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Christmas Gifts for Toddlers – Make the Presents Last More Than a Day

When I go through the toy store or a Wal-Mart with my three year old, I know exactly what he will say. “Oh,” he’ll exclaim with a mix of excitement and surprise. “I want THAT for Christmas!” What toddler boy doesn’t want a new train, truck, racecar or fighter jet? It’s a safe guess your toddler has a long list too. The question is, how can parents make the Christmas gifts last? How can you help your toddler enjoy and appreciate his new things for many days instead of five minutes of glory? Here are a few ideas that have worked for us and our friends:

1. Enjoy 12 days of Christmas. Do you have presents stacking up from grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles? Or perhaps you’ve purchased 5 or 6 presents for junior yourself. Try starting Christmas on December 13th and allow your toddler to open one present per day until Christmas. This will spread out the excitement and allow your toddler to enjoy each gift. Why just have one day of Christmas when you can have twelve?

Now many of us don’t have enough gifts piled up to begin opening on December 13. Try opening a gift a day starting on December 20, or just open one on Christmas Eve, most gifts on Christmas day, and save one gift for New Year’s. The idea is to spread out the Christmas cheer.

2. If you’re traveling, open some gifts before your trip and after. If you’re headed to grandma’s house, the last thing you want to do is load your already packed suitcase with your toddler’s new bike. You can open your gifts at home before or afterwards. It’s always fun to save a gift at home so when you need some incentive for your toddler to behave well during that plane ride, you’ve got something to offer.

3. Do something special for someone else. Teach your toddler to give gifts to the less fortunate so he can be more grateful for the avalanche of things he will receive. This year, our family packed a shoebox full of toys for Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. That shoebox will be delivered to a boy who may live in a slum in Calcutta, or an orphanage in Johannesburg. Your toddler will remember the shoebox and begin to understand that there are many children in the world who have very little.

4. Re-gift! Search for a forgotten toy around the house, something your toddler used to love playing with six months ago. Wrap it up and give it to him again. You’ll be amazed at how much fun he’ll have with his long lost friend or toy.

Your toddler will have a Christmas to remember as you try these gift giving ideas!

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How to Make a Good Video Presentation

Video is an unbelievably powerful tool that can improve your business dramatically. It allows people to see and hear information rather than just read it. Watching something is also more fun and easier then reading a report about it. The possibilities for video are endless, you can create a short video about what your organization does. Video allow you to be creative.

Just like a sales letter, you need to have the following on how to make a good video presentation.
#1 how to make a good video presentation: In the opening frame you will need a big promise. This is almost like the headline. But you state things like, there will only be 200 available and we will close this offer in less than 24 hours. I also say things like, the price of this may shock some people, but I will get to that soon, do not close this video until you see the price, as I said, it will shock some people for the value we are giving.

#2 how to make a good video presentation: You want to make it clear at the beginning and the end that the offer may change or be gone at a certain amount of time. If you can refer to how you have done it in the past that will help. Urgency means that after an amount of time the price or bonuses may change or the product may not even be available so you want to advise them to act now.

#3 how to make a good video presentation: Let people see how doing what you do allows you to live the way you want to live. They will only assume that when they have the success with your product, they can achieve what they want out of life.

#4 how to make a good video presentation: Give a full list of what your product is and what the benefits are of each feature. Also, you want to explain what is different about your product compared to any other product on the market and why yours is better.

#5 how to make a good video presentation: This is a must. You must let the buyer know that they have no risk. If they are not happy they can get all of their money back and still keep all or some of the bonuses. Let them know it is a no questions asked money back guarantee. So if they get their money back and still get to keep the bonuses, the risk was really on you. They have no risk. Either it works, or their get their money back.

#6 how to make a good video presentation: Here is where you recap, tell them to act now because if they do not there is a chance if they decide to come back that they would have lost out on this offer forever. Since there is no risk to take advantage. Tell them what to do next and how to order.

By following the steps on how to make a good video presentation above you should have a smashing success with your next launch.

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Cheap Golf Balls – Dads Favorite Birthday Present

Wondering what’s the best present to give your Dad? Well, men do love sports, especially golf. The game is fun, sophisticated and relaxing. Though most of the golf balls are quite expensive, there are several areas where one can get to purchase them at very competitive prices.

Cheap golf balls can be purchased online and also from other stores. Ones that have previously been used are the ones that sell the cheapest. The old man should get a gift that is worth his age. To get him as many balls, it’s best to purchase in dozens so that you end up being given extra of them or discounted rates.

In giving of such gifts, the age is never a determinant. What really counts is the thought behind the giving. If your father has always fancied the game or want to trigger his hidden secret, the balls would make a great asset to him.

When choosing the cheap golf balls for your Dad, you should ensure that they are of the best quality. The best ones to get him are those that are A graded. These are as good as new. However, the A+ grades are not as bad especially if he has not yet mastered the game.

A+ grade golf balls would enable him practice with them without having to spend a fortune on them. It necessarily doesn’t have to be his birthday, as a way of showing gratitude to the father figure that he has been, the balls would greatly meet that need. By regularly checking several online sites that buy and sell used products, you are bound to find very attractive packages and deals of these. Also, you can check with some players who no longer want to use their older balls.

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