A Halloween Neighborhood Activity

Boo Activities

If you want to get your neighbors in the Halloween spirit, be sure to engage them in a little game known as "Boo!" It's a popular game in some parts of the country, while in others, nobody has heard of it.

You might live in a neighborhood where you think nobody will participate in a round robin type of event as this, but you might be surprised. Sometimes during the holidays people will step up and get involved where before they wouldn't. It's possible, anyway.

The game goes something like this, and then will be described in more detail later. You print up a few poems and instructions on colorful paper (likely, orange). You get a treat bucket, or bowl or something and fill it with candy. You can also "Boo" people with candles, Halloween socks, and really whatever your imagination comes up with. You "Boo" two people at a time, leaving the items anonymously on their doorstep. You leave it with the instructions and the poem and hope they "Boo" other neighbors. Once you are done, you tape up a large "Boo!" on your door so neighbors know not to hit you up again.

Specifically, here's how it's done. Start this game around the very end of September or very beginning of October. If you want until everyone is decorated for Halloween, you're probably too late. You want this to spread around the neighborhood and that takes time, so you want to start it right as the season starts (or a little before, perhaps) and just as people are starting to think about Halloween. If you start too early, however, you might be out of luck as far as being able to purchase items goes.

So, it's the right time of the year and you're ready to go. Find a "Boo" poem and photocopy it. There are many variations of the poem. Here is a sampling:

"Boo!
To our good friends on the street;
Our homes' locations made us meet;
You now have been Boo'd, but who would we be?
We'll never tell, it's a secret, you see.
We placed these goodies for you and yours;
Then we ran fast, after knocking the door!
Happy Halloween!"

Or it might be a big longer, something like this:

"The air is cool, the season fall
Soon Halloween will come to all;
The neighbors are after things to do
In fact, a neighbor brought this to you;
"Boo" is a sign of friendship power
Just hang it up and watch it double by hour;
On your front door is where it works
It wards off solicitors and scary jerks;
The treat that came with friendly note
Are yours to keep; enjoy them both;
The power comes when friends like you
Copy this and make it two;
Then others here among our friends
Will give warm fuzzies that will not end;
We'll all have smiles upon our face
No one will know who "boo'ed" whose place;
Just one short day to share your Boo
You must be quick so they don't know who;
And don't forget a nifty treat
Like something cute or something sweet;
Please join the fun, let's really hear it
And spread some "Boos" and neighborhood spirit!


Be sure to include a cute graphic of a ghost or something else that looks like it might say "Boo!" You might want to include some details on the flyer about what should be done next, in case you think the poem itself won't be clear enough. Then attach the poem to the goodie bag, basket, whatever you have created, and run out one night dropping your goodies on peoples' doorsteps. If you are just getting this started in your neighborhood, be sure to do more than 2 houses. You might find that some people don't participate and in that case, you want to have "Boo"ed enough people that you will get adequate participation.

What you're striving for is a neighborhood full of "Boo" doors by Halloween night!

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1) CHICKEN WINGS

36 chicken wings
1 (5 oz.) bottle soy sauce
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
4 tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. garlic powder

Rinse chicken wings and pat dry. Mix soy sauce, mustard, brown sugar and garlic powder together. Marinate wings in mixture overnight (or about 6 hours). Bake wings on cookie sheet for about 1 hour at 375 degrees. Baste wings occasionally with sauce. Serves 9-12.

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2) HOT-N-SPICY CHICKEN WINGS

5 lbs. bag chicken wings (drumettes)
12 fl. oz. Louisiana Pre Crystal Hot Sauce
1-2 sticks butter

Fry chicken wings until golden brown and drain on paper towel. Mix hot sauce and melted butter and pour into deep pan or crock pot. Add chicken wings to sauce and heat thoroughly.

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3) SPICY CHICKEN WINGS

1 lg. can Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. oregano
4 tbsp. parsley
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 stick margarine
4-5 lbs. chicken wings

Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Melt margarine in small pan. Cut up chicken wings. Discard tips. Mix all dry ingredients in bowl. Dunk chicken wings in margarine and roll in cheese mixture. Place on cookie sheet. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 1 hour. Serve warm.

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4) CRISPY ORIENTAL CHICKEN WINGS (MICROWAVE)

1 1/2 lbs. chicken wings, disjointed
1 med. egg
1/2 c. soy sauce
2 tbsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. ginger powder
1 med. onion, finely diced
2 c. finely crushed corn flakes

Mix together egg, soy sauce, garlic powder and ginger powder. Set aside. On wax paper, mix together crushed corn flakes and diced onion. Dip each wing in soy sauce mixture, then roll in corn flakes and onion. In glass baking dish, cover and cook wings on high (9) for 20 minutes, or until cooked. Remove covering halfway through cooking. Use 13"x9" baking dish. Yield: 24 appetizers.

5) TERIYAKI CHICKEN WINGS

1/3 c. lemon juice
1/4 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. vegetable oil
3 tbsp. chili sauce
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. celery seed
Dash of dry mustard
3 lb. chicken wings

MARINADE: Combine lemon juice, soy sauce, oil, chili sauce, garlic, pepper, celery seed and mustard. Stir well, set aside. Cut chicken wings at joint and remove wing tips. Place chicken in baking dish.

Pour marinade over chicken. Cover, refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight. Drain and place on broiler tray. Broil about 10 minutes each side with tray about 7 inches from heating element. Brush occasionally with marinade.

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6) HOT CHICKEN WINGS

Chicken wings
1/2 stick margarine
1 bottle Durkee hot sauce
2 tbsp. honey
10 shakes Tabasco
2 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)

Deep fry wings for 20 minutes. Drain and dip and let set in sauce. Take out to dry and then serve.


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7) HIDDEN VALLEY CHICKEN DRUMMIES

20 chicken drummies
Good 1/4 c. butter, melted
1 tbsp. hot pepper sauce
2 tbsp. vinegar
2 pkgs. Hidden Valley dressing mix
Paprika
Celery sticks

Dip chicken in mixture of melted butter, pepper sauce and vinegar. Put in baking pan. Sprinkle with 1 package dry dressing mix. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees or until browned. Sprinkle with paprika. Serve with celery sticks and prepared Hidden Valley dressing mix as dip.

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8) MARINATED CHICKEN WINGS

2 doz. chicken wings
5 oz. bottle soy sauce
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. garlic powder

Cut chicken wings in half. Marinate in remaining mixture for 1/2 hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until marinate is thick. Turn once. Serves 6 to 10.
COMMENT: May be frozen in marinade. Bake after defrosting.

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9) MARINATED CHICKEN WINGS

1/2 c. soy sauce
1/2 c. honey
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. chili powder
2 lb. chicken wings with drum end cut at joint from wing, discard tips

Mix ingredients together and marinate cut-up wings overnight. Place wing parts in shallow baking pan and pour remaining liquid over them. Bake for 1 hour at 325 degrees, turning on the 1/2 hour.

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10) SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN WINGS

2 1/2 lb. chicken wings with tips removed
1/3 c. Crisco
1/3 c. vinegar
1/2 c. firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 (12 oz.) can unsweetened pineapple juice
3/4 c. catsup
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. prepared mustard
1/8 tsp. salt (optional)

Brown wings in hot Crisco, adding more, if necessary. Remove wings as they brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add vinegar, sugar, juice, catsup, soy sauce, mustard, and salt to skillet. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally.
Simmer gently about 5 minutes. Add browned chicken wings. Cover skillet. Simmer 15 minutes. Turn wings and cook uncovered 15 minutes longer. Serve with rice. Makes 4 servings.

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11) CHICKEN WINGS IN SOY SAUCE

24 chicken wings
1 c. soy sauce
3/4 c. chopped green onions with tops
1/3 c. sugar
4 tsp. salad oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger

Halve the wings and throw away the tips. Blend soy sauce, onions, sugar, oil, garlic and ginger in a large bowl.
Add the wings, cover and marinate for 30 minutes. Remove the wings and reserve the marinade. Place the chicken in a shallow pan and baste with the sauce. Bake in 350-degree oven for 15 minutes and turn over, baste again and cook 15 more minutes.

This may be made the day before and reserved in refrigerator, covered. Be sure to save some marinade to baste again when reheating in oven.


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12) BUFFALO-STYLE CHICKEN WINGS

2 1/2 lb. (12-15) chicken wings
1/4 c. Durkee red hot sauce
1 stick (1/2 c.) melted butter or margarine
Celery sticks
Blue cheese dip

Split wings at joint and discard tips. Arrange on a rack in a roasting pan. Cover wing pieces with sauce on both sides. Bake at 425 degrees for 1 hour, turning halfway through cooking time. Wings can be deep fried at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes and then dipped into the hot sauce until coated completely. Serve with celery and blue cheese dip.


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Moms, Make Sets Out Of Your Marketing Tools

Most Mom's love organization, and things that come in sets like a pretty stationery set, a nice recipe card file, etc. So why not think of creating "sets" of your marketing tools as well?

There are a number of tools that are necessary when you decide to do online sales.
There's tools for your website, tools for your sales process, tools for the marketing, tools for name capturing . . . and so on and so on.

The main tools that are going to be very beneficial to you and your business are the ones that offer creativity and uniqueness to your presence. These are the items that you can have total control over.

And the 4 things are:

Your Main Sales Page
Your Name Capture Page (also known as your "squeeze" page)
Your Download Page
Your Thank You Page

Start to think of how you can be creative with these particular tools, and think of making them a "set" with common theme of graphics and designs. Think of creating your "sets" for each product you decide to sell.

Tip:
Some people are so creative with these items,
that they have built a business around just doing that.

Mom Needs To Create A Downloadable Zip File

Mom you can share or sell your products by offering a downloadable zip file:


Here's How:

Highlight the item with your mouse
right click the mouse
Select "send to"
Select "compressed zipped folder"
Open the zip file and drag and drop the other files into it



Save the zip file as "yourfilename"
into whatever folder or desktop
it will save as "yourfilename.zip"

Go to your web directory
upload "yourfilename.zip"
it will be uploaded as "yourwebpage.com/yourfilename.zip"
copy the link


Save the link . . . very important!

Now you can:

Share your downloadable link
Redirect visitors to the downloadable link after someone fills out a form
Sell a product and have the downloadable link on the thank you page

October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is a reminder of Breast Cancer Awareness Month is always in October.
I've created some promo items with my design depicting a hatbox of gifts with pink ribbons all over. There's t shirts, mugs, etc. See if you can contribute to the cause. Click the title of this post or visit the link below:

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Make Your Own Baby Wipes

Homemade baby wipes or all purpose hand wipes

1 part baby shampoo, or tear free baby wash
3 parts baby oil
1/4 part rubbing alcohol or witch hazel (for antibacterial effect)
adjust ratios as needed

sturdy paper towels that dont tear easily when wet
plastic container to hold saturated paper towels (optional)
or keep solution in a squeeze bottle and wet the towels when needed

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Some Daily Marketing Activities

Planning Strategies

1) Select your private label articles, ebooks, cds, videos, etc. Or create your own (your
ultimate goal).

2) Start your own newsletters, audio messages, podcasts, videos,
special reports (how to's, recipes, product reviews, tips, etc.)
## remember your SEO (search engine optimization) and have your "keywords" in your titles,
body of text, and links.

3) Plan your product launches and ad placements, keep a journal and organizing logs . . .
know what, where, and when your ad campaigns are used

4) Create giveaways, viral products, #promo products

5) Create squeeze pages, ads, other marketing ideas

6) Submit articles, ads, press releases in directories and newsletters

7) Advertise on various "'dead real estate" (things laying around or unused spaces
where ads can be posted) . . . bulletin boards, 404 error pages, thank you pages,
postcards, calendars, pens, etc. . . . dont forget offline as well

8) Traffic exchanges and PPC's . . . . get some ad credits

9) Post messages on bulletins and blogs . . . have your "soft" (no blatant ads) links in your resource boxes

10) Make friends and contacts on social sites . . . have your "soft" links in your messages . . .
exchange some links with your friends

11) Plan your affiliate marketing materials like in #4 and #5, and your affiliate payroll schedule

12) Learn from your mentors, attend their teleseminars, watch mentoring videos and email classes . . .
go to a conference and meet other gurus

13) Do some research for yourself . . . learn to find various resources for your marketing efforts
and keep an up to date list of helpful resources

14) Seek ways to help others . . . as others have helped you

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Bridget Mouton
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