Boomer Babes Rock

Captain’s Log, Stardate 01.17.2007

For years Allison Bottke has been known as the official “God Allows U-Turns” poster girl, but that’s about to change. We’ll soon come to know her as the “Boomer Babe” poster girl—with the launch of a new business brand for baby boomer women and the boomer men who love them.

BoomerBabesRock.com is Allison’s newest venture and includes an interactive web site, a monthly Dream-Zine, teleseminars, and a Boomer Blog co-authored by several best selling CBA authors. An author, speaker and entrepreneur with a keen eye for identifying trends in the marketplace, Allison has developed Boomer Babes Rock! to empower and inspire boomer women around the world to achieve the dreams of their heart.

Visit Allison’s totally hip boomer babe web-site at www.BoomerBabesRock.com and make sure to check out the equally hip team of boomer bloggers she’s brought together for this unique project. Along with Allison, the Boomer Babes Blog Team consists of Dotsie Bregel, T. Suzanne (Suzie) Eller, Eva Marie Everson, Cheryll Hutchings, Keri Wyatt Kent, and Connie Pombo, all blogging on specific days of the week. Stop by at: http://www.BoomerBabesRock.com/blog

As a sidebar for any writers out there, or for folks who just want to get their act together at the start of this New Year, Allison has partnered with best selling fiction author Randy Ingermanson to present a series of live teleseminars based on her popular Strategic Planning workshop. The first in a four-part series begins on Monday, January 22. You can read more about this live teleseminar series here: http://www.AdvancedFictionWriting.com/info/clean_act.php

Comments

Anonymous said…

Hey, thanks for the link to this web site. I've added her to my "women over 40" list on my web site.

Fri Jan 19, 09:54:00 AM 2007

Anonymous said…

Hey, thanks for the link to this web site. I've added her to my "women over 40" list on my web site.

Fri Jan 19, 09:58:00 AM 2007

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