It's Not Too Late to Make Retirement Great!

Listen to Author Arsen Marsoobian speak from the heart about his experiences in life and a brief excerpt from his book, Don't Die.

"Preparing to live or waiting to die." Over the age of 65, you fit into one of these two categories.  The reason I say this is because I have done both. In my book Don't Die I explain what happened after divorce and relocating back to my family and community I had left for 12 years. We believe life changes after the age of retirement. What is that 65? 

Most prominent sales job government as ever sold to American people. They set up Social Security benefits at age 65 when life expectancy for the average person was age  64. Good logical thinking for politicians in Washington. Now more and more people living to age 100 and beyond. There will soon be a million people over age of 100 in America .

So the question is, what are you going to do in the next 30 years?

The answer requires a whole different mindset and a way to approach life. But, Arsen under my circumstance, I can't do anything. As one of the great motivational speakers of our time, Zig Ziglar answered that statement. "With a question."What are you doing under there in the first place?

If you have been out of the game of life for a while time to get back in is NOW. If you're still in the game excellent, keep it up. Be an inspiration to others around you. Choose to prepare every day to live. 

In my book, I share the three essential things that helped me make the mind shift.  Maybe they will help you. They are, Keep Learning, Keep Doing, and Keep Giving.

There is a bonus chapter in the back of the book to help you evaluate your desires or dreams before you get started. With only thirty years left, you don't want to waste time pursuing a course of action that will not be fulfilled.

To learn more about publishing, marketing and promotions, please visit: https://serendipitymediagroup.com/

To purchase Manifesting Magnificence, a Personal Growth Workbook, please buy here: https://www.amazon.com/Manifesting-Magnificence-Personal-Growth-Workbook/dp/0692345191

To purchase Arsen's book, please go here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615742068/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_uZ8hDb7YGPQ9A

4 Essential Elements to a Successful Social Media Approach, by, Gina Meyers

Aw, both a blessing and a curse for business owners and writers and anyone who wants to sell something these days. Social Media, the internet, you can't beat them, so you might as well join them.


These ideas were garnered from a recent talk by my friend and business associate, Naun Garcia, see if you agree.

4 Essential Elements to a Successful Social Media Approach, by, Gina Meyers

1) Recruiting, ask for followers. Increase your likes in a variety of creative ways, ask me how.
2) Retaining (make sure your content is fresh and flavorful to keep your social media followers).
3) Educational (make sure your content is educational)
4) Make sure your information is Entertaining. (Customers love videos, they love pictures showing kittens and puppies.



Make your connection with the public today by enhancing your social media approach with these easy 4 Essential Elements for a Successful Social Media Approach, contact us today for more info.:

Resources: Naun Garcia's Firm, Inpower Marketing
Gina Meyers' Firm, Serendipity, a Marketing, Publishing, and Promotions Agency

Host your next event at Papagni Winery, you will get the star treatment.

Host your next event at Papagni Winery, you will get the star treatment. For more information, send us an email at: serendipitymediagroup@gmail.com

Author Signing at Art Hop, Thursday, June 6th, 2019

Please join us for a fun Art Hop evening with Meisha Macillas.

Art Hop June 6th, Frank’s Place will be hosting a launch party/book signing featuring local author Meisha Macillas. Be sure to come out and buy a copy of the new time traveling adventure called Timetopia and get it signed by the author. Also be sure to try one of the tasty signature drinks from the book. Join us in all the fun with music and drinks.Doors open at 5pm for all ages.6pm-9pm will be the signing and drinks. Drink specials and specialty drinks. Be sure to come out and support your local writer/artist and bar. See you there be sure to invite all your friends.

For Immediate Release:
Author available for interviews
Please contact: Gina at Serendipity Media Group
Email: serendipitymediagroup@gmail.comSerendipity Media GroupTo order media copies, please email, thank you.
Five Scientists disgusted with the future world they came from. They unintentionally created a time machine and once they realized the power they now had, they decided to take a stand, going back hundreds of years to stop the world from becoming marred.  They ensured that the countries and world order that once was, never came to be. They created the land known as Timetopia. A place they deemed as a utopia they the five scientist ran alone. Ava who thought of herself as a shining example of a model Timetopian, finds herself in a most unusual situation. On Ava’s seventeenth birthday, everything she once believed to be true suddenly becomes like a mirror cracked, shattered into a billion pieces. Now being chased by the people she once thought she could trust. She journeys across Timetopia with Rev, a girl she just met. What she finds on her journey shocks her. For nothing is what it seems in Timetopia.

Attention all Central Valley Authors, Book Contest, sponsored by, The Christian Writer's Seminar

Attention all authors! Do you have a book that you've published in 2019? Are you in the Central Valley Region of California? Well stay tuned for an exciting contest sponsored by The Christian's Writers Seminar. Inquiries, please email: serendipitymediagroup@gmail.com.

For Immediate Release: Timetopia, by, Meisha Macillas

For Immediate Release:
Author available for interviews
Please contact: Gina at Serendipity Media Group
Email: serendipitymediagroup@gmail.comSerendipity Media Group

To order media copies, please email, thank you.

Five Scientists disgusted with the future world they came from. They unintentionally created a time machine and once they realized the power they now had, they decided to take a stand, going back hundreds of years to stop the world from becoming marred.  They ensured that the countries and world order that once was, never came to be. They created the land known as Timetopia. A place they deemed as a utopia they the five scientist ran alone. Ava who thought of herself as a shining example of a model Timetopian, finds herself in a most unusual situation. On Ava’s seventeenth birthday, everything she once believed to be true suddenly becomes like a mirror cracked, shattered into a billion pieces. Now being chased by the people she once thought she could trust. She journeys across Timetopia with Rev, a girl she just met. What she finds on her journey shocks her. For nothing is what it seems in Timetopia.

May Day Brownies

Every May Day, I make cookies. In some parts of the United States, May baskets are made as part of the May Day tradition, a celebration of Spring that can include activities like a maypole dance and crowning a queen of May. May baskets are small baskets usually filled with flowers or treats, left anonymously on someone's doorstep.

We've always altered the holiday slightly. When my daughters' were little, we would pick Roses and make horns (to serve as holders for the flowers, made out of colored paper). After my son was born, we started baking cookies to give to friends and family on May 1st.

We've always added a note or a card letting people know that the gift is from us.

Happy May Day!


Enjoy these easy and yummy May Day Brownies.

8 Tablespoons (1 cube) of butter, melted
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups of granulated sugar
3/4 cup of baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 cup of flour

Directions: preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray an 8 x 8 inch square baking pan. In a medium sized bowl, add all ingredients, excluding flour. With a spoon, mix thoroughly, lastly add the flour and stir again. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the brownie mixture comes out clean.

Wednesday, April 17th 7-9 pm at The Gilded Grape Wine & Spirits, Taste, Sip & Draw: Focus on ARTchitecture with Liz Longo

Wednesday, April 17th 7-9 pm at The Gilded Grape Wine & Spirits, Taste, Sip & Draw:  Focus on ARTchitecture with Liz Longo

Papa Soob’s Formula For Success In every Job

Papa Soob’s Formula For Success In every Job 

“Success is the daily progression toward a pre-determined worthwhile goal.” Earl Nightingale

By, Arsen Marsoobian

1.Show up on time or ahead of time.
2.Dress for the work to be done.
3.Know how to do your job, be skilled.
4. Always do more than asked of you. ( Lose attitude of “That’s not my job”)
5. How can I make my bosses job easier?
6. Know what you believe in and stay true to yourself.
7.Have a positive attitude, smile and look the customer in the eye when talking to them.
     How to test your, Career Opportunities, Dreams, Goals.
1.What will it take to be ready for the opportunity,
Time:  (Days- Weeks -Months -Years )
Money: (How much? How  to get it? )
Sacrifices: (What willing to give up? Watching TV, Hanging with Friends, etc?
  2.Ask yourself, ( This is personal question between you and you.)
Am I willing to do all of these things?
      Is this what I really want to do or be?
    Is the reward greater than the cost?
 If your answer is YES. Then get started knowing it will happen. Work towards it a little every day.
If your answer is NO to any or all of them, change directions  because it will not happen.



Arsen S Marsoobian, Owner
S.O.O.B. Enterprises
PapaSoob@SoobEnt.com

Arsen's Book Trailer & Words of Inspiration

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Bundles of Binding Time, by, Linda Ferrari (official press release)

For Immediate Release:

Bundles of Binding Time, by, Linda Ferrari

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.Lao-tzu

You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

When asked how he conquered the world, Alexander the Great replied:  “By not delaying.”

Some time ago I read an article that introduced me to the concept of “binding time.” That’s the notion of the semanticist Alfred Korzybski about the importance of language in passing knowledge from one generation to the next, and how language literally gathers events and thoughts together in bundles that outlive their makers in the memories of those that follow.

I began collecting these quotations when I was a sophomore in high school, and I am now a retired teacher.  Over the years, I have collected quotations and shared them with my students when I wrote them on the board in my classroom.  My students always loved reading the quotations, and so many of them began their own book of quotations.  I hope you, too, will find pleasure and inspiration in these “bundles of binding time.”

Product details

Print Length: 44 pages
Publisher: Serendipity Media Group (August 5, 2010)
Language: English

To purchase for $9.99 please go to: Bundles of Binding Time, Eternal Quotations
Contact: Gina Meyers at Serendipitymediagroup@gmail.com
or call: (559) 449-1970

Christian Writer's Seminar, Fresno Pacific University, Marketing on a budget, by Gina Meyers.

Christian Writer's Seminar, Fresno Pacific University, Marketing on a budget, by Gina Meyers.

In case you missed it, here are my notes from the Christian Writer's Seminar.
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How to Promote your book on a tight budget.

-Create a social media presence

-Send a notification email to your readers/fans (or subscribe to mail chimp or constant contact)

-Collaborate with opinion leaders.

-Run a contest with your book as an award or prize.

-Create a website or connect with a company that can assist.
Contact a local publisher, promoter, such as myself.

Gina Meyers, book publicity

Contact me for a FREE Author Survival Guide. serendipitymediagroup@gmail.com

For Immediate Release 2018 Studio Tour & Art Walk, with artist Liz Longo, Saturday, October 27th & Sunday, October 28th, 2018 FREE Admission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2018 STUDIO TOUR & ART WALK

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27th and
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28th

11AM– 5PM Free Admission

PRESS CONTACTS: Liz Longo: publicity@flatbushartists.org, (917) 637-1104.

Kathy Levine: publicityfeature@flatbushartists.org 917-432-4712

Tour map visit https://www.flatbushartists.org/tourmap2018.html. Maps also available at the
shops and restaurants along Church Avenue, Cortelyou Road and Newkirk Avenue
in Ditmas Park.

This will be our eighth studio tour!

Flat Brush Artist, Liz Longo

Zane Treimanis CJ Segal-Isaccson Juan Carlos Pinto Alaiyo Bradshaw

Come see over 40 artists – our biggest show yet - in Ditmas Park, Flatbush and vicinity.

Visitors have the chance to view artwork, discuss art with the artists
and purchase the work of
established artists. Most studios will host several artists.
The range is diverse – acrylic and oil painting, wood sculpture, drawings,
mixed media, collage, polished abstract frescoes, photography, and sculptural jewelry.
The beautiful tree-lined streets of Flatbush will offer the opportunity for a wonderful fall
weekend stroll, studio to studio.

Participating artists: Diana Ardila, Gabriel Asoka, Alaiyo Bradshaw, Paul Catalanotto,
Pamela Cortez, Stephen Dix, Karen Friedland, Arturo Garcia, Elise Goldberg, Douglas Graham,
Tom Hagen, Julia Haw, Caitlin Hurd, Roberta Grobel Intrater, Gideon Kendall, Karen King,
Taylor Kuhn, Julie Lambert, Julie Landa, Iris Lavy, Kathy Levine, Liz Longo, Rick Midler,
Vanessa Morris, Madeline Nelson, Christine Newman, Jide Ojo, Julie Peppito, Eric Pesso,
Juan Carlos Pinto, Richard Resnick, Mark Rosenthal, Lindsay Schaeffer, Adam Segal-Isaacson,
CJ Segal-Isaacson, Mary Ann Sekely, Zane Treimanis, David Tumblety, Aura Shahaf Woelfle,
and Brian Zimbler.

Ditmas Park’s restaurant row is on Cortelyou Road and offers a variety of Zagat-rated restaurants.

LOCATION: Victorian Flatbush is located in the heart of Brooklyn, just south of Prospect Park.
Transportation is easy and direct:

SUBWAY: Q train to Beverley Rd., Cortelyou Rd. or Newkirk Plaza.

BUS: B68, B16, B35, and several other buses.

CAR: Parking is plentiful.

Buy Liz's A Bird and Its' Albatross: A Tale of Renewal on Kindle

Purchase Manifesting Magnificence: A Personal Growth Workbook, featured writer, Liz Longo

Purchase Liz Longo's A Bird and Its Albatross: An Allegorical Tale

Christian Writer's Seminar, Good Lutheran Church, Fresno, Ca. Saturday, February 10th, my talk, by Gina Meyers (Publishing)

"When I grow up, I want to be an author." "When I grow up I want to be a publisher." Sound familar? Both of those dreams were on the career list and in the daiary back in the day. Actually college. I was recently reading over my journal/diary from back in the day at Fresno State and both of those dreams have been realized. The funny thing is both of those "professions" or "careers" have no actual road map. Each author as well as each publisher has kind of traveled their own road to success. I'm going to try to provide an easy road map to publishing success. Here are some tips to presenting your book to a publisher.

Tips on presenting your book to a publisher:

#1 Enjoy the process
#2 Take time to research, do your homework.
#3 Access your strengths and weaknesses. 
#4 Learn something of value from your favorite author, your dream publisher, your competition.
#5 Decide if you want to self-publish.
#6 Decide if you want to hire a literary agent.
#7 Learn publishing lingo, every industry and profession has a language.
#8 Do your market research. The Writer's Market is an excellent guide to publishers in the US.
#9 Once you've indentified your target market, work on niche marketing. (a limited area of demand for your book).
#10 Draft a proposal
#11 Get to the point.
#12 Send out your proposals.

When I taught my Publishing 101 Class in the Spring of 2014, I asked my students what they hoped to gain/goal from taking the class.

TM Gardea said, "I believe it would be fun to change people's lives for the better."
D. Yee said, "to initiate the process of writing my memoir of my life experiences growing up as an Asian-American in Arkansas." Another student took a more practical approach and said, "to acquire better knowledge of publishing and marketing a book, to learn something new." This individual also said, "to learn the difference between self-publishing and hiring an agent." The truth is the process of writing is quite different than the process of publishing, but according to Bookstat, the way we purchase books has changed.

1) Amazon sells nearly half the books sold in the US. Barnes & Noble is shrinking quickly as are other outlets.
2) E Books account for more than half of all books sold in the US.
3) self-published and small press books at low prices dominate unit sales.
4) As always, books are being purchased and read. The best-selling book of the year will be read by fewer than 1% of the people in the US. Bust as long as you have about 10,000 devoted readers, you can make a living.

What I mean is technology has changed and myself as a publisher, I have had to adapt to new and emerging technologies to stay on top of my game. People still have stories to tell, it's the way we communicate this that has changed. For instance, books and book stores have been around for 500 years.

For publishers and authors, we still need each other for moral and organizational support. It's hard work, writers need to write, and publishers have become promoters and still need to research permissions, etc. Shelf-space is no longer king, niche marketing is queen. We can't cater to bookstores, it must be our fans.

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The business of book writing and publishing.

I just came across some notes from students when I taught my Publishing 101 Class back in the Spring of 2014. I asked my students what they hoped to gain from taking the class. The answers were not surprising, they were astonishing.

One individual D. Yee said, "I want to initiate the process of writing my memoir of my life experiences growing up as an Asian-American in Arkansas." Another individual by the initials of TM Gardea said, "I believe it would be fun to change people's lives for the better through the written word." Another student said, "to acquire better knowledge of publishing and marketing a book. To learn more or something new." "To learn the difference between self-publishing verses an agent, which is a better option if given a choice."

The process of writing is quite different than the process of publishing and though both of those "dreams" were written in my journal by the time I was nineteen years of age, and both of those dreams have manifested themselves in my life--neither came with a clear career road map to success.

What I mean is technology has changed, and neither of my dream jobs actually fit in a corporate ideology of an actual paying gig. I've made both of those pipe dreams into a reality and have been paid pretty decently as a result. Though neither have been my full-time job and people still look at me funny when I say I am an author and a publisher.

Truth be told, while technology may have changed and I have had to adapt to the new and emerging technologies to stay on top of my game, stories and people and sharing their experiences and communicating hasn't.

People are still people and want to share their stories. I am still a person that has the ability to connect individuals with their audience/their readers.

Just like in school, we learn the material differently, take the tests on our own and either graduate or retake the class, the information that we learn is the information that we gain.

So whereas the stories need to be told, the way they are shared and communicated has changed. As a publisher, marketer, an author I wear many different hats. Each person who writes a book realizes that it is their book to share, their baby. Some people trust their baby with me, others shy away and think they can do it by themselves. My late grandmother used to use an expression, "not their cup of tea."
We can't be everyone's cup of tea and we can't be everyone's first choice either. Options are endless, but we still need to trust that others may be able to help us achieve our goals.

I recently received a great compliment from a client who initially had his book published by a traditional publisher 40 years ago. The compliment wasn't about the new technology or how quickly the book was turned around, it was about the spirit of which I give to my clients babies. The sincere care and concern in sharing the information in a timely way to the right audience.

He will have great success because he knows his audience and knows what he is good at and what he isn't great at.

Getting back to the business of writing. I am sure everyone that is reading this blog thought there would be free information in this blog, I wanted to share my publishing tips which I will be doing at the upcoming Christian Writer's Conference. In a way there is information if you read between the lines. You need to believe in your project, but not to the point where you tune everyone out. Recently, I had an unpleasant experience with a referral, this individual after I spent two or so hours of my time assisting him in formulating a plan/providing information via an Authors Survival Guide and creation of a very specific contract of which he said we needed, I got the run around. Why would you charge me $40 per hour? You don't know anything! You aren't an attorney. I'm going to make my book a great success, I already have a marketing consultant, why the heck would I need you? You get the picture, I wished this individual the best of luck.

It isn't for me to judge how people go about the business of writing, publishing, or living. I merely have been given a gift for communicating. I'm not the only individual in the universe who has this gift and it isn't about me anyhow.

Get back to the business of writing and everything will be just fine.