Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Tell me Thursday

This picture was taken 2 years ago in the spring. We have the falls at the base of the mountain in the town we live in. It was warm in town, but kind of cool at the falls. As you can see in the back ground, there was still snow on the ground. This picture is of our youngest son Josh, my husband Kevin, and our oldest son Chris. We had a nice time walking around listening to the falls and looking at the trees that were starting to bloom. It was just beautiful!


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Prettiest Mom

Once you have been hit, you have to hit 5 pretty Moms.

Including the
one who thought of YOU today & sent it to YOU.

If you get hit again, You will know you are Really pretty!

So hit 5 pretty moms on your friends list to let them know they are pretty!
Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't
stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so
important and happy.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache,
the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a
Mom.
Send this to someone who you think is a special Mom.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Tell me Thursday

This picture was taken at my sister's company picnic last year. That is my niece Shai wearing an all Velcro suit. You throw yourself onto the Velcro jumping thing. She finally got off of it, and couldn't get up without help from someone because she got caught in a seam on the bottom. It was very funny to watch.





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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

3 Advantages of Hiring a VA to Submit Your Articles

Writing articles is important for any business. When you write articles and submit them, you become an expert in your field. When you become an expert, people begin to trust you. When you have that trust people will buy your products or use your services.

When you write your article, it needs to be full of valuable content, you need to add a bio at the end, and it needs to be at least 500 words in length. There are thousands of topics that you can write about.

Giving tips, advantages, disadvantages, and how to articles are great and usually easy to write about. Start out with a list of topics that interest you and that will make it easier to write. You can check article directories for ideas as well. If you have trouble writing, you can always have a ghostwriter write articles for you. When you use a ghostwriter, you pay them for the article, and then you gain full rights to the article including the ability to submit it to the article directories.

Another reason to submit articles is to get free advertising. We all know that advertising is the only way we can people to our site. When people go to your site they will look at what you have to offer and that leads to purchases.

Submitting your articles can be overwhelming. In this article you will see the advantages of hiring a Virtual Assistant (VA) to submit your articles. These are 3 advantages that will help you get through submitting your articles.

1. Focusing your time

Article submissions can be very time consuming if you don't know what you are doing or you are new to article submissions. When you hire a VA to do your article submissions you will be able to focus your time on other things that will help you grow your business.

2. Sites and more

When you hire a VA to do your article submissions you won't have to look for sites. You won't have to look at each site to make sure it has a category that meets the requirements of your articles. You won't have to create accounts and make notes of the web address, the login, and password.

Using a VA will help you greatly. A VA will have a list of article directories. She will be familiar with the information needed. She will also be able to get it done quickly.

3. Time

When you use a VA to submit your articles, you will save time. You gain time because you are not spending time finding article directories, signing up for them, and submitting articles. You are also not spending time creating a spreadsheet that contains the link, your login, and password so you can submit to them again later. When you save time you can increase the time spent on your business, write more articles, or spend with your family.

As you can see, hiring a VA can help you become successful with your article submissions and more.

Corrie Petersen runs a successful Virtual Assistant and Advertising business. She also has a free advertising tips newsletter that she creates to help others. Check out her website at www.VirtualFreedom4You.com.

Mother's Day is special

Mother's day is so special. I just love this day. My boy's and my husband are so sweet and caring. Yesterday I had a funeral to go to with my mom. We were gone for about three hours. When I can home, I was suprised to find that they had gone to Home Depot to get tile for the bathroom that we are putting in downstairs. I was so excited.



Today we went to breakfast with my Mom, Dad, Sister, BIL, and my niece and nephew. My hubby gave me a beautiful card that of course made me cry. Then my boys gave me a card that was cute. Then we went to church and in a bit we will be off to my grandma's house for a late lunch.



What a great day! Hope you all have a Happy Mother's Day.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Happy Mother's Day

I would like to take a moment and wish all the mother's out there, a Happy Mother's Day! I have two boy's and they mean the world to me. They are the highlight of my day. It's so rewarding to be a mom. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow!

Corrie

Article submission

I just submitted an article for a client a few minutes ago. She was so happy that I was able to submit her article to 50,000 publishers and 100 article directories. That's more than she could get with the article on her site alone. She was even more happy about the fact that it only cost her $10.

Once I submitted her article, I decided to submit one of my own. I did this awhile back and received tons of traffic to my site within a week or so of the submission. This is why I feel it's so important to write and submit articles.

Articles are a great way to get traffic to your site and to become an expert in your field. You can write articles on just about any topic you could possible want to write about. You can get topic idea's from article directories or you can ask around for idea's that would help other people.

So why not get going on writing articles and getting them submitted to the directories. If you need help submitting those articles, makes sure you check out the services that I offer at www.VirtualFreedom4You.com.

Have a great day!

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Tell me Thursday

This picture is of my nephew and his dog. He was pretending to sleep, but if you look at his arm, it's moving. Probably because of the dog licking him. ROFL! Isn't he so cute!




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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

How to survive submitting articles

When you start a business you are always looking for ways to get noticed. When you are searching for places to advertise you are always looking for free or cheap advertising.

One great and easy way to get free or reasonably priced advertising is to write and submit articles. Submitting articles is a great way to get traffic to your site. Writing articles is a great way to become an expert in your filed, which will also bring more traffic to your site.

In this article, I will show you four ways to survive article submissions.

After you write your article and proof it, then it is ready for submission. To find article directories you will need to do a search on Google, Yahoo, or MSN. Then you will need to go through them and make sure they fit your needs. The reason you do this is because you don’t want to waste your time if the site won’t fit. For example, if you write articles that deal with your health, then you won’t want to keep going to a directory that only accepts business articles.

At the point when you are ready to start submitting articles, if you follow these steps, you will feel a lot less stress.

1. Favorites

An easy way to keep track of the web addresses is to save them to your favorites in a file called Article Directories.

2. Login and passwords

The easiest way to keep track of your logins and passwords is to create a spreadsheet with the web address, login, and password for each site.

3. Don’t stress

Article submissions can be stressful. You can’t let it stress you out because you will feel like quitting or you will not do it at all. That is not good!

4. Hire a VA

Hiring a VA is a great way to get your articles submitted. It’s great because you won’t have to do it, your articles will get submitted, and you won’t stress over it. Your VA will charge you a small fee to submit your articles, but it will be well worth it.

As you can see, submitting articles is a great thing, but it can be hard to do. But, by following these simple steps you will be successful!

Corrie Petersen runs a successful Virtual Assistant and Advertising business. She also has a free advertising tips newsletter that she creates to help others. Check out her website at www.VirtualFreedom4You.com.

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