SNAPSHOT: Egypt

SnapShot with Stefanie Gorder

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SnapShot on Travel came about when I first started publishing articles over a dozen years ago. Being in the travel business, I often find myself in interesting locations. It seemed like a natural fit to mix my adventures with writing. As SnapShot has developed, I left the comfort of the spectacular beauty of Alaska, wrote about North America and now have expanded to include the world. This month, SnapShot brings you in touch with a travel expert who at the time of this publication is actually in Egypt cruising the Nile River. Sit back and explore Egypt through the words and photos of Lynn Holinski of Select Holidays.


Personal Discovery - The Beauty of Egypt
By Lynn Holinski
Select Holidays

The history of Egypt and its’ ancient civilization is very intriguing. Sights include the world famous Great Pyramids, which are guarded by The Sphinx; Museum of Antiquities in Cairo; ancient artifacts of the Karnak Temple; Valley of the Kings; Luxor; UNESCO sights of Abu Simbel, an amazing Sound and Light show, and luxury river cruising with sights and stops along the shores of Lake Nassar and the Nile River. For many, the camel riding, felucca ride, tombs and temples, Egyptian food, gold, Egyptian cotton, or local Bazaars are the draw to this remarkable area.


Cruising the beautiful Nile River that is in Egypt’s lush agriculture land is amazing. It is sometimes hard to realize we are surrounded by desert but the heat of the day and the coolness of the evenings make this a reality. To experience the people of Egypt has given me a completely new realization of the Muslim people and their religion. The opportunity of working/touring with the Egyptologist who handles our guiding gives me appreciation of the passion they hold for their country and history. To see these amazing wonders is truly incredible! We are talking going back to 3000 BC and still being able to view it and still having discoveries made!

Of course not only is Egypt full of history but it is home to the Red Sea, some of the best snorkeling and diving to be had and the beaches are beautiful! Golf courses, restaurants, and much, much more…..




Tour Egypt with Lynn

Upon arrival into Cairo, we have a quick overnight stay and then fly out early the next morning to fine our wonderful ship, The Eugenie”, which will be our home for the next four nights. This is a first class cruise down Lake Nasser, which was formed after the building of Aswan Dam on the Nile River. Here we visit Abu Simbel, the twin temples originally carved from the mountainside side during the 13th Century BC. These were relocated here in the 1960’s due to the building of the Aswan Dam. Now a UNESCO site. In the evening we see the amazing Sound and Light Show, one you will never forget. During our cruise we visit the temples of Amada, Derr, Kalabsha, Beit el-Wali, and Kiosk of Kertassi. Cruising Lake Nasser aboard the Eugenie is a first class experience with fine dining, full spa amenities to use during your free time, steam bath, exercise equipment, sun decks, swimming pool, air-conditioning and full en-suite amenities.

After experiencing Lake Nasser for four nights, we will disembark and transfer to cruise the Nile for three nights aboard the newly renovated “MS Tulip” luxury riverboat. During the cruise there is free time to relax on board and take advantage of the ships amenities as well we will visit Aswan with its busy markets and tourist centre, where you can purchase your treasures for home. We will take a felucca ride (a traditional wooden sailing boat) around Elephantine Island. You guessed it….the islands are shaped similar to that of the elephant’s tusk. One of the evenings aboard the Tulip will be a Galbeah, which is an evening we all will get the opportunity to dress in Egyptian attire….lots of fun! Again fine dining and wonderful cruising, give you the up close and personal experience of the banks of the fertile Nile River as we float along. We will cross through the Esna locks and visit Edfu on the west banks of the Nile River before completing our Nile River Cruise in Luxor, where we stay one more night on the boat and tour the city of Luxor, known as the world’s greatest open air museum. Across the Nile lie the monuments, temples, and tombs in the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. If you want alabaster….Luxor is the place to purchase this.



We return to Cairo for two nights. This is a city with everything…. hotels, entertainment, restaurants, monuments from throughout the history of Egypt and even golf courses. About ½ of the Egyptian population live in the urban centers. Cairo’s population is about 20 million people. While in Cairo we will visit the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. For history lovers you will have the opportunity to exam over 120,000 items on display including 27 royal mummies from the pharonic time as well as other kings and queens. It also has a large collection of artifacts used throughout the life of King Tutankhamen (King Tut). Besides history, you will have the opportunity for some shopping at Egyptian cotton stores, perfume stores, papyrus galleries, and even bring home one of your own certouis.


In Giza we will visit the well know Sphinx (with it’s broken off nose) which stands guard over the Giza Pyramids. The largest of the 3, is about 145 meters tall and was built over 4000 years ago. These pyramids are the 3 tallest pyramids but there are over 70 pyramids strewn through the Nile valley. When you visit these amazing structures one wonders how did those people do this? Truly seeing is believing! The opportunity to ride a camel is also available and I do believe a must!!!



For more information on traveling to Egypt, contact our travel experts at:

Select Holidays
Lynn Holinski
Email: lynn@selectholidays.com
Web: www.SelectHolidays.com

This destination is available in February of 2011 and a featured tour at Travel Alliance Partners.


A shout out to Lynn Holinski of Select Holidays for assistance provided to create this article! Thank you for the great introduction to Egypt and I hope you’re having a fantastic adventure right now!

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Submission for: March 2010

Stefanie Gorder, ctp, ds
marketingCents, llc

Email Stefanie Gorder at Stefanie@marketing-Cents.com
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ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN: Making Millions by Making a Difference

Especially for Women with Ann Barczay Sloan

Introducing: Suzanne Evans

Founder & President of Help More People
http://www.helpmorepeople.com/

“Stop Chasing the Money and Start Chasing the Dream”

“Stop Marketing and Start a Movement!”


Unexpected viral pathways: How Suzanne and I first connected

Impossible to track how I recently came across a link to a teleseminar with Suzanne Evans. She was probably featured in one of the Ezines I subscribe to, created by one of the bright entrepreneurial women whose exploits I enjoy reading about. Yes, it’s true to say that Suzanne first landed in my in-box the viral way!

Amid the myriad pedestrian pitches for coaching crowding my inbox, the fresh all-around approach to marketing presented by Suzanne grabbed my attention. I then went on to explore her links, signed up for her mini-course, read some of her blog – and now find myself even more attracted to her unique voice in the realms of marketing and business coaching.

So here I am, looking forward to meeting Suzanne, to sharing in a fun yet in-depth interview ─ and excited about this opportunity to unveil Suzanne’s refreshing, even feisty teachings to a new audience here within the virtual pages of The National Networker!

Who Is Suzanne Evans and what is she all about?

This bio info is an excerpt from http://www.helpmorepeople.com/meet_team.html

Suzanne Evans is best known as an action expert. Suzanne is driven by a passion and desire to help business owners discover the key to success ─ being authentic in their business. In two years time Suzanne grew her business from zero to a quarter of a million dollars by helping more people….

[Update: Suzanne has now upped this to half a million dollars in 2009.]

… After working for the nation's largest union, being a professional actress, a nationally ranked water skier, a high school teacher, and an Assistant Producer to five Broadway shows (all before the age of 30), Suzanne began using her life experiences to coach a wide range of people on living their fullest potential. She created a private coaching practice with over 40 clients in one year and launched three businesses in a four-month timeframe. Action comes naturally for Suzanne!

Suzanne received her Bachelor's Degree from Lees-McRae College, her Master's from New York University, and is a graduate of Coach U. She is a highly sought-after speaker, workshop facilitator and coach. Her coaching has been described as tough, honest, keen and caring.

Helping More People: Suzanne’s Trademark

You’ll hear more information about Suzanne’s unique marketing philosophy in the interview. It’s all based on being totally authentic in presenting one’s self, talents and services to the world. Here’s a bit of back story in Suzanne’s own words, recounting her frustration when she realized her early efforts at marketing herself just were not working: :

I threw up my hands and wondered what if I just became me? No fancy names, no somebody else's ideas and no created messages. I started encouraging my clients to do the same. We all took the journey together and amazing things began to happen. Everyone was attracting more business, my clients were happier, and we were all making more money. Helpingpreneur and The Help More People System were born.

Helpingpreneur is my trademarked term for anyone who packages or provides help and service to other people or groups. If you help, heal, serve, or support for a living, then you're a Helpingpreneur. It all made sense because it was all me. My client base doubled and so did my income. For more on this, see http://www.helpmorepeoplesystem.com/

Suzanne has two main sites plus a blog:

1. Help More People Tour
http://www.helpmorepeopletour.com/

This three-city tour took place in 2009. It was sold out!
However, it’s still valuable to read some of Suzanne’s text, e.g., these excerpts:

It's time to Stop the Same Old Marketing as Usual and Start a Movement.

Never again wonder how you "should" be marketing. Stop sabotaging yourself with the guilt of feeling behind. End the worry of who to listen to. Eliminate information overwhelm. And forever end the cycle of hiding your amazing talents from the world because marketing feels gross.

2. Be the Change Event
http://www.BeTheChangeEvent.com/

This is an event upcoming February 18 – 20, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Suzanne explains in more detail in her interview (below).

Here are some excerpts from the event site:

“… I was stunned to find that when I made my marketing 100% my own, my income accelerated beyond what I ever believed was possible.

So what did I do? I traded the old strategies of marketing for a mission-driven movement that was able to reach more people and increase my income because I was leading with my purpose.

My approach created a new marketing reality for me:

Old: Professional Positioning New: Embrace Your Inner Helping Guru

Old: Niche New: Who Needs You Most

Old: Marketing Funnel New: Money Mountain

Old: Strategic Marketing Plan New: Forwarding Your Fingerprint

This small, simple shift made a BIG impact in my ability to connect with people. Not only did it increase my revenue and my reach, it allowed me to sleep at night knowing I was connecting to people on MY terms…..

What was the lesson?

When you are in a movement / marketing zone it is so richly authentic you can market anywhere ─ even the supermarket!

This shift enabled me to create wealth, help thousands, stand in my authentic self, and have real impact on the world...”

Additional details on this event are at http://www.bethechangeevent.com/

3. Suzanne’s Blog
http://.suzanneevans.org/

This blog is crammed full of valuable articles and information.

Now, time to meet Suzanne!

Let’s meet Suzanne at last and get an inside look into her back story, her personal perspective on what she calls her “movement”, and the vision she has for her future!

THE INTERVIEW

First off, Suzanne, how would you briefly describe what you do?

“I help people make millions by making a difference through aligning their purpose with a business model that works and is authentic.”

What is your mission, the primary goal of what you do?

“I teach people exactly how easy it is to turn their passion into a fun, fulfilling, and profitable business ─ when they discover how to stop marketing and turn their life's calling into an unstoppable movement! When this happens they heal their shame around money and do life changing work.”

“They heal their shame around money”! Wow ─ what a powerfully resonant phrase. I’ll be giving that some more thought! Now, moving on ─ please tell me how you got started in all this, and how you arrived where you are currently.

“Here’s how it went: Three years ago I was working a day J-O-B to (barely) pay the bills and dreaming of starting a business that would allow me to help people, make more money, and create the life I always wanted.

I knew the world desperately needed my help. I talked to people who felt ‘stuck’ and could see they were crying out for what I knew I could offer them.

Only I didn't know how to give it to them.

I knew that to start a business I needed to market myself but felt that the ways I had been ‘taught’ to market were not in line with who I was. They felt inauthentic and sleazy. But since that was ‘the way’ it was done, I played along. I even got some clients. I should have been thrilled.

Instead I felt trapped, empty, and confused.

What I thought was the road to freedom was simply another trap. What I thought would make my spirit soar simply replaced one form of unfulfillment with another. All those marketing secrets I had learned simply left me as the master of someone else's world. Someone else's business. Someone else's life.

It was devastating.

I knew something had to change.

And I knew I wasn't the only one out there with passion for their purpose, needing to market my message, and wanting to do so from an authentic space.

What I didn't know was that if I was going to change the way the marketing game was played, I would have to become the change myself. I decided that winning the world simply wasn't worth losing myself in the process.

So I did something revolutionary. I started being myself.

It was in that moment that I stopped marketing and started a movement.”

Wow, Suzanne! ‘Start being yourself! Stop marketing and start a movement!’ These messages of yours really attract me, engage me. I’d love to explore more deeply what that means!

“You explore it by actually living it!”

Yes, I do understand that! Now let me ask: Was there a time of breakthrough, a turning point when you chose to change your course? Any specific quantum leap(s)?

“What I just said above: I did something revolutionary. I started being myself.”

Which of your projects are you currently most excited / passionate about?

"The 'Be The Change Event' – a live event taking place in Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 18-20. It is designed to do the following:

• Help you TAKE BACK CONTROL of your business dream from the gurus and hacks,
• GET YOU OFF THE MARKETING HAMSTER WHEEL, and
• GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PURPOSE

-- all while creating a REAL plan to accelerate your income beyond what you believed possible. See http://www.BeTheChangeEvent.com ."

Sounds really great!

Suzanne laughs. “Sounds great and is great! And it’s close to being sold out!”

Let me ask you: How much of your work is focused specifically toward women?

“While I work with men and women, my marketing and message are mostly geared toward women. Authentic, heart centered, movement, and meaning all seem to have high female appeal. Imagine that!”

Yes, I can absolutely imagine that, I laugh.
What are some of the ways and places you promote your enterprise?

“I promote both online and offline. Held a very successful one-day, three-city Tour last Fall – St. Louis, Los Angeles, and NYC. I called it my ‘Helping People Tour’ ─
http://www.helpmorepeopletour.com/

According to your web site, all three cities were sold out!

“Yes, sold out. That was great!”

Looks like you’re definitely fulfilling a need! Now my next question: Whom does your network currently include? How far does your network extend?

“Including social networks, over 12,000 in my database ─ and a reach of over 10,000 that extends worldwide.”

What has been the best about building a network? Benefits, expected and unexpected?

“I am desperately in love with people, their stories, their possibility. Every person I meet is such a joy. It is amazing, whether through Twitter or in person, the power that lives in connections and contact.”

Beautifully stated, Suzanne! Now, may I ask: What challenges (if any) have you found in your networking experiences? Any unexpected events?

“Honestly, no. If you remain more interested than interesting you will connect, grow, and benefit from your networking. Always remember to be in a mode of service and it all comes back to you.”

Bottom line – What do you feel is really working well for you, your company?

“Focusing on my movement. Nothing is stronger than living a life and running a business with so much passion and conviction that it inspires others to service. If you believe in your mission and take daily action, everything is easier.”

Besides networking, how else are you promoting your company? What do you view as the primary vehicle and what makes it more important than the other(s)?

“I speak, speak, speak! I tell my story and share my movement every chance I get. Whether teleclasses, social media, or in person you must be willing and excited to wake up every day and spread your message. It is the ONLY true marketing that works. I view marketing as a moral obligation and live by that.”

And I see you have a page on YouTube as well.

“I certainly do!” Suzanne smiles. “The link is http://www.youtube.com/user/helpmorepeople ."

What’s the achievement, the accomplishment you’re most proud of at this time?

“Serving over 1,000 people this year in business. The more conscious heart-felt entrepreneurs we have, the better we leave this planet.”

What are your plans and goals for the future ─.organizational / personal ─ especially regarding networking activities?

“I have a big and exciting partnership with David Neagle that will happen this Spring ─ and because we love teaching and sharing our message, look for us on tour.”

David Neagle – the one dubbed the “Million Dollar Income Acceleration Coach”?

“That same David Neagle!” Suzanne smiles.

That’s got to be an exciting partnership!

“Yes, definitely! I am thrilled. I can hardly wait to get out there with David.”

In conclusion, anything else you’d like to add for our readers? Some words of encouragement, inspiration?

“There is only one successful principle to continually focus on ─ tenacity. Most businesses and lives flounder or fail simply due to quitting. Honestly ─ if this were easy everyone would be doing it. Keep going ─ the world needs your message!”

I’d also like to add a powerful quote of yours from your blog:

“Please don’t wait to share your gifts and help more people. We all need you.”

These are quite empowering messages to end with, Suzanne. Thank you so much for this interview, this inspiring glimpse into your “Helpingpreneurial” world, your passion to model and bring success to as many as possible!

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Author & Editor / Creative Writing Coach
& Connectrix
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www.linkedin.com/in/AnnBarczaySloan

Featured Columnist,
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How to Use the Pieces of a Broken Heart:
Recipes for Rebirth
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