Love & Sequins #2 Is Live!
[ 1 June 2009 ]
Hooray!
The second chapter of Love & Sequins: Making Magic Happen was sealed with a kiss first thing this morning, & is ready to be devoured by you! (For those of you who are new to iCiNG, Love & Sequins is the bare bones of my new big project, a delicious book about blowing kisses to the universe!)
The title is THE SMART GIRL’S GUIDE TO BUSINESS — Taking control of your life, finding your passion, loving what you do & making mad bling!
Written in New York City & recorded in Toronto, it weighs in at over 12,000 words, & the MP3 is an hour & a bit. I talk at length about my experiences as an independent business owner, discovering what you love to do, how to escape the corporate world, the lessons I’ve learned, what it’s like to make a living as a “blogger”, what it takes to be successful & much more!
This chapter of Love & Sequins is split into two parts. As a super-special treat, this chapter includes a half-hour long interview between the infamous, creative, prolific & extremely successful Molly Crabapple & I, recorded last month at International Playgirl HQ! We discuss starting your own business, being self-sufficient, how to manage your money, online personalities, the new professionalism & following your passion even when times get tough! It’s cute & hilarious, by turns serious & frivolous, & if you close your eyes you can pretend you’re sitting on my bed with us. There are even cabs blaring their horns outside, essential to the authentic New York City experience!
I’m so passionate about this topic, because since starting my business it is all I have really been interested in! I have so much to say about it, I could write an entire book on the subject — maybe one day I will!
You can purchase this podcast for $12, subscribe for a year & be billed monthly at $10, or pay for it all at once for $84 (a super-saving at $7 a month).
Once I receive notification that you’ve snapped it up, I’ll send you an email which has the complete chapter as well as a link to the MP3!
If after listening to #2 you want to go back & hear the first chapter, you can pick it up here!
As always, thanks for your support & enthusiasm! It means so much to me.
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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I’m sure that this installment will be hugely successful based on your knowledge of the topic!
Woah sounds great Gala, comes at exactly the right moment.
Exellent I was wondering when the second installment was coming! Look forward to receiving it in my inbox.
Also for anyone interested, Love & Sequins #1 was superb. x
I was a bit slow on the uptake and have just this minute purchased the first one. I was wondering when i should expect to be sent it because i am literally too excited. thanks for being amazing! xx
Very exciting stuff here! I’m going to have to check it out because it sounds awesome.
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Tx Ms Magic! :D
oh! Have I skipped the “SOLE” winner announcement beat?!!?
And I just got it :) Seeing as it’s totally relevant to my current life situation. Looking forward to receiving it.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I just quit my job and this is perfect timing :)
This is perfect timing for me. Absolutely spot on. I can’t believe how perfect the timing of this is. It has got to be fate, or destiny or SOMETHING.
i have been a bit cash poor lately (which makes me think of the episode of sex & the city with amelita amalti…hey, wasn’t she an international playgirl? or was it party girl?) but i think i am going to go ahead and treat myself to a year subscription. since the very first moment i discovered your site and read your beautiful transformation message and told me that i am incredible treasure, a shining jewel in the shape of a girl or boy or unicorn (UNICORN! UNICORN! IMA UNICORN!!) i have faithfully been back every day. you’re my first stop on the interwebz and i get so much more than $10 a month worth of pleasure from you, it’s the very least i can do. thank you, gala! i can’t wait!!
So excited for this! I loved the first installment and I can’t wait for the second one. Only problem: do you really need QuickTime Pro to download it? I received the link but I can’t download it for some reason. How do I get Gala’s golden tones onto my computer?
Yay yay yay!
lulubrownskin — No announcement was made but a winner was chosen! ;>
kristin — International partygirl, hahah. I loved that character though. “YOU’RE CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAZY!” So awesome. & thanks so much, you’re a peach!
Jules — Nope. You can use any program that plays an M P 3, like Winamp or iTunes or whatever you normally use to listen to music!
I haven’t picked up the first installment yet, but as a currently unemployed gal, I’m getting this one now. So excited to hear your sweet voice and awesome accent :)
Oh man I need to hear this one so badly! Soon as my paypal account lets me in again I’ll buy it. I imagine this one’s gonna be extra popular! Good job they can’t run out haha.
Looking forward to snapping this one up! I just started my own interior design/art business in March, and I’m so psyched to learn from people who have done similar things successfully. <3
PS. Are you still in Toronto, Gala? I have been hoping to bump into your pink-haired self, but no luck yet. :)
How fortuitous is that? I’ve just literally decided to go self-employed. Been practicing the Law of Attraction and decided that some help and advice was gonna manifest itself. Et voila!
YAY!!!! I loved the first one and have just bought the second one, can’t wait until it flies through cyber world and lands in my inbox.
self.
woops. self was actually meant to say:
you are fantastic Gala. I love your beautiful self!
Excelent. I wasn’t sure that I would be purchasing any of the Love & Sequins but I’ve got 2 days left in my corporate job before I finish to run my own business. And I’ve been devouring every bit of info I can in the last couple of months.
I’m sure this one will be full of useful information for me. Will purchase when I’m home tonight. Chur.
Hi Gala! :)
If I choose the second option now, will I be able to purchase the first podcast for 10 clams too? I missed the first instalment (boo to me!) & was just wondering. :)
It would be great if you could set this up so that once payment has gone through the download automatically becomes available.
I paid about 5 hours ago and now I’m going to have to wait till the morning to see if you’ve emailed it through yet. :[
It would save you a lot of time having to email everyone as well! And it would stop any problems people might have with receiving attachments etc.
Sounds great Gala – I might try it …
Good luck
Donna x
I’m so excited about this as I’ve just launched a new company. I wonder if I could claim this as a tax deduction? :)
your timing is amazing! i just listened to it & will probably listen to it a few more times over the next few weeks. it’s SO inspiring :)
i actually just, kind of, started a business (selling handmade clothes) about two months ago, but while lots of people admire what i do & say they would buy something if they had the money/it was in their size, i haven’t earned squat yet. & i’m starting to feel stuck & wondering if it will ever really take off & if it’s worth it & if i can keep doing this for years & years etc.
thank you for the much needed inspiration! you’ve given me some really good ideas about what to do now too.
keep up the great work :)
xoxo
The new Love & Sequins owns Gala! So inspiring and motivating! :) Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! xoxo
Will there be transcripts or notes available? The content sounds interesting, but I tend to tune out from long podcasts!
Gala,
Just sent you an email, but I haven’t gotten the first one yet. =(
-Melody
Tiara The Merch Girl – The first one came with a transcript, I guess it’ll be the same with this one and the others to come.
That sounds like a wonderful topic for a new book. I’m sure it will be a hit, Gala! :)
could i say that this love and sequins has really confirmed my own beliefs and desires for life, which have been slightly diminished by others thinking that this is not realistic. very empowering.
also, darling please please (grovel grovel grovel) tell me where your beautiful beautiful pictured headband is from! i can’t even bring myself to call it a headband. it looks like it’s made from angel flower.
high on hope
xo
I just finishing listening to it and it was amazing. I’ve being feeling unhappy with my work situation, which with other personal things that have been going on is not the best timing.
This has been just what I needed to give me a postive and renewed spirt to make changes so I will be happy and in control.
THANK YOU
Much Love
xxxxx
Tiara The Merch Girl — Yes, they all have a written transcript for that very reason!
splendiforaptor — I love your name so much! Haha! & the headband is from Forever 21!
Momma — YAY! So delighted! xox
Hey Gala,
This installment of L&S is spot on! I quit my job and started my own business in 2006 and I just wanted to let your other readers know it is TOTALLY possible to succeed in this. My job is basically recession-proof, I’ve nearly tripled my income, I get to work the hours I’ve set myself and I make all the rules. More importantly, I am doing something I really enjoy and I never dread waking up in the morning and making the five second commute from my bedroom to my “office.” So to everyone else out there, you CAN do it!
This really helped me to get motivated! Thanks Gala =)
Hi Gala! Did you get my email (to the gmail account)? I paid for, but still haven’t recieved #1, which is totally distressing because of how awesome it sounds. Please help!
Melodia — I have emailed you a couple of times but obviously my mail is going to your spam or junk folder! Check there!
Eep! I didn’t even think to look there. I must have deleted it by accident. Can you send it one more time, please?
Eeeek! It won’t download for me yet but I am reading it now and my god it is amazing and couldnt come at a better time!! I ahve just started my own blog and my brother and I are planning to start a copy and design business for local businesses…anyone out there need some copy and design work done?? ;)
Gala you are awesome and can’t wait to hear installment number two in ur accent! I will try on another computer maybe?
Sx.
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hey there. hate to be a pain, but i’ve tried to download the second installment by following your instructions & it says the only way i receive the file is to purchase quicktime pro seven. is there anyway i can download it without purchasing any new programs?
pliz this isrealy good ,iwould love more on on ma e-mail address thanks
Yuuh finally able to download it in a secure place & will listen to it later today.. i’m excited :D
Uhm Gala i love love love to hear the first installment.. i paid it all at once for the super-savings, do i need to pay again to be able to listen to the first one? Help how does that work i thought i could listen to the first one without paying again..