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I am so excited to finally be letting the cat out of the bag. My team and I have been working on a brand new business and we are excited to finally share it. The National Association of Home-Based Business Moms (NAHBM) will be launching in March.

Our mission at NAHBM is to EMPOWER, EDUCATE and ENLIGHTEN women to achieve their full potential in all areas of their life, so they can create a life they love, build a thriving home-based business that enables them to do work they're passionate about, contribute financially to their family, and be home with their children.

NAHBM focuses on supporting women in the following 3 key areas:

EMPOWERMENT - NAHBM provides support so you can move confidently toward your dreams!

EDUCATION - NAHBM provides knowledge and guidance to help you create wild success!

ENLIGHTENMENT - NAHBM helps you learn to live with harmony, peace and joy!

There is NO other organization in the world that brings all of this together in one place for home-based business moms and those who want to become home-based business moms.

You won't believe the panel of expert women & moms we've pulled together to help empower, educate and enlighten you all year long! Here's a taste:

Whether you've been in business for years, you're just starting out, or you've been thinking about starting your own business, the National Association of Home-Based Business Moms is your place to make the most of your business and your life.

Visit www.NAHBM.com today to register for our Free Special Report, "3 Secrets for Creating a Home-Based Business You'll Love" and be sure to join us for our FREE, monthly Virtual Networking Luncheons. The first luncheon is scheduled for March 31st and all are invited - it's free! Come learn more about us and meet and network with other moms!

Over the next week I will be sharing tips about creating a wealthy life as a career-at-home mom in two separate teleseminars ... and you're invited to both.

The Savvy Mompreneurs Virtual Telesummit
I am proud to be one of the 20+ mompreneurs sharing insights and tips in the Savvy Mompreneurs Telesummit, happening February 16th -25th. You can get all the details and grab your seat here.

Attracting Abundance Teleclass
Coach U Special Interest Group
Monday, February 23rd, 1pm PST (4pm EST)
"Building a 6-Figure Business You'll Love, with Grace and Ease"
with guest host, Debbie LaChusa, The Career-at-Home Mom Mentor.

Bridge Line: 712-421-8627
Passcode 888888#

In this teleclass you will learn:

How to avoid Super Woman Syndrome and balance career and family without burning out
Active marketing vs. Attraction marketing - what's the difference and why you need both
#1 mistake most coaches make when it comes to marketing and how you can avoid it
Debbie's proven 4-step success system

Debbie LaChusa is an award-winning author, marketing and home-based business coach and international speaker who has shared the stage with celebrity teachers from "The Secret." She's also the author of The Career-at-Home Mom, which shares her 19-year journey and secrets to success along with insights and wisdom from 23 other successful career-at-home moms.

Over the past few months I have noticed many success gurus talking a lot about money and how much they and their clients make.

(Remember when it wasn't polite to talk about how much you make? I'm not saying I think we should go back to that, but is it swinging too far the other way?)

Well, all the talk has been about how despite the "recession" you can still make more than ever before. You just have to decide that's what you're going to do, and choose NOT to participate in the down economy. And they use extreme client examples to make their point.

And while I believe them and actively practice what they preach, I also am starting to feel like the entire focus is on money. And that bugs me a bit.

While I believe we should be paid well for what we do, I also know there are many other important reasons we do what we do.

I think we need to be very careful about placing ALL of our focus on the almighty dollar.

Here's a list of all the reasons I started my home-based business back in 1998 and am still grateful for that business every single day.

Review this list and remember all the reasons you started your business, or the reasons you want to start your business. Then I'd love it if you'd share your reasons by posting a comment.

1) To be home more with my kids

2) To have more flexibility and time freedom

3) To not miss out on important events in my kid's lives

4) To be the one parenting my children

5) To do the work I wanted to do, and on my terms

6) To be able to work with the clients I wanted to work with

7) To fulfill all of my creative passions vs. just doing a job (e.g. writing)

8) To contribute, serve and help others

9) To reap the benefits of my work vs. working for someone else's benefit

10) To allow me more time to take care of myself (e.g. exercise, etc.)

11) To be available for my kids when they come home from school

12) To enable me to better balance work, life and family without being stressed out all the time

And the list could probably go on forever! There are so many reasons I started my home-based business and so many benefits I have enjoyed over the past 11 years and hope to continue enjoying for many years to come.

Yes, the fact that I can support myself and my family very comfortably is important, but not to the exclusion of all these other reasons.

Let's don't forget why we do what we do!

I'd love to hear your thoughts and reasons you have chosen the life of entrepreneurship vs. being an employee. And to hear if you are tired of all this talk about what everyone is making, or if it inspires you. Please share!

Do you wish you could ask the top Internet marketing experts what they've done, and still do, to attract more clients and make more money online than most people ever do?

What if you could "peek behind the curtain" of some of the most successful marketers on the Internet today?

So you can "borrow" a few of their tried and true strategies to leapfrog your success in 2009.

Well, you don't have to because I've already DONE IT FOR YOU and now I'm sharing all of my juicy, candid conversations with 8 of the Internet's top marketers in my brand new
Marketing Success Interview Series, Volume I: Marketing Guru's.

This program incluces interviews with 8 marketing superstars, including Alexandria Brown; Tom Antion; Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero; Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound; Wayne Kelly The Radio Guy; Christopher Knight of EzineArticles.com; Rich Sloan of StartUpNation; and Eric Lofholm, "The Sales Guru." You can get a taste of the valuable "coaching" they have waiting for you at www.10stepmarketing.com/marketingsuccessinterviews.htm
But the best part is, to celebrate the launch of this brand new program, I'm running a BOGO (Buy One Get One) Sale on this valuable information until January 15th.

Invest in my Marketing Success Interview Series, Volume I: Marketing Guru's and I will also give you my Marketing Success Interview Series, Volume II: Successful Solo-Pro's.

This second volume includes 12 interviews with everyday, solo-professionals just like you. You'll be able to find out what these folks, who are in the trenches building their businesses just like you are, are doing to attract more clients and be more successful ... so you can do the same in YOUR business and get the same great results they're
getting.

Plus, since these are regular, every day folks just like you, you don't have to worry that they're implementing some complicated marketing strategy that you'll never be able to master. Nope, this is stuff YOU CAN EASILY DO, TOO!

In fact, this is a great way for you to pick up a few more marketing strategies to quickly build your business in 2009.

Find out who these surprisingly normal 12 people are and learn more about what they have to share with you at www.10stepmarketing.com/marketingsuccessinterviews.htm

So, to recap ...

You get both Marketing Success Interviews Series Volumes, a total of 20 interviews, with printed transcripts and Audio CDs so you can get tons of proven marketing ideas for your business in 2009, without having to reinvent the wheel.

My BOGO Sale is only good through Thursday, January 15th, so you better hop on the ball if you want to save big and get some valuable insider information and some great new marketing strategies to add to your arsenal for 2009.

You can get all the info and claim your BOGO at www.10stepmarketing.com/marketingsuccessinterviews.htm

I don't know about you but after the holidays it always seems like I have more stuff. So I'm often compelled to clean out a few closets and de-clutter as part of my New Year's routine.

In fact, I spent last Sunday doing just that and I can't tell you how good it felt to go back to work on Monday morning with two newly organized closets, a clean desk and a clutter-free office.

I felt so much more productive this week, and I was able to think more clearly and accomplish so much more.

All from de-cluttering a few spaces in my home and office!

Did you know the average American wastes 400 hours a year digging through piles trying to find important documents and other important "stuff"?

Not exactly a productive way to spend your time.

Did you also know that we get more mail in one month than our grandparents received in an entire lifetime? No wonder we have so much clutter!

And, that's BEFORE you include email, information we print off the internet and other notes and papers we accumulate.

So if you're feeling a little overwhelmed and like you're drowning in paper it's no wonder!

And when all of those papers seem useful and important, what do you do with it all and how in the world are you supposed to organize it?

I think so often we don't know HOW to handle it so what ends up happening is that instead of being able to use all of this great information we have saved, it just becomes more piles of clutter.

And we end up wasting astronomical amounts of money, time and energy because we have to go through all this stuff every time we want to find something we need.

It's the old "I know it's here somewhere ..." routine. Sound familiar?

As a result we lose opportunities because we've misplaced important contacts and notes. We lose money because we don't get around to completing or following up on projects in a timely manner.

Or, we mess up relationships because we're late for meetings or we show up unprepared.

What's more, if you're like me, you started your own business so you'd have more control over your schedule and be able to spend more time with your family.

But instead you may find yourself spending more time working because of all the unproductive time you spend searching for the things you need among all your piles of stuff. And you end up having less free time than when you had a job!

Not exactly what you envisioned when you started your business, is it?

If you're tired of this routine but you're having trouble getting motivated to clean out your closets or de-clutter your office, I have a great suggestion for you.

My friend Carrie Greene is hosting an "Escape Your Clutter" Boot Camp starting next Friday, January 16th that you can participate in from the comfort and convenience of your home or office and that will give you the motivation and support you need to get that clutter out of your life so you can make 2009 a much more productive and profitable year.

You can get all the details and reserve your spot at www.CarrieThru.com/product/bootcamp

Just imagine what it would be like to be able to go into your office and simply grab what you need because you know exactly where it is.

Or, imagine what it would be like to use those 400 hours that everyone else is wasting, to serve more clients, do more marketing to grow your business, or simply take some extra time off to spend with your family.

Now, you may be thinking ... okay, getting organized is a good idea, and I've been meaning to do it for a while, but who the heck has the time to do it.

Well, it doesn't have to take a lot of time.

The "Escape Your Clutter" Boot Camp is a unique 3-phase program designed to give you everything you need to get you out from under your piles quickly and easily.

This program provides you with expert advice, leadership and team support in real time. You won't get side tracked and you won't get discouraged because you will be able to get all of your questions answered WHEN you have them.

And what's best is that this is a virtual program. You can participate from anywhere in the world -- your office, your home, your car -- wherever YOUR clutter is.

Just think, you could be organized BEFORE January is over.

So if you're sick and tired of looking at your stacks of dreams just sitting around in piles laughing at you while they wait to be achieved, then this program is for you.

It's already priced incredibly low, however Carrie has agreed to offer a special 20% discount to my clients. Just enter the coupon code "Debbie" at check out to get your 20% savings.

You can get all the details and reserve your spot at www.CarrieThru.com/product/bootcamp

There's nothing in it for me if you sign up. I just know what a HUGE difference being organized and clutter-free has made to me and my business ... and the success it's allowed me to achieve, that I wanted to pass along this opportunity for you to realize the same success.

And I also know that some people need a little extra help getting motivated to get those closets cleaned out and those desks cleared off. And Carrie is definitely the woman who can provide that help and motivation.

So if you have clutter that's holding you back, I highly encourage you to check out the CarrieThru "Escape Your Clutter" Boot Camp today, so you can be organized and clutterfree by the end of January.

Here's to Escaping Your Clutter and reaching your full potential in 2009!

I know how hard it is to eat healthy and stay on track with your fitness routine during the holidays. Even though I had some time off, there were always plenty of goodies around and exercise didn't seem to be as much of a priority as spending time with my family and just relaxing.

So then January rolls around and we're trying to "get back on track" with eating right and exercising. I don't happen to be one of those people who creates resolutions, but I know many people do. I'm usually the one joking that the gym will be bearable again after all those well-intentioned people "fall off" their exercise resolution. And usually around February or March, the crowd at the gym is much lighter. Amazing - it's so predictable.

But it's not good for those people who really need to improve their health and well-being.

The good news is, there is help for all of us with good intentions for taking better care of ourselves this year.

My friend Michi Story of KenZen Wellness is offering a FREE Teleseminar called, "Jump Start Your Wellness" on Tuesday, January 13th, and it's just for us moms!

I plan to be there and if you'd like to join me, you can register at www.kenzenwellness.com/teleseminar

Here's what Michi will be helping us moms with on this Free Call:

*** How to accomplish your New Year's resolutions, whatever they may be.

*** How to no longer feel like a failure - because you are moving forward accomplishing your goals.

*** How to have the motivation to exercise, eat healthy and lose weight.

*** How to have the energy to play with your kids and cook dinner (if you want).

When you join Michi on January 13th you will learn how you can be all of this and more! And I know Michi - as a working mother of a toddler, she LIVES this stuff so she's a great role model for us all, and a great teacher we can learn from and be inspired by.

To register for the FREE call (space is limited) go to www.kenzenwellness.com/teleseminar

All moms that sign up for the free call will also receive a FREE subscription to "Inspired Living" a monthly eZine full of wellness tips to make your life healthy, happy and harmonious (wouldn't you love for your life to be healthy, happy and harmonious?!) PLUS you will receive a special GIFT just for visiting www.kenzenwellness.com

I hope you'll join me in kicking off 2009 in a healthy way by joining me and Michi on this free call!

As the year comes to a close, I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone Happy Holidays and to thank you for being a part of my circle of friends on the Internet.

I do not take it lightly that you allow me to share my marketing and business tips and advice with you, and I hope that through that sharing I have been able to add value to you and your business over the past year.

As 2008 comes to a close and we get ready to welcome 2009, I encourage you to reflect back on all that you have to be grateful for.

For it is through our gratitude that we attract more good things into our lives.

As for me, I will be spending the better part of the next two weeks enjoying some time off with my family, reflecting on 2008 and creating my vision for 2009.

I encourage you to do the same.

Here's to unlimited joy and abundance in 2009!

Debbie LaChusa
Founder, 10stepmarketing & 6-Figure WAHM

On December 31, 2008 I am closing out my 2009 Diamond Coaching Group. This is your last chance to join this combination one-on-one coaching and small group mastermind program. There are currently 7 people in the program and I will only take a maximum of 10 people to allow me to provide the personalized, high-level coaching that this program provides.

You can learn more, listen to my 12/15 Preview Call, and get complete details on all 24 benefits you receive in this program, as well as watch testimonial videos from current Diamond clients and register for your Priority Application at www.10stepmarketing.com/freecallthx.htm

On Monday, December 15th I will be sharing 3 Simple Ways I Have Created More Success in My Business in 2008 than in the past 11 years ... and these are ALL things YOU can do, too! You can sign up for the free call here.

2009 is going to be an amazing year ... I can just FEEL it. By the way, did you know that 2009 is the year of 11 ... and the year of effortlessness? It's absolutely true. However you DO need to know how to create that effortlessness, and in my experience most people are actually doing the exact opposite, they are TRYING TOO HARD to succeed.

What about you? Are you working hard and struggling to make more money, get more clients, and create the life and business that you desire?

If so, the question is, are you willing to STOP making things so difficult and ready to step into effortlessness? Would you like to learn some tips and things you can easily incorporate into your marketing plan to ensure you create more success with less struggle in 2009?

Join me on Monday, December 15th where I'll be sharing tips to help you do exactly that in 2009. You can sign up for the free call here.

It's that time again ... Time for My Annual Birthday Promotion!

It's MY birthday and I have a gift for YOU! I'm getting ready to celebrate my birthday on November 11th and that means it's time for my annual birthday sale! This year I'm turning 47 and that means you can save 47%!

Just enter the COUPON CODE "BIRTHDAY" at check-out, between now and November 11th to claim your birthday savings. Use your 47% off coupon on any of the following products:

10 Ways to Market on a Shoestring Budget

The 10stepmarketing System - Guidebook plus CDs

How to Become a 6-Figure Work-At-Home Mom

The 6-Figure At-Home Business Toolkit

How to Create a BIG Brand for Your Small Business

1-Hour Marketing Plan

The Career-At-Home Mom book

Making Work-at-Home Work for YOU: Secrets of 24 WAHMs

Sale ends at midnight on November 11, 2008!

You can go shopping here:

10stepmarketing.com

6figureworkathomemom.com

Thanks for helping me celebrate!

Don't Miss My FREE Teleseminar on Wednesday, November 5th:

"How to THRIVE in Today's Economy ... Not Just Survive"

If the news has got you down, worried or fearful about your future and the future of your business, you don't want to miss my FREE CALL on Wednesday, November 5th

Register Here NOW!

Are you concerned about today's economy and worried about how it is going to affect your business?

With elections, and our financial, business and real estate markets hanging in the balance, are you wondering if now is good time to start a business?

Are you trying to figure out strategies to "just get through it and survive"?

It's time to put away the fear and worry and focus on THRIVING in the coming year!

Please join me on Wednesday, November 5th at 5pm PT (8pm ET) for a FREE Teleseminar to find out why now is a great time to do WAY more than just survive ... learn why it's a tremendous time of opportunity and learn strategies for not just surviving, but actually THRIVING!

Yes, I said THRIVING!

My business, and many of my mentor's businesses are actually having our best years yet - despite what the news may lead you to believe.

I'd like to help you get out of the fear and worry and take advantage of all the opportunities that are available for you RIGHT NOW!

On this free call I will share with you:

=> Why there's never been a more exciting time to be an entrepreneur

=> Marketing and business strategies to help you capitalize on our current economy

=> How to make more money and be more successful during these uncertain times

=> The ONE thing you absolutely MUST understand to thrive right now

=> How to GROW your business when others are failing

I'll be sharing all this and more, in this FREE call.

Register Here NOW!

For every quantum leap in ability, achievement or growth, there is a gateway.

The gateway to each successive level of more, is transformation.

My friend Harrison Klein of True Millionaire Stories is holding a special 2-day weekend gateway event entitled:

TRANSFORMATION AND QUANTUM LEAPS

in Fort Lauderdale Florida, November 8th and 9th and we want you to attend.

We want you to attend if:

* You are a student of Personal Growth and Development

* You need a rocket-boost in your life regarding...
love
joy
success
wealth
relationships
career
genius
spirituality
integrity
higher awareness
and/or
passion

* Or, if you want to be your own life's creator rather than being sculpted by other forces.

We have 8 great speakers, including me, who not only have been through awesome transformations in the consciousness and success of all of the above themselves, but also know how to stimulate and catalyze it in others.

On top of that it's going to be joyfully held in beautiful sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the ocean playground of the stars.

If you're even a little bit inclined to grow by a quantum leap you won't want to miss this.

Why?

Because its intimately different. Check it out at http://www.tms27.com/debbie/

Won't you join me and the others in Florida? I'd love to meet you in person and watch you take a quantum leap!

My special launch promotion for my brand new book, The Career-at-Home Mom ENDS TODAY, October 24th at midnight. That means after today the bonus package worth more than $1900 goes away.

But you still have time to grab your copy with all the bonuses at www.careerathomemom.com

This book is a virtual "roadmap" for anyone wanting to create their own 6-figure business and still have time for their family, or whatever they want more time for in life.

And it has received rave reviews from many extremely successful entrepreneurs such as Alexandria Brown, Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero and David Neagle, just to name a few.

Whether you're a mom wanting to start a business so you can stay home with your kids, a mom wishing to take your current business to the next level, or a woman or man who'd love to learn the secrets to creating a lifestyle-driven, 6-figure business, I highly encourage you to check out this book and all the extra goodies at www.careerathomemom.com

Just make sure you do it by MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, October 24th!

Listen. When you hear all this talk about worldwide economic meltdowns, volatile elections and Depression looming, I want you to feel nothing less than ECSTATIC ... and you want to know why?

The people who pulled entire economies and world markets out of the LAST Great Depression were the quantum leapers and transformationalists of the world.

While most were gnashing their teeth, the transformationalists stayed on track and moved forward with confidence, focus, big dreams, advanced consciousness and the whole world began to pivot in a new direction.

My friend Harrison Klein and 8 transformationalists, including me, got together a few days ago to talk about you and the need to change the world one person at a time through transformation and quantum leaps.

Now more than ever, it's imperative that you stay on track, stay unaffected by external conditions and understand how the universe works to achieve your biggest desires, your happiness and raise your consciousness to create the most profound life you can imagine.

So, we've decided to help you do so in one super transformational weekend. November 8th and 9th in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida!

They've created a very unique program, calling it ...

"TRANSFORMATIONS AND QUANTUM LEAPS"

... and I'm getting involved to help them help you.

We're going to get your biggest life going and rolling in the right direction in a LIVE 2 day seminar:

Saturday and Sunday 9-5
November 8th and 9th

It's important that you RSVP for the event. Reserve your own place there NOW at:
http://www.tms27.com/debbie/

No matter what your circumstance, it's time you got back into the power and energy of raising your consciousness to control your own experiences and manifest all your biggest dreams now.

The world is waiting for you.

Reserve your spot NOW at: http://www.tms27.com/debbie/ And I'll meet you there!

I am so excited to announce that my new book, The Career-at-Home Mom: Secrets For Earning A Six-Figure Income While Having Time For Your Family, is now available!

We have put together an amazing package of free bonus gifts (over $1600 in total value) that you will receive when you purchase the book during our special launch promotion, happening October 13 - October 24, 2008.

You can get all the details at www.careerathomemom.com.

All of these bonuses are in line with my mission to help women build a successful business that enables them to pursue their passion and support their family while being able to be home with their family at the same time.

This book itself is a virtual "roadmap" for anyone wanting to create their own six-figure, home business.

In this book, I openly share all of my struggles, challenges, successes and the many, many lessons I have learned during my 19-year journey as a career-at-home mom.

I also interviewed 23 other successful career-at-home moms and the book includes their stories, tips and advice as well.

The result is a book that is an invaluable resource for any mom wanting to start a business or take her current business to the next level.

But don't just take my word for it. Here's what others have to say about The Career-at-Home Mom ...

"A brilliant insight into how moms have more choices than they realize when it comes to bringing home the bacon."

~ Alexandria Brown, marketing success coach & CEO of Alexandria Brown International Inc.

"Debbie LaChusa has put together a definitive step-by-step guide for mothers who dream about raising great children while making a great living."

~ Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero, President of Red Hot Copy

"The Career-at-Home Mom covers it all for moms who want the most out of life and are willing to set stereotypes and fears aside and live boldly."

~David Neagle, Million Dollar Income Acceleration Coach.

"The last decade has changed the dynamics of our children's lives and Debbie's book illustrates perfectly how women can and do put their families first and build very successful companies at the same time."

~ Sheri McConnell, Sheri McConnell Companies, Inc.

"Debbie LaChusa's new book deserves a standing ovation!"

~ Stephanie Chandler, author of "From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur.

"Finally!! Someone to champion our cause!"

~ Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive.

Whether you're a mom wanting to start a business so you can stay home with your kids, a mom wishing to take your current business to the next level, or a woman or man who'd love to learn the secrets to creating a lifestyle-driven, six-figure business, I highly encourage you to check out this book and all the free goodies you get when you purchase it October 24th for just $19.95 at www.careerathomemom.com

I am very excited about the potential this book has to help women (and some men, too!) find more balance, happiness and success in their lives.