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Creative Ideas For Christmas

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Our 'memory' is typically preserved in photos and perhaps our first holiday outfit that was wrapped in tissue and saved in an old trunk. With a bit of imagination parents can plan ahead to create memories for their baby that will last a lifetime. These ideas in turn will be passed down to future generations.

Where to begin? Here are some ideas to help your creative imagination take flight.

1. Find a unique baby Christmas scrapbook or keepsake box to save mementos from your baby's first Christmas. Include scraps from wrapping paper, bows, gift cards, a photo with Santa and any other special items. Don't forget to have your camera ready on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to capture the fun and excitement. Photos are the best memories.

2. Write a description of the celebration in your child's baby book to share in the years to come. Be sure to include the family members who shared this special time in your baby's life.

3. Keep a journal and write down your own perceptions of the entire holiday and special things that you want to remember. Have other family members and friends add their comments. What a wonderful treasure to pass down to your child.

4. Buy or make a special ornament to commemorate your baby's first Christmas. If you are a 'crafty' person, a handmade ornament will express your true love and will hold more meaning as your child grows. But don't stop with the first Christmas. Make or buy a special ornament every year of your child's life.

5. Place a lighted tree in your child's room every Christmas so they can decorate it with their very own personal ornaments. Imagine the wonderful memories when they decorate their tree with these treasures. When they have their first home, what a wonderful start they'll have for decorating their own tree each year.

6. Take lots of pictures of your baby as they discover the sights and sounds of Christmas. Still photos as well as videos provide a lasting record of your baby's first Christmas.

7. Start a new family tradition that includes your infant. For instance, you might sing a special Christmas carol to the baby the you will continue to sing each year. If there are siblings, make sure they are included by asking them to think of a new family tradition that would have meaning for them. Coloring paper snowflakes to tape to a window is always fun.

8. Create opportunities for other children to help their new brother or sister during the Christmas celebration, such as opening the infant's gifts or reading a Christmas story.

9. If your other children are old enough, let them help decorate Christmas cookies and make a special one for their new little brother or sister.

10. Include a picture of your new baby in your Christmas cards to introduce friends to your newest family member.

11. One precautionary idea to consider is how to baby proof your Christmas tree and decorations. Infants - especially if they're crawling or starting to pull up on things - can easily pull the tree over onto themselves. This can cause serious injury to your baby. Buy an expandable playpen that will completely encircle the tree with enough space to keep curious hands from reaching the ornaments and packages.

Remember to continue old traditions along with the new to give yourself and your family a sense of continuity during the stress of the holidays. It's important to understand that all the fuss that comes with the holiday season can be overwhelming to a new baby as well as to the rest of the family. Try to stay on as regular a schedule as possible, but be sure to allow plenty of down time and fun activities for everyone.

When the holiday is over and the decorations are stored for another year, take time to reflect on this special time enjoyed by your family and their newest little member. Rock your baby and sing a special Christmas song one more time. Put the photos in an album, read through your journal and start putting together the scrapbook or memory keepsake box. As the years go by, you'll be thankful that you spent a little extra time to make Baby's First Christmas one to remember for a lifetime.

Creative Ideas For Christmas

I have been leading teleseminars for many years as part of my service offerings in my coaching business. I use them to attract new prospects, collaborate with colleagues and partners, and increase my income.

And the good news is that teleseminars are very easy to set up and record once you know how and the profit margins are extremely high.

Here are some ideas to jumpstart your creative thinking for delivering your own seminars over the phone:

1. Giving free teleseminars is a great way to promote your business and let new prospects get to know you. Teleseminars are a great marketing vehicle that helps you attract more clients, build your list, and increase sales.

2. Teleseminars are an excellent way to collaborate and do joint ventures with other people who already have a list in order to gain exposure to new prospects and grow your list.

3. If you're just starting out, you can do interviews with top experts in your niche. Record these interviews and provide them as a bonus in exchange for signing up for your newsletter, or package them as a product.

4. Position yourself as the expert in your field by delivering great content in your specialty area. Teach what you know and love while increasing your visibility and gaining valuable exposure and credibility. This reinforces your brand and gives people a low cost way to get to know you.

5. Attract participants and fill your teleseminars by finding partners to help you with the promotion. Collaborating with partners to offer learning by phone is a very effective and inexpensive way to get more newsletter subscribers and build your list.

6. Have your teleseminars transcribed and offer your clients the opportunity to order a transcript of the call. This can really increase your profits with minimal additional expense for you. You can also add additional sales and marketing materials to the transcript to provide you with opportunities for additional income and exposure.

7. You can make good money from your teleseminars and increase your revenue substantially. Create a program or a series you can charge for, much the same as you would for a workshop series, only this would be over the phone rather than in person, so it saves you travel time and is easier and cheaper to get people to sign up.

8. You can leverage each teleseminar into products and multiple streams of income. Record your teleseminars so you can turn them into an MP3 audio file, a transcript, a CD, a DVD and/or an ebook.

9. Use teleseminars to create an information empire of content - ebooks, workbooks, CD's, products, and multi-media courses. The same information can be repackaged and reproduced in several different media to generate extra income.

10. Include your affiliate programs and live hyperlinks for any sites you have mentioned during the program that are relevant to your topic. Send an automated email out after the class and includes these links so that you can generate affiliate income.

11. The key to profitable teleseminars is that the 'fortune' is in the follow up. You can make 'upsells' after people order your teleseminar. For example, you could offer the transcript as an upsell for a minimal extra charge rather than bundling it in the original price. Or, create a backend program to add to your sales funnel and make much more income than from the one teleseminar alone.

12. You can automate the whole process of promotion, registration, sales, and follow up using your website and autoresponders so that you make much more per hour and use your time more effectively.

So, what are you waiting for? Add teleseminars to your marketing mix today, and start gaining more fame, credibility and income.

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