Media Press Kit
(Includes bio, topic descriptions, and photos)
BIO
Sheri McConnell is fast becoming the voice of Smart Women Entrepreneurs all over the world. Her current company, the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning focuses on teaching various wealth building business models such as information publishing, membership-based companies, and real estate. Her company also teaches its followers and members (which is nearing the 30,000 mark) how to market online, create a magnetic brand, and most importantly do this while maintaining down to earth balance in their lives.
As a consultant, Sheri is considered the only resource in the world specializing in creating thriving membership-based businesses like associations, institutes, alliances, and so on. Sheri has consulted with hundreds of these networks across the Internet and considers herself lucky to have helped birthed so many powerful and successful brands over the last decade.
Under the Smart Women Institute umbrella women entrepreneurs can enroll in annual programs ranging from $197 a year to $100,000. Sheri’s goal of building a company where women truly inspire each other and hold each other accountable in a graceful manner is exactly what has set her company a part. “Money is power” she explains. “Power to create positive change.”
She is also the author of Smart Women Create Membership-Based Businesses, The Smart Women’s Book of Powerful Quotations and Smart Women Know Their “Why” – A Guide for Discovering Your Life Purpose While Owning a Business So You Can Create Positive Change in the World (and Making Big Profits!) Pub Date June 2010. You can visit Sheri, access her free article archive, and find out more about her and all of her companies at www.smartwomeninstitute.com Sheri lives in San Antonio, Texas with her husband, their four children, a “weenie” dog, and three pet hermit crabs.
BOOKS
Smart Women Create Membership-Based Businesses
The Smart Women’s Book of Powerful Quotations
PHOTOS
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TELEVISION APPEARANCES
SPEAKING VIDEOS
SPEAKING TOPICS for CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, TELESEMINARS:
1) Why Creating A Network (Association, Alliance, or Institute) Is EASIER and SMARTER Than Your Service-Based Business
Description: Sheri McConnell, CEO of the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning as she zeros in on the reasons the membership-based business model is EASIER and SMARTER than almost all business models that exist. Sheri has been running associations and institutes for over 10 years while raising her four children ages 15 to 4. Sheri’s passion is helping women use smart business models so they have security, more time, and freedom. Ready to play bigger and get bigger results?
You Will Learn:
- Why your business model (service-based) is more complicated and takes far longer to get off the ground than the membership-based business model (Using Sheri’s method!)
- The 5 “laws” of the membership-based business (not talking about continuity either–she will explain) that allow you to attract members, partners, and opportunities faster than all other business models
- The “business strategy” that allows you to comfortably reach six-figures (and much more!) in first 12 months of operating your business
- Why CONTENT should never be the reason members join
- The 5 Secrets to Growing Your Membership Fast
- And much more!
2) Building Your Brand By Writing A Book
Description: To build your brand, your reputation and expertise in your chosen field, there is no disputing that authoring, publishing and marketing a book will also attract more of your ideal clients. I’ll be sharing insider secrets to writing your book, publishing options and attracting publicity for your book.
You will learn:
- The importance of writing your book to enhance your brand
- Keys to getting started in authoring your book
- Options for publishing your book: epublishing, vanity publishing, self-publishing, collaborative publishing, traditional publishing and beyond
- Simple strategies to market your book so you attract your ideal clients and receive a return on your investment
- How to get your book written yet manage a busy professional and personal life
- Three tips so that you get started authoring your book in the next 30 days
3) 5 Steps You Can Take Today To Grow Your Business Gracefully and Profitably
Description: Sheri will pull back the curtain on her own successful 10 year old business and reveal how she runs a successful company while raising her four children. She will show you how you can add more Yin to your business to balance out all that Yang!
On this call, Sheri will discuss:
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How adding more Yin to your life and your business actually allows you to grow your business faster
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Why business building has been a Yang function in the past and how you can create a new paradigm
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5 steps you can take today to create a more profitable balance in your business
Sheri shares or has shared her expertise with the following companies:
University of Texas at Arlington
National Assn of Baby Boomer Women
National Association of Female Executives
Women’s Radio Women’s Calendar
Smart Marketing for Women Online
ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
Online Interview for the Possibilitarian
Kendall Summerhawk’s Success Circle on “How to Create a Certification Program” -- Audio
Compass Get Real Solutions Series -- Focusing on Finances for Women
ACTION Method with Women’s Business Launch Success TeleSummit -- Audio
Create Your Group Interview with Dr. Larina Kase for her Platform Building Secrets Program -- Audio
Create Your Group Interview with Heidi Richards for her Grow a Million Dollar Business Virtual Event -- Audio
How To Build a 7 Figure Business in Five Years with Krishna De of One Ocean -- Audio
Women, Power, and Femininity in Modern Day America with Maria Pascucci of Campus Calm -- Audio
The Road Less Traveled to Attain Internet Riches -- Article
Association of Web Entrepreneurs: Bits and tidbits on the newest of entrepreneurial associations -- Article
INTERVIEW with National Association of Women Writers, NAWW -- Article
NEWS: National Association of Women Writers Announces 2nd Annual Virtual Tele-Summit -- Article
NAFE Member News -- Article
CONTACT US Need more information? Feel free to contact us at info@smartwomeninstitute.com or 866-821-5829.











