Happy Birthday Bianca

Happy Birthday Bianca, and may you get a Penny in a Second!

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A Penny a Second

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Enjoy and make it another Great Day!

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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Portraits of Africa

Young African Girl from my series “Portraits of Africa 2012″.

Portraits of Africa 2012

Portraits of Africa 2012 – untouched… straight from my simple NIKON Coolpix P90 … just the magic of a Young African Girl.

Although the black & white version adds a specific note, I preferred to show the soft gold tones of the skin.

Portraits of Africa

Within my photo series “Portraits of Africa” here is the image of a young African boy.

Portraits of Africa

I just love Black & White Photography and how it adds depth to a picture, especially portraits and expressive faces.

“Portraits of Africa” are shot on a simple NIKON Coolpix P90 with a minimum of post-editing, ideally nothing at all.

The Bianca Gubalke Products Shop is the new WP Best eShop currently under construction – based on a WordPress based Semiomantics Script and configured at the first Ycademy Business Building Seminar 2010 that’s taking place right now.

Bianca Gubalke Products Shop

Based on remarkable results over the past years, the new Bianca Gubalke Products Shop will offer everything that’s needed for a professional and high ranking presence on the Internet – from a smart domain name research, over hosting to a customized setup, configuration, running and maintainenance of personalized Websites and Blogs for private individuals who wish to build their Authority on the Internet… to Small Businesses with an ambition to succeed online… and large Corporate Clients who need to build, maintain and expand a professional and continuous presence on Google Top 10 positions to maximize on Traffic and Sales while cutting down on increasingly expensive Google Ads.

Each Project managed personally by Bianca Gubalke will focus exclusively on the Customers’ requirements – dependable yet independent.

Personalized Web Design & Publishing Services

Benefit from our Personalized Web Design & Publishing Services based on Google efficient Semiomantics Scripts, original well-edited Content and eye-catching Artwork -

• Customized Web Design,
• Captivating Web Graphics and
• Search Engine Optimized Writing and Publishing

as lined out in Web Design Consulting.

Stay tuned as the Bianca Gubalke Products Shop evolves. . .

Bianca Gubalke Mobile

Bianca Gubalke Mobile – a first pre-seminar sketch for a mobile version! The little icons stand for Social Network icons like Facebook, Twitter etc, which I would design myself to fit into the overall picture I have in mind.

Bianca Gubalke Mobile

We are living in times of rapid change and the explosion of the mobile market. People use their mobile phones to search the net, to find what they want, to compare it and – to buy it. Sales figures triggered via the mobile net are staggering – and as web designers we have to adapt – which means also to focus on new technologies and learn new languages.

Over the past years, Semiomantics has always evolved along with WordPress Developments. Remarkably, the latest WP update allows for much more creativity. While our Semiomantics based author blogs display perfectly on smartphones through integration of the right plugins and settings, there’s much more scope that we will be looking into at this weekend’s Ycademy Seminar 2012 – which is also a testing ground for the new Semiomantics XO 2012 – to be released soon.

In that sense, I am looking forward to the evolution of Bianca Gubalke Mobile!

Touched by Gorillas

I was always touched by gorillas and I just love Nature and its wildlife, however, this short video about a close encounter with a family of gorillas in Uganda was sent to me by a friend and mutual wildlife lover… I invite you to see this and admire what a wonderful world we are living in! I just love Africa, where you feel the heart beating deep down from the earth and each single day is filled with surprise, magnificence and thrill.

Touched by Gorillas

Here’s the video that I simply call “Touched by Gorillas” – no need to explain or say anything… and especially those of you who know game reserves and camps can appreciate this wonderful experience to the fullest.

Imagine you sat there with your camera… I had quite a similar experience in the mountains with a wild troop of baboons… but gorillas are something else!

The above picture leads to the original website – thank you for allowing us to share this with the world!

Joy in Web Design – as an emotion of elation, inspiration and delight… triggering a smile… a precious moment of letting go the pressures and worries of the day while opening up to capture the message and ideally respond to it in a favorable and most natural way – this Joy is definitely part of what our Web Design and Web Graphics strive to express. It’s a matter of giving, reaching and receiving.

While we all love Joy – or happiness as we call it – and this deep wish is reflected in each song, each poem, novel, movie and even in a decadent piece of chocolate… only few actually reach it.

To me, there’s Joy and Laughter all around us… in little things in Nature that just need to be seen and felt… opening our hearts in a big way!

Web Design Joy

I came across two Joy Quotes I really like, especially as I so much respect the great minds behind them:

The Buddha teaches us:

“We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them. ”

And this is from Mother Teresa: ” Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

Interestingly, when looking up “Joy” on Google without mentioning Web Design, there are around 140 million returns, just one paid ad that really made me laugh, and while even the Wiktionary seems to be short of explanations for Joy as a state of being… unless referring to names, what comes up are Joy for Mining Machinery, programming language, carpets, radio stations, books, bands, quotes… and yes, Merriam-Webster gets to the roots in the 13th century for this source of delight by describing it as “… the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by… the prospect of possessing what one desires”.

Captivating Web Graphics

Which brings us straight back to our objective in this article: the importance of captivating web graphics and attractive images on websites and blogs – be it for online advertising or just accompanying editorials and posts – to attract and envelop visitors with that pleasant feeling that accompanies “… the prospect of possessing what one desires”.

In online marketing our prime objective is to give the customer what the customer wants or needs… and a successful way of doing so is by transporting our message – in other words the offer – through captivating web graphics that evoke Joy!

For any of your Web Design, Web Graphics and Publishing requirements benefit from the personal touch and joyful approach at Web Design Consulting.

Trendwise with Semiomantics XO2012

In a world of infinite choice, we all have our personal preferences when it comes to creating the Web Design for our personal websites and blogs – and this is exactly what many of our customers will tell us, especially if they have a business with set colors, fonts and logos. Of course, there are also those who haven’t thought about this issue, who may not want to be bothered with it (as this takes ample time and thought) and who expect us to suggest, advise and guide. This is where we should know and focus on current trends, put our personal priorities on the backseat, and design something fresh, modern and appealing where we are absolutely “Trendwise with Semiomantics XO2012″, which is currently going through a testing phase and will soon be released.

Most importantly, we need to think forward to adapt to the incredible developments and momentum on the mobile web: can people see our web design work on their iphones, smart phones and tablets? This is currently the driving power behind many decisions and as we want our customers to get the traffic and results they expect, this is what we need to focus on and ensure that they too see the advantages of certain essentials they might not initially agree with.

It’s all about functionality and thinking customerwise: let them see what your website is all about fast and in an attractive way, make navigation clear, quick and easy like a dynamic show. And let there be balance!

Trendwise with Semiomantics XO2012

With the new trends 2012 having been set, how can we at Web Design South Africa be trendwise with Semiomantics XO2012, the best WordPress based script to be released soon, and give our website or blog a New Look 2012?

How to give your Author Blog a Trend 2012 Look

Here are a few pointers as to how to give your Author Blog a Trend 2012 Look:

1. Color Trend 2012

I already wrote about the Color Trend 2012 HERE.

To repeat it quickly, the color of the year 2012 is a warm orangy red called “Tangerine Tango”.  It’s not too far off the color I am always using in my personal color scheme that marks “Web Design with Passion”. However, there are other trendy colors like ‘solar power’ and the ‘sodalite blue’ I used in my example above, in connection with ‘tangerine tango’.

Here you want to think of backgrounds, fonts, menu, graphics, links, hover effects etc. – however, don’t overdo it when setting it off against another shade or complementary color. What I learned in Typography many years ago with one of Europe’s two leading authorities in the field and a true friend, Professor Tuenn Konerding (Staatliche Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, Germany), still applies today: experiment massively… but then reduce, keep it simple, don’t use more than 2… maximum 3 colors.

I wish I had a better photo – but I am happy I can call at least this one up – for an extraordinary mind and spirit that left our planet far too early…

Interesting also the trend towards one-page websites and a comeback of the magazine theme (full layout Semiomantics XO). Of course, Apple-style layouts are still en vogue as they are a modern classic and simply good.

2.  Typography 2012

The focus is on bold letters and custom fonts that can easily be read on mobile phones. Interesting here the Google Font Library that can be added in form of a plugin and loads fast while making the look of the website more appealing.

Textures, shades and reflections are ‘in’ as well…

 3. Large High Quality Images

Less text but large, high quality images – meaning all forms of sophisticated Media Design – be it photos, graphics, videos… – especially for backgrounds but also for graphics, sliders (we will come to these) and whatever you integrate into your Website Design to attract and captivate.The use of light or shadow boxes – where pictures can be enlarged in an overlay-  is very much in the trend.

Actually, we have been ahead of this trend with Semiomantics XO 2011 already, and particularly with our comprehensive work on Evolution, my personal favorite… yet unfortunately on Flash which is currently not seen on mobile phones due to power plays between the ‘big boyz’ … but this too shall change one day once even they get it that ‘competition’ is out and ‘cooperation’ is in to save our planet – and this is NOT a trend but a Truth! Ask Steve on Cloud!

Meanwhile Evolution will… well, evolve!

4. Sliders are en vogue

And yet another feature where Semiomantics has been well ahead of the trend: sliders are en vogue! Besides that, in my view they are brilliant, practical, interactive, attractive, seen on the mobile web and add to the functionality of a website. At tleast the ones we use – they do come at a cost, but it’s well worth it – quality always had its price!

5. Connect to Social Networks

Finally, websites and blogs need to offer easy ways – meant are rather ‘loud’ icons (… I leave this to your personal taste…) – to interlink and connect to Social Networks like Twitter, Facebook, Google + etc. Today, people look out where they can connect, follow, share and register … and so the cybernet expands continuously and I sometimes wonder what all of this really means at the end of the day and for our environment! But that’s a topic for another day!

For now… let’s be aware of current trends and advise customers accordingly… there’s lots to play with!

Announcing the new Web Design Consulting Service by Bianca Gubalke. While the site itself is currently still under construction, the Service is available since a while as you can see under “Web Design Examples” at the top of this site.

Web Design Consulting

Web Design Consulting will be focusing on assisting individuals and businesses from around the world in creating a professional, attractive and Google Top 10 efficient presence on the Internet with an emphasis on reaching top rankings on Search Engines via dynamic content instead of developing a lifelong dependence on increasingly expensive Google Ads.

Cup of Gold

“Cup of Gold” is an interesting search term with a whopping 37,3 million returns on Google. . .  but what I found was not exactly what I was looking for, at least not within the very concise context I was planning for my article to feature my Cup of Gold Image.

Cup of Gold

“Cup of Gold” as to Wikipedia is John Steinbeck’s first novel… some historical fiction which was more or less based on “… the privateer Henry Morgan’s life and death. It centres on Morgan’s assault and sacking of the city of Panama, sometimes referred to as the ‘Cup of Gold’, and the woman fairer than the sun reputed to be found there.”

Reminds me that it’s a while since I read Steinbeck…

“Cup of Gold” is described by Susan F. Beegel as follows: “. . . From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanis Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the “cup of gold.” Steinbeck’s first novel and sole work of historical fiction, Cup of Gold is edgy and adventurous, brash and distrustful of society, and sure to add new dimensions to readers’ perceptions of this all-American writer.”

Finding what you are not looking for and not knowledgeable about is always an exciting source for new ideas… at least for me :)

I will remember this when I write about “Obsession”. . . which of course brings me to fragrances… perfumes… and flowers in my garden! My preferred topic!

In fact, what I was looking for was at the bottom of  that Goolge Top 10 page:  “Cup of Gold Plant”. . . as “Cup of Gold” is the common name for Solandra Maxima!

Solandra Maxima

Solandra Maxima! What an amazing flower! What an amazing fragrance… and yes, don’t eat this poison…

I’m happiest when discovering my magic garden, especially in the early morning hours when the first golden rays glide over the mountain tops and unveil the secrets of the new-born day, accompanied by the busy buzz of bees and birds and the beguiling fragrances of a softly rustling breeze.

Solandra Maxima – with 3,710.000 returns on Google – is a tropical plant that originated in Mexico, was brought as an ornamental to Hawai where it possibly got its common name “Cup fo Gold”…  and somehow this stunning vine with its large, leathery creamy-gold flowers marked by dark purple veins and exuding a strong scent between coconut and chamomile (my personal description), found its way to South Africa. I first saw it in the Company Gardens in Cape Town when I was a little girl… and then I planted it in my own garden!

The surprise of seeing it suddenly in full bloom in my secret jungle was yesterday’s gift – immediately shared in the Ycademy Seminar October 2009!

Ycademy Seminar with Cup of Gold

No Ycademy Seminar without “Secret Garden”; no Ycademy Seminar without flowers from my garden – as such “Cup of Gold” was presented live at the Ycademy Seminar October 2009… and it’s not over yet!

This month’s Ycademy Seminar focuses also on Media: how to firstly create a higher quality of original images for our Blogs and Websites using Digital Photography (mainly Author Blogs and NewsCast on Semiomantics Scripts) and how to obtain a higher visibility on Google and Social Networks through improved Editing and Publishing of the digital images.

Enjoy my gorgeous “Cup of Gold” for YOU!

. . .

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Captivating Pictures

Captivating pictures are the essence of  expressive Web Graphics Design, meaning the visible part people see when they land on your website or blog – besides the text of course. But just as words are a form of expression and have a strong psychological impact, so do pictures and specifically colors.

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At  Web Design Consulting , the first thing we establish with our client before going any further with the Web Design is the color code to be used – for instance for the fonts, backgrounds, navigation bars, widgets and all sorts of basic graphic elements. Corporate clients have their own colors in most cases, presented in their logos for example, and used for their fonts.

Once this is clear and everybody is happy, it is crucial that all additional items like headers, banners, commercial or promotional ads and perhaps a topical background are in harmony with the whole, while directing peoples’ views to where one wants to guide them, for instance a hot new post under the Featured category, an exciting ad or a signup form, a link to a shop or whatever. The objective is to direct the readers’ attention and keeping them on the page itself… until they click where we want them to click.

Captivating Pictures

Captivating pictures mean images that attract, create a reaction within the viewer and – empathy.

Today everybody has a digital camera and it has become relatively easy to obtain good, sharp pictures – and that’s all it needs to start creating one’s own images and style. Ideally, you have Photoshop and learn how to manipulate these pictures into something more original and captivating. The world is flooded with pictures and images; however, anything that’s personalized jumps immediately into the eye. It means time and effort – even passion – invested to go the extra mile – and we all know a picture talks more than a thousand words.

If you don’t know where to start with this, join our Ycademy Workshops in 2010 and learn how – we will be telling you some of our ’secrets’…  :)

You may remember the simple picture I took for my article on “Noordhoek Accommodation” on Noordhoek Beach – during the current heatwave of temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius. This picture was not manipulated, yet you can literally FEEL  the heat, you agree?

Well, with a few artistic strokes and keeping strictly to my own original elements, I changed this picture into something even ‘hotter’, almost burning under the scorching heat that drained away even the Atlantic Ocean far back into the barren ocean bed at the horizon while the heat has am eerie metallic sound to it … as you see above.

By simply changing the colors, this can become a silver-dreamy nightscape where the moonlit waves have the quality of delicate lace… as you see further down.

And finally… after a large collection of variations, the total reduction that only has the seaweed reminding us of the silent ocean and the oyster catcher flying off through the morning mist… that I add for you below. All to illustrate the power of colors.

While this is just my personal artistic interpretation, it shows you how pictures with their different components trigger feelings within us and create empathy and inner response. That’s what captivates!

Web Graphics Design

Web Graphics Design is an essential part of creating attractive websites and blogs that stand out and captivate a readership or prospects.

As each website has a different purpose and target audience, it’s important to give this a lot of thought before getting into the unstoppable creative work flow, so the pictures reflect in a way the person behind the website, his or her objective and what he or she stand for. While images for say a Health website should radiate a feeling of freshness, youth and wellbeing using a rather pale palette from blue over turquoise to green, we would want to explore a much more colorful atmosphere of Fun and Joy for a Children’s Books or toys website.

Whatever we do, we have the customer and his objective in mind first – the rest follows.

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Happy Weddings in Cape Town on Google

Monitoring our SEO results on a regular basis is an ongoing process – also in 2012. We are determined to give our customers the very best service and help them achieve high rankings on Google Top 10. This is nothing we can nor should take for granted as algorhythms change and so many relatively volatile factors are involved, however, keeping an eye on the pulse and being flexible allows to firstly observe any major changes and then adapt accordingly and as fast as possible.

In this respect, I watched the results of  “Happy Weddings in Cape Town” on Google – this being a short and sweet article published yesterday on the relatively new website I created for Monkey Valley Resort HERE.

The result – and this within only 42 seconds – was absolutely astonishing: Position One on Google ahead of 2,560,000 search results! See the screenshot I took yesterday, below:

Happy Weddings in Cape Town on Google

This morning – basically a little less than a day later – I wondered how the ranking would look now – and here is the even more spectacular result: Positions 1, 2 and 3 on Google Top 10!

Cape Town Weddings

What does this mean in terms of Cape Town Weddings and Monkey Valley Resort?

It’s quite simple – yet demands highly qualified skills and the right WordPress based Semiomantics Script to be achieved: if you take the above screenshot as an example, you see a typical Google page. There are Google Ads at the top (on a  yellow background), Google Ads to the right (continued to the next page indicating this is a highly sought-after keyword and gets lots of advertising) – and then you see basically 10 websites competing for the top 10 positions on Google (this is page one of Google with a total of 2,560,000 search returns… with always 10 websites per page… do your own maths as to how many Google pages on this keyword combination alone there are…!)

It means that the 10 websites who made it to Google Top 10 are visible for anyone punching in “Happy Weddings in Cape Town” – perhaps because that’s what they want to go for while planning for their own wedding… – and of course these 10 websites are the one’s these people will click on! Logical – who goes any further if what they are looking for is on the first page?

It means that these 10 websites who made it to the top get all the attention… the clicks… the so-called traffic! It means that the potential of making a sale is divided amongst those 10!

Of course, there are all these Google Ads – meaning the owners of those websites pay heavily – 24/7/365 – to be visible on Page one on Google and get attention as well! It means that heavy Google Ads budgets are allocated each and every month – short-term, medium-term and long-term… and forever rising. A budget of $50 a day brings you nowhere given the price a click can cost these days! So do your maths again… and decide what makes more sense: investing in the right website (yes, there are updates and upgrades as the Internet changes all the time, that’s just as it is…) or be dependent on heavy advertising without a guarantee to get it right (keywords move like mercury…)

Google Top 10

The choice is – as always your’s! Nothing stops you from doing both: getting the right website and advertising with AdSense. But if you’re on a tight budget the answer is pretty clear – yes?

What is needed, however, is regular posting, meaning writing good content on a daily basis to keep things moving and alive. The Google spyders like to be stimulated and fed with new original material each day… and you may be in right competition on special keywords – like in this wedding example. In this case you either do it yourself, or you employ someone who takes on this important online marketing and publishing job – or you outsource to a professional who may be the best guarantee for continued success on Google.

Being visible on Google Top 10 – like you see above… meaning 3 positions of 10 on page one, means that you get 30% of the traffic! Meaning a large chance to get visitors to your website… and if your website is attractive and offers the answers and sales pipeline people are looking for, your online business will grow and bring you the desired success.

I hope I could explain this well and simple enough to respond to many questions received on the topic. It ain’t easy… I know! But being number one on a Formula One track ain’t either… and this is not much different, really!

If things aren’t clear yet, let me know…

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year 2010 to all my dear friends, teachers, partners and loyal readers with this glorious image from my garden – may you be nourished, protected and blessed! Just…. BE!

With Love and Gratitude from Bianca – called the “Bee”

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Cape Town Weddings

It’s that time of the year where many couples celebrate their love and add meaning to their words by getting married!

One of the Best Cape Town Wedding Venues is of course Monkey Valley Resort in the romantic Noordhoek Valley on the slopes of Chapman’s Peak – however, my favourite hotel in Cape Town itself – where we spent a couple of weeks when researching our future home – is the elegant and citywise optimally situated Vineyard Hotel in Claremont, Cape Town. Below is a view from the terrace towards the majestic Table Mountain range…

It’s here, in the lush and beautiful gardens… washed by light rains that very day until just a few minutes before the wedding… where stage one of the beautiful and very private Wedding Ceremony took place that I had the privilege to document.

All Wedding Photography & Videography will be integrated in the brand-new Wedding Website currently under construction.

Cape Town Weddings

What is relevant for Cape Town Weddings is probably desired by all newly wed couples, especially if their families and friends are spread all over the world as is the case here: they want some photos as fast as possible to show!

So this was my first focus… developing something to show fast! Accordingly, within a few days, the couple had an elegant online Wedding Photo Suite to send out and even print… followed by a short and joyful Wedding Video with special Irish harp music!

At this stage, the work is understandably private; I will be able to show more later as the development of the website itself proceeds. This will take a while, partly due to a strong emphasis of the ‘time before’ the wedding and the relating preparations, as well as the fact that I have to switch to a new computer with lots more memory and punch especially for media development (videos). On top of this, I will be using a brand-new Semiomantics Script to be released only in January 2012.

Wedding Photos

Meanwhile, there must be about 2,000 wedding photos and wedding video clips to view and select from… a real joy as here is real happiness to ‘work’ with!

Fingers crossed my PC system holds as I have hardly any space left and due to the devastating floods in Thailand, a main hardware supplier was washed away completely and we have to wait for new parts…

Happy New Year 2012

This is definitely going to be my last post in 2011 – wishing YOU a very special, prosperous and fulfilling Happy New Year 2012 on a special and typically funny South African note! Right from Nature – what else?

Happy New Year 2012

Wishing YOU a Happy New Year 2012 gives me the opportunity to thank you – my dear friends, customers and readers – for your continued interest and loyal support over the past twelve months, which I know have been an extremely challenging experience for many! Here’s hope that we will all start with new energies, love and devotion to accomplish what we have come to do and excel with it!

Ta ra ta tata

Ta ra ta tata has become a known signal for our daily workshops and monthly seminars at Ycademy – so we will end 2011 on that note and shout it loud and clear at midnight – dancing to LIVE music that is! YEBO GOGO!

CHEERS!

Happy Christmas 2009

Here’s my personal way of thanking YOU for a great year online and wishing YOU a peaceful, happy Christmas 2009!

Happy Christmas 2009

Take some time off, pamper your loved ones, go out and breath Nature to rejoice and refuel.

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Christmas Cards Personalized

The yearly returning Christmas Season offers a nice opportunity to create personalized Christmas Cards. Here below some samples from our friends who either created a card or personalized an existing design.

Personalized Christmas Card by Toni Leuenberger, Switzerland

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Personalized Christmas Card by Toni Leuenberger

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Christmas Card Personalized by Laetitia Paris, France

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Christmas Card personalized by Laetitia Paris

Campaign on Laetitia’s personalized Christmas Card … simply a Must!

Christmas Header personalized by Ute Schaedler, Germany

Seasn Greetings on Ute Schaedler’s website:

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Christmas Header personalized by Ute Schaedler

Christmas Card Personalized by Bianca Gubalke, South Africa

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Christmas Card personalized by Bianca Gubalke

Personalized Christmas Card by Bianca Gubalke using her Photoshop skills.

Personalized Christmas Card Hacks

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Personaized Christmas Card Hack by Yorgo Nestoridis

From the Sphere to the Cube:

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Hack 2

Hack 3 based on Toni Leuenberger

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Hack 3

And while it’s so nice:

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Christmas Card Hack 4

Laetitia Hack:

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Hack 5

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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Happy Christmas 2011

As every year around this time, we had some lovely rains for Nature to breath and rejoice – followed by beautiful sunshine and an almost tropical heat inviting everybody to relax on the beach!

Many friends have arrived from overseas to spend a Happy Christmas 2011 on the sunny side of the globe, i.e. in South Africa.

Happy Christmas 2011

It’s not easy to write “Happy Christmas 2011″ when being aware of so much desaster in the world right now. I am thinking especially of our friends in Mindanao – but not only there…

In those situations it takes strength and courage to believe in ourselves as part of the universal “All that Is” – and with it in the promise the light at the end of the tunnel brings. As long as you keep seeing it! The people in the Philippines are strong in their belief and it’s part of their beauty… but they as many others need our loving thoughts and, where possible, our care and attention. This is what the real Christmas Message is all about… like a candle touching and setting alight the next candle…

I will take this picture into the night – magandang gabi.

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How to become a professional IT Consultant

Although planned a little differently, the final YCADEMY Business Building Seminar 2009 focused entirely on “How to become a professional IT Consultant”.

How to become a professional IT Consultant

Becoming a professional IT Consultant is a process, it’s not done overnight.

However, over the past 2-3 years, all regular and consistent Ycademy Seminar participants have well acquired what it takes to claim having the necessary Knowledge and skills. In fact, we can proudly look at some impressive results as to the. . .:

a. personal development of each single participant … – meaning knowledge and skills gained in the online environment around Internet Technology – as well as…

b. Blogging and all it entails – from the…

~ setup of various Blogs including all the INVISIBLE parts behind the scenes, be it on cpanels, Servers or Stylesheets… of course on Semiomantics based Scripts…
~ to the VISIBLE part of the Design and Look,
~ Editing and Online Publishing,
~ Aggregating in a smart way for more TRAFFIC & EXPOSURE,
~ reaching out for Google Top 10 positions and integrating
~ Social Networking platforms – Twitter, Facebook, Google Wave… and I am keeping it short here… as well as the most important, based on our ‘Secret Garden’,
meaning…

c. … a Definition of who we are and what our Purpose is in terms of being online and attending Ycademy Business Building Seminars since years… which finally evolved into what our business on the Internet is – meaning what product or service we offer…

d. … and a number of successful Applications, meaning exciting Online Businesses steaming ahead based on that Knowledge, these Skills, and our Semiomantics Scripts – and generating what everyone on the Internet dreams of and just a small percentage really ever achieves: REAL Income.

IT Consulting

That’s where the “Path to Profitability” leads to… but it doesn’t end here – well to the contrary! Now the work REALLY starts. . . the work in IT Consulting… and a way to monetize knowledge, skills and knowhow acquired during the past 2 to 3 years.

Ycademy Pro’s dispose of all the qualities required to exercise an activity as IT Consultants.

Most IT Consultants specialize on a certain number of tasks which was successfully elaborated during the final Ycademy Seminar 2009 over the past weekend. It will be an ongoing process and Ycademy IT Consultant Seminars serve to permanently update, review, bundle and wrap up the acquired knowledge with the purpose of converting it to customer satisfaction.

Fundamentally and in view of the 2010 Schedule, Ycademy’s Path to Profitability Seminars will offer 5 Seminars for interested parties who would like to build a professional, specialized IT Consultancy business. The content of each Seminar unit will high-light one important aspect of IT Consultancy and its conversion into a commercial product.

The Goals of Lap 1 of the IT Consultant Seminar Cycle were to… :
~ Wrap up your Purpose and Goals in form of a master-plan with short, medium and long term goals.
~ Set-up and configure your IT Consulting Website.
~ Basic customization of the site.
~ Set-up, configure and integrate your sales program, shopping cart and affiliate program.
~ Hook the new business to your existing profile and publishing and marketing network.

The Seminar was yet another amazing step forward and as not everything could be completed, there will be 2 hours daily this week to tie up loose ends and ensure that everybody is set up with their highly professional and search engine efficient IT Consultancy sales pipeline… as a professional IT Consultant.

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