Santa Claus May Not Be Coming To Town, But Amazon.com Steps In To Save the Day
(ContentDesk) December 2, 2004 -- A new survey has revealed that a staggering 1 in 3 children in Britain no longer believe in Father Christmas AKA Santa Claus.
With us being Christmas killjoys, does the 21st century mean the end of Santa? Grant Dain, Co-founder of ?Father Christmas Letters' commented; "Parents can now take matters into their own hands and encourage the belief by guaranteeing their child will receive a personalized letter from Santa Claus via our association with Amazon.com by going to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00062RMP8 ".Toy retailer, Nigel Dawson recently commissioned independent research into whether children still believe in Santa Claus.
The results highlight that only 60% of kids under the age of 8 still believe.The shock findings report that just 29% of parents encourage their children to leave a stocking out for Santa to fill.
Poor Rudolph is also sadly forgotten, with only 24% of children leaving out carrots ? meaning that parents have stopped encouraging Christmas traditions.For 17 centuries young children across the world have waited with anticipation for Father Christmas' annual visit.
These findings show that his future hangs in the balance.Nigel Dawson, Director said "Imagination is key to a child's development.
Unfortunately, many children are growing up too fast and missing out on childhood magic.
The survey reveals that sceptics wish to wipe out the enchantment of Christmas altogether."Each Santa letter from www.santaclaus-letters.com is beautifully crafted and personalized with unique details, including the child's name and best friend's name.
Available in four different styles; Magical, Humorous, Christian and Humorous for grown up kids, all letters are individually stamped and autographed for authenticity. About www.santaclaus-letters.com Father Christmas Letters was set up in February 2004 by co-founders Nigel Dawson and Grant Dain. The company is based in Cambridge but can service consumers across the globe.
The survey was conducted between 27 September and 01 October 2004, by LM Research and Marketing consultancy ? a member of The British Market Research Association.
1000 parents of children under 8 years old were questioned.About Father ChristmasThe legend of Father Christmas was introduced after Nicholas of Myra was legendary for his generosity.
He died in 340 AD on December 6th, and became the Patron Saint - St. Nicholas'.
Evolving throughout the centuries, he was later known to the Americans as Santa Claus and the English as Father Christmas.
Remember the cut off point for receiving your letter in time for Christmas is 8 December.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00062RMP8.
12-month 2005 Marketing Calendar that Boost Sales
The following is my 12-month promotional marketing calendar. Keep it handy, as you'll need to refer to it throughout the coming year when forecasting your promotional messages. By no means is this list exhaustive. In fact, you should add to it based on your industry-related activities. There are many holidays throughout the year that may be a natural tie-in with your product or service, such as National Book Week in January, if you're an author or editorial-related service or American Heart Month in February, if you sell health-related services or products.
My calendar list focuses on the major holidays when most Americans have been trained to spend extra money or participate in a ceremonial activity. Generally speaking, you want to link your marketing promotions to a time of year when customers have their wallets out. Thus, you're simply positioning your product or service as the perfect gift or solution for the celebrated event. Be PreparedYou can never be too early in preparing...
12-month 2005 Marketing Calendar that Boost Sales
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Duluth MN, Binoculars.com Cuts Costs and Increases Stability by Utilizing Open Source and Free Technologies
(ContentDesk) May 7, 2004 -- Binoculars.com has achieved triple digit percentage sales growth since 2001. This growth also brought heavy increase of traffic to their servers. Unfortunately this traffic stressed their system to the point of failure during the 2003 holiday season.
After the holidays, the top Binoculars.com priority was fixing the instabilities in their technology. The result of the focus of the entire tech staff was the creation of the technology they call: "Dynamically Generated HTML."Some web technology experts might view Binoculars.com's new method of serving plain text HTML as a step backwards.
However, the people at Binoculars.com feel the benefits are worth the funny looks they sometimes receive. A popular opinion in website technology is that cutting edge web sites are entirely dynamically driven. Dynamically driven websites query a database when a web page is requested which produces the content. Binoculars.com found their dynamic site was a problem...
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Million Dollar Business Status from Humble Beginnings ? My true story
Many of you who are reading this will identify strongly with the work situation I was in and will at this moment be thinking of breaking free of the corporate shackles and discovering the freedom of your own business.
Going back to 1994, I graduated with a university degree, for which I had studied part time for 7 years, and armed with my new qualification managed to get a position in a medium sized corporate.
By 1997 I had progressed fairly well in the company and was cruising along quite happily with fairly good prospects in sight.
Great things had been promised and my objective of getting onto the board of the company was starting to become a reality.
However as the months passed by I was beginning to realize that my future, that was in the hands of the company directors, wasn't being addressed with the passion that I thought it deserved.
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College Logoed i-Pod and Tech Accessories Hot Selling Christmas Gift for College Students and Alumni
(ContentDesk) December 3, 2005 -- If you think the Apple iPod is a major hit - then take a look at the phenomenal secondary market in accessories and add-on toys that the iPods popularity has spawned: sound systems and speakers for home and auto to play your tunes wherever you are, wireless remotes, voice recorders, skins and cases to cover every conceivable fashion moment...one Japanese company even offers coolers and purses with iPod speakers, so you can "share" your music on picnics or shopping!According to Bob Schroeder, owner of Licensed to Sell, an EBay store that specializes in NCAA licensed college and sports logoed gifts, one of the hottest Christmas gifts is a new leather iPod case, emblazoned with college logos. Not being an iPod owner myself, I had no idea how popular these would be, says Schroeder, a 25 year veteran of the gift industry. But we seem to have a triple
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Singles Travel International Celebrates New Years 2005 on Caribbean Cruise to Key West, Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Nassau
Lockport, IL September 20, 2004 -? Welcome New Year 2005 at sea while savoring the luxurious offerings of Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas, Singles Travel International New Year's Caribbean Getaway, December 27, 2004 - January 3, 2005. Departing from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, this getaway cruise includes visits to Key West, Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Nassau. A Welcome aboard Singles Only cocktail party features hors d'oeuvres and an open bar. Sumptuous dining is yours during each of the...
Singles Travel International Celebrates New Years 2005 on Caribbean Cruise to Key West, Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Nassau
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