| We're always being told about the importance of | | | | themselves and never return.The solution?Provide your |
| making our sites "sticky," and everyone agrees it's a | | | | own material. We all seem to receive countless pieces |
| great idea. The difficult part is trying to find ways to | | | | of humour with our email, so why not set up a page |
| achieve this desirable state of affairs.It sounds almost | | | | where you showcase your favourites? (Rememebr to |
| too simplistic to say that in order to keep people | | | | acknowledge sources.)Or write your own!There's |
| interested, you first have to know what interests them. | | | | rarely a day goes by that we don't encounter some |
| There are four basic areas that interest every human | | | | example of bureaucratic lunacy, political foolishness or |
| being and these are: sex, family, wealth and humour -- | | | | general insanity as we go about our business. Keep |
| not necessarily in that order.The adult sites have the | | | | your eyes and ears open for these situations. |
| sex side tied up, there are nearly as many genealogy | | | | Whenever you find yourself chuckling or shaking your |
| and parenting sites as there are sex sites, and you | | | | head with a silly smile on your face, stop and think |
| don't need me to tell you that the Internet abounds with | | | | about what has amused you. Make a mental note to |
| sites that exist to help you increase your wealth. But | | | | add these to your collection.Always choose material |
| that still leaves us with one other area of immense | | | | that suits your site's subject matter, acknowledge the |
| interest -- humour.We all know, instinctively, that | | | | sources and away you go.Write101 is a site that |
| laughter is good for us. "Laughter," says Steven M | | | | focuses on writing, so it's natural that any humour on |
| Sultanoff, Ph.D, (in an article orginally published in AhHa! | | | | the site will relate to writing, education, learning etc.If |
| Furthering the Understanding of Holistic Health, the | | | | you're having a bad day, there's nothing like a chuckle |
| Newsletter of the American Holistic Health Association | | | | to boost your spirits and help you put things into |
| Winter, 1999, Vol. 5, No. 1 Page 4) is the physiological | | | | perspective. Recently, I received a photo that still |
| reaction to humor. The research on laughter, while | | | | sends me into guffaws - and I've looked at it dozens |
| limited, indicates that there are physiological benefits | | | | of times. If you need a bit of a laugh, this should do it: |
| from laughter including an increase in certain antibodies, | | | | you prefer something more substantial, how about the |
| a reduction of specific stress hormones, and an | | | | History of the World? You're guaranteed to discover |
| increased tolerance to pain."Children's hospitals around | | | | something new and wonderful here! on writing that |
| the world are realising the value of laughter in helping | | | | great novel that lurks inside us all? Get some tips on |
| young patients recover more quickly, and many now | | | | writing a best-seller here: to submit a script for a |
| employ nursing staff to dress up as clowns to | | | | soapie? Go no further: a look at your site, consider |
| entertain the children.If it can make sick people well, it's | | | | what you find funny and keep your visitors happy by |
| no wonder humour is so popular!Every site benefits | | | | offering them the gift of laughter.If the spelling of |
| from a little humour, because in this day and age, it | | | | words like "humour" in this article worried you, please |
| doesn't pay to take yourself too seriously, so think of | | | | read this Stewart is a professional writer who offers |
| how you can incorporate some fun into your site.Many | | | | copy writing, proof reading and editing services for |
| sites will send you a joke-of-the-day ( and will give you | | | | businesses and individuals from her site at She has |
| permission to post this on your site if you include a link | | | | undertaken a variety of assignments for clients around |
| to them. These sites automatically update the material | | | | the globe -- writing articles for ezines and the print |
| (similar to the news services).If you'd prefer a cartoon | | | | media; preparing award submissions for business |
| instead of a joke, try here: downside to these services | | | | clients; copy writing and proof reading works of |
| is that visitors may be so taken with the idea, that | | | | non-fiction; editing web pages and ebooks; writing |
| they'll click off your page to sign up for the service | | | | press releases and much more. |