Planting A Wildflower Garden |Maryjane's Blog

A wild-flower garden has a most attractive sound. One thinks of long tramps in the woods, collecting material, and then of the fun in fixing up a real for sure wild garden.

Many people say they have no luck at all with such a garden. It is not! they are like people and each has its personality. What a plant has been accustomed to in Nature it desires always. In fact, when removed from its own sort of living conditions, it sickens and dies. That is enough to tell us that we should copy Nature herself. Suppose you are hunting wild flowers. As you choose certain flowers from the woods, notice the soil they are in, the place, conditions, the surroundings, and the neighbours.

Suppose you find dog-tooth violets and wind-flowers growing near together. Then place them so in your own new garden. Suppose you find a certain violet enjoying an open situation; then it should always have the same. You see the point, do you not? If you wish wild flowers to grow in a tame garden make them feel at home. Cheat them into almost believing that they are still in their native haunts.

Wild flowers ought to be transplanted after blossoming time is over. Take a trowel and a basket into the woods with you. As you take up a few, a columbine, or a hepatica, be sure to take with the roots some of the plant's own soil, which must be packed about it when replanted.

The bed into which these plants are to go should be prepared carefully before this trip of yours. Surely you do not wish to bring those plants back to wait over a day or night before planting. They should go into new quarters at once. The bed needs soil from the woods, deep and rich and full of leaf mold. The under drainage system should be excellent. Then plants are not to go into water-logged ground. Some people think that all wood plants should have a soil saturated with water. But the woods themselves are not water-logged. It may be that you will need to dig your garden up very deeply and put some stone in the bottom. Over this the top soil should go. And on top, where the top soil once was, put a new layer of the rich soil you brought from the woods.

Before planting water the soil well. Then as you make places for the plants put into each hole some of the soil which belongs to the plant which is to be put there.

I think it would be a rather nice plan to have a wild-flower garden giving a succession of bloom from early spring to late fall; so let us start off with March, the hepatica, spring beauty and saxifrage. Then comes April bearing in its arms the beautiful columbine, the tiny bluets and wild geranium. For May there are the dog-tooth violet and the wood anemone, false Solomon's seal, Jack-in-the-pulpit, wake robin, bloodroot and violets. June will give the bellflower, mullein, bee balm and foxglove. I would choose the gay butterfly weed for July. Let turtle head, aster, Joe Pye weed, and Queen Anne's lace make the rest of the season brilliant until frost.

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Let us have a bit about the likes and dislikes of these plants. After you are once started you'll keep on adding to this wild-flower list.

There is no one who doesn't love the hepatica. Before the spring has really decided to come, this little flower pokes its head up and puts all else to shame. Tucked under a covering of dry leaves the blossoms wait for a ray of warm sunshine to bring them out. These embryo flowers are further protected by a fuzzy covering. This reminds one of a similar protective covering which new fern leaves have. In the spring a hepatica plant wastes no time on getting a new suit of leaves. It makes its old ones do until the blossom has had its day. Then the new leaves, started to be sure before this, have a chance. These delayed, are ready to help out next season. You will find hepaticas growing in clusters, sort of family groups. They are likely to be found in rather open places in the woods. The soil is found to be rich and loose. So these should go only in partly shaded places and under good soil conditions. If planted with other woods specimens give them the benefit of a rather exposed position, that they may catch the early spring sunshine. I should cover hepaticas over with a light litter of leaves in the fall. During the last days of February, unless the weather is extreme take this leaf covering away. You'll find the hepatica blossoms all ready to poke up their heads.

The spring beauty hardly allows the hepatica to get ahead of her. With a white flower which has dainty tracings of pink, a thin, wiry stem, and narrow, grass-like leaves, this spring flower cannot be mistaken. You will find spring beauties growing in great patches in rather open places. Plant a number of the roots and allow the sun good opportunity to get at them. For this plant loves the sun.

The other March flower mentioned is the saxifrage. This belongs in quite a different sort of environment. It is a plant which grows in dry and rocky places. Often one will find it in chinks of rock. There is an old tale to the effect that the saxifrage roots twine about rocks and work their way into them so that the rock itself splits. Anyway, it is a rock garden plant. I have found it in dry, sandy places right on the borders of a big rock. It has white flower clusters borne on hairy stems.

The columbine is another plant that is quite likely to be found in rocky places. Standing below a ledge and looking up, one sees nestled here and there in rocky crevices one plant or more of columbine. The nodding red heads bob on wiry, slender stems. The roots do not strike deeply into the soil; in fact, often the soil hardly covers them. Now, just because the columbine has little soil, it does not signify that it is indifferent to the soil conditions. For it always has lived, and always should live, under good drainage conditions. I wonder if it has struck you, how really hygienic plants are? Plenty of fresh air, proper drainage, and good food are fundamentals with plants.

It is evident from study of these plants how easy it is to find out what plants like. After studying their feelings, then do not make the mistake of huddling them all together under poor drainage conditions.

I always have a feeling of personal affection for the bluets. When they come I always feel that now things are beginning to settle down outdoors. They start with rich, lovely, little delicate blue blossoms. As June gets hotter and hotter their colour fades a bit, until at times they look quite worn and white. Some people call them Quaker ladies, others innocence. Under any name they are charming. They grow in colonies, sometimes in sunny fields, sometimes by the road-side. From this we learn that they are more particular about the open sunlight than about the soil.

If you desire a flower to pick and use for bouquets, then the wild geranium is not your flower. It droops very quickly after picking and almost immediately drops its petals. But the purplish flowers are showy, and the leaves, while rather coarse, are deeply cut. This latter effect gives a certain boldness to the plant that is rather attractive. The plant is found in rather moist, partly shaded portions of the woods. I like this plant in the garden. It adds good colour and permanent colour as long as blooming time lasts, since there is no object in picking it.

There are numbers and numbers of wild flowers I might have suggested. These I have mentioned were not given for the purpose of a flower guide, but with just one end in view your understanding of how to study soil conditions for the work of starting a wild-flower garden.

If you fear results, take but one or two flowers and study just what you select. Having mastered, or better, become acquainted with a few, add more another year to your garden. I think you will love your wild garden best of all before you are through with it. It is a real study, you see.

Maryjane Angelo

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How to Grow and Make Your Own Loofah Sponge

With spring upon us soon, I thought this was a fitting topic for all our early gardening  lovers whom I might add have green thumbs.This is also a great 

project for beginners.

The loofah sponge (also called luffa or loofa) is related to squash and watermelon, which are both trailing vines. People use the fruit’s fibrous interior for exfoliating the skin in a shower or bath. Rather than spend a bunch of money on a loofah sponge from the store, why not grow one, make it yourself and save money?

The loofah plant has a long growing season. It needs full sunlight and is best suited for hardiness zone 7 or higher, so you will need to know your hardiness zone before choosing try planting them. If you live north of Kentucky, you may not have the success you would like.

You can increase the plants' growing cycle for northern states by starting them indoors at least a month before the last expected frost. You can germinate the seeds by placing them between two damp and warm paper towels.

When you are ready to plant them in the ground, plant them 8 to 12 inches apart. You can also create hills, 4 to 6 feet apart, in which you have planted four seeds 1/2-inch deep. If possible, plant the loofah near a trellis or fence to give the vines a place to grow. Once the plants have come up, thin them out to only one plant per hill. The best time to thin them out is when they have grown an inch or two.

Adding nutrients to the soil is also important for loofah plants. After adding compost, you will also want to mulch around the plants to help keep the soil moist and warm. Train the vines along the trellis or fence. Wrap the end around the trellis to get them to grow there.

Pay attention to the plant. When the plant first flowers, pluck the first flowers and cut the first four lateral branches back. This will allow the better fruits to grow.

At the end of the growing season, remove the gourds from the vine. Leave them on the vine as long as you can to ensure they are ripe. The skin should begin to turn brown, they will weigh less than when they were unripe and the skin may have opened slightly. If the weather turns cold and it frosts, you will want to harvest the gourds whether they are ripe or not.

If the skin of the loofah has not begun to open on its own, you may want to slam the gourd on the ground. Roll it back and forth to loosen the skin, or puncture it with a knife so you can remove the fruit from the skin. Allow the seeds to dry out completely and then freeze them so they are ready to plant next year.

To make the loofah sponge, spray off the loofah to remove any remaining seeds and wash away the sap. Then place the loofah in a bucket of bleach water – one cup of bleach for the entire bucket – and soak it to remove all black spots. This may take a while. Then remove the loofah and rinse it well; allow it to air dry in the sun. Be sure to turn the loofah occasionally as it dries.

You have several options at this point. You can leave the loofah in its original shape, cut it to a shape you like, or cut it into slices and place them in homemade soap. You can place a string through the fibers of the loofah so it is easy to hang and dry between uses.

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3 Things To Avoid When Mailing To Your List |Maryjane's Blog

When you decide to have an opt-in list, it is not just a matter of sending your subscribers your promotional newsletters or catalogs. There are many things to consider in avoiding many complications. While there are so many ways you can make people subscribe to your list, there are also some things you must do to avoid subscribers from wanting to get off from your list.

e-mail marketingAside from that, you also want to avoid any problems with the law and your internet service provider or ISP. There are now many laws and rules that are applied to help protect the privacy of the internet users from spamming and unwanted mails. With the popularity of the electronic mail as a medium for marketing because of the low cost, many company’s have seized the opportunity and have flooded many people’s e-mail accounts with promotional mail.

But, with an opt-in list, you avoid this annoyance because people subscribe to the list; they want to receive the newsletters and promotional materials. They have consented to being on the list by subscribing themselves, just don’t forget to put an unsubscribe feature everytime in your opt-in list so that you avoid any confusion. There may be times when an email account was provided when the real owner didn’t want to subscribe.

                                        
It is essential that you keep your list clean and manageable. Arrange it by using the many tools and technologies available for your opt-in list. Do not worry; your investment in this marketing strategy is well worth it with all the coverage you will get which will likely be converted into sales then to profit.

Keep yourself and your business out of trouble and potential run-ins with the law and the internet service providers. Keep your operation legit and clean. Your reputation as a legitimate businessman and a legitimate site depends on your being a straight and true marketing strategist. As a tip, here are three 
things to avoid when emailing your list.

1) Take notice of your unsuccessful sends. These are the e-mails that bounce. Bounced emails, also known as undeliverable messages, are those messages that, for whatever reason, were not successfully received by the intended recipient.

There are bounces that happen or occur because the server was busy at that time but can still be delivered in another time. There are also bounces because the inbox of the recipient is full at that time. There are those bounce messages that are simply undeliverable ever. The reason for this is that it may be an invalid email address, a misspelled email address, or an email address that was abandoned and erased already.

Manage your list by putting markings on those that bounce. Erase an email account from your list so that you have an accurate statistics and records as to how many are actually receiving your mail. You may also want to check the spellings of your email addresses in your list. One common mistake is when an N instead of an M is placed in the .com area.

                       

2) Always provide an unsubscribe feature in your site and an unsubscribe link in your mails. When someone in your list files a request to be unsubscribed, always take that request seriously. If you don’t take them off your list and keep sending them your e-mails, you are now sending them spam mail.

When you are reported as a spammer, you and your business can get into a lot of trouble. You can be reported to the authorities and maybe blacklisted by many internet service providers. You will lose a lot of subscribers this way and many more in potential subscribers.

               

3) Do not provide pornographic or shocking and disturbing content in your newsletters. It is hard to decipher the age of the recipient and many complaints may stem from these. Controversial issues also are to be avoided to not be branded by your subscribers. Stick to the nature of your site and business.

Always remember these tips in this article so that you can have a healthy relationship with your subscribers as well as be kept within the boundaries of what is allowed in sending mails to an opt-in list.

Maryjane Angelo  

3 Easy Ways To Build A Profitable List

You finally realize that you need a good opt-in list. After reading countless articles and sought expert advices and have read many success stories of people creating a small fortune with opt-in lists you finally decide to have one of your own. Then it happens, you think you have known everything there is to know about opt-in lists and have followed their advices to the T and you still weren’t able to make a profit.

In fact, you may be losing money. You maybe hiring writers to help you out, or there are some expenses incurred, even if you have a big list, but only a very small percentage actually buys from you, your still losing profit. You’ll realize that after a few months when you see your statistics and sales figures.

So what could have gone wrong? Why have others succeeded where you have failed? The most common mistake is that you dived straight right in. You chose a topic where you think could be quite popular and would earn you money. This is just not the case. Just because you wrote people from the list doesn’t mean they are going to buy instantly.

Here I will offer more advice, for those who have started an opt-in list and have failed, you can rejuvenate your failed venture. For those who are starting, here are three quick and easy ways to build a profitable opt-in list.

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1) Get your customers to trust you and your products first. Just launching your opt-in list would not make you an expert and a believable seller. Put many articles first before you start an opt-in list. Write about the topic you know and have started and used for your site. Try to put forums first to gain knowledge about your customers about their wants and needs and target those wants and needs.

Join forums from other sites as well. Provide expert advices and recommendations. When you feel that people trust you already, you will be able to start your own opt-in list. You can build a base as well with other forum users. You can ask them to join your list. Friends are always good customers. Put up a link to your site so that they may be able to see what you're business is all about.

The certain truth is, the money will only come in when the consumers and subscribers believe and trust in you. They want a product or service that could be a good exchange for their money. People are not going to buy something out of your recommendation if they don’t know you.

2) Find a product or service that people want and need. Although it may not be your forte, if you provide a service and product that you have researched and learned about well, you can carry it on forward. Invest your time, effort and money that you could sell as well as the buyers or subscribers of your opt-in list can use.

While it is true that it is best to sell something that you have interest in, there are not many people who have the same interest as you if you decide to sell something that is not entirely popular or profitable. Do your research well and you would see the profits come in. Also provide your subscribers with promotional material that they could actually use and spread around.

3) Make friends with other opt-in list users. This is basically beneficial especially if it is someone who has already launched a successful opt-in list. These are people that have the experience in this venture and experience is still the best teacher. While there are many articles available for you in the internet to use, there is nothing like getting a first hand account from someone you trust.

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Experienced opt-in list users will be able to tell you what to do and what not to do because they have gone through it. While different situations occur for different people, the general concept can still be very helpful. There are many things to avoid and these people will be able to tell you which ones.

Building a profitable opt-in list don’t just happen overnight. There are many preparations and effort to do. Opt-in lists are built from scratch, as your list grows, you should also maintain the quality of your list. Keep it organized and manageable. Get or hire help if need be, just make sure that your subscribers are happy and satisfied and they will be willing to buy from you.

Maryjane Angelo

4 Important Things You Need To Do To Build Your List |Maryjane's Blog

Online marketing may have developed a sudden surge these past few years, but many in the know how have felt its rise even from way then. As more internet based businesses are put up, the need to develop new marketing skills and knowledge based on this new medium have arisen. More and more marketing strategies are being discovered and developed to cope with the changing face of business the business world.

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The demand for online marketing tips and strategies have drastically grown and a new form of business has been born, internet marketing strategies. While there are companies that are all too eager to help your site and business build a clientele for a fee, there also many ways that can spread the word about your sites subsistence in a more cost free way. One of this is Opt-in email marketing, also known as permission marketing.

Opt-in marketing requires the permission of a willing customer to subscribe to your marketing materials, materials that take form in newsletters, catalogs and promotional mailings via e-mail. The more opt-in marketing mail is sent, the more chances there is to bag sales and more sales. To do this, you must build a list of all those who wants to subscribe to your opt-in marketing list.

From your list, you will get your targeted customer, this is a good list since they already have shown interest in what you have to show and sell since they have willingly signed in for your list. These are the people who have liked what they have seen in your site and have decided they want to see more and maybe even purchase what ever product or service your company and site has to offer.

Many people would think that building their lists would take hard work and a lot of time to build and collect names and addresses. This is not so, it takes a bit of patience and some strategies but in doing this list, you open your site and your business to a whole new world of target market. Take the effort to take your business to a new level, if traffic increase and good profits are what you want, an opt-in list will do wonders for your business venture.

There are many sources and articles in the internet available for everyone to read and follow in building a list. Sometimes they may be confusing because there are so many and there different ways. Different groups of people would have different approaches in building an opt-in list, but no matter how diverse many methods are, there are always some crucial things to do to build your list. Here are four of them.

1) Put up a good web form in your site that immediately follows the end of your content. While some may say this is too soon to subscribe for a website visitors application, try to remember that your homepage should provide a quick good impression. If somehow a website visitor finds something that he or she doesn’t like and turns them off, they may just forget about signing up.

A good web form for subscribing to an opt-in list is not hard to do. Just write a simple short statement about how they would like to see more and get updated about the site. Then there should be an area where they could put in their names and e-mail address. This web form will automatically save and send you the data’s inputted. As more people sign in, your list will be growing.

2) As mentioned in the first tip, make your homepage very, very impressive. You need to have well written articles and descriptions of your site. Depending on what your site is all about, you need to capture your website visitor’s fancy. Make your site useful and very easy to use. Do not expect everyone to be tech savvy. Invest in having good programming in your site, make your graphics beautiful but don’t over do it.

Don’t waste your time making the homepage too overly large megabyte wise. Not all people have dedicated T1 connections, the faster your site gets loaded, the better. Go for a look that borders between simplicity and sophisticated knowledge.

3) Provide good service and products. A return customer is more likely to bring in more business. Even then and now, a satisfied customer will recommend a business always. Word of mouth and recommendations alone can rake in more business than an expensive ad. As your clientele roster grows so shall your list. With more members on the list, the more people will get to know about what you have new to offer.

4) Keep a clean and private list. Never lose the trust your customers have entrusted you. If you provide e-mails to others and they get spammed, many will probably unsubscribe to you. Remember, a good reputation will drive in more traffic and subscribers as well as strengthen the loyalty of your customers.

Maryjane Angelo

5 Easy Ways To Generate Low Cost Traffic |Maryjane's Blog

There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site; it also takes money to make money.

BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website traffic for your site.

Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big hitting websites.

You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.

Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of successful visitors in to client ratio it still works especially if you get a high number of website traffic.

Exchange Links

This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites.

A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target traffic.

Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the high costs.

Traffic Exchange

This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You can use those credits when viewing others traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours.I have a link for anyone who
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Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site or page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your sites contents and so can you to his or her site. You both benefit from each others efforts to generate traffic. The other sites visitors can go to your pages and know more about your site as well as theirs. Once again the public awareness of your sites existence is boosted.

Write and Submit Articles

There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet which provides free space for articles to be submitted. If you want to save costs, you can do the articles yourself. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write for you for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to do those articles yourself.

Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site. Write something that you have expertise on so that when they read it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your site. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your site has.

Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link them to your site. Write a little about yourself and your site. If you provide a light, information-laden and interesting article, they will go to your site for more.

Make a Newsletter.

This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so. There are many writers and sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name in on your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well.

As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site.

Join Online Communities and Forums

This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site.

Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people.

Maryjane Angelo

Tips And Tricks To Help You With Couponing |Maryjane's Blog

If you are in debt, struggling with your finances, or just looking to save your hard earned money, you would be wise to think about using coupons. Most people underestimate just how much money can be saved with the intelligent use of coupons. The coupon advice and tips in this article can help you save lots of cash. Keep reading to learn more.

Be on the lookout for "Buy One Get One Free" deals. These are some of the best bargains around. To make the deal even better, see if there is an additional manufacturer's coupon you can use with the store offer. You can practically get items for free with these rare opportunities.

  

Go online. There are a lot of coupons on the Internet that aren't available in your local papers. Not only that, but some companies offer Internet only deals that others are not going to get. Before you buy anything, check online and do a search to find any coupons available.

Watch out for ways to take advantage of grocery store competitive maneuverings. Some stores accept coupons from their competition. This means that you will not have to go from one store to another to save money. You could actually neutralize your savings do to the gas costs of driving from one place to the next.

If you are into couponing, chances are you have some friends and family who are not; so, to save even more money, ask them for spare coupons. Often, companies mail out great high-value coupons or include them in inserts in the local newspaper. Ask friends and family to set them aside for you if they won't be using them.

Don't rely on just one paper or website to get coupons from. Try subscribing to several sources if you can. You can even ask friends and family for their unused papers. The more sources you have in your arsenal, the more deals you have access to so that you can save money.

Look at your list before you go to the grocery store. Check over the items you need and see if there are any coupons available online. You can also check the flyer from the store you visit most often to see if any of the items you need are on sale.

Watch the expiration dates. Coupons are good for a short periods, as a rule. Some for only a one day sale event. Others are valid for 30 days. Make sure that you watch the expiration dates of the coupons that you collect to maximize your savings. If your coupon has expired, throw it in the trash and look for fresh ones. Organization will help you put your coupons to best use.

As was stated earlier, if you are looking to save money one of the best things that you can do for yourself is to start using coupons. Although saving tons of money with the use of coupons is not easy, by following the tips you've read in this article you can do it! Get started today.

Maryjane Angelo

Using Articles to Build Your List

Getting customers to your site should always be ranked as high as the importance of the quality and the excellence of the product and the services you provide. They should go hand in hand in providing your customers the satisfaction they get in exchange for the money they have paid for them. Customer service should as well be as fantastic so that the customers are provided with the same satisfaction.

One of the ways you can combine marketing and customer service is through opt-in marketing. With an opt-in list you get the opportunity to introduce your site and products on a good time basis. Opt-in marketing strategy is a marketing strategy that is virtually low cost and not time consuming. Here, you get the consent of your website visitors to subscribe to your newsletters and other promotional materials such as catalogs and free promotions.

Opt-in marketing uses your list of subscribers to send e-mail to. These e-mails will contain the materials you will send to your subscribers. It is essential that you present your promotional items in a manner that will catch the interest and the eye of your subscribers to keep them wanting for more. The best way to do this is to provide fun, entertaining and informational articles.

Well written articles full of content and useful information will help in building your list as more subscribers will be enticed to your list. When they have read the samples of your contents in your sites, they will be intrigued as to what will come next. Subscribing to your newsletter will offer them a glimpse of what you have to offer next.

Many sites and companies have captured the importance of articles and this also aids in search engine optimization. As more people are heading towards the internet for their information needs, serving the right information to them via articles in your site will increase the flow of your website traffic.  With more traffic, the percentage of your sales will grow. More sales turn into more profit.

There have been the rise for the importance of well written, information enriched and keyword packed articles for the content of their site as well as for newsletters. These articles provide the information many are seeking in the internet. If your site has them, more people will be going to your site for information and research.

Well written articles would also boost your sites reputation. If they are filled with select information you will be regarded as well informed and an expert on the subjects that you tackle.  Your articles must be well researched so that the people will trust you. When you have gained their trust, they will always come to you for their needs on that subject.

In connection, you must write articles or commission them to tackle subjects that are closely connected with your type of business. If you have a site for a medicine tackling a certain disease, your articles must be about the diseases. Or if you sell materials for home improvements provide articles with those themes. Most articles searched for are tips, guidelines, methods, manuals and such. If you provide these articles to your customers and you have their trust, they will always go to your site for help and advice as well as for your products.

With the loyalty of these customers, they may subscribe to your opt-in list to receive all the information you have. If you provide them with the answers for that need, they will be happy to be receiving your newsletters as well as other promotional materials to keep them well informed. Others may even forward your newsletters to other people when they find a certain article interesting.

You should provide links in your newsletter so that when other people are reading it and wants to read more, they may click on the link and go to your site. With the articles you have in your site that are good, they may decide to sign up as well for your opt-in list. This will build your list and make it bigger.

Make sure to keep your subscribers happy and interested in your newsletters and promotional materials. Keep on posting and writing good articles for your site and newsletter. If you are not interested in writing them or if you just don’t have the time, there are many available well experienced and knowledgeable writers available to help you out. This is an investment that will pay for itself in time.

Maryjane Angelo

Meditation Can Make Your Writing Better

This is an article that was emailed to me from EzineArticles, I found it so interesting that I had to share it with my readers.There is many ways to meditate and I personally like to meditate in my bedroom where I have the most privacy, I enjoy playing CD's that have soothing sounds such as rain fall and chimes, this works for me helping to create a calm affect and I usually spend around 1 hour meditating.When I am nearing the end of my meditation I actually can feel the tension leaving my body while the calmness and relaxation takes affect.However I know that everyone is different and has their own means and ways to meditate, I hope you enjoy this article as much as I have. Heres to many enjoyable meditation moments.

Maryjane Angelo 

   

Something You Should Meditate On

Meditation has been cited again and again as an incredible benefit that regulates emotion (including stress) as well as improves verbal reasoning, attention span, and can even improve your writing.

Here's how meditation can help you in your writing:

It opens the door to inspiration and valuable ideas by unburdening your mind.
It unlocks your most original, true-to-yourself thoughts to provide a fresh and honest perspective.
It helps you objectively analyze problems and personal obstacles that can be shared with your audience.
It improves your memory, which can help you call up engaging anecdotes and insights.
It regulates emotions and helps you become more self-aware, which can help prevent writer's block.
It makes you a better listener when interacting with your audience.
Ultimately, meditation helps you tap into your creativity and unlock your greatest ideas by fostering a post-meditative state that is reflective (gives thought), creative (breeds innovation), and productive (creates value).

Meditation isn't easy - at first. Don't feel bad if you can't sit still for more than 3 minutes when you initially begin. It takes practice. Allow meditation to become a part of your routine and you will build momentum.

Basic Meditation Tips

To get the full writing benefit, meditate before you write. Meditation will help you become more alert and open your imagination to great value.

Find a comfortable and quiet space. I know, this can be a monumental task. Remember that old adage: "where there's a will, there's a way."

With your eyes closed, sit on the floor (or on a cushion on the floor) in a cross legged position. Rest your hands in your lap or you can choose to rest your hands palms up on your knees or thighs. Alternately, you can lay on your back on the floor with your palms facing up and feet shoulder-distance apart. This is what yogis call Savasana or "corpse pose."
Check for any tension you may be holding. Gently shake your head up and down, left to right to release neck tension. If you're seated, allow your head to rotate forward slightly so the crown of your head is up.

Breathe evenly to relax. Imagine your breath is a calm ocean wave coming into shore and receding back from the shore.
In your mind, repeat a mantra. This can be a phrase, a question, a problem, or any obstacle you are trying to find a solution to overcome.

Be patient and unembarrassed. Allow yourself to be in this meditative state: let go of distractions. Your solutions, answers, and ideas will come to you.

You can meditate anywhere from 5, 30, or 60 minutes. When you come out of your meditative state, don't immediately get up or you may risk a dizzy spell. Simply open your eyes and allow your breathing to return to its normal state for a minute and then get up. If you have meditated while laying on your back, roll onto your side for a minute and then come to a seated position. Once your breathing has returned to normal, feel free to get up.

Great Articles on Meditation

For more tips and information on meditation, check out the articles in our Health and Fitness: Meditation Article Category.

Have you practiced meditation? What effects has it had on your writing? Click here to let us know - we'd love to hear from you!

Vanessa, Editorial ManagerTo Your Article Writing Success & Passion!
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Tips On Niche Marketing Video |Maryjane's Blog

If you want to explode the traffic you get to your niche marketing website by using a niche marketing video, you'll have the best results if you follow a few simple steps. Failing to do so can result in a lot more work, time and a lot less revenue.

1.  Take some time in the brainstorming stage to figure out just want you want to make a video about. Ideally it will be about some problem that a lot of people in your niche need help with. Once you've got the idea figured out, narrow down a list of highly targeted, highly searched keywords relevant to that topic.

2. Next you'll want to come up with a script or outline of the exact points you're going to cover in your video. By having an outline it can make your thoughts, and words, run smoother which will make a more enjoyable experience for your viewers.

3. Keep the video short and to the point. Don't let your thoughts wander. Stay on topic. Also, don't give out too much information, leave something for them to want to visit your website or buy your product.

4. Make sure your visitors can see and hear the video, it won't do you any good if the audio, video or voice over is hard to see, hear or understand.

5. When uploading your video  to YouTube or other video directories, take time to write up a compelling description. Make sure the title of your video has one keyword in it, at least. Also include keywords in your description and tags. These things may not be read by your viewers but the search engines will read them and use them to determine where your video belongs.

Make sure that your description is interesting.  Don't make it the boring "this video is about... blah blah blah". Intrigue your viewers, keep them interested and guessing. Make it something that they will remember.

6. Get more results from less work, submit your video to more than one video directory, or better yet, submit it to a service that will syndicate it all over the web for you, all on autopilot.

7. Make sure that your video clearly provides the answer to some burning question or concern that the people in your niche might have. Make it something that is common, something that a lot of people struggle with. Giving someone an answer to their problem will go such a long way in establishing your credibility with your viewers who will come to look at you as an expert.

Making a niche marketing video is actually a lot easier than you may have thought but the benefits can pay off in a huge way. All you need to do is get some simple tools, invest some time and effort and you can get a lot of free, and very targeted, visitors to your website.  There is a lot of hype online but when it comes to using videos to market your business, it really can be the wave of the future... take a ride!

Maryjane Angelo

Great Information On How To Get A Better Blog |Maryjane's Blog

Blogging is an interesting hobby that more people have picked up, especially since the internet has become more prevalent in daily life. Starting your own blog can be easy and fun, as well as a great way to make some money. Read this article for tips on creating a popular blog.

Ensure that you are posting very often in the blogs that you operate. At the minimum, you should aim to post one time on each blog every single day during the weekdays. Of course, posting more is always welcome. This shows your visitors that you are a very active blogger, which will make them more prone to keep visiting your blogs.

Strive to maintain a presence on your blog and be there when your readers have questions. Become a habit that your readers don't want to do without. Making a connection with readers is important. If you feel like ending your blog, think of your regular readers and followers.

Try finding your size yourself. Figure out a post size that will fit with your skills and habits. Don't copy other bloggers, try finding what works for you by experimenting. Some 600-700 words per entry, and some write 2000-3000 words per entry. Try testing what works for your own writing style and needs.

Don't forget to add social media sharing links on your blog. This will ensure that people can share your blog on their profiles for free. Doing this can increase your traffic by quite a bit. It will keep increasing if the content's good because people can tell their friends which puts you on multiple pages at once.Here is a link I think you will like, learn to make your own splash pages

An important part of having a blog is to voice your own opinions. Find a subject that you are truly interested in and are knowledgeable about and then put yourself out there. People like to hear the opinions of others. Opinions usually get a reaction and reactions garner readers and comments.

Use different images in your posts. A picture is attention grabbing and can also help convey your meaning without using words. This is very true when it's applied to blogging. Image are capable of conveying much more than mere words. The effective use of images will improve the look of your blog and attract readers.

Consider occasionally inviting guests to post content on your site. If nothing else, it will help you improve relationships with these individuals. Don't ever underestimate the power of networking. There might come a time in which you will need favors, and the blogger that you allowed to post in your website is someone that could help you out.

The content of your blog should consist of high quality work. Before you post it, proofread your blog entry, to ensure that it is free from grammatical and typographical errors. You may also wish to have someone else read it, as a secondary proofreader and to ensure that the content is interesting to read.

Sticking with a subject you are very interested in, or passionate about, is optimal if you'd like to start blogging. Always vary the content and be consistent with posts to retain visitors. Include contact information to be more accessible, as well. Remember the tips in this article and start a unique blog!

Maryjane Angelo

Using Articles to Build Your List |Maryjane's Blog

Getting customers in your site should always be ranked as high as the importance of the quality and the excellence of the product and the services you provide. They should go hand in hand in providing your customers the satisfaction they get in exchange for the money they have paid for them. Customer service should as well be as fantastic so that the customers are provided with the same satisfaction.

One of the ways you can combine marketing and customer service is through opt-in marketing. With an opt-in list you get the opportunity to introduce your site and products on a good time basis. Opt-in marketing strategy is a marketing strategy that is virtually low cost and not time consuming. Here, you get the consent of your website visitors to subscribe to your newsletters and other promotional materials such as catalogs and free promotions.

Opt-in marketing uses your list of subscribers to send e-mail to. These e-mails will contain the materials you will send to your subscribers. It is essential that you present your promotional items in a manner that will catch the interest and the eye of your subscribers to keep them wanting for more. The best way to do this is to provide fun, entertaining and informational articles.

Well written articles full of content and useful information will help in building your list as more subscribers will be enticed your list. When they have read the samples of your contents in your sites, they will be intrigued as to what will come next. Subscribing to your newsletter will offer them a glimpse of what you have to offer next.

Many sites and companies have captured the importance of articles and this also aids in search engine optimization. As more people are heading towards the internet for their information needs, serving the right information to them via articles in your site will increase the flow of your website traffic.  With more traffic, the percentage of your sales will grow. More sales turn into more profit.

There have been the rise for the importance of well written, information enriched and keyword packed articles for the content of their site as well as for newsletters. These articles provide the information many are seeking in the internet. If your site has them, more people will be going to your site for information and research.

Well written articles would also boost your sites reputation. If they are filled with many information you will be regarded as well informed and an expert on the subjects that you tackle.  Your articles must be well researched so that the people will trust you. When you have gained their trust, they will always come for you for their needs on that subject.

In connection, you must write articles or commission them to tackle subjects that are closely connected with your type of business. If you have a site for a medicine tackling a certain disease, your articles must be about the diseases. Or if you sell materials for home improvements provide articles with those themes. Most articles searched for are tips, guidelines, methods, manuals and such. If you provide these articles to your customers and you have their trust, they will always go to your site for help and advice as well as for your products.

With the loyalty of these customers, they may subscribe to your opt-in list to receive all the information you have. If you provide them with the answers for that need, they will be happy to be receiving your newsletters as well as other promotional materials to keep them well informed. Others may even forward your newsletters to other people when they find a certain article interesting.

You should provide links in your newsletter so that when other people are reading it and wants to read more, they may click on the link and go to your site. With the articles you have in your site that are good, they may decide to sign up as well for your opt-in list. This will build your list and make it bigger.

Make sure to keep your subscribers happy and interested in your newsletters and promotional materials. Keep on posting and writing good articles for your site and newsletter. If you are not interested in writing them or if you just don’t have the time, there are many available well experienced and knowledgeable writers available to help you out. This is an investment that will pay for itself in time. 

Maryjane Angelo

5 Things to Think About for Any Online Marketing Campaign

An online marketing campaign can be an important tool for your company. It can help to bring you more clients, more interest, and more traffic, driving your company to new heights.

It is important to make sure that you are going about online marketing correctly. You need to make sure that you are taking care of the details, and that you are approaching the tool with the right mindset. These five things to think about will help to guide you down the right path for your online marketing tactics.

What Are You Trying to Do?

You need to understand exactly what you are trying to accomplish with your Internet marketing before you decide on your online campaign. You need to think about your goals: are you trying to increase traffic to your website, increase sales, or simply increase awareness? Your answer to this question will directly influence the kinds of tactics that you use in your campaign.

What Are You Trying to Say?

You need to make sure that you understand exactly what you are trying to say to your possible consumers and clients through your marketing. Think about what you need people to know after reading your marketing tools. Should they know about the quality of your business, or the success that your business can bring? Can they save money with your company, or can you offer them something unique? Whatever your goal may be, your message should be clear and concise.

Who Are You Talking To?

You need to understand exactly who you are talking to before starting your campaign. Think about your target, their characteristics, and their personality. This will help you to tailor your message to their wants and needs.

What Mediums are Used by Your Target?

You need to understand the tools that your target responds to the most when putting together your campaign. Tactics that your target will not respond to will be a waste; you need to focus on the tactics that will effectively reach your target. While emails may be perfect for some target audiences, search engine optimization may be perfect for others.

What Is Your Budget?

In the end, you need to make sure that you keep your budget in mind. How much money do you have, and how much is the campaign going to cost? You may be able to add tactics to your campaign, or you may need to remove tactics from your campaign. Knowing your budget will help you to understand exactly how far your Internet marketing campaign can go.

You simply need to make sure that you can answer all of these questions. If you know what you are trying to do, you will be able to figure out what you are going to try to say. If you know what you are trying to say, you will know who you are talking to. From that point on, you can think about the online mediums that can be used, and the amount of money that you can use. All of these questions will help you to come up with a list of tactics for your online marketing campaign. They will help to guide you, and will help you to create the most complete and efficient campaign possible.

Maryjane Angelo

4 Affiliate Marketing Tips Simple and Fast |Maryjane's Blog

Starting your own home business has never been easier, thanks to the internet.  With the help of the internet you have access to people from all over the world, right from your own home.  While there are many types of businesses you can start, affiliate marketing is one of the best.  It can give you an extremely large income and all you have to do is learn some new skills.  If you can read and write you can have a very successful online business. 

To help you build your business as quickly as possible and avoid the potential pitfalls, I've compiled a list of some affiliate marketing tips:

1.  While I know you're probably anxious to get your website set up and get started, you'd be better off taking a little time first to learn how to do it properly.  There are many places online where you can learn every thing you need to know about affiliate marketing.  You're best bet would be to invest a little time and money into an internet marketing course.  Learn how to do it, then implement what you've learned. Even though it may seem like you're having to wait before you set up your business and start making money, in the long run you'll be saving yourself some time if you learn how to do it first, before jumping in,at the end of this article I will give to all that are interest in learning how to work online a program that is FREE yes I said FREE you can get a lifetime membership for the cost of zero.

2. Don't get sidetracked with all the ridiculous promises online.  You will probably get dozens of emails every day promising you that you can make money in no time and with no effort.  It's not true and if you spend all of your time jumping from one 'sure thing' to another you'll never make any money.  Don't fall victim to the hype.  Just build your business nice and steady and tune out all the other noise.

3.  Until you know how to do it properly, steer clear of using Pay Per Click.  The search engines are constantly changing the rules when it comes to PPC.  There really is a very steep learning curve and you  can waste hundreds or even thousands of dollars if you don't know what you're doing.  There are people on line who make a living doing nothing but keeping up with all the PPC changes and teaching other people how to use PPC techniques.  Make some money first, then take some of that money and invest it in a PPC course before you jump in.

4. Build a list using an autoresponder. Up to 98% of the people who visit your site won't buy anything and they won't be back.  You can get a bigger share of this traffic by having an email list that they can sign up for.  That way you can build trust and rapport with them over a period of time.  You'll get more than one chance to convert them into paying customers.

Making money online with affiliate marketing is one of the best home businesses you can start.  It's quick and easy to start, though you will need to learn some new skills.  If you're willing to invest a little time and effort the rewards can be huge.  Just use these affiliate marketing tips as a starting point.  Continue to learn all you can and be willing to use what you've learned. If you do,you can make virtually as much money as you want,now for the learning program I mentioned above, be smart and take
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Maryjane Angelo