Day 1 of BlogFest

I stayed up late Wednesday and couldn't sleep just of sheer excitement to see my friends, Jessica who I got to stay with, and then the fun of BlogFest.

Thursday I parked and barely made it to the FitBodies Inc "Out of the Gym and Onto the Beach" coconut workout! It was super fun and woke my tired, sore body up! We partnered up and used the coconut as a light weight, did some dance and low impact aerobics, mixed with pilates and some bodyweight exercises. They had hats, sunglasses, and chapstick, and shared their story and a great playlist.

Here is my good friend and one of my fave bloggers:

Then we started the day with this dynamite lady:

You guys, Petra actually brought tears to my eyes. What she said truly resonated with me. She inspired me and gave me confidence! I can't wait to read her new book on Self-Care coming out next month!

My notes: We are gatekeepers to happiness, not comparison.

3 strengths you know you have are:

1.Connecting and networking people

2.Music and performance (public speaking/theatre), supporting the arts

3. Love and passion for helping give a voice for women, children, the underdog.

To be remarkable will get remarked ON.

Does perfection add more joy or suck joy out of your life? (It sucks!;))

Your followers connect to your cracks not to perfection.

I don't mind or care how many likes, I want to change how one person feels.

Be passionate

Not a perfectionist.

I wanna be the best I can be but not at the expense of health and happiness.

Be the impact and your income will follow (Here I said "WOW" so loud that Petra actually heard it and commented "Was that a Wow?" and we all laughed).

What is the "-er" in your life? I should be... thinner, prettier, more reserved, more self-controlled, less emotional, all these shoulds or should'ves!

Worthiness training

Thoughts>words>actions>habits>character>Destiny

Most of us have an avg. of 70k thoughts/day

95% are the same thoughts we had yesterday

85% tend to be negative.

Magnify? Minimize? Make up? When someone pays you a compliment smile and say Thank you. Don't argue.

People focus on what you're posting.

Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle. Sell the Truth. Tell the Truth. If something (someone comments something negative) triggers you, stop and say "That's interesting." Then move on.

Share the struggle, then the highlights.

Give people permission to be human, to not have to be perfect.

Reflection vs Rumination.

Nathaniel Branden (so many good quotes).

E dging

G ratitude

O ut

Listen with our heart or are we listening to our heads?

Forget Everything and Run?

or Face Everything and Rise?

Anxiety is just excitement without Breath.

"Fear is a problem when it oversteps boundaries."

First Attempts in Learning

(I preordered her book coming out. Check it out here!)

Then we all walked from the Grand Hyatt SD to the nice Convention Center where we all heard the inspiring Robert Holden, author of "Shift Happens"

We all need a cosmic colonic: Let go of the $hi+!

Our nutrition and attitude affects our epigenetics

Follow your joy

Divine Natural Abilities

Follow your bliss

The Happiness Advantage

Liking who you are, what you do and why you do it - Maya Angelou

Grow into a Bigger You (like his son told him at age 3).

Prayer is the most powerful energy.

Next we heard from Sadie Nardini, a real Rockstar who makes six figures from writing courses online.

She has a mailing list. Asymmetric (while you sleep).

udemy.com or teachable.com

20-30min max/day

content calendar

what solution can you offer people?

Structure the course

videos and text

Needed: Daily content & sales page, marketing video

intro/outro video

shorter video for social media

How can I add value to my tribe?

Keep it Simple Sassy!

Bigger isn't better

let your inner artist lead

Consistency is key

Move fwd with Abundance

Pay what you choose

Daily OM

How to age fiercely (she doesn't look her age y'all!)

Take risks

Stop Putting it off

21 day Body positive weightloss

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From here I looked at my friends and said "No way I'm not certified, I can't teach!" and my friends said "Sure you can! You could teach us about Essential Oils, or...?" and then I thought "OOH! I should write a course on Self-Care!" (More on this later).

Next up? Kristine Beatty taught us about Google Analytics.

Key steps for measurement

Anything in a digital space is not static.

It can change so fast!

KPI Key performance Analytics

Track them, plug in, provide a road map, spreadsheet, use dashboards. Identify at least 1 action to focus on.

Get to Gallery

bounce rate

Tag asst. chrome ext.

campaign parameter

GA Academy

Solutions Product Updates

kaushik.net/avinasli

Avoid analysis paralysis

We ended the night by going to Happy Hour (we had a nice long chat with the couple from IntelliRoll about blood type diets, and they were so kind to give me a foam roller to blog about! I'm inspired to use it every day now that it helped my neck and shoulders!

And then IdeaWorld threw us a big party sponsored by G Adventures! They had food (vegan options) and we all danced the night away!

More to COME!