I’m in the midst of a small personal crisis this week.  I’m not inspired to blog and don’t have time with all the changes I’ve got to make to undo the last 5 years of work.  I’d like to hide under a blanket and cry (but that wouldn’t be very productive since I’m quite claustrophic!).

So, while I focus on fixing a mess, and taking action to get it all straightened out, I’ve invited some fabulous business women to share posts on my blog this week!  The topics will range from dogs in social media to membership sites to how to care for your opt-ins and more.  I’m excited to introduce you to these ladies and each post will start with a little intro about how I connected with them.

Begins tomorrow at 7:00am (Alaska time) and posts are scheduled for every morning this week.  If you aren’t already subscribed to the RSS feed, email delivery, or NetworkedBlogs, you might want to get connected so you don’t miss any of their great content!

You’ll also be able to access it all under “Guest Brilliance” on the navigation bar – that’s where posts by other brilliant people live on my site.

For reasons I’ll maybe go into later, I have to change the domain/tag line I’ve used for the past 5 years and can no longer use The Small Business Muse. So this means big changes!

I’ve grown pretty attached to it since I started using it while my design business was under Elemental Muse, and I’m sad to have to drop it.  Sometimes when we refuse to jump the universe has to push us a little bit to get us to move to bigger and better things.  Negativity never helps so other than allowing myself  to indulge in a few tears, I’m noting several important business lessons (yeah, I’ll share those later, too), trusting it’s for the best, and moving on.

First, I need a new tag line.  I’m not crazy about the one I put in the header and I’d love your suggestions.  Help me solve my identity crisis!  Who am I?  What do I do?

Second, I’ve had to move to a new fan page, where I’m going to be creating even more goodies.  It’s seriously boring right now but I’d so appreciate you joining me there – http://facebook.michelleshaeffer.com

In celebration of Memorial Day in the United States…

Purchase either of my $37 workshops and I’ll give you all 7 of my step-by-step self study guides free (a $47 value)!

Grab ‘em this week to get the special deal.  After we receive your order, we’ll add access to all of the guides (see them here) on your login page with 24 hours where you can download them at your convenience.
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Late last night (or was that early this morning *yawn*) The Small Business Muse went from the design on the left to the design on the right!  :)

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I’ve had a really big, very busy week! Thought I’d share it in a Monday reflection sort of post.

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Are you subscribed to my newsletter?  If not, now’s a great time to sign up!  I’ve decided to borrow an idea from the ever-brilliant Alicia Forest and do a 12 Days of Christmas giveaway for my readers.  During the month of December I’ll send out  short email each day for 12 days with a gift for you.  I’ll post notes here on the blog but the only way to get the goodies will be if you’re subscribed to my list.  Grab your spot so you don’t miss out!  Sign up in the box on the top right area of any page.
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