Blissness U is back!

~ Revolutionary Play & Productivity for Creative Blissness Builders ~

Updated, upleveled & uplifted for 2024!

 

Technology is where most people get stumped.

It feels hard. Serious. Overwhelming.  Arduous. And un-creative.

I’ve coached and taught creatives for over two decades, and it’s the thing I hear over and over — “It’s the tech stuff that’s the problem…”

Newbies think they don’t know anything and believe it’s an impossible hurdle.

And tech-savvy folks are overwhelmed by all the options, and the elusive “right way” that’s hidden somewhere in the chaos.

So what happens?

Technology becomes the scapegoat, and dreams stay hidden in drawers.

People procrastinate, stop believing, or keep writing their “About Me” page over and over…because at least it feels like they are working on their business….

Sound familiar?

What if there could be another way?

A Revolutionary Way for Creatives to Play

With the right mindset, and in a creative enough environment, technology isn’t the scapegoat — it’s a sweet little pygmy goat who’s having the time of its life.

Because technology can be FUN, empowering, and filled with play.

So I’ve developed a new container that approaches technology with the same playful, whimsical, ARTbundancy approach that I’ve brought to other business-building topics through the years.  

It’s called Blissness U : a playful, lighthearted environment where you get Technical Fairy Godmothering from me (Marney) … plus the fun of having other creative folks who are playing right alongside with you. 

It’s where you finally bypass overwhelm and over-thinking to learn all the tech stuff.  To have fun and get it done.

Now, there are two cutting-edge Blissness U Series that will kick off in April 2024. Both are available as a la cart options or as a full series.

Blissness U Series 1 :
The Original 10 Month Series, Newly Updated for 2024

Blissness U Series 2 :
With 10 Brand NEW Monthly Programs on All-New Techology Topics!

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Blissness U Series 1 :
The Original 10 Month Series, Newly Updated for 2024

It’s Back and Better Than Ever!

After an amazing first year with Blissness U, all of the programs are being polished, perfected and pizazzed…ready for be taken out for another spin to help YOU get exactly what you need to take the next steps to get your project moving.

Blissness U Series 1 Class Times: 
Thursdays at 12-2pm Eastern
11am Central, 10am Mountain, 9am Pacific)

The individual programs in the original Blissness U Series 1 include:

• APRIL ’24: Design ‘N Shine: Learn and Practice Canva…through PLAY!  

• MAY ’24: Deck Dancing Disco: Create Your Own Card Deck…through PLAY!

• JUNE ’24: Candy Land Branding: Creating Your Visual Identity…through PLAY!

• JULY ’24: A Zoom with a View: Maximize Your Zoom Skills…through PLAY!

• AUGUST ’24: Web Page Planning Picnic: Planning Your Website…through Play!

• SEPTEMBER ’24: Wild Whimsical Websites: Build a New Website…through PLAY!

• OCTOBER ’24: A List in Wonderland: Set Up a Mailing List & Autoresponder…through PLAY!

• NOVEMBER ’24: Opt-In Flight School: Set Up a Mini-Course Opt-In…through PLAY!

• DECEMBER ’24: Video Love Notes: Make a Magical Intro Video…through PLAY!

• JANUARY ’25: Social Sails: Media Management…through PLAY!
  

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Blissness U Series 2 :
All-New Programs …Released for the first time in 2024

The first year of Blissness U was amazing … and by request, I’ll be continuing with 10 NEW topics, each reflecting the very latest in our ever-changing world of technology toys! 

While designed specifically to expand the knowledge of those who completed Blissness U Series 1 programs in 2023, new Blissness U students are also welcome.  To check the baseline knowledge that I recommend for any program(s), contact me (Marney) at mkm@artellaland.com

Blissness U Series 2 Class Times: 
Wednesdays at 3-5pm Eastern  
(2pm Central, 1pm Mountain, 12pm Pacific)

The individual programs in the Blissness U Series 2 include:

• APRIL ’24: A.I. Abracadabra Alakazam…Play Your Way to train AI to be your magic intuition buddy!

• MAY ’24: Deluxe Canva Cruise…Play Your Way to mastering Canva’s newest features and tools!

• JUNE ’24: Animation Fun Factory…Play Your Way to add interactivity, motion & randomization to your website!

• JULY ’24: Film Effects Fiesta…Play Your Way to advanced artsy techniques in video editing!

• AUGUST ’24: Quiz Crazy Quilts…Play Your Way to making fun quizzes, personality tests, and assessments!

• SEPTEMBER ’24: Zoomie Crayons…Play Your Way to the newest Virtual Spaces!

• OCTOBER ’24: Soulful Sound Soiree…Play Your Way to editing, mixing, and creating magic with audio!

• NOVEMBER ’24: Podcast Pool Party…Play Your Way to creating a podcast or audio project

• DECEMBER ’24: Publishing Paint Box…Play Your Way through the self-publishing process!

• JANUARY ’25: App Origami…Play Your Way to designing your first app!

 

 

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 More Daring Details:

Series 1 and Series 2 contain different content (no repeats!), but the structure of the programs is the same, to offer you a cohesive & momentum-making experience.

They each include 10 individual month-long programs, which can be enrolled individually or as a whole 10-month series.

Every individual month-long program includes:

• Four two-hour classes a month, including demos, live troubleshooting via screenshare, and LOTS of Play Energy! 

  • Blissness U Series 1 : held Thursdays at 12pm Eastern (11am Central, 10am Mountain, 9am Pacific)

  • Blissness U Series 2 : held Wednesdays at 3pm Eastern (2pm Central, 1pm Mountain, 12pm Pacific)
    

• Bonus Show-n-Tell Session— A additional timeslot, during which I’ll be available for questions/help/troubleshooting – all captured on video so that participants can learn from one another’s question.  Dates TBA.

• If you are not able to attend live classes, you can submit your questions or tech issues via email before class and they’ll be incorporated into class time.

• Your DOtorial Playbooks — with fun and colorful written step-by-step instructions for every process we do, illustrated with screenshots AND links to bonus video instruction

• 4 weekly home-play assignments, to help you integrate and retain what you’re learning

• Bare Cinnamon Spinkles – weekly suggestions for your “bare minimum” to stay on track

• Play Activations! – Song parodies, ARTsigments, virtual flash mobs, storytime, and other surprises!

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Tuition for Individual Programs

• Each 30-day program is available a la carte for $600  $300  (With 50% Off)

 

Tuition & Perks for 10-Month Bundle

When you purchase one of the 10-Month Bundles, not only will you get live classes, recordings, Playbooks, and bonus videos for everything you’ve missed, you’ll also get these playful perks as part of your 10-Month Package:

• A Bonus 30 minute session with Marney every month for 1:1 technical fairy godmothering ($1250 value)

• A Jumpstart Play Pack with tools and toys to help you get ready … over 50 pages of ARTsignments and Playsheets for playful preparation!

• A Completion Certificate from Artella’s Blissness U (Part 1 and/or Part 2)

• Spontaneous surprises and delights! 🙂

• 10-Month Bundle Tuition for Either Part 1 or Part 2:  $6000  $3000 (With 50% Off)

   

• And…The Big Blissness Bundle
  Enroll in BOTH Series & and Save an Additional $1,000

  Get Series 1 and Series 2 together for an additional discount!  You get 20 modules with live classes & playbooks in all – at the deepest discount ever available. 

  Blissness U Double-Bundle:   $12000  $6000 $5000 (With 50% Off)

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What Makes Blissness U Different?

The difference is the PLAY.

Blissness U is a revolutionary approach that approaches technology with the same playful, whimsical, ARTbundancy approach that I’ve brought to other business-building topics through the years.  

In Blissness U, we take the tech stuff — systems, tools, processes, apps, programs, platforms — and look at them, quite simply, as TOYS that we can play with.

That’s right. You spend 10 months playing with toys….while you build your business or project.

After all, toys don’t want to wait until everything is perfect.

Toys don’t expect you to know the rules. 

They want to be shaken up, taken out in the dirt, and played with in unusual ways.

Most adults have forgotten how to play with toys … but it’s time to remember.

Because when it comes to learning — and retaining — new skills, PLAY is our hidden superpower.

The Blissness U series are 10 month-long programs, each month focusing on playing with one technical process that will very likely be part of building your blissness, venture, or project.  But we’re doing it….through PLAY!

In each of the Blissness U programs, we focus on creating — and the amazing surge of confidence that comes with rockin’ new knowledge and completions.

You know how children get so excited when they point at a picture they drew and say, “Look, I did this!” 

That’s the Blissness U vibe.

At the end of each month, you’ll be able to say “I did THIS!” – and it doesn’t have to be perfectly polished. 

 Our focus is on first drafts and last laughs…because the lure of perfection isn’t getting the best of you any more!

Whether you feel like the walking personification of “technical difficulties”…

Or you’re pretty tech-savvy, but still stuck because, let’s face it…it’s just not fun…

Blissness U is the game-changer. (With an emphasis on the game!)

Laughter. Accountability.  Ease.  Momentum.  Blissness U is your playland for all these things. 

I can’t wait to see you astonish yourself.

A Bit About Me and How I Got Here

I (Marney Makridakis) started Artella in the year 2000. I was living in a very rural area, recovering from a knee replacement, and craving connection.  I thought it might be fun to try to put together some art and writing classes using “this new thing called newsgroups” and old conference call lines. Without realizing it, I was creating one of the very first online communities, and Artella Land’s services became a pioneer in the “new” virtual world.  Early on, I decided that I didn’t want to run a business – I wanted to run a blissness – and feel authentic in the joy I was putting into Artella and receiving from it.

I never stopped! I’ve gone on to create hundreds of programs, published two best-selling books, and I’ve now been teaching, facilitating, connecting remotely — and teaching others how to do so — for two decades. I’ve tried just about every platform that’s been out there over the years.

Thankfully, the technology these days is fantastic and very user-friendly, once you have the basics.  I’d like to make it easier for you … and not, just easier, but FUN.  I think it’s important that we infuse feelings of “Yes I can do this!” into our blissness, rather than groans and sighs and curse words. 🙂

The more FUN we can have when we are learning blissness-building skills, the better!

At the beginning of 2023, I selected 10 processes that  are part of getting any blissness or venture set up to be visible and functional. I spent the year teaching, coaching, learning and playing alongside some fantastic entrepreneurs.  At their request, I’ve done it again with a new series –  with 10 new processes to make the most creative aspects of your blissness come to life!

Both Series 1 and Series 2 are delivered in an order that I believe will activate momentum, but they also are available a la carte, so you can write your own ticket for exactly what you want.  

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FAQs about Blissness U

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More Questions?

Contact me for more questions at mkm@artellaland.com