5 Tips to Build Website Traffic for Your Business

You spent the money to have your website professionally designed and it’s very nice, but still, you don’t seem to be seeing the visitors you thought you would. Why is that? Contrary to what many think, building a good looking website alone isn’t enough – you need to promote your site and you can do that a number of ways. Here are 5 ways to bring traffic to your website.

#1 Business Cards

Put a business card in every order, whether it’s a customer in the store or orders you ship, always throw in a business card that has your website address in it. Business cards are cheap to have printed and they provide a huge opportunity to promote your business. If your current cards don’t have your website on them do not put a sticker on them! This looks tacky and unprofessional. Spend the money and order new business cards

#2 Correspondence

Businesses conduct a lot of correspondence throughout the day, both online such as email and offline such as letters. Make sure that every piece of correspondence has your website address on it. Every email should have your web address under it, to create a signature template that includes it.

#3 Target Print Material

Newspapers, magazines, direct mail brochures, flyers, and printable coupons are all forms of targeted print material that can work for you to promote your website online. You might add a discount code that your customers can enter to save money if they purchase online rather than from your offline retail outlet, which encourages them to check your site out.

#4 Handouts – Presentations

If you have handouts then add your website address to them. If you do a presentation that has various bits of information handed out to the attendants, make sure that every single page has your web address on it.

#5 Packaging

If you are a retailer, you generally have many opportunities in your packaging to advertising your website address. Your product packaging, flyers, business cards, bags, etc. are all good places to share your web address. Previous customers might not know you have a website.

If you are a new business, you need to let the world know about your existence. If your business is established, you still need to grow your business. That means every offline business can benefit from the exposure that lets the world know they have a website and where to find it.

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I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you for reading.

To Your Success,
Christopher Gibson

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4 Easy Steps to Creating a Sales Funnel

We can't all be a big business with access to tons of resources. Many of us are small home-based businesses – some are even just small mom and pop bloggers offering single products or services, some of us run a website that offers just one product, and yet no matter how small our business we should be creating a sales funnel, because a sales funnel will attract potential customers by incentivising them to start a relationship by giving away free items or offering low cost items, convincing those prospects to sign up to your mailing list.

Once we have their contact information we can start to build that relationship so that once they are ready to buy they come to you. When we offer our prospects, a range of products that are at different price points that can build trust and make it easier for them to eventually spend the money on the more expensive product or service.

Mailing List

You have your large mailing list of potential customers that you have been building and gradually you build paying customers out of this mailing list. Let’s have a look at how this breaks down.

Attract New Leads

This is where you find a way to attract clients to your site that would be interested in your products or services:

* Meet potential clients through social media – Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.

* Get your company mentioned in a press release or do your own press release and submit

* Begin to publish interesting and unique articles on other sites

* Post blog entries offering advice, tips, tricks, information, etc.

* Ensure that the search engines are picking up your content

Offer Free Products or Services

Potential clients are hesitant to give you contact information, but when you give them something free in exchange they are much more willing to share their contact information. You can offer a free:

* Audio recordings

* Newsletters

* Whitepapers

* Mini e-books

* One free teleseminar

* Free consultation

Offer Entry Level Low-Cost Products

You need to offer a number of low-cost products that show your potential clients your level of expertise without a large monetary investment. They are much more likely to give you their personal contact information under these circumstances. Then over time, you can sell even higher priced products as they come to trust you and build a relationship with you. This could include:

* E-books

* Workshops

* Video series

* Audio series

* Consulting or coaching

* Membership sites

Well, there you have it. You have moved prospects down the funnel to a potential paying customer. It’s a process that works extremely well, so why not take advantage of it.

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I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you for reading.

To Your Success,
Christopher Gibson

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10 Simple Tricks to Increase Your Facebook Likes

If you were hoping to increase your Facebook ‘Likes’, but have no idea how - these 10 tricks will give you a great place to start.

1. Don't create a personal profile page for doing business on Facebook. If you have created a personal profile page for your business instead of a business page this is against Facebook’s Terms and Conditions and Facebook will most likely eventually shut you down. So you will want to start by creating a business page and then migrate your profile to a new business page. Migrating allows you to do this without losing all your connections. The Facebook migration tool is found at https://www.facebook.com/help?page=213602951994043. If you are just getting started advertising on Facebook then create your business page first and build it from there.

2. Try to create a short customized URL for your page. A shorter URL makes it easier for your visitors to remember and it is more easily promoted.

3. Define the value you are ready to provide your reader by identifying a USP (Unique Selling Proposition) for your Page.

4. Benchmark your current metrics. This way it will help you to improve your performance in anything you need to measure. First, you should record your current stats. You should also start logging 'Post Specific' metrics such as the number of Likes and Comments you receive.

5. Explore Facebook Insights to help you learn what the most popular content currently is on your Facebook Page and to learn where your traffic is coming from.

6. Determine your goal (s) for using Facebook. Using Facebook just because the competition does simply don't make good sense. Look for or develop a strong reason for advertising on Facebook, it'll make your job much easier and meaningful.

7. Caption all your photos with your marketing message. Adding a caption to all of your images/photos to provide people with more information about your business. Include a call-to-action, a hyperlink, etc.

8. Every time you change the cover Image it goes out into the news feed which is great exposure so change your Cover Image on a regular basis, but keep your Profile Pic the same.

9. Be sure to feature your three most important apps next to the Photos app, this is an important part of your Facebook marketing strategy.

10. Planning is extremely important and planning what you are going to post in advance and then scheduling it in your editorial calendar can be very helpful, so take the time to create a calendar for your Facebook Page.

Your focus here is to grow your Facebook ‘Likes’ and 'Comments' and then to keep these fans engaged and interested in what you have to say, which should eventually lead to sales.

These ten tricks are a fantastic way to start to increase your Facebook ‘Likes’ and 'Comments' that will ultimately grow your fan base. Also, never forget that your posts are very important, as they will help to improve your reach, which in turn will increase your fans.

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Feel free to leave any suggestions for future posts or content. Or ask any questions regarding anything you don't understand or need help with, I would be happy to help in any way I can.

To Your Success,
Christopher Gibson

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Reasons To Exercise

It's hard to argue against the need for human beings to get regular, structured exercise. There are mountains of both anecdotal and scientific evidence to support this idea. It makes sense too – especially if you just think about it this way. The human body is nothing more than a biological machine, not so different from any of the mechanical machines most of us are so familiar with and use daily that make our modern life much less burdensome.

If you have ever had a bicycle or any other kind of machine that was stored, unused for an extended period of time, you will notice that parts are seized and rusted. Well, the human body reacts exactly the same way when it is kept inactive for a long time. Joints get rusty and have difficulty moving. Muscles get stiff and weak. Bones get soft and brittle. And that's just the start. The heart and lungs lose capacity and can't process as much blood and oxygen. The metabolism slows causing other organs and systems to operate inefficiently. The body begins to store fat due to the slower metabolism.

So it shouldn't be a surprise that all of us need to follow an exercise program, in order to remain healthy. A healthy nutritional plan should be the first (and most important) element of a healthy lifestyle and by itself will go a long way in helping you to achieve and maintain a healthy body. However, no healthy lifestyle would be complete without an exercise plan too.

Listed below, you will find several more excellent reasons why you should begin exercising now.

1. Disease Prevention

In my opinion, this is by far the greatest benefit of exercising. It is a proven fact that the chances of developing several various diseases decrease with exercise. These diseases include stroke, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

Everyone knows that diabetes increases the chance of heart attacks and strokes. It has been estimated that 4 out of 5 deaths caused by heart disease and cancer, are linked to factors that include lack of exercise and increased stress. This clearly indicates that many of the risk factors and diseases linked to inactivity are also working hand-in-hand to damage your health. The best-known way to prevent this from happening – start exercising.

2. Disease Remission and/or Eradication

There is a host of severe and minor diseases that can be improved, even healed through regular exercise. This list includes stroke, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Following a regular exercise plan, you can also decrease high blood pressure, HDL (the “bad” cholesterol) cholesterol levels, and triglyceride levels as well.

Regular exercise has also been shown to reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men, breast and uterine cancer in women, and much, much more. This has all been scientifically proven, so what are you waiting for? Start exercising today.

3. Better Manage Body Composition & Enhanced Fat Loss

This is another aspect of the benefits of regular exercise. Study after study has confirmed, after years of scientific research from every corner of the world, that physical exercise enhances weight loss. The key is to burn more calories than you consume through nutrition – this results in weight loss. Exercise increases the number of calories you burn as compared to when you don't exercise. It's really simple - more exercise = more weight and/or fat loss.

4. Enhanced Sense of Well-being (Improved State of Mind)

The body has been shown to produce chemicals to fight depression. These chemicals work by making you “feel happy”. Scientific studies prove that regular exercise leads to an increased release of these “feel good” chemicals known as endorphins in the body. Those same studies also measured the speed at which the body released these endorphins and they found that it can begin as quickly as a mere 12 minutes into a workout.

Another chemical known to increase during and after a workout is serotonin. Increased levels of serotonin in the central nervous system have been associated with feelings of well being and decreased mental depression. The chemical is better known as a sleep aid, which is also of benefit to you – a good night's rest allows the body to regenerate and rebuild.

5. Increased Productivity and Stamina

Being fit means you will have more energy and you may even notice your overall mood is improved. More energy can help you be more productive at home and at work. You might find that you can stretch beyond your previously known limits and perhaps realize that you can do more than you thought possible. Increased focus and a new sense of purpose will keep you on track to achieving your goals and aiming even higher.

6. Increased Self Esteem

Regular physical exercise can boost your self-esteem. You will look and feel better, have more self-confidence and just be more comfortable overall. Becoming more active will help you meet new people, preventing any feelings of isolation or loneliness. Exercise can even work to increase your interests in sex, which certainly could mean improved relationships.

It seems very clear that the benefits of exercise are numerous and varied. More importantly, an exercise routine doesn't have to be complicated or require long hours of pumping iron at the gym. The choices are even more numerous and varied as the benefits. Weightlifting, Jogging, Cycling, Water Sports, Martial Arts, Yoga, and my favorite Walking. Yes, the simple activity we all do every day can be just as beneficial as weightlifting. All that's required is any activity that increases the heart rate will provide benefit to you.

Armed with this knowledge you now have no excuse, so get to exercising. At home or at the gym, it doesn't matter. Experts recommend that just 20 minutes to 30 minutes, 3 times a week is all that's necessary to derive the full benefits of an exercise routine.

Invest a little time daily in yourself and your health by exercising, the rewards for you – look & feel better than ever before.

Your body will thank you.

BE WELL MY FRIENDS,
Christopher Gibson

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Advertising With Little Or No Money

This is an old post I decided to reprint here from a closed blog, it doesn't apply directly to internet advertising, however, there are lots of businesses that could still use this strategy (some are online based too) so I'm putting this out here for your information. It really shows that there are many ways to do marketing and the more creative you are the greater your rewards. So if this applies to you, then GREAT, if not, then try it anyway, you might be surprised.

GET 6,000 CIRCULARS PRINTED AND MAILED FREE

Here is a plan that will enable you to get your advertising circulars printed and mailed for FREE. It will also reduce the cost of your own mailing to nothing. It's called Co-Op advertising.

This is how it works:

First, do a little research. Check the mail order publications to see what others are getting for similar Co-Op advertising programs. You'll want to keep with market prices.

Locate an offset printer in your area, or by mail order (in one of the many mail order publications) who will print both sides of an 8 ½ X 11 sheet for, say around $25.00 per 1000.*

*All dollar amounts are for demonstration purposes only. Your actual numbers will be determined by your market. For example, in the boxes below instead of $5.00, you may have to charge $10.00 or even $20.00 if your printing & postage costs are higher.

Next, run the following ad over your name in various mail order publications:

"CO-OP PRINTING (our ad on the back side) 1,000

2 1/2 X 5 1/2, ONLY $ 5.00. SEND CAMERA-READY

COPY TO: (your name and address)."

"CIRCULARS PRINTED (our ad on the back side).

1,000 3X6, ONLY $ 5.00 SEND CAMERA-READY

COPY TO: (your name and address).”

On an 8 ½” X 11” sheet of paper, you can get six(6) - 3 X 6 circulars, received from responses to your ad. Additionally, you get six(6) - 3 X 6 circulars on the other side, (for your ad) FREE!

Have the printer cut them into six(6) 3 X 6, 1,000 each. Send 1,000 to each of your customers. You get 6,000 of your side printed – FREE, and mailed by your customers – FREE!

Six responses to your ad will give you $30.00;

• $25.00 for printing and cutting, and
• $5.00 for mailing circulars to your customers.

When printing and postage costs increase again (as they most certainly will), just adjust your pricing accordingly.

Here is another way to get your circulars mailed for FREE.

As soon as you can afford it, become a supplier of “Commission Circulars”. The easiest way to do this is to take “All Profit” offers and have circulars printed on two sides. On the one side, have your own name and address printed. On the other side, leave a space for a rubber stamp imprint.

Offer these circulars to circular mailers on a commission basis. They keep a commission from 50% to 100% on the one side and you make your profit on the other. Use the same method for any offers that you develop for yourself.

You can reach these mailers by advertising in or subscribe to several mail order trade magazines and ad sheets.

Another way to locate mailers for your literature is to notice the ads by mailers. Usually, at the bottom of their ads, they state “Commission Circulars Mailed Free”, which means they get one side and you get the other, as described above.

If you really want to get rolling using this method, take two “All Profit” offers, one on each side, and give the mailer 100% on one side. You still make your profit on the other offer.

If you are interested in obtaining additional commission circulars for yourself, include “Commission Circulars Mailed Free”, in your own ads.

Still another way to get your literature mailed FREE is to include this little note in all your advertising (at the end of the copy): “STAMP APPRECIATED”. It only costs you two words, but it could save you a great deal of postage. If you are advertising in Trade Publications or AdSheets use “S.A.S.E” (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope). The savings for envelopes, addressing labor, and postage can add up fast. Many small dealers use this method exclusively. Even in large-circulation magazines, they have been using it for years as well. And why not? It still works!

To Your Success,

Christopher Gibson

P.S. I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you for reading. A Business doesn’t have to be complicated, expensive, or time-consuming. We can show you a better way. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

7 Tips to Improve Your Advertising

First, we will cover Personality & Tone of your advertising and content, then we will cover whether your approach is feasible, so you can determine if you should even pursue it or restructure it and present it in a different manner.

• Personality & Tone:

What attitude/ behavior/disposition/character best fits or will be the most effective stance for your ad or content? You need to decide the personality and tone your ad or content will take.

Personality refers to the make-up of the content or ad’s character. Tone refers to the undercurrent or the mood of it. Ignoring this will lead to frustration due to non-performing ads and content that fails to convert prospects to buying customers. It’s important to ensure (yet most advertisers ignore it) that when you pull all the pieces together (picture, copy, etc), the ad or content conveys a uniform message and all parts are congruent.

• Is This Approach Feasible?

Let me state, for the record, that I will always encourage free-form thinking, and at the same time, you should also be aware of approximately how long a project will take to develop and the estimated cost. This should definitely include your labour and creative input value. You contribute value to your projects so it should be a consideration in the budget even though you don't have a line on your balance sheet showing this value as an outlay from the budget. Also, when you are engaged in this activity you are distracted from other “money making” activities. It's important to reject all approaches that demand too much time, work, or money. Instead, you should concentrate on generating ads and content that showcase your talent, knowledge, and experience and not be distracted by projects requiring months of work and loads of cash.

In this second part of the 7 Tips to Improve your Advertising I will cover 2 aspects of your advertising and content creation that should help you move through it more efficiently, saving you some time and money. Which means you will not only get faster results but greater returns as well.

First I will cover some hidden resources, very close to you, that you may not be aware of, and then I'll cover a key mindset trick to increase your effective use of time and resources that will help move you to the front of your market's pack. Speaking of mindsets, you should also look at this article on 10 Habits of Highly Successful Online Marketers to get some ideas on what habits you might need to develop to be a successful online marketer.  So let's dive right in, okay?

• Use What You Already Have.

Don't spend a lot of money on photos and illustrations or software. You might just be amazed at what you already have (and don't know it) and/or what you might have just lying around that you can use in your marketing. And best of all - It’s free.

You can also Google “royalty free images”. Or, as a last resort, you can pull out your trusty cell phone (everybody has one these days, right?) and get really creative.

You will also want to check your computer for pre-installed software. Most come with audio/video recording software, image editing & creation software, maybe even video editing software.

You can find some online websites that offer free versions or trials of most any kind of marketing tasks you may need for your business. For instance, Google offers a range of free and inexpensive business services. *Also an Autoresponder is a must have for any serious online business. Click Here for more information.

• Frugality=Timely.

For the most part, a small production budget forces you to be creative and self-reliant in the utilization of resources. It also allows you to respond more quickly at introducing your ads and content to the market. This “Rule of Thumb” works because you don't have to depend on other resources or people (some of which you may not have any influence over) to get your content out into the market-place swiftly. So, free your ads from the bonds of expenses and allow them the ability to move to the market at lightning fast speed.

Also, keep in mind that when economic conditions suddenly change (as they inevitably will), you can respond more rapidly with a new ad message or content that is more congruent to the new economy. You could say, “Now more than ever, it pays to use our product.” This speed to market will once again position you as the preeminent leader in your market and leave your competitors eating your dust, especially if they’re tied to expensive ads and long production timetables.

Many times we’ve seen an enormous budget plus a bad idea or incongruent message = a huge failure. “Big budget delivers big results?” Not necessarily, right? Just as money can’t solve all social ills, big budgets don’t automatically create inventive advertising. Many times we see a small budget plus a first-rate idea and congruent message = marvellous success.

Next, I will share, not 2, but 3 more things you can use to make your advertising perform better, so you won't want to skip this final section. I have a special gift for you too. A downloadable .pdf with a cadre of valuable information to make your advertising even more productive.

In this third and final part of the 7 Tips to Improve your Advertising I will cover 3 technical aspects of your advertising and content creation that I hope will help you make your content more relevant, more compelling, and more powerful. I've certainly saved the best for last.

First I will cover some things you should avoid when composing your marketing messages. Next, I will share one technique I use to make my ads/content more relatable to my audience. And lastly, I reveal my top tip for creating powerful, pulling ads and content that prospects and customers just can't resist. I hope you find this information as valuable as I have. Let's get to it.

• Temper Your Language.

Most people don’t realize the full impact and power that language carries. One misspoken or ill-conceived phrase can be interpreted as offensive to thousands of people. Therefore, you must be vigilant in your selection of words and context, as-well-as maintaining your cultural awareness, keep up with the ever-changing and expanding lexicon, and, above all, use your best judgment.

You should never use anything that is "at the expense of" a certain group. This will only offend people. It is far better to show that you can get results from across a broad spectrum of readers and you always get a smile from every one of them.

Engage your audience by starting a conversation, never make fun of the prospect in a “we’re just kidding” kind of way. They are probably not paying close enough attention to your ad or content to catch the subtle nuances of your wit anyway – they will only see enough to be insulted, and that's a surefire way to lose business - forever.

• Make Adversity An Advantage.

Tell your story, at least part of your story. Draw upon your talents, knowledge, and experience and try to use that to help your prospects sympathize, understand, and relate to you. Use as many feelings and emotional language as space and context will allow, the more of your prospect's emotions you are able to engage, the better the response your ads/content will generate. Be sincere though, the first sign of deceitfulness will send your prospects running and you'll never see them again.

• Expand the Limits.

Demonstrate that you’re better than the space your ad or content lives in, especially if you have a small ad. Be bold, be bigger than life, you need to stand out if you intend to make an impression. Keep in mind that the prospect could care less about the size of the ad, they only care about what you can do for them.

Well there you have it, my 7 Tips to Improve Your Advertising. Follow these tips and you will be better positioned as the leader in your market-place, which means greater success for you.

I suggest you make sure you review all of your current advertising & content assets, as-well-as any new ads/content you develop in the future to make certain that it follows these protocols.

Please leave a comment below to let us know how we're doing.

Feel free to leave any suggestions for future posts or content. Or ask any questions regarding anything you don't understand or need help with, I would be happy to help in any way I can.

To Your Success,
Christopher Gibson

P.S. I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you for reading. A Business doesn’t have to be complicated, expensive, or time-consuming. We can show you a better way. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Activities That Promote Healthy Aging

This being another health post, I wanted 2018 to have an article for the ages (so to speak) or was that for the aged? Well, at any rate, being old enough to be a card-carrying AARP member, I thought it important to share some tips on aging gracefully, not that I have, but who's to say you can't, right?

Growing older doesn't have to mean declining health or loss of physical ability. By following just a few simple rules and guidelines it's possible to maintain & enjoy our youthful vitality well into our later years. I never let a little grey hair slow me down and you shouldn't either.

If you have followed me for any time at all, you know that I'm a tireless advocate of walking to improve health, try walking each and every day, you might be surprised by the results you experience. A word of caution: BE PATIENT. It takes time. You won't see drastic changes overnight, but you will see changes.

The benefits of walking are numerous, varied, and significant. Walking loosens the muscles, reduces stress and depression along with anxiety. And when we reduce negative factors like depression, stress, and anxiety, it helps us elevate a host of other beneficial factors such as recovering from workouts more quickly, sleeping for longer and deeper periods, and enjoying a greater sense of well-being, just to name a few. So, when we wake up in the morning we feel happier and more rested.

Exercise also promotes a good night sleep, which in turn promotes a healthy metabolism. Without the proper amount of sleep, our body is forced to slow down our metabolism which puts the body in a state of craving energy due to low bloodstream insulin levels needed to produce the energy we require. This state causes the body to gain weight through fat storage, rather than controlling weight through fat burning.

If you decide to start a walking program for yourself, kudos to you. Congratulate yourself on making a wise decision. A little tip here – Research suggests that you are more likely to stay with an exercise program if you do it with someone, so find yourself a workout partner. It's a lot more fun than doing it by yourself and it's also a lot harder to stop because you won't want to let your exercise partner down. It can be a great way to be more social with your neighbors. And who knows, you just might help a neighbor out to, who maybe doesn't get out much or doesn't know many people, or hasn’t seen or talked to anyone in a few days. Getting healthy while making new friends is a great way to live.

I'm an outdoor person, so I prefer to do my exercise at a park rather than a gym. I like to get my walking in early in the day, especially in the hot summer months. In the winter, I walk a little later to allow time for the temperature to warm up a little. An early morning walking program can help to wake you up while boosting your energy. Your joints will feel more flexible so you will move more freely. Additionally, walking will increase the number of calories and help you burn fat. You should notice a big change in how you feel the rest of the day.

Begin by walking at a slow steady pace for as far as you are comfortable. You can increase the pace a bit and walk further every day. Just remember that you want to work up to a steady brisk walk to make you sweat but not get out of breath. Try to take a short walk before meals to calm your nerves, and burn calories, it will give you energy, relieve that stress from the long day and help you sleep.

After burning through a brisk walk you need to be sure to do a cool down. By walking at a bit of a slower and relaxing pace until you’ve cooled down and your heart rate has returned to normal. When walking at a vigorous pace your heart rate will go up and it needs to come back to normal.

Here is an article on the benefits of exercise by the Harvard Medical School - Exercise 3.14

By contrast, a lack of activities can prevent you from living a healthy life. If for whatever reason, you do not enjoy activities, you may feel uncharacteristically fatigued or even find it very difficult to sleep at night. So naturally, upon waking in the morning, you'll probably continue to feel tired until you again finally fall back asleep. Research has taught us that as we age our body changes, and as a result of that change, we may have to make accommodations in our lives to make up for those changes. As we age one change we may experience is that we may tire or become exhausted more easily and/or more quickly.

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A common response when a person feels exhausted is that as they become weak, they may refrain from the very thing or things that would benefit them the greatest, for example, in this case, that would be to be engaging in and enjoying any physical activities. This often compounds things and leads to additional problems. A lack of physical activity can lead to unwanted-uncontrolled weight gain, stiff muscles & joints, painful & limited joint movement, decreased heart & lung function, weakened immune system...and many many more negative things.

Believe it or not, the best place to start is with a good night rest. Are you getting a good night sleep? Research has proven time again that a good night's sleep is necessary for maintaining proper health but just as important, the research also showed that as we age it becomes even more critical to get sufficient rest (6 hours to 8 hours every night) to support our mature mind & body. I don't suppose that applies to me though because nobody ever accused me of being mature...

A good night's sleep allows the mind to think more clearly and boosts the body's energy while at the same time giving the body what it needs for controlling your weight. Researchers have found that lack of sleep reduces the bodies production of growth hormones, without which we lose muscle mass and often this loss of muscle mass is accompanied by significant accumulations of fat to many areas of the body.

Sleeping well at night strengthens our immune system and reduces stress, which again helps to keep us healthy. Sleeping provides balance for our bodies, leading to more activities, that will then satisfy our sleep needs.

To ensure proper rest try to avoid these things if you can. Reduce your intake of caffeine, nicotine, harmful chemicals (such as over-the-counter meds that keep you awake), and alcohol. Try to avoid drinking anything but water after 8 p.m. in the evening. Hydration is very important to a healthy lifestyle. Nicotine should be avoided at all cost, however, if you must smoke try not smoking after 8 p.m. And lastly try not to work out or do any strenuous exercise within 2 to 3 hours of bedtime.

Sleep being very important overall, it actually still takes second to being active - just by participating in physical activities we are improving our health. And if you're having trouble sleeping, instead of turning on the TV to try some meditation, it's much more effective and a whole lot better for you too.

So there you have it, some activities to promote healthy aging. I hope this information is helpful.

Please leave a comment below to let us know how we're doing.

Feel free to leave any suggestions for future posts or content. Or ask any questions regarding anything you don't understand or need help with, I would be happy to help in any way I can.

BE WELL MY FRIENDS,

Christopher Gibson

P.S. Healthy aging requires strength. Strength of mind and body. Yet it’s not always possible to get all the vitamins and nutrients that our minds & bodies need for proper functioning and optimum performance from the food we consume. It’s Vital to ensure that you get your complete nutritional requirements every day.

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