Basics and Common Sense of Email Marketing

Lauren

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Mommy's Helper - Mom's Market Ezine
Issue #144
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
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Editor's Rambling:
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Note from Anita:

Happy Holidays!
Tis the season ... and phew, am I glad that I can go around singing
Christmas songs and decorate every room of my house without seeming like a
fool! I've been in the Christmas mood since the middle of October!

If you missed the announcement last week, you might have missed that we
have a brand new Direct Sales Company Directory. We've updated our
directory to include a full page for each company featuring a lead
generating form on each page. Please take a peek and let me know what you
think! http://www.mommyshelperonline.com/direct-sales.html

There is one other thing I wanted to tell you about this week ... It's
a brand new tool to help you track (and hopefully increase) your
adsense income. It's called AdSpyTracker and it's literally been a blessing
to me! For only $9.99 ... I won't have anymore guesswork on my adense!
But you'll have to check out our blog for the rest of the details!
http://2wahms.blogspot.com/2006/12/tool-to-track-adsense.html

Till next time...

~Anita DeFrank
Mommy's Helper
http://www.MommysHelperOnline.com

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Note from Kara:

Are you done with your Christmas shopping? I'm finished, but I know
many who aren't. If you are one who is still looking for a few gifts, be
sure to stop by Prairie Soy Candles. We've got a new section called
"Immediate Delivery" which will be up until December 15th. Details at:
http://www.soy-wax-candles.com/immediate-delivery.html

Aside from getting holiday things "wrapped up" (pun intended!), new
pages and topics are still being added at
http://www.thescrapbookingsource.com/ . There's still lots of work to
be done, so you'll want to stop by and check it out if you love
scrapbooking!

Until next time!

~Kara Kelso~
Mom's Market
http://www.MomsMarketOnline.com

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Business
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Basics and Common Sense of Email Marketing

Today, Email marketing has emerged as a great tool to
keep your prospective and current customers updated about
your company's new offers and services. Simply put, it is
sending messages to your clients and is an effective way
of communicating with them.

Read this article at:
http://mommyshelperonline.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4933

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Family
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Handmade Christmas Decorations
Christmas can be a fun time for everyone, and an even more fun time
creating the decorations to be put up around your house or on your tree.
Idea Queen has put together several different handmade Christmas
decorations from us and from our craft collection.

Read ideas at:
http://www.idea-queen.com/handmade-christmas-decorations.html

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Coffee Break
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A Christmas Slaying Tradition

When I was a little girl, every Friday after Thanksgiving my father
would take my sisters and me out into the woods to hunt for a Christmas
tree. We LOVED this tradition. My sisters and I would bundle up and
sometimes we’d bring hot cocoa and something to snack on. All day long
we’d hunt with our father trekking up one hill and down another, from
tree farm to tree farm until at last we found Alfie.

Alfie was the name of a Christmas tree in a John Denver and The Muppets
Christmas song. We liked that song so much we’d trudge through the
knee-high dew laden grass calling out: “Alfie! Alfie!”

Read this article at:
http://mommyshelperonline.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4930

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Recipes
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CHRISTMAS BREAD PUDDING

9 slices Whole Wheat Bread
8 slices White Bread
3 Egg Yolks, beaten
1 1/2 cups Light Cream
2/3 cup Dark Raisins
1/3 cup Whole Candied Red Cherries, halved
3/4 cup Cream Sherry
1 cup -Water
2 Egg Yolks, beaten
1/4 cup Powdered Sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons Cream Sherry
1/3 cup Sugar
dash Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
2/3 cup Golden raisins
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup Whipping cream

Remove crusts from bread. Cover bread slices with paper towels and let
stand overnight.

Custard: in a heavy medium saucepan combine three egg yolks, light
cream, sugar and salt. Cook
and stir over medium heat. Continue cooking until mixture coats a metal
spoon. Remove from
heat; cool at once by setting saucepan in a sink of ice water and
stirring for 1-2 minutes. Stir in 1
1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Cover surface with clear plastic wrap.

In small bowl combine raisins. Place cherries in another bowl. Heat 3/4
cup sherry till warm. Pour
2/3 cup sherry over cherries. Set aside. Cut bread into 1/2-inch cubes
(about 9 cups). In a bowl,
fold bread into custard, until coated. Grease a 6 1/2 cup tower mold
(without tube). Drain raisins
and cherries, reserving sherry.

Arrange 1/4 of cherries in bottom of the mold, sprinkle 1/3 cup raisins
into the mold. Add 1/4 of
bread cube mixture. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons reserved sherry. Repeat
layers three times,
arranging cherries and raisins near edges of the mold. Lightly press
last layer with back of spoon.
Pour remaining reserved sherry over all. Cover mold tightly with foil.
Set mold in cooker - for a 5-6qt cooker, pour 1 1/2 cups water around
mold (for a 3 1/2 - 4 qt
cooker use 1 cup water). Cover, cook on low 5 1/2 hours or until
pudding springs back when
touched.

Meanwhile make the sherry sauce: in a mixing bowl combine 2 egg yolks,
powdered sugar, t
tablespoons sherry and 1/4 teaspoons vanilla. In small bowl, beat
whipping cream until small
peaks form. Gently fold whip cream into egg yolk mixture. Cover and
chill until serving time.
Remove mold from cooker, let stand 10 minutes. Carefully unmold to
serving platter. Serve warm
with sherry sauce.

Alternative: Remove pudding from mold, cover and chill. To serve,
return pudding to same mold.
Cover with foil, place in cooker. Pour 1 1/2 cup water around mold.
Cover, cook on high for 1 1/2
to 2 hours, or until warm. Let stand 10 minutes, unmold and serve with
sauce.

More Recipes at:
http://www.RecipesForMom.com

Do you have a favorite recipe to share?
Post them at Mommy's Helper Community:
http://www.MommysHelperOnline.com/phpBB2
Note: Recipes must be original. Nothing from a cookbook or a box
please.

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