Interested? Check out this site:
www.strategicbookmarketing.com
They offer services and/or lots of insight, including an article that gives advice about how to use facebook to market yourself and your book, using a profile, page and group:
http://strategicbookmarketing.com/FacebookExample.pdf
I’ve been on facebook for quite a while, but now have both an author page and group for my first book, Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum.
Temper tantrums have been a hot topic for quite some time. Just search online – you’ll find hundreds of thousands of resources that deal with them. Bookstores like Barnes & Noble, Borders & Amazon.com alone yield hundreds of books pertaining to the subject!
Understanding why tantrums happen can help parents better deal with kids having temper tantrums.
Kids having temper tantrums are dealing with their frustrations of the moment, whether it’s physical, mental or emotional. They may be hungry, tired, frustrated, have had their feelings hurt, or are frustrated because we don’t understand their limited vocabulary. The result of this frustration may be a temper tantrum.
There are certain things parents can do while they’re waiting out this period in their child’s development. According to Dr. Jay L Hoecker, a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, you should do the following:
Dr. Hoecker also says ignoring a tantrum is best. Like Mama in Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum, ignore it and never lose your cool – if you do, your child will only learn that kids having temper tantrums run the show.
Kids having temper tantrums can learn that they really aren’t worth the effort!
This useful tidbit can be found on the site map at www.stromplesspot.com. The site is still a tiny bit under construction, but I hope it will be finished very soon. Go there for other great information and resources for kids, parents, teachers, etc. and also for worksheets that reinforce literacy and coloring pages that…well…are just fun to color. Or, send yours in to the coloring contest for a chance to win a signed copy of Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum!
Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum in it’s new (and probably much improved) form should arrive mid-week next week. The proof will ship out today or Monday. The book will be printed on thicker, matte paper and should prove more kid-friendly.
I’ve been sharing the website and book info with people in the neighborhood to get my name out there and invite kids to submit a coloring page for the coloring contest. The response to the book has been very positive and I’m planning to choose winners for the contest by July 31. The contest is open to kids age 3-10.
Kids can print out the page designated to their age group, color it and, with their parent’s permission, either scan and email the picture to stromplepop@gmail.com or send to:
Stromple’s Coloring Contest
P.O. Box 762
Rogers, MN 55374
Click here to go to Stromple’s Spot’s Coloring Page
Click here to go to Stromple’s Spot homepage
Note: the site is currently under construction, so not all links will work correctly, but the coloring contest’s page links are good to go.
I just finished listing changes that need to be made to the pages of my SEO website for Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum. What a huge task THAT was! Add to that the fact that my computer died recently, forcing me to dig necessary files out of this backup and that, and you’ll understand why I’m now going to reward myself, whole-heartedly, with…
jellybeans.
After that, a hot shower. My head hurts.
