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Lots happening on the website this week. I added a new section on saving gas, something hopefully of interest to many of you. Even stay at home parents have opportunities to use less gas.
I also made the discussion boards more search engine friendly. This means that hopefully posts will make it into the search engines. I've also put a link to the current discussions all over the site, including here in the newsletter.
Don't forget, you can contribute your articles or tips anytime for consideration. Just use the contact form.
If you’ve been doing much online business, you’ve heard the advice to write articles to get traffic to your website. Maybe you’ve even done that. But what do you do now?
Distributing your article doesn’t need to be difficult. There are many article directories and discussion boards just waiting for submissions.
If you want a place that takes articles on your particular kind of business, you can search for a keyword, such as “direct sales” and “article submit,” “article submission” and so forth.
There are many websites that take article submissions in general, many of which have good traffic and give a fair chance that your article will be seen. You will want to decide if you care whether or not you want webmasters and ezine publishers to contact you before using your article. It is easier for publishers if this is not required, but on the other hand, it is very nice to know when your articles are being used, if only to see them published. Some directories request that publishers contact the authors before using articles, others do not.
Here are a few article directories to get you started:
http://www.ideamarketers.com/
http://www.digital-women.com/submitarticle.htm
http://www.family-content.com/articles/submit.shtml
http://www.selfgrowth.com/artman/exec/admin.cgi
http://www.opportunityupdate.com/doorwaytosubmit.html
http://www.womans-net.com/
http://www.ezinearticles.com/add_url.html
http://www.workoninternet.com/Submit_Article.html
Yahoo groups offer a number of opportunities to submit articles. You want groups with at least 100 subscribers to give your article a fair chance of being published. You can go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and search for business articles to find groups which will take your article, or use other keywords suited to your business.
Make a folder in your Favorites of places to submit your articles for easy access. This will greatly speed up your submission process over time.
Many of the article directories also allow hyperlinks, so even if you don’t get published you may get a link to your website, a nice bonus.
Finally, check your favorite discussion boards and see if they have a page for article submissions. My own discussion board has such a page at http://homewiththekids.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=16.
It can take some time to get your articles submitted to all the various directories you are interested, but as it only costs your time and may bring targeted traffic to your website, it is a form of marketing that is often well worth your while.
Stephanie Foster is the owner of Home with the Kids, a resource that knows that there's more to staying home with your family than just business. From money saving tips to parenting and marriage tips, to work at home jobs and businesses, you can get information and support here. You can visit the site at http://www.homewiththekids.com.
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Your children need to play.
They need to play for many reasons. Many fathers
today remember spending countless hours playing
with siblings or friends during their childhood.
Parents would drop you off somewhere and your
imaginations would take over as you became
soldiers, famous ballplayers, dinosaur hunters, etc.
There are many factors that make it more difficult for children to play in today’s world.
There is an emphasis on early academics. There is
more TV watching today by children than ever
before. There is the seductive attraction of video
games.
There is also the need for constant supervision of our kids in urban environments.
These factors and others have helped to create
children who sometimes have forgotten how to have
imaginative play. They’ll have a house full of
toys but say “I’m bored” or that they have nothing
to do. They may look to their parents to entertain
them, rather than creating their own play.
What is the importance of having your children engage in creative play when they’re young?
Creative play is believed by many child researchers to form the foundation of emotional, creative, and intellectual growth in later years. It should be considered a normal part of a child’s development.
Sadly, many young children do not have the opportunity to engage in much creative play because they are presented with “alternatives” like video/computer games or excessive TV watching.
While some of these alternatives claim to benefit children (train your child on computers early to get a head start!), there is nothing like creative play. Other alternatives do not allow your children’s fantasies to roam freely.
The idea of replacing your child’s creative play with academic work may be based on good intentions, but will rob your child of a precious opportunity.
How can fathers help to encourage imaginative play in their children? Many of us are not knowledgeable about this topic and have left this work to others.
Here are some ideas:
All around us, the adult world is being thrust
upon our children at earlier and earlier ages. We
are encouraged as parents to help our young kids“get ahead” academically or to buy them the latest
fads in toys.
As fathers, it is your responsibility to look beyond all of this to what your children truly need. Your children need to do what they do very naturally when they are given the opportunity.
They need to play.
Give your children the chance to prepare themselves for life as an adult in the best way possible.
It’s the only chance that they’re going to get.
Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC, coaches men to be better fathers and husbands. He is the author of “25 Secrets of Emotionally Intelligent Fathers” http://www.markbrandenburg.com/father.htm For more great tips and action steps for fathers, sign up for his FREE bi-weekly newsletter, “Dads, Don’t Fix Your Kids,” at http://www.markbrandenburg.com.
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