Big Bold Business Book Wins Axiom Business Book Award!
WoodpeckerPress is proud to announce that Jersey Women Mean Business! Big Bold Business(TM) Advice from New Jersey Women Business Owners: Practical Pointers, Solutions, and Strategies for Business Success has been selected by the Jenkins Group as an Axiom Business Book Award Winner!
The Axiom Business Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary business books and their creators, with the understanding that business people are an information-hungry segment of the population, eager to learn about great new books that will inspire them and help them improve their careers and businesses.
WE WON THE BRONZE MEDAL!
The Big Bold Business book was awarded the Bronze Medal in the Women/Minorities in Business category. The competition in this year’s Axiom Awards was fierce, and we are very proud of our accomplishment. Getting on this amazing list of award-winning business books is a true testament to the amazing array of talent and knowledge brought to the book by our great group of authors. This year’s medalists will be recognized at an award ceremony event to be held in New York on Wednesday, May 29th, on the eve of the BookExpo America convention.
Congratulations to all of our Authors and everyone on the Big Bold Business Team!
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BBB Author Ellen Goldman Speaking to Entrepreneurs in Westfield on May 14
Big Bold Business Author Ellen Goldman, a certified wellness coach, certified personal trainer, and president of EnerG Coaching, will be speaking at the NJAWBO MetroEast Westfield Breakfast Meeting on May 14. In her presentation, called Taming the Frenzy: Optimize Brain Functioning for a Calm, Focused and Productive Day, entrepreneurs and business owners will learn how to incorporate daily habits to optimize brain functioning, which ultimately affects your bottom line! You will learn a six-point system to calm daily frenzy and increase focus and productivity.
When: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Where: The Turning Point, 137 Central Ave, Westfield, NJ 07090
Cost: $20 (only $15 for NJAWBO members or guests of members)
To Register: RSVP Here
Questions: Contact Felicia Lucco, 201-258-4593
Ellen Goldman created EnerGcoaching, LLC, to help overextended business professionals and entrepreneurs who are worried about their health. She shows clients how to integrate health into their busy lifestyles with simple, small steps that lead to massive change, resulting in greater energy, focus, productivity, and happiness every day. Ellen holds a BS and MS in Physical Education and is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, Aerobic and Fitness Association of America, and Wellcoaches Corporation.
Ellen also wrote Chapter 72, Put Self-Care on Your Daily “To-Do” List: Your Business Success Depends on It, in the Big Bold Business Book. “Rest and rejuvenation are important,” she says. “To function at peak performance, you must make time for taking care of yourself.”
Written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, Jersey Women Mean Business! Big Bold Business Advice from New Jersey Women Business Owners: Practical Pointers, Solutions, and Strategies for Business Success (Woodpecker Press, 2012) is jam-packed with time-tested tips, ideas, and insight to help you achieve business success!
The book is available on Amazon.com and WoodpeckerPress.com.
BBB Authors Participate in Networking Event Celebrating Italian Women Authors
Twenty-one of the Big Bold Business Authors are Italian or Italian-American, and as such, they were invited to participate in Celebrating Italian Women Authors on March 17, hosted by the Center for Italian and Italian-American Culture.
Shown above are the Big Bold Business Authors with the keynote speaker, Cara De Falco (center). From left to right are Maria-Elena Grant, Felicia Lucco, Linda Santangelo-Mosley, Rosanna Imbriano (event organizer), Raquel Bonassisa, Donna Ruccia Thompson, Brenda Hendrickson (honorary Italian for the day), and Dr. Donna Perillo. It was a great opportunity to share ideas with other Italian women authors and autograph books at this sold-out event.
Big Bold Business Panel Presentation for Entrepreneurs, May 19, Verona
Marketing, Business Communications, and Inspiration will be the topics discussed at the next Big Bold Business Panel Presentation.
Panelists: Rosanna Imbriano, marketing strategist and owner of RI Consulting, LLC; Caryn Starr-Gates, copywriter and owner of StarrGates Business Communications; and Sue Waldman, inspirational life coach and owner of Advanced Counseling & Coaching Services
DATE: Wednesday, May 19, 2013
TIME: 7:30-9:00 p.m.
PLACE: Calvary Lutheran Church, 23 S. Prospect Street, Verona, NJ 07044
COST: $25 if prepaid by 5/13/2013; $30 thereafter
REGISTER: Call Sue Waldman, 973-857-9090 or click here
For more details, see flyer below. Can’t make the event, then
WHY NOT PICK UP A COPY OF THE BOOK TODAY!
Written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, Jersey Women Mean Business! Big Bold Business Advice from New Jersey Women Business Owners: Practical Pointers, Solutions, and Strategies for Business Success (Woodpecker Press, 2012) is jam-packed with time-tested tips, ideas, and insight to help you achieve business success!
BBB Author Susan P. Ascher to Sign Books in Maplewood
Big Bold Business Author Susan P. Ascher will be autographing her book, Dude, Seriously, It’s Not All About You (Woodpecker Press, 2011), at [words] in Maplewood on May 1, 2013.
The book is is a humorous rant on how communications and protocol have forever changed how we connect and interact with coworkers, friends, and family in the New Millennium.
DATE: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
TIME: 7 pm
PLACE: [words], 179 Maplewood Ave., Maplewood, NJ 07040
COST: Free
Complimentary beer, wine, and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Books purchased that evening will be autographed by Susan.
Susan also wrote Chapter 11, From Good to Great: Five Secrets That Separate the Best from the Rest, in the Big Bold Business Book. From image, to manners, to improving communication skills, in her chapter Ascher shares her “daily code of conduct” that has led to success.
Written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, Jersey Women Mean Business! Big Bold Business Advice from New Jersey Women Business Owners: Practical Pointers, Solutions, and Strategies for Business Success (Woodpecker Press, 2012) is jam-packed with time-tested tips, ideas, and insight to help you achieve business success!
The book is available on Amazon.com and WoodpeckerPress.com.
WHY NOT PICK UP A COPY OF THE BOOK TODAY!
BBB Author Jaime Raskulinecz to Speak on the Benefits of Self-Directing Your Retirement Planning
BBB Author Jaime Raskulinecz, CEO and founder of Next Generation Trust Services in Roseland, New Jersey, is the invited speaker at the next luncheon meeting of NJAWBO Northwest. Jaime’s topic is Supercharge Your Retirement Planning through Self-Direction.
DATE: May 3, 2013
TIME: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
PLACE: Parsippany Sheraton in Jester’s Court, 199 Smith Road, Parsippany, NJ
COST: NJAWBO Members: $25 ($5 more at the door); Non-members: $35
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
Jaime’s chapter, Take Charge of Your Future with a Supercharged Retirement Strategy, is Chapter 1 of 72 chapters in the Big Bold Business Book.
Written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, Jersey Women Mean Business! Big Bold Business Advice from New Jersey Women Business Owners: Practical Pointers, Solutions, and Strategies for Business Success (Woodpecker Press, 2012) is jam-packed with time-tested tips, ideas, and insight to help you achieve business success!
The book is available on Amazon.com and WoodpeckerPress.com.
WHY NOT PICK UP A COPY OF THE BOOK TODAY!


















