Happy Wednesday!
I’m hoping that if all goes well this morning, by the time you read this I will be sound asleep again. I woke up at about 3 a.m. this morning and could not fall back asleep, so decided to stay up and do today’s blog post and the newsletter so that after my 8 a.m. doctor’s appointment (who knew doctors even did appointments that early) that I can come home and get a couple more hours of sleep.
It’s flippin’ cold here again this morning too. I’m sitting here with a big cup of coffee, and my blanket sweater and I’m still feeling cold. Shaun finally decided he was cold too this morning, and took the air conditioner hose out of the window and shut it for the winter.
But that’s enough whining from me this morning.
Here’s what I have for you in today’s roundup…
New Coloring Patterns Are Available Now
The October patterns for Coloring Patterns Monthly are now in members accounts on the CURRENT MONTH page. And the replay from October’s live call is also on that page, as well as on the September 2022 page with last month’s patterns.
This month’s members deal will be 30 mandala round patterns, and I should have those finished for you by the end of this week. I’ll get the challenge sorted out for you by the end of the week as well. Watch for an email from me either later tonight or tomorrow.
Not a member yet? Join us here for only $7/month
Cindy’s Deal of the Day
Today is Day 9 of Cindy’s Business Builder Specials and today’s deal is on the The Six-Figure List-Building System. Save 50% with code OCTOBER22 for today only!
Your email list is the absolute most important part of your business, and I can say that easily and emphatically because at least 75% of my income can be attributed directly to my lists (and yes, I do have more than one). I’ve been building email lists since 1997, but I never really had a system for it until I found Cindy’s training.
Here’s what she’s sharing with you in The Six-Figure List-Building System…
- Create an enticing opt-in offer your readers won’t be able to resist (including how to do it without writing a word)
- Craft captivating copy that compels your visitors to click the subscribe button (with examples and fill-in-the-blank templates you can steal)
- Optimize your website for conversions by taking advantage of every opportunity (without looking spammy or desperate)
- Build your list on autopilot with one simple tool and some strategic link placement (because list-building doesn’t have to feel like work)
- Two strategies for massive list growth that won’t cost you a dime
- How to leverage relationships and “borrow” other people’s traffic to grow your list (complete with outreach templates to make it easy)
Get The Six-Figure List-Building System Here
Coupon Code OCTOBER22
Deals Ending Today
Ends Tonight! Power of Gratitude PLR from Chad and James is available this week. The main offer includes a “biz in a box” style package with a 10k word ebook, a lead magnet report, 7 articles, followup emails, and much more. It’s on sale for $12.95 at the moment, which makes this a really good deal for some high-quality content.
New Deals Today
Mystical Social Media Templates from Gabby come with either Master Resale Rights or regular PLR rights. You get 45 social media post Canva templates in the package. I really like these because they’re done in gorgeous shades of purple and green, and since it’s Canva it’s very easy to change out the colours to match your own branding. Use coupon code mystical10 to save $10 on whichever option you choose. (Me, I’ll most likely grab the resell rights.)
Free Effective Daily Planning Articles from Alice at Publish for Prosperity are available this morning. You get 5 free articles that cover:
- Habits of Highly Productive People
- The Benefits of Being More Productive
- The Five Most Common Daily Distractions
- Things to Add to Your Daily Routine
- Tips for Getting Organized
Low Content Resources
Christmas Coloring Pages on Sale from me! I’ve decided to put my Zen-Style Christmas coloring packs on sale for the coming week. There are 3 packs to choose from – Simple Christmas Coloring Pages, Zen-Style Christmas Coloring Images, and 20 More Zen-Style Holiday Coloring Pages. There’s also a bundle option to save even more. Use coupon code XMAS30 to save 30% through Friday, October 21.
Vintage Christmas Decorations from Jay at Coloring Galaxy is available this week. You get 20 vintage Christmas ornaments in black and white, PNG and PSD formats for only $17 through Sunday, October 23.
New! Merry Christmas Kids Coloring Book Kit from Maureen at Color Me Positive PLR. There are 4 packs available in total, and they’re on sale for $20 each or as a bundle for $67 through Friday, October 21. The individual packs are:
- Merry Christmas Kids Line Art
- Merry Christmas Kids Line Art Backgrounds
- Merry Christmas Kids Color
- Merry Christmas Kids Color Backgrounds
You’ll find all four along with the bundle option on the main page of Color Me Positive PLR
Free Warm Fuzzies Coloring Quotes from Rayven at Color Monthly are available this week. Use coupon code FUZZIES to take the price down to $0 through October 24, 2022. Includes 10 pages
New! Cold Weather Pet Care Templates from Sue offers 7 different layouts on preparing your pets for the cold weather. These will work well in any pet-related planners, as printables, or lead magnets and come in 3 popular sizes, and black and white so you can put your own stamp on them. Only $7.
Flash Sale on this Christmas Baking Planner from Michelle at PLR Niche. Save 50% through October 21 with coupon code BAKE50. It includes 21 different layouts in a Buffalo plaid theme that I really like, along with gift tags and recipe cards.
New! Cool Blue 2023 Digital Planner for Affinity from Jan at Simple Happiness is available this week. This is a fully hyperlinked and dated digital planner and comes with a 41 page guide that shows you exactly how to change several elements in order to create your own designs. It’s on sale for only $27 through Tuesday, October 25 – no coupon required.
Launch Sale Ending Soon for Katherine’s Limitless Design Kits Membership. From now through October 20, you will get 2 monthly kits instead of one. I joined this last week and have really been impressed with the quality of designs and the fact that they don’t look like everything else out there.
New! Crystals Planner from Jenn at Planning Addicts is available for sale this week. (Note: This was included in the upgraded monthly printables club, so if you’re a member there don’t buy this!)
The planner comes with 22 different pages including:
- Crystals Directory
- Crystals Wishlist
- Crystals for Inspiration
- My Crystals (inventory)
- Crystals Log
- Crystal Grids
- Crystals Grid Planner
- Crystals Resources
PLR Deals
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Epic Blog Post is a new freebie from Sharyn at Content Sparks. Imposter syndrome is a huge deal for a lot of marketers I know, myself included. Even though I’ve been around online since 1997 there are days still that I feel like a fraud. It takes nudges like this free content showing up in my inbox, and the card I pulled the other day that reminds me I do have knowledge worth sharing to help me get over my own imposter syndrome feelings.
Unbreakable Resilience PLR Special from Tools for Motivation is available this week. This is a full PLR package that includes:
• Premium Content – ebook, enhanced ebook, workbook, audiobook, and ecovers
• Lead Generation Content – lead gen report, autoresponder series, and trainers slide deck
• Branding Content – 10 articles, 2 mini reports, 10 slide decks, 1 checklist
• Social Content – tip posters, infographic, pinterest and Instagram images, tweets and FB posts
• Marketing Content – pre-made sales letter, product graphics, curated royalty free graphics
Bonus: Purchase through my link and I’ll share the walkthrough workshop that shows you several ideas on how to use all the pieces of these packages. Email your receipt for access.
Sales Funnel Profits from Coach Glue is on sale this week. Save 50% through Thursday, October 20 with code 50.
The content covers:
- Lesson 1: Choose the Right Low-Touch, High-ROI Offer–and Get Rich on Autopilot
- Lesson 2: Price Your Offer Perfectly & Get People to Snap Up Your Offer Fast–and Early
- Lesson 3: Map Out Your Automated Profit-Boosting Funnel
- Lesson 4: How to Effortlessly Flood Your Funnel with the Right Leads
7 PLR Blunders PLR from Jason Oikle. Jason has been around the PLR space for a long time, and he’s got a new PLR package out this week that covers the top 7 mistakes that new affiliate marketers make. It’s on a dime sale, so if you’re interested, grab it now for the best price.
Tools and Training
Simple Scary Story Books is a training from Andy on how to create horror books for the teen and young adult market. It’s on sale from now through Tuesday, October 25 for only $25. I’m not much of one for scary anything, so it’s definitely not something I’ll be buying but I know Andy’s training is always good, and if you like that genre, it might be worth a look at something to add to your income streams.
Affinity Training on Sale! Catherine is celebrating the first anniversary of her flagship Create Printables in Affinity training through the month of October. You can choose from either the single course or the Affinity Course Bundle and save $30 with code ANNIVERSARY.
The bundle includes 4 courses:
- Affinity Publisher Basics
- Affinity Designer Basics
- Using Affinity Publisher for Low Content Books
- Create Printables in Affinity
Catherine is my go-to person for all things Affinity, and I have all of these courses (and have used them!)
New! Bookwise Theme from Thrive Themes – This is a brand-new theme for building out an author website. If you’re wanting to sell your own planners and other books from your own site, this will help. I use Thrive Theme Builder on my new blog, and once I figured out how to use it, it was a snap to create a design that’s fairly unique to me. There are a couple of options for checking it out:
Option #1 – Register for the free “How to Build An Impressive Indie Author Website” workshop
Option #2 – Checkout the Bookwise theme and get a free 14-day test drive of the Thrive Suite.
Ez Pub Profits is a guide for KDP publishers that shares research, trending topics, holidays, and product interiors that you can use to create books for KDP. They work 2 months out, so this month’s guide covers topics to publish in December. It’s one of my must have purchases every month, and a steal at only $10.
Low Content Intel is the monthly low-content report from Amy Smereck where she researches a different type of low content category every month. This is another of my go-to research tools every month, and the October issue on Journals is now available.
Graphics Deals
Creative Fabrica’s Weekly Discount Deals
The Hungry Jpeg’s Dollar Deals Page
Design Bundles Plus Membership
Ends Tomorrow! Design Cuts Birthday Sale! Save 50% on 180 of their best-selling products
New! The Procreate Artist’s Expansive Brush Toolbox
New! Enchanted Christmas Illustrations – Winter Princesses & Woodland Animals
New! Boho Digital Papers from Creative Fabrica
Watercolor Christmas Graphic Bundles from Creative Fabrica
New! Celestial Magic Sublimation Bundle from Creative Fabrica
The Business Owners Bundle 2 from Design Bundles
Ends Tomorrow! Whole Store Bundle by Eva-Katerina at The Hungry Jpeg
New! The Magic of Christmas Bundle from The Hungry Jpeg
TheHungryJpeg Ultimate Starter Pack
Ends in 4 Days! The Groovy Retro Bundle from The Hungry Jpeg
Freebies This Week
Free Journal Prompts from Ekit Hub To celebrate the launch of their Mega Journal Kit this weekend, Alice and Yusef have added several sets of Journal Prompts to their blog including:
- Journal Prompts for Writers
- Goal-Setting Journal Prompts
- Journal Prompts for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
- Creativity Journal Prompts
- Fitness and Health Journal Prompts
Free! Start Your Day with Gratitude & Positive Thinking PLR from Piggy Makes Bank. You get 7 articles and 7 emails.
Building a Winning Mindset Free PLR from Tools for Motivation
From Alice – 10 Free “How the Stories You Tell Yourself are Holding You Back” Graphics
New! Life of Abundance Log from Lynette – 6 page template that would make a great lead magnet or content upgrade
From Alice and Yusef at Ekit Hub – Free Healing Mantras pack with a poster, coloring page, and two cards
From Piggy Makes Bank – 7 Practices to Help You Be More Mindful – includes 7 articles and 7 emails.
From Alice –10 Positive Mindset Quote Graphics
From Cindy – The Ultimate List of Opt-In Incentive Ideas to Feed Your Funnels
Free Graphics Packs
New! Free! Floral Animals Collection from Design Cuts this week.
Pastel Stripes Seamless Pattern
New! 12 Red & Green Plaid Digital Papers
Design Bundles Freebie of the Week
The Free Watercolor Bundle Vol. II
The Free Canva Template Bundle
Gothic Halloween Digital Paper
New! Hungry Jpeg Freebie of the Week – Magical Winter Forest
New! Llama winter cards
Today’s Read: 8 Ideas to Jumpstart Your Creativity
As a creative soulpreneurs, your creativity is a necessary part of your business. And while it’s great to be creative for a living, sometimes you’re just not feeling it (at least if you’re anything like me) and it’s hard to be creative on command.
Creative energy is really just like any other type of energy… it ebbs and flows and needs recharging. And just like your car battery, if it’s not firing up for you, it just might need a bit of a jumpstart.
Fortunately, there are ways to give your creativity a boost when you need it.
And that’s it for me this morning. I’m going to try and get some sleep and then tackle a few projects this afternoon and evening.
Have an amazing day/evening! Create what makes your heart happy!

Ruth Bowers Ritchie Media email: ruthie@ritchiemedia.ca P.S. New Coloring Patterns & Perks Drop Soon! Are you a member yet? P.P.S – Miss the last newsletter? Read it here |
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