It's 1:23a 12/25 and Santa's tired

Santa's almost ready to call it a nite and head to bed. The stockings still need to be filled yet, so his job is not quite done.

We went to late Christmas Eve service, the kids were so excited when we got home at 11:45p and it was almost CHRISTMAS!!! LOL, we read 3 Christmas Books including the Night before Christmas. The Cookies and milk were placed and stockings hung. The dogs and cats are nestled all snug in the kids beds too. Hopefully those visions of sugarplums won't wake anyone!

Our advent wreath made such a warm and inviting glow as the candles burned so brightly. The first purple candle was burning quite low, it's a good thing we won't need to light it much more. The Christ candle in the center burned the brightest. The wreath has been the center of our celebration this year. We read from Matthew each Sunday Night during advent and sang holiday hymns as we lit the candles.

I was glad to hear my youngest beg to go to Christmas Eve service despite being in church this morning. It is nice to know that my children have not been too commercialized towards the holidays and they remember the Christ child is the reason for the season.

Tonite as I ready for bed my thoughts turn to the many servicemen and women who are serving their country and not home with their families. I pray that they will be safe and that they and their families know just how much we appreciate their sacrifices. God bless them everyone!

Happy Holidays Everyone; may your days be filled with family, laughter, much food and safe travels. May your nights find you warm, safe and with loved ones.

Internet Marketing and The Learning Curve

The last few days I have been learning a great deal about Internet Marketing (IM) and various techniques including viral marketing, publishing an e-newsletter and how to build a list. I have been reading, studying, and asking a lot of questions. Once very valuable forum that I am now a member of can be found at http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/ it boasts being the #1 Internet Marketing Forum since 1997. I have been amazed at the volumne of very valuable information that is being shared on this forum. I intend to learn all I can and to report in this blog my results, so stay tuned.

Ebay - Is there a place for Writers ?

I have been a buyer and a seller on Ebay under the ID MomandChild since July 10, 2001. I have enjoyed 100% positive feedback from those I have purchased from and those who have purchased from me. Ebay has been a popular marketplace for some time now. Even large corporations are now setting up shop on Ebay. What a place, Ebay has become, when small sellers can rub elbows with large corporations competing against each other for the same buyers. I have sold in several catagories on Ebay including clothing, electronics and recently books. Lately I have been exploring the idea of putting my ebooks on Ebay. I have been researching completed auctions for similar ebooks to see how well they do on Ebay. I wonder if people actually search for ebooks on Ebay?

A search for "ebooks" on the Ebay search engine revealed 11331 items found. Information products being the largest catagory of ebook with 6640 items. I have learned through experience that sellers will be successful if the catagory they are selling in has fewer than 10,000 items. So according to my research today, selling my ebooks on Ebay could be promising.