Archive for April, 2009
Weekend Giveaway- Platinium Membership from WAHM-Forums.
This weekend I’m letting you in on one of my favourite haunts- WAHM-Articles Forum. Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I have been taking part in many activites organised by that site.
- Partnership with Denise in the creation of her Saving Christmas Book which I did a giveaway last year.
- I won free advertising and services in the WAHM challenges which I took part last year
- Denise also guest posted on my site about Copywriting and Proof Reading Tips when I posted her a question about e-book writing.
In short let me tell you more about this forum which is a branch of from the popular WAHM-Articles.com.
The WAHM-Articles Forum helps work-at-home-moms learn how to market their businesses in less time and more effectively by using article marketing.
Article marketing is a marketing strategy where you write articles to promote your products and services and let others publish them for free in exchange for a link back to your site.
Many of the members at the WAHM-Articles Forum are experienced article marketers and publishers, so it’s a great place to hook up with website owners who are looking for articles like yours and ask all your article marketing questions.
In the forum, they talk about everything to do with article marketing, including:
- How to write articles that get more traffic to your website or blog
- How to use your articles to get more subscribers to your mailing list
- How to get your article readers to visit your website
- How to convince those website visitors to buy from you.
Joining the forum is free. There is also a Platinum membership that gives you access to article reviews, article marketing training, and valuable resources and discounts. Platinum memberships are available for an introductory price of $50 a year.
If you want to learn how to get more traffic and sales in less time, I recommend you go to http://www.WAHM-Articles.com/forum and register for a free account.
I’m a member and I’ve already learned a lot from the community there. If you join us, you can discover how to spend less time on marketing your website so you have more time spend with the kids, or on taking your business to the next level.
I’d love to see you there! You can register at http://www.WAHM-Articles.com/forum
The Giveaway
One lucky reader will get the chance to win a six month Platinum Membership at WAHM-Articles.com forum.
All you have to do is drop a comment here at this post to tell me why you deserve this membership. Do include your e-mail address so I can get back to you. I will use random.org to pick a winner.
For additional entries
You can do any or all of the following, please leave ONE comment for EACH item completed, as one comment counts as ONE entry.
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This giveaway runs till 12.00pm (GMT +8) 10th of May (Mother’s Day) Good Luck
Mother's Day Tribute
A touching movie made by the wonderful ladies at MOMFAVES. It is a great way to acknowledge all the wonderful mothers in this world.
How do you intend to celebrate Mother’s Day ?
Is the Door Wide Open? Communicating with your Child
Photo from Flickr
A little gesture, a warm smile or a tight hug? What do you do to strike a conversation with your kids?
Do your kids see you are welcoming or do they shudder and give you the about turn saying- “No Mummy.. Go Away!!”
Communicating with your child is the first step to get to know him better.
In this busy world of us we get so caught up with the multiple gadgets around us that we tend to ignore the little things which are all so much more important to us.
Make Time
Try to make it a habit to spend some time daily to talk to your child. If it is not possible to be physically present you could send him an e-mail or a text message to let him know that you are interested to know how his day was and willing to share how your day was with him.
Listen Attentively
Every child deserves your full attention. When my boys come to me I will turn and focus on them as they share their highlights of the day.
For my own students in class I will try to give individual attention to them if they do require after I have completed teaching the tasks on hand.
If I am not able to attend to them immediately I will let them know that now is not a convenient time to talk and that they should come back in 5 or 10 minutes time whereby I can give them my full attention without interrupting them when they speak.
Have an Open Mind
Do not be quick to criticize , judge your child or compare your child to others when they speak to you.
Fault finding is the greatest turn off. I personally scoff at having to endure complains and being constantly compared against others.
To put down your child without guiding him on how to improve on his situation/behaviour is really a No-No.
It will really turn them off and they
The constant comparison about how good/clever so and so child is compared to your child does little to motivate him/her. Instead they may turn the other way and just give up trying.
Know your Child
Every child is unique. To really know your child is to be able to focus on his strengths and corresponding weaknesses. To be able to give encouragement and help when they need. To know when to assist and when to withdraw help so they will be able to grow both spiritually and mentally.
If your child knows that you acknowledge his individuality and am willing to link up to him so that both of you are able to understand each other well I’m sure that it will prevent them from keeping secrets from you in future.
Is your door open wide or kept shut?
