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Mother's Day Gift Ideas.
Wednesday 23rd January

Get Mum something special for Mother's Day.

Mum's are smashing aren't they? They do all that stuff for us, day in day out for years and how do we reward them, how do we say thank you? Well previously, your choice may have been limited to flowers or chocolates (or whatever else the late night garage sells – we've all heard the stories of Mum's that were given jump leads, tow cables and windscreen washer fluid on Mother's Day).

I know one year my Mum got a new vacuum cleaner as she'd always complained that her old one was too heavy to use. Looking back it wasn't the best choice of present but at least the good intention and forethought was there.

The one thing Mother's definitely are, is proud of their children and grandchildren. They'll have pictures everywhere and they just love new photo's to add to their collection.

So what better way of surprising Mum than with a clever personalised photo gift? From Jigsaw Puzzles to glass chopping boards, all personalised with a picture of you or the grandchildren.

Our Photo Gifts really do show your appreciation. Each photo gift is hand printed in our own workshops, with attention to detail and faithful reproduction of your original all part of the service.

And if you live far away, then we are happy to post your order without shipping paperwork to the UK address of your choice – just let us know when ordering.

Fabulous Photo Gifts – fabulous personalised photo gifts for Mums on Mother's Day.

Start personalising a photo gift for your Mum. Remember, some of our Photo Gifts take 10 to 14 days to arrive from date of order so remember to check the delivery schedule of your chosen gift and order in plenty of time.

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Use your blog like a newsletter - a guide for new Bloggers

Hi There.

As some of our regular readers will know, when it comes to social bookmarking and networking, I'm a bit of a fan.

I was speaking with a friend the other day – he runs a successful martial arts school – and he was asking my advice on how to attract more members.

Do you have a Blog and RSS? I asked. No was the reply and so began a very stimulating conversation on the merits of these two mediums.

His biggest concern is time as he doesn't have a lot spare. I suggested the Blogger platform as we use it and have never had any problems (yet – touch wood), but for content he was not so sure.

So we went through his daily business activity. Being a 'club', content could be aimed at the 'members' but open for anyone interested to comment on and read also – a kind of online newsletter.

I suggested that he might like to promote this through his membership. He admits that many already have myspace and facebook profiles and whilst he was unsure of using them himself I explained that if his members started linking back to his blog then he would quickly build up a steady following that might actually attract new recruits.

It all sounded good in theory and should perform well in practice to.

The key to beginning is not to make it too complicated or time consuming as if you neglect something, then it will quickly fall off the radar of possible regular readers. Once it's established, then you can start to expand upon the content.

If you're a club or group, then it gets even easier. Why not consider handing the day to day writing and posting over to a few trusted members to update? That way, not only have you solved the time issue, but you'll also have a much better mix of articles and posts from different perspectives and styles, which should make for a better reading experience for the visitor.

So what are you waiting for? Go get a blog today and start posting.

You can visit blogger.com and use their really easy interface to set up your blog in a matter of minutes. Once its up and running, then you can explore adding more features and functionality as time and programming skill will allow. The best bit is that whilst you're doing this, you'll already be attracting readers and search engines alike.

Note: There are other blogging platforms out there e.g Wordpress. Please satisfy yourself that the platform you are choosing meets your needs. Its worth spending a little bit of time on and who knows where your blog will be this time next year?

Jonathan C Crouch

About the author – Jonathan is webmaster for “Fabulous Photo Gifts – personalised photo gifts. In between, tasks, he writes a number of SEO articles aimed at smaller businesses which are published and socially bookmarked across a variety of directories.
If you would like a website designing, or feel that your present site could perform better, then contact Jonathan at Fabulous Photo Gifts.

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9 out of 10 cats prefer...
Thursday 31st January

It's true! After a painstaking survey of over 3 cats that were left in the kitchen last night (two of them recovering from surgery), we can reveal that Cats prefer wholemeal.

When give a choice of White Sliced or Wholemeal sliced, all 3 cats passed over the white and pulled the carefully wrapped brown bread from the bread bin onto the floor where they nibbled various slices in a blind taste test.

No slice was left unturned in this research and had they been able to open the fridge, then we could have expected further test results on the odds of wholemeal versus white landing butter side up.

Rumours of flying cats seen in the vicinity are completely unfounded and no cat was available for comment.

If you're a pet lover (like us) then you'll welcome the opportunity to purchase personalised photo gifts for family and friends featuring your favourite feline (or pooch). Especially our photo glass chopping boards and photo jigsaws.

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