You’ve got a passion to help others – but do they know about you? In this special challenge assignment from Kelly, you’ll be stretching yourself and sharing your passion with as many around you as possible.
Stretch Yourself Audio Part One (Excerpt from Episode #305)
Stretch Yourself Audio Part Two (Excerpt from Episode #306)
Stretch Yourself Audio Part Three (Excerpt from Episode #307)
If you accept this challenge, you will:
_ Spend some time considering your goals & dreams.
_ Write a simple mission statement for your business.
_ Identify three primary points you want to make and be known for.
_ Build this mission statement and primary points into your ‘About’ page.
_ Also build them into your mailing list welcome email.
_ Write a 600 word article about point one.
_ Write a 600 word article about point two.
_ Write a 600 word article about point three.
_ Distribute these three articles to as many directories as you can.
_ Write a blog post on your own blog about point one.
_ Write a blog post on your own blog about point two.
_ Write a blog post on your own blog about point three.
_ Offer to be a guest blogger about these topics on relevant blogs.
_ Inquire about being a guest about these topics on relevant podcasts.
_ Combine your articles & blog posts into a free report to give away.
_ Record your free report as an audio to give away.
_ Create a video that expresses this information in two minutes or less.
_ Keep track of all remarks, feedback & questions received.
_ Write a ’next level’ 600 word article about point one.
_ Write a ’next level’ 600 word article about point two.
_ Write a ’next level’ 600 word article about point three.
_ Distribute these three articles to as many directories as you can.
_ Write a blog post on your own blog about point one.
_ Write a blog post on your own blog about point two.
_ Write a blog post on your own blog about point three.
_ Inquire again about being a guest about these topics on relevant podcasts.
_ Offer again to be a guest blogger about these topics on relevant blogs.
_ Create an expanded video that expresses this information in five minutes or less.
_ Combine your articles & blog posts into a report to give away—or sell!
_ Record your free report as an audio to give away—or sell!
Grab a Printable Checklist (PDF)
We’ll be talking about the {Stretch YOURSELF} challenge on WAHM Talk Radio and in our Monday Morning Breakthrough sessions over the next few weeks.
If you’re participating, please leave a comment here on this post AND come back to share your progress and results.
Who is this challenge for? Anyone with a passion to help others.
What is the point? To share who you are and what you’re passionate about with as many people as possible.
What’s the deadline? There is none. Everyone works best at their own pace. Just keep working through the list and sharing your progress.
What if I feel like I need some extra help? Join Mom Masterminds, you’ll find support and encouragement there.
What do I get if I complete the challenge? Amazing self confidence and a wider circle of influence. (And a $100 gift certificate to Mom’s Talk Biz!)
To claim your $100 gift certificate, you must post steady updates here on the blog and send a ‘mission completed’ email request to support@momstalknetwork.com with a complete rundown of your challenge accomplishments.
Kelly’s Challenge Updates: (Yeah, I’m doing it too!)
- Wrote a mission statement for ‘Become a Blog Consultant’.
- Picked my three points I want to emphasize. 4-20-10
- Finished my first article & submitted to Ezine Articles & Lady Pens. 4-21-10
- Finished my second article & submitted to Ezine Articles & Lady Pens. 4-24-10
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:14 am
Good work Nikki!
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:14 am
You're powering through Monica!
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:15 am
Great Genesis!
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:15 am
I'm so glad you've been motivated by it Nikki!
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Just wanted to let you know I got my goals and dreams down, my mission statement (needs work), my 3 main points, my about page and my welcome email message done. :) I'm tracking it all in Google docs. Here's a link if you'd like to see it: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/provbs.com/cc…;
May 4th, 2010 at 3:22 am
So far I have identified my 3 points, I have put those into my mission statement. And I have written 2 articles.
May 4th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
I can't believe that I'm going to do this, but, count me in. Now off to dream about my goals.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Okay, so I have mission on about page, I have submitted 3 articles to ezines.com and selfgrowth.com and I have scheduled 3 blog posts. Now to find a place to guest blog on…Whew!
May 6th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
I will do it.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
I finished my goals and dreams. I just want to fine tune my goals with some deadlines and so I'll do that as I get more realistic with timeframes and potential.
I also finished my mission statement. I kept if simple and easy to understand. No “Big” words to confuse anyone.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:30 am
I never updated you guys. So far I have written one article and have submitted it to ezine and go articles. I will submit it to one more place. And I received 2 comments on my article. One over at ezine and one on a friend of mine's facebook page. Whew whoooo
!!
May 11th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
http://stagedragon.com/blog/?page_id=2
needs work though – going to work in the points and mission statement today :)
May 11th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Hi Everyone! Well, I'm stretched for today ;) I think its missing something? http://www.buckeyeva.com/testimonials-2/about-b…;
May 12th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
My challenge update:
Considered my goals and dreams
Wrote a mission statement
Identified three points I want to be known for.
May 15th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Okay, after many weeks of thought and three pages of edits that only I can read, I've landed on my mission statement and three points about my business I want to emphasize. It is all reflected in my about page here: http://www.smallbusinessstudy.com/about/
May 15th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Thanks for the update Mary! Way to go!
May 15th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Great! Are those articles distributed now?
May 15th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Hey Michele! Welcome to the group!
May 15th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Hurray! Want to guest post on WTR?
May 15th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
You're in? Great!
May 15th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
LOL! Good to hear it!
May 15th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Great! People are learning about your passion!
May 15th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Hey there – that's a great bit of content and a wonderful story – but it's not a good fit for a VA about page. Your about page should focus in on your as a VA professional – what you do, who you serve, etc. Does that make sense?
May 15th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Hurray Lois! Now you can get to writing :)
May 15th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Hi Genesis – I'm glad I found you again, I use to follow your expat blog :) Anyhow, I clicked on your comment link above and was taken to your At Home Mom blog and have to tell you it's one useful blog for writing tips (my interests) and one woman's perspective on working at home (love your recent vacation story).
May 17th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Last week I just joined Mom Masterminds and listening to one of the first audios suggested. You talk about staying focused to prosper in a virtual business. So at this time I just wanted to share I'm not turning the challenge down but finishing the projects I started. My challenge will come.
It's really important people get to this point of recognizing when it's time to stop creating but completing tasks. Interested in hearing how everyone else does.
Collette Schultz
May 17th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
yes, yes I'd love to.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Working on 3 key points not sure what they could be for a decorating site. I wrote some didn’t think they were quite right. wrote some more but put them in about page seemed fine but now I have to write articles about them and they really aren’t something that I want to have an article on. Example: I want to be known for having how to decorating videos. But how is an article on the importance of having a how to video going to promote my site of how to decorate??
Any suggestions please.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Michele, I responded to your post at MM with some feedback :) Basically, there’s a difference between ‘what you do’ and ‘what you stand for’.
June 4th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Ok, here it is the about page with the mission statement and three points worked in.
http://stagedragon.com/about.htm
:)
June 5th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
now on to writing articles. I got my welcome email done and my about page. Yay!
June 18th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
I love that I only have to inquire about being a guest on relevant podcasts. But I WILL stretch myself.
July 20th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Ok I know I'm really late in joining in but I'm in. I have to admit this is definitely going to be a challenge that takes me outside of my comfort level and…well STRETCHES me! There's lots of things to do here but what 'scares' me the most is all the writing I'll be doing! lol
July 27th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
My goal is to start & finish this challenge in 5 months. July 27 – Dec. 27th by the end of 2010, as you shared in #2. Listening to your audios is helping me Kelly, thanks!