99 Series "Women Empowerment" page and have a wonderful start to your new, romantic and fulfilling life.

Jody Ortiz
Author, Freelance Writer
www.JodyOrtiz.com

Monday, November 29, 2010

Let trees be trees, not paper—go digital with the 99 series on Cyber Monday

The 99 book series (www.99-series.com), the first of its kind to lead the way by launching in all digital formats in September 2010 received a huge boost from The New York Times last week when they featured an article on the incredible rise in popularity of digital books.

In fact, in the past year alone, digital books have gained a 190 percent increase in sales going from just 105 million in 2009 to over 304 million in 2010.

Since 1935, The Times has published best-seller lists, widely considered the industry standard and have just announced that starting early next year they will also be including best-seller lists for digital books.

“This is fantastic news!” says the 99 book series founder Helen Georgaklis, who took a gamble by launching the series digitally, “and I truly believe the 99 series will be topping The New York Times best-seller lists from the start as we have inspiring, accredited, academic, professional authors who present their material in a quick, easy-to-read format that gives practical advice on topics ranging from money, losing fat for life, marriage, dating, teen sex and child rearing, to self-esteem, retirement, financial planning, and so much more. There is literally ‘something for everyone’ in the 99 Series.”

Not only is Helen Georgaklis the founder of the series, she is also the author of 99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before…Hitting Retirement… this is a must-read for every woman over 30!

With the 99 series successful launch on The Home Shopping Network, which showcased the first 10 books in the series on the Reader Store from Sony, the 99 series is looking to lead the way in all digital formats by encouraging readers to go green and let trees be trees, not paper.

Today, and every day the 99 series offers you a bonus gifts for every purchase of a paperback book! Whether you want a digital version for your iPhone, iPad, Kindle, Nook, Sony or just a PDF to upload onto your computer, we have it! And for those who want a paperback, go to www.99-series.com, make your purchase through our website at Amazon.com and when you return to our site, you will get over 30 free bonus gifts just for your purchase!

Bundle your digital books and get a free one every time you buy 3 or more! We encourage all our readers to pick up just one book, and you’re guaranteed to become addicted!

Where else can you read 2 to 3 books in a day and get a wealth of information like ours?

The goal for the 99 series is about Making The Best You… Even Better! And what better time to start than on Cyber Monday? With the 99 series, you're not only getting the cyber buy of the year for 2010, you're also investing in your future by gaining the tools you need to create the best you for the New Year.

Visit www.99-series.com and see what everyone is talking about!

Visit http://www.99-series.com/99Series_promo2.html to preview the bounty of free gifts that are available to you as a client of the 99 series.

Have a safe and wonderful Cyber Monday!

Monday, November 15, 2010

99 Things You Wish You Knew Before...

Welcome to the 99 book series blog!

Helen Georgaklis and her team have created the 99 series of self-help books to make the best you even better!

About the 99 series:


99 Book Series - "Jet Reads"


The 99 Book Series launches a new roster of inspiring, personal, and business development books in a first-of-a-kind simple format: one-lesson-per-page.

•Written by accredited academic professional authors, the travel size books include bullet form information to enable consumers to launch directives for positive change.


•99 Things You Wish You Knew Before®... Book Series are easy to grasp pocketbooks that remove the exhausting task of navigating and reading hundreds of pages of larger books with 99 concise bullet points.


•The 99 Series has done the work for you. These books provide the best need-to-know concise and condensed travel-friendly information. Never before has learning been so easy!


•Rushed schedules and sweeping changes in global digital marketing, making quick access the order of the day, combined with the best of the need-to-know information, we have created to-the-point, easy-to-read selections.


•Presented in quick-read and an anecdote-laden format, the 99 Book Series gives practical advice on issues such as money, marriage, dating, self-esteem, retirement, financial planning, teen sex, child rearing, college and much more.


•In an effort to gain greater success, 99 Book Series mini-guides are your portable "personal coach in a pocket."

For more information, visit http://www.99-series.com/.

This blog has been created as an extension of the 99 series books to share advice and tips from the 99 Things You Wish You Knew Before...series.

Check back often for updates and announcements.