| 10 Tips on Writing a Signal Article by Dan Takeda |
| #1 Know your Audience Your primary audience is your kids. Write what they want to know about. #2 Use your kid's names in the Articles. #3 Don't write a Novel: Theyr'e kids! #4 Make it Fun and Funny! It doesn't take much to make a kid laugh! #5 Tell us what your Tribe is Doing. Your secondary audience is the rest of the federation. #6 Use lots of Photos. #7 Send Photos in High Resolution. #8 Crop your shots. #9 Include as many People as Possible. #10 Assign Someone as Historian: Their job will be to take Photos! |

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