The Third Child

Written by Elizabeth Brautigan


The Third Child

From a young age I was nicknamed “the creative one” and have spentrepparttar greater share of my adult life proving that to be true. My passion for holidays, special occasions and findingrepparttar 120817 “perfect” gift was always a great hobby, creative outlet, and stress releaser until I decided to turn it into a full time business. I don’t go anywhere these days without my notepad to jot down ideas, impressions, and observations that I make in everyday life that help me to continually think “outside ofrepparttar 120818 mundane.”

Asrepparttar 120819 mother of two terrific kids (one boy and one girl), my children will vouch that they always hadrepparttar 120820 most spectacular themed birthday parties -repparttar 120821 neighborhood kids couldn't wait to attend each year to see what type of extravaganza we had "cooked up." Whether it wasrepparttar 120822 year that we did "You are a Star" for my daughter's 10th birthday - complete with: tickets for admission and play money inrepparttar 120823 invitation, walk of fame, ticket booth, photo shoot, stocked candy display, and living room transformed into realistic movie theatre. - or my son's 8th birthday party which began with audio taped invitations that had "This birthday mission, should you choose to accept" that were delivered late at night and followed through with "dangerous" missions that involved findingrepparttar 120824 birthday cake before it self-destructed - well, you getrepparttar 120825 idea.

Everyone told me I had that "special knack" to turn any occasion into something really special, and so CookiePots was born. It was named after our first and number one sellerrepparttar 120826 Cookie Pot Bouquet that we produce for all occasions. When people first learn what I do, and ask “Just what is a CookiePot?” I simply say. “Imagine getting a wonderful delivery of flowers in adorable flower pots personalized with your name. Insiderepparttar 120827 pot may be candy, coffee, lemonade or cocoa and then, upon closer inspection you realize thatrepparttar 120828 flowers onrepparttar 120829 end ofrepparttar 120830 stems aren’t flowers at all – they are delightful decorated cookies!” We have cupcake and party hat cookies for birthdays, baby bottle and rocking horse cookies for babies, and cookie designs for every special occasion that you can think of.

After about 9 months of hard work, andrepparttar 120831 power ofrepparttar 120832 Internet, orders began coming in from all overrepparttar 120833 country and my original one or two trips a week to Office Depot to ship my packages via UPS became two pickups daily by Federal Express and UPS! My neighbors began to shake their heads when they had to wait forrepparttar 120834 delivery trucks to clear so they could back out of their driveways. My two children, quite nonplussed aboutrepparttar 120835 amount of time it took to grow a business like CookiePots, not so affectionately named it “Third Child.” It became painfully obvious that I needed help and CookiePots needed its own home. In May of 2002 we officially opened "CookiePots" in Mayberry Square in Sylvania, Ohio and hired three employees.

How To Create Your Own *24/7 Little Sales Machines* In 5 Simple Steps

Written by Ewen Chia


“How To Create Your Own *24/7 Little Sales Machines* In 5 Simple Steps”

(c) Copyright by Ewen Chia

Here’s an astonishing fact guaranteed to excite you…

Many successful internet gurus like Terry Dean and Yanik Silver became that way by branding and advertising themselves aggressively through ezine advertising.

Ezine advertising is very effective, but it can cost a bomb, putting you out of business just as quickly if you're not careful!

Now suppose you could receive completely fr^e advertising in ezines month after month after month, without ever paying a single cent…

Would that make you very excited?

You ought to be because there IS just such a way…

Simply by writing articles!

Articles are what I callrepparttar ultimate traffic generators, write them ONCE and they work like ‘24/7 little sales machines’ to bring you…

Hordes of targeted traffic, red hot sales, responsive subscribers and instant credibility…FOREVER!

Don't be scare off thinking writing an article to berepparttar 120816 hardest thing inrepparttar 120817 world. You don’t need to winrepparttar 120818 Nobel Prize, all you’ve need to do is be yourself and communicate with your readers.

You can create articles if you can talk, share a story, relate an experience or pass on some knowledge…

Writing an article’s really similar to chatting with a good friend, and putting that on screen in an organized format.

That said, here're 5 simple steps to creating your own little sales machines quickly and easily!

---------------------------------------- Step 1 - Create A Killer Article Title ----------------------------------------

Think of your title as a ‘headline’.

It needs to grabrepparttar 120819 eyes and capture attention like steel to magnet.

The simplest type of article headline isrepparttar 120820 ‘question’ method. For example…

"Are You Committing These 3 Mistakes In Your Online Business?"

Another method you can’t go wrong with isrepparttar 120821 popular ‘How to...’ and ‘Tips’ titles… 'How To Lose Weight Without Ever Dieting'

'7 Quick Tips To Instant Search Engine Success'

Or this very article title which combines both methods…

“HOW TO [Create Your Own 24/7 Little Sales Machines] In 5 SIMPLE STEPS!”

---------------------------------------- Step 2 – Draw Readers In With A Stunning Opening Sentence ----------------------------------------

The opening sentence isrepparttar 120822 next most important part of your article after it’s title.

It decides ifrepparttar 120823 reader want to read on to find out more.

You can create winning opening sentences by asking questions, stating a fact, or creating curiosity. Examples of each type include…

Question – "Do you knowrepparttar 120824 most effective marketing technique online?"

Fact – "Search Engines account for almost 90% of all web traffic!"

Curiosity – "Something followed as we ventured out intorepparttar 120825 dimly lit parking lot..."

---------------------------------------- Step 3 – Talk About The Main Points In The Body Section ----------------------------------------

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