Well yet another holiday season has arrived and you're rushing to get everything ready and in place for your annual holiday party but before you finish that shopping list, here are a few quick and easy tips you can include to make your party a "Green" holiday party and without spoiling all the fun!

1: Buy organic, locally produced food:

You can support your local economy, and the environment as well as provide healthier, more nutritious food choices for your friends and family by buying organic, locally produced foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Delicious yet nutritious and also very tasty foods to make sure you include in your party's menu.

2: Use electronic invitations:

Save paper, trees and stamps by sending out electronic invitations instead such as emails, or evites. It's faster, cheaper and in this information age where just about everyone has a computer, its more efficient and has less of an impact on our environment. However, if you still need to use paper for your invitations, look for invitations made with 100% recycled paper.

3: Use biodegradable dishes and napkins:

Reduce the amount of non-biodegradable plastics and styrofoam waste accumulating in land fills by using biodegradable plates, bowls, cups, cutlery and napkins instead. Or if you have enough dishes to cover the amount of guests you're expecting to have, use real dishes and flatware along with cloth napkins. You'll make your guests feel real special and you can pop those dirty dishes into the dishwasher and the napkins in the washer afterwards and reduce your carbon footprint at the same time.

4: Suggest car pooling or public transportation:

Cut down on the gasoline consumption and carbon emissions associated with your party by suggesting a car pool to and from your party for attendees who need to drive or recommend the use of public transportation if its available in your area.

5: Use natural cleaning products:

No doubt there will be plenty of mess and clean up after the festivities are over but you don't have to use harmful, hazardous chemical products to clean up your house, instead you can use natural, biodegradable cleaning products and make it a healthier, safer chore for yourself, your home, and the environment.

If you are trying to sell things on the Internet and you do not have a blog you are putting yourself at a disadvantage. Would you go to play golf without a putter?

Your competition is blogging and they are beating your pants off every day with ease. A part of blogging is submitting your articles to social directories.

Here are 4 reasons social marketing must be a part of your Internet business.

1. Social marketing is a popular way to get information. Directories like Digg and Netscape are quickly becoming the choice of people all over the world as a way to keep up to date on what is going on.

If you are not blogging and submitting to relevant social directories you are missing out on this easy form of traffic.

2. Social marketing is easy to do. Here's what you need. You should get a WordPress blog and set it up so that you can quickly bookmark the top directories. Then you should post in your blog everyday. If you can talk and type you can blog.

3. Social marketing is an interactive way to develop relationships with your readers. This has become know as Web 2.0 and it is important to the future of your business.

People still like to deal with people. This is an age-old sales trick that sometimes gets lost on the Internet. By making yourself and your blog interactive you become a real person. This will help increase your chances for sales and repeat sales.

4. Search engines love social marketing. You are making their life easy when you blog around keyword rich topics that a person researching can find. When you master the techniques of social marketing you will find you can get on page one of Google and other search engines very quickly.

The reason for this is search engines are spidering Digg, Reddit, Newsvine, and many more non-stop looking for fresh relevant content to put online. This may as well be you as opposed to your competition.

If all of this seems confusing it really shouldn't be. Read "The Authority Black Book" by Jack Humphrey. It is a free ebook you can get online. In it you will learn everything you ever wanted to know on social marketing and how to use it to increase your business.