I recently visited my grandkids for Christmas.  My husband and I took and early Christmas
because we got a good price on flights.  We decided to do things differently this year.
 
When we got there, we began with taking our grandkids to a Christmas Celebration in
Burnsville, MN., and then we took them to WalMart and told them to pick out what
they wanted. (With a limit, of course). 
 
Then, we took our oldest grandson to GameStop because he had his eye on a
video game that WalMart didn't have, so we headed there.
 
After that, we went to Culver's for some great food and ice cream. If you've never
had their ice cream, you've never tasted real ice cream!  It's great! 
 
We headed back to their house and spent a couple hours playing games,
talking and laughing.
 
The next few days, were wonderful!  I spent the day working for my job, which is
mainly through the Internet and phone. Then, in the evenings we made cookies,
played games, videotaping funny videos and I bought my granddaughter a sewing machine
and decided to sow her a stuffed doll and cat.  I didn't have a pattern so we decided to use
their little dog for the pattern.  That was funny!  I enlisted the help of my son, who use
to fix and sell sewing machines. 

Keith was elected to sew the tail, legs and body. The tail ended up longer than the body.
It was my job to create the head and decorate it with the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. 
The face and head looked like an owl.  We had to do surgery on it, as Sarah said.
It was so much fun.  We laughed so loud and hard when it was being created at
how funny it was looking!
 
I enjoyed every moment with my kids and grandkids.  I have learned to live in the moment.
When my kids were young, I was so busy that I missed those moments. I was always focusing
on tomorrow, or the next minute, that I didn't enjoy the present moment.  It takes a concentrated
effort to focus on the moment...but how wonderful and enjoyable it is.   Even as I remember
and savor those moments now, it brings tears to my eyes because of how precious they are to me.
 
I pray that you will take time this Christmas season and this coming year to really
focus on the moment and savor them.  Really listen and hear what your kids and grandkids
are saying.  Find out what colors they like, or what their favorite food is.  I'm so glad I did.
 
I even shared with Colby about living in the moment. As we were sitting waiting for the
Christmas production, I said to Colby, "Colby, listen to the what you hear, see the lights,
the trees, the things around you, hear and see what is happening."  I know I he will
remember it, I know I do!  I share this with all my grandkids.  How to live in the moment.
It's so important, because if we don't we lose the greatest gift the Lord has given us,
moments with those we love.
 
I pray you have a blessed and prosperous New Year!
Until Next Time!

Linda
Here's a Video Christmas Greetings from me:
http://christmasgreetingsfromlindacross.blinkweb.com/

So, are you thinking about using video in your marketing project? 
Whether you have a product, service, hobby or passion, or just want to
help raise funds or awareness for your favorite organization -
you'll want to use video to reach the masses!

How do you get started?

The first thing to getting started is to have a desire to create video!

The next thing is to find a camera you can use that will work for what you want it too.

If you are going to do Internet marketing, I recommend starting with a $99 logitech webcam that has the YOUTUBE and email software that comes with the camera.   It has a built in mic, which isn't always the best audio, but for closeup headshots, it's just fine.

Next - GET USE TO SEEING AND HEARING YOURSELF ON CAMERA!  Don't freak out when you see yourself. Or if you do, LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT - everyone else does!   We are our own worst enemies!  So, get over yourself and get on with your project!

I know, that may of been kind of hard - I'm really a nice person - but I'm speaking from experience.  I didn't like what I saw on camera, and I didn't let it stop me. I just went on and finally changed some of the bad habits, overweight issues that were bugging me.  I'm still not perfect, still have issues, but I press through and onto the prize - whatever that is!

Next, practice, practice, practice.  Make a bunch of fun videos!  Just talk to your sister, brother, mother, etc and send them a video. They will love it and you'll get lots of practice using the camera and software etc.

Next, set yourself up a YOUTUBE site, and I also recommend getting a Justin.tv site also.

Next, when you get your site up, create a video regarding your product, service, etc., and upload it.

Next, do the SHARE thing on YOUTUBE...which means you'll have to sign up for all those things. DO IT!  You need the exposure!  Get signed up for ALL OF THEM.  Get on TWITTER!  It's key. Get on UTTERZ.com too!  Get yourself some blogs.  Get some sales pages - get FREE ones on this site www.blinkweb.com. You'll see it at the end of this page.

OK, that's all you can handle for now. If you will do that, you'll be on the road to video success!

Talk to you later!

Blessings!

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