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Marnie with "Trust Your Heart: Transform Your Ideas to Income" book contributors: Laura West, Shannon Cherry, Marnie, Adela Rubio, Janis Pettit and Jessica Swanson


Radiant Success Event 2011 Presenters
Shannon Cherry, Felicia Slattery, Janis Pettit, Marnie Pehrson, Bob Jenkins, Adela Rubio


Marnie Pehrson presenting at the Radiant Success Event 2011


Panel Discussion: Lisa Rae Preston, Karon Thackston, Marnie Pehrson, Kathleen Gage and Janis Pettit at the Radiant Success Event in Raleigh, NC 2010


Marnie Pehrson, Denise Wakeman, Ellen Britt, Janis Pettit, Jane Lee, and Kathleen Gage at the Radiant Success Event in Raleigh, NC 2010


Marnie presenting at Radiant Success Event


Marnie signing books at the Booksellers Convention in Salt Lake City, UT, 2008


Marnie & friend Leslie Householder author of The JackRabbit Factor: Why You Can!


Marnie and Richard Paul Evans, New York Times Best Selling author of The Christmas Box and others.


Marnie with Paula Fellingham
CEO of The WIN Online


Best-selling author, Jennifer Youngblood with Marnie


Marcia Lynn McClure
(author), Grace Edwards (owner of AYS Book & Tapes), and Marnie Pehrson at the Booksellers Convention in Salt Lake City, UT, 2005


Marnie & best-selling author friend,
Julie Coulter Bellon at the Whitney Awards booth, August 2007


Best-selling author, Anita Stanfield with Marnie Pehrson

Marnie Pehrson's Bio

Short Bio (68 words)

Marnie Pehrson is a best-selling author, speaker, certified SimplyHealedTM practitioner, and online publicist who helps light bearers build influential online platforms. Through her flagship site, IdeaMarketers.com, she uses innovative contextual content marketing to put your articles, press releases, information products, videos, audios and expertise in front of your ideal clients. Marnie is also a wife and mother of 6 and the author of 22 fiction and nonfiction titles.

What Is a Light Bearer?

A Light Bearer is a wise, intuitive Inspired Creative who lovingly lights the way for others. A Light Bearer is passionate about assisting people in breaking free from bondage to ultimate freedom (whether the chains are of one's own making, generational or inflicted by others). They are courageous leaders for not only the rising generation but also for lifelong learners of any age.  

Longer Bio

To say Marnie Pehrson is prolific would be an understatement. She is a mother of six, the creator of over twenty web sites including the longest running article directory on the Web, IdeaMarketers.com, which contains over 3 million articles and serves over 200,000 writers who submit over 80,000 articles in a typical month. But it doesn't stop there. Marnie's also the bestselling author of "Trust Your Heart: Transform Your Ideas Into Income" as well as it's soon-to-be-released sequel, Trust Your Heart: Building Relationships That Build Your Business, ten fiction novels and ten nonfiction inspirational titles.  

Marnie Pehrson has been highlighting truth and talent for nearly 16 years. Whether she's writing a novel that spotlights individuals who've made a difference in the world or helping a talented entrepreneur create a platform for his life's work, Marnie's life is about underscoring truth and talent in innovative and compelling ways.

Through IdeaMarketers.com she helps entrepreneurs deliver their messages to the online world by creating a platform from which they can establish their expertise. You may reach Marnie and her projects here.

Due to the marketing campaign Marnie orchestrated, her latest book, "Trust Your Heart: Transform Your Ideas into Income" became a #1 Amazon Entrepreneurial Bestseller and #1 Amazon Mover and Shaker in May 2011. It centers around a core principle Marnie teaches about following your heart and passion and taking action with determination toward your dreams. The book is a collection of 19 Entrepreneurs' experiences in doing just that. Each chapter is written in the contributor's own words, sharing his or her story and the "take-away" principles and action steps the reader can follow to transform their ideas into income.

Contributors include: Adam Urbanski, Adela Rubio, Brian Rooney, Denise Wakeman, Ellen Britt, Janis Pettit, Jessica Swanson, Joanne Musa, Kathleen Gage, Laura West, Leslie Householder, Linda Miles, Lisa Rae Preston, Michele PW, Milana Leshinsky, Phillip Davis, Stephanie Chandler, Shannon Cherry

Marnie has been in business since 1990 and has been spotlighting talent online since 1995. For a list of some of her clients go here.  

Marnie's Story

Marnie started her home business back in 1990 as a way to stay home with her two small children. She started out as a computer trainer, teaching people software from her home. Her students began telling their employers about her and she moved into on-site training, consulting and program. In 1994 she wrote How to Run a Computer Training Business and began marketing it on AOL and Compuserve. 

By 1996, she and a friend (Alanna Webb) opened the first online mall. In 1998, Marnie combined her love for writing with her knack for marketing to create IdeaMarketers.com which has become the longest running content directory on the Web. SheLovesGod.com came along in 2000 and Marnie launched her inspirational writing career through this site.  

In 2004, Granite Publishing and Distribution began distributing several of Marnie's inspirational titles including Lord, Are You Sure? Her author friend Marcia Lynn McClure encouraged her to branch into fiction. After pitching the idea for The Patriot Wore Petticoats to her distributor, they suggested she run with it. This novel is based on the true story of Marnie's 4th Great Grandmother, Dicey Langston, a Revolutionary War heroine.  

Once Marnie dipped her toe into fiction, she never wanted to leave. Other Southern novels followed including Waltzing with the Light, Rebecca's Reveries, Beyond the Waterfall, Angel and the Enemy, In Love We Trust and two titles in the Granite LoveNotes series, Hannah's Heart and Savannah Nights.  

Marnie, who was born and raised in the Chattanooga Tennessee area, is an avid enthusiast of family history. She integrates elements of the places, people and events of her Southern family and heritage into her historical fiction novels. Marnie's life is steeped in Southern history from the little town of Daisy that she grew up in (the setting for Waltzing with the Light) to the 24 acres bordering the famous Chickamauga Battlefield upon which her family resides. The Chickamauga Battlefield inspired Rebecca's Reveries, In Love We Trust and Marnie's BarnesAndNoble.com best-seller Angel and the Enemy (December 2006). Her latest novel An Uncertain Justice is based on a true story about the last legal hanging in Georgia. The victim of the murder (Deputy Sheriff Joseph Morton) was Marnie's 2nd great grandfather.

She also helps other authors get their work in print and create a buzz about it with her two programs: Insider Secrets to Self-Publishing Your Masterpiece and The Anatomy of an Amazon Bestseller Launch.

Marnie's passion is promoting the principles of Life, Liberty, Love and Learning through speaking, consulting and supporting Light Bearers who are impacting the world in positive and innovative ways.

For a full list of Marnie's Web projects, go here.

Media Interview Questions
  • What is a Light Bearer and how do you know if you are one?
  • What is SimplyHealed and how do you use it to support your clients?
  • Do you believe everyone has a message?
  • Do you feel we suddenly wake up to our message or does it come over time?
  • What are the key elements to a powerful message that cuts straight to people's hearts.
  • You say marketing your message can be easy, natural and fun. How does that work?
  • What do you think holds people back from sharing their messages? Do you have a solution?
  • Do you have mentors? If so, who are they and what have they taught you?
  • You've written both fiction and nonfiction. Which is easier to promote from a self-publishing standpoint?
  • Your book, "Trust Your Heart: Transform Your Ideas Into Income" became a #1 Amazon Bestseller and Mover and Shaker, How did that come about?
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Book Excerpts  

Video for "Trust Your Heart: Transform Your Ideas Into Income"

Media Mentions

Magazines, Books & Newspapers

Entrepreneur International, Pregnancy Magazine, Small Business Start-Ups, Business Opportunity World, Home Office Computing, Dallas Heritage, The Chattanooga Times, The Walker County Messenger. Also featured in Marty Foley's "Internet Marketing Goldmine." IdeaMarketers is featured in almost every online marketing book and ebook on the market.  

Television & Radio

Let's Talk Money, The Pulse, WRCB TV Chattanooga, On The Same Page with Maxine Thompson, By the Book Radio with Debbie Williams, The Writer's Show WAHL Radio Chattanooga. 

RADIO INTERVIEW: Interview on WGOW's "Let's Talk Money" Show (03/2011)
 


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RADIO INTERVIEW: Christmas Interview About Miss Humbug and Viral Book Marketing Techniques
Joan Hetzler of the Writers' Show (WAWL Chattanooga 91.5 FM) interviews Marnie about her Viral Campaign to give away "Miss Humbug" at Christmas as well as other tools and ideas for authors who want to promote their books online. Aired 12/2008

RADIO INTERVIEW: Self-Publishing and BarnesAndNoble 
Best Seller Angel and the Enemy 

Joan Hetzler of the Writers' Show (WAWL Chattanooga 91.5 FM) interviews Marnie about Angel and the Enemy, how she incorporates family history into her books, and her self-publishing strategies.
Interview aired 3/4/07.

Part 1:

MP3 File

Part 2:

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RADIO INTERVIEW: 10 Steps to Fulfilling Your Divine Destiny 
Debbie Williams of By the Book Radio interview Marnie about her book. Right Click Here to download the audio clip.

ONLINE INTERVIEW: Character Development and 
Underlying Themes in Fiction Writing
Length: 20 minutes
Amy Ewart of SecretarialSolutions.ca interviews Marnie about her character development, the power of fiction and an inside look at "The Earl's Confession"

 
Video Clips

Marnie Pehrson appears on The WIN Show  
(Women's Information Network)

with Paula Fellingham and Kim Coles

Marnie speaks at Langston Charter Middle School
about "Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life Story"

and the life of American Revolutionary War heroine, Dicey Langston

Contact Marnie for interviews, book signings or speaking engagements: 

Marnie Pehrson
514 Old Hickory Ln
Ringgold GA 30736
TEL: 706-866-2295 or 800-524-2307
CELL: 423-580-0093
marnie@marniepehrson.com
Marnie's Power of Gratitude Blog
IdeaMarketers Article Promotion Blog
 

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