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Internet Marketing Services

Zo Nicholas — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:18:41 +0000

Internet Marketing services

Marketing a product, any product, whether on or offline requires planning. Offline, you need the services of an advertising company to market your products, or if you do it yourself and use the services of a publisher and/or leaflet distributor, newspaper/magazine advertising. Online there are many Internet Marketing Services offered that provide effective marketing campaigns with measurable results and Google top ranking.

Internet Marketing

The advantages of Internet Marketing is that it is relatively inexpensive if you compare cost ratios with offline advertising campaigns, online there is much wider audience that a company or small business can reach. With the increase of internet users world wide and today’s technological advances, Web 2.0 strategies encourage much more consumer interactivity online, product research with smooth and speedy shopping results.

Internet Marketing Services

Internet Marketing Strategy

In order to achieve success in marketing a product online it requires a internet marketer to develop an internet marketing strategy, one that clearly defines and targets a specific audience in order to achieve measurable results. Discuss your specific needs with a qualified IT Cosultant who will guide you through the complexity of a successful marketing campaign.

Results can be easily measured with the use of web analytics to ascertain the efficiency and value of any marketing campaign providing value for money.

Internet Marketing Services

Internet marketing Services are many and varied. There are many ways in which you can communicate your advertising message to a targeted audience.

* Email marketing
* Banner Advertising
* Contextual advertising
* Social Media optimisation
* Search engine optimisation (SEO)
* Search engine marketing (SEM)
* Mobile Advertising

just to name few of the methods applied to internet marketing.

Mobile Advertising

Mobile advertising is a recent phenomena, a trend that cannot be ignored. The mobile industry is developing fast and growing. Many of the larger companies have already adopted the mobile medium as a way to advertise their products. Small businesses to are beginning to see the value and are adopting this method of advertising targeting specific audiences.

Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Daily Online Training Calls 2010

Zo Nicholas — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:20:15 +0000

By Zo Nicholas

Daily Online Training Calls 2010

A new year and the start of a new decade with 2010, MMX, and a new schedule of Daily Online Training calls that start next week on Monday 11th January 2010 in yorgotalk.com at 8p.m. London Time.

Business Education

Learning Online

In today’s fragile economy jobs are no longer secure. Developing a second income stream is a way to supplement an inome for many people these days. Make 2010 the year when you learn to market your business, profitably online. Your business needs exposure on the internet in order to flourish. Learning online entirely from the comfort of your own home is the easiest way to start learning marketing that will make your home business a success.

Semiomantics XO 2010 Edition

We start the learning curve in 2010 with a one day seminar based on the new edition of Semiomantics XO. The new edition of Semiomantics XO does not require any plug-ins. Anyone running a wordpress blog knows exactly what a pain these can be. If you have never used a wordpress blog before this is a great way to start, especially if you look for high visibilty and authority on search engines. For more information on this subject just leave a message here. Semiomantics XO 2010 Edition, what a superb script to start 2010 rolling!

Britain’s Big Freeze continues

Zo Nicholas — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:18:01 +0000

By Zo Nicholas

Britain’s Big Freeze continues

Britains big freeze continues with temperatures dropping to -22 Celsius at night and is forecast to last into next week. Cold! For those trying to carry on and get to work its a real misery as joureys take far longer than normal. Many roads are treacherous. Transport services and goods deliveries have also been disrupted.

For more pictures see the gallery.

Freeze or Heatwave

The knockon effect of this cold spell can be felt almost everywhere, in agriculture, industry and sport. Farmers struggling to keep herds fed, workers not been able to get into work, schools closed and many sport venues cancelled. Economically the whole of the country has been disrupted. Snow is only fun when you are well prepared to cope with the conditions. Here in the U.K. we are definitely not prepared for such a big freeze as this. We freeze and yet in South Africa the British cricketers suffer in a heatwave of temperatures of over 40 Celsius.

Britain dips into conditions lower than the South Pole, others bask on the beaches in soaring temperatures in a heatwave. Real extremes in the weather. The climate has certainly changed. The plants tell their own story too as they respond to the changes; global warming as predicted by the scientists is happening , whether man made or not, we do need to be prepared just like the good old fashioned boy scouts. Who knows what next week will bring.

Windows 7: God Mode Tip

Zo Nicholas — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:17:51 +0000

By Zo Nicholas

Windows 7 : God Mode Tip

I really like my new Windows 7, its such an improvement on Windows Vista. Today a friend passed on a super tip that I would like to share. Ever heard of GodMode?

GodMode is a cool feature that allows you to see all the computer settings in one place, no more scrolling around to find what you need.

How to enable GodMode on Windows 7

To enable GodMode on Windows 7 (was also available on vista) create a new folder on your desktop and name it:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Magically you will see this icon appear.

: GodMode

Right click and open and you will see a wholelist of 276 items appear, a whole array of computer settings all in one place. Cool eh?

Happy New Year 2010

Zo Nicholas — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:21:21 +0000

By Zo Nicholas

HAPPY NEW MMX !

” Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Oprah Winfrey………..and maybe this year …..WE WILL!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing everyone, Peace, Happiness and Prosperity!
With Joy and LAUGHTER throughout the year,

Zo Nicholas

Daily Online Training Calls

Zo Nicholas — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:18:13 +0000

By Zo Nicholas

Daily Online Training Calls

I really can’t believe how quickly this year, 2009, has flown by. We have just had our last Daily Online Training Call, and what a super call it was.

If I look back to January 2009 and go through the topics, seminars and skills learnt in the proeeding months I realise how much has been achieved through out the year and yet there lies still so much more ahead for all the participating members. The online environment is forever changing, adapting, evolving. What was good yesterday is old hat and unstylish today. In a competetive marketplace every marketer knows that he needs to keep up with the latest trends.

Daily Online Training Calls 2010

Planning well ahead, the New Year Daily Online Training Calls will start on 11th January, as usual in yorgotalk.com @ 8p.m. London time. Already a superb schedule for the months ahead is on the drawing board. Here is just a hint of what lies ahead: shopping cart development, more photoshop workshops, small business development and so much, much more. We have a full 12months ahead of trainings, seminars and workshops. It’s amazing what you can learn online from the comfort of your own armchair.

For those who missed the finale, click below for the recording of the training call:

Daily Online Training call recording

For more information about the Daily Online Training calls click here.

The Internet beyond Facebook with YORGOO

Yorgo Nestoridis — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:20:02 +0000

By Yorgo Nestoridis

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The Internet beyond Facebook with YORGOO and Ycademy

When YORGOO and Ycademy have been created, the vision was to make advanced technology available to a broad audience of online business builders with the purpose to expand business. YORGOO was designed as a free lead and traffic generation program, while Ycademy focused on Online Business Education, Trainings, Coaching and Online Live Seminars.

Facebook for Home Business Builders

Social Networks, such as Facebook have succeeded in offering to large audiences an array of online tools making it easy for anyone to use the Internet to communicate and to link with friends and family. Also, Social Networks provide a platform offering web space for storing pictures, videos and other content. Over 300 Million users populate Facebook, entrusting this social network with private content of all sorts. Social networks have become an alternative for a personal website for a majority of Internet users, seeking an online presence and profile.

There is no need for special education to make use of Social Networks for the purpose of private communication. How about using the Social Network frenzy for developing Home Business?

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Ycademy on Google

Of course the Facebook is not a satisfactory solution for people who are looking for customization and building a personal online image or even a brand. Also, the lack of privacy and the fact to lose control over personal data and contribution create a new awareness with the result of either abandoning the Internet all together, limiting it to email and Skype, or to move a step ahead with a personal website. A personal Web site involves cost and or know-how and is therefore not within the reach of just everybody, namely if the site should be of any quality.

Since April, when Facebook opened its platform for api development, it has become interesting to use the Social Network to gain additional visibility and to use Facebook for our own purpose rather than to work for Facebook. (See some of our earlier posts.)

YORGOO Beyond Facebook

What can YORGOO offer Home Business Builders beyond Facebook? Sure Traffic Exchanges are close to dead or at least, you cannot anymore convince people to sit on a computer and click their fingers wound looking at other peoples pages when there is more fun chatting with real people directly on Facebook.

The internet has widely killed the attraction of MLM, even when it comes to traffic generators; communication is taking place all over in any direction and the annoying MLM top to bottom vertical structure and slavery has been replaced with three dimensional conversation models where there is no more space for restrictions in communication.

The basic problems however remain the same for every business builder: Traffic and Leads remain the fuel for sound business expansion. To that you add conversation, since conversation is what is creating traffic in social network environments.

Also, it is important to protect business assets, such as customer base, prospects, contacts and more. No one right in his mind would publish a list of customers and prospects. Well, on Facebook you can see the contrary: downline models stretch to three dimensional communication clusters within Facebook opening huge vulnerability to a main business asset.

The question is: is there any business made in Facebook? The answer is: No. While contacts may be initiated, the business is closed on external websites.

YORGOO is interested in the free traffic and lead generation and the protection of contacts and conversation related to business. The purpose is thus to provide services which enhance networking, stimulate conversation and create traffic while streamlining and protecting business assets.

YORGOO is being rebuilt to help business developers to take their online activity beyond Facebook Rap.

Ycademy for Online Business related Education

While YORGOO will provide simple solutions for business development, Ycademy is a learning place with focus on understanding, creating and implementing Marketing Strategies and Business Models for Small and Home Business. Ycademy takes into account that online business requires permanent learning and adapting to new technology and increased potential offered by the Internet. Ycademy is a convenient and accessible solution for acquiring know-how and applying it on the path to profitability. Stop running behind the train, progress with Ycademy at the pulse of time.

Ycademy is driven by the vision that the Internet is not just a place of freedom, but a place where every individual can excel using personal capabilities and potential. Additional, financial benefits are a logical consequence.

For more information about Ycademy, please contact Bianca Gubalke at: bianca (at) ycademy.com.

Ycademy Seminars since 2007

Ycademy Online Seminar on November 21/22, 2009

This week-ends Ycademy seminar focuses on Social Network Publishing and Marketing. We will develop simple concepts to use the advantages for the purpose of Prospecting, Networking, Business Development and Follow-up. The idea is to build an online Face with a high rank on the Likability Index and to communicate that image efficiently to social environments.

As a base we will use a personal website from where communication flows originate and flow to social networks. The flow back from Social Networks is two fold: in form of traffic and in form of content. Special Focus is directed to the actual presence on the Social Network, namely on Facebook. Many tools and features allow users to build an attractive presence on Facebook in order to invite contacts to follow the stream back home.

We will also tackle an interesting strategy whereas the conversation is exported from Facebook to our own environment, be it to our website or to our Google Wave Tool for example.

The seminar will explain the technical mechanisms and then apply them in Workshops where we customize the solution with each participant.

I am looking to an interesting week-end leading all interested parties to new Internet horizons.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

Bianca Gubalke — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:20:06 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave – I am excited about this future-oriented new Communication and Collaboration tool on the Web – and I thank the friend who invited me. As yes. . . it needs an invitation… and it’s early days. However, Google Wave can only be as good as the people who actually have it, set it up, test it, work with it and play with it. People like you and me who firstly create and then ride the Google Wave. . .

The Internet is a pretty wet affair… from surfing to waving. . . we stay in the waters and if I look outside it’s a wave all over, a curtain of a wave of pouring rain, day and night, since a week… where is our sunny, hot and simply stunning South African summer? A summer we love to spend on Noordhoek Beach as the kid below just a month or so ago. . . ?

Let’s quickly look at Google Wave. It has a simple layout consisting of 4 modules:

* Navigation in the left column, top – consider it your Inbox

* Contacts in the left column, bottom – sort of your Addressbook or List of Friends (with pictures)

* List of Active Waves in your Inbox – in the middle column

* New or Open Wave in the right column – here is where things happen, here you can write, comment, add images, respond via audio or video, add gadgets (like games, puzzles, ratings, conferences, Google Earth…) and robots ( eg. for surveys amongst Wave collaborators).

If you are fortunate enough to get a Google Wave account, do what I did right away and check out the many short yet explicit videos that illustrate the many features – and then play with them!

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

As with any Social Network, you want to set up your Profile in a professional and branded way. Besides, Google is the Master of the Internet in a way and has found the many versions of YOU anyway – be it in form of Blogs, Websites and other Links.

My Profile about “Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave” is a reflection of what I set up on my general Bio and Profile HERE. If you wish to have a Profile that you can link to from everywhere on the Internet, register for a free account right there and I teach you how to have your own Google-efficient page. Once done, you never have to worry about it again. . . just do the occasional update. The difference here is that this page is under YOUR control – not that of any Social Network or other Program. Be and stay independent – as far as that’s possible on Web2.0.

What still needs to be added is my Picasa Album, which I will do in the near future – then it’s all about the Wave!

What do you do on Google Wave?

A good question: What do you do on Google Wave?

Google Wave is still in a development stage and I assume that those who are fortunate enough to test it right now will provide lots of feedback and valuable input for improvements and adaptations to common needs.

Once the excitement of the new trend is over, I could imagine a very useful tool to work directly on projects with ones’ collaborators and partners from anywhere in the world. This is the thrilling concept behind it as far as I am concerned. If one can stop the spam before it starts and really work within an open yet private and respected environment – that would be perfect!

Here are just a few Benefits that simply trigger faster Action more often:

* The moment someone comes online, one would know through the green mark. Action!

* The moment a wave is updated or gets a new comment, one would know and be able to check immediately without losing time. Action!

* If something needs commenting – it’s instant, whether in the open or in form of private replies.

* If something needs the direct contact – say a document or article needs to be discussed in real time – voila! Let’s talk or even start a conference! Instant Action!

These are amazing possibilities saving time and making teamwork faster, smoother and more efficient – not to speak about excluding misunderstandings right away through immediate interaction.
What always amazes me with Google is the amount of foresight and preparation at the highest levels. But then if not them… who else could deliver at that level in the virtual world?

So let’s learn all about the new tool and expect lots more to be coming from Google Wave in the future!

Learn Google Wave at Ycademy Seminars

To learn more about Google Wave at Ycademy Seminars get one of the few privileged tickets for the Ycademy November Seminar on 21 and 22 November 2009, totally online and recorded for Seminar participants! Knowledge is Power – and Ycademy Seminars add Action to it, guiding you forward on your personal “Path to Profitability”.

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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

Bianca Gubalke — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:19:08 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

Let’s quickly look at Google Wave. It has a simple layout consisting of 4 modules:

* Navigation in the left column, top – consider it your Inbox

* Contacts in the left column, bottom – sort of your Addressbook or List of Friends (with pictures)

* List of Active Waves in your Inbox – in the middle column

If you are fortunate enough to get a Google Wave account, do what I did right away and check out the many short yet explicit videos that illustrate the many features – and then play with them!

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

What still needs to be added is my Picasa Album, which I will do in the near future – then it’s all about the Wave!

What do you do on Google Wave?

A good question: What do you do on Google Wave?

Here are just a few Benefits that simply trigger faster Action more often:

* The moment someone comes online, one would know through the green mark. Action!

* The moment a wave is updated or gets a new comment, one would know and be able to check immediately without losing time. Action!

* If something needs commenting – it’s instant, whether in the open or in form of private replies.

* If something needs the direct contact – say a document or article needs to be discussed in real time – voila! Let’s talk or even start a conference! Instant Action!

So let’s learn all about the new tool and expect lots more to be coming from Google Wave in the future!

Learn Google Wave at Ycademy Seminars

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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Communication with Birds

Bianca Gubalke — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:18:10 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Communication with Birds

Communication with Birds is a red thread through my life. . . but this was definitely a Cape White-eye SOS this morning! Panic in my garden!

Social Networks

These tiny birds form large “social networks” outside the breeding season and often visit flowering bushes or berry-bearing plants in large flocks – appearing like shimmering clouds feeding on insects and nectar, berries, fruit and small grains.

As in all Social Networks (in one way or another), Cape White-eyes are very vocal and can easily be distinguished by their soft trilled pee, pree or pirreee callnotes that they use to stay connected, however, what I heard this morning was a highly agitated pitch varying in volume and tempo. . .

Communication with Birds

One doesn’t need a degree in Communication with Birds to understand if something is wrong – and to react accordingly… and fast!

MadMax was with me, so it wasn’t the cat… but it could be a snake, a hawk or a mongoose… to name just a few of many possibilities.

Cape White-eye

Guided by what turned out to be the parents, I discovered a tiny little Cape White-eye (Zosterops pallidus, ‘Glasogie’ in Afrikaans) sitting motionless on the ground – an easy prey for any predator. I had to operate fast to capture the little being and get it into a safe, warm place – while the parents fluttered in great distress around me. . . and MadMax already watched my movements with great interest from my studio. Getting him out there and me inside – the adorable little being warmly covered with my hands – was not an easy operation, however, he also seemed to . . . understand!

Finally, I could check this tiny feather ball without finding any external damage, caress it and get some life back into it… while the parents watched through the windows, cheering with their little voices.

When I was called to my PC to answer a call… the idea of “Cape White-eye Online” was born!

I took a series of quick – and far from optimal shots photographically speaking – with my Logitech camera, however, you rarely get a Cape White-eye chick this close in front of your lens! And how exciting and touching: you see how it basically ‘woke up’ and then flew onto a window sill – an indication that after all it was well! it could fly!

So I caught it gently and took it to the golden Solandra Maxima tree I told you about in an earlier post – where I know many birds are currently breeding – and let it fly into the air! It was wonderful to see it happy and free… and immediately its parents were around with some tremolo chirps… and life continued as normal!

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Watercolor Online

Bianca Gubalke — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:18:46 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

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Watercolor Online

Watercolor Online – is this possible?

I loved doing watercolors in the good old days before the PC entered my life, and I still admire artists who really know how to create this form of spontaneously controlled Artwork where everything needs to flow to give a satisfactory if not stunning result.

Either it’s good – or it’s for the waste bin… there’s no inbetween!

The question for me now is:

Can one really achieve anything online that gives a result that can be compared in terms of visual appearance to the traditional Watercolor Technique – Wet in Wet, Washing, Glazing and the subtle methods of dropping colors into the wetness, lifting superfluous pigments off and working over it all when completely dry with a dry brush?

Watercolor Online

Watercolor Online may not be everyone’s cup of tea, however, most people are equipped with digital cameras and can capture their favorite motives – in my case Pictures from my Garden.

Honey Bee on a Bottlebrush

To see whether I could get anywhere near the impression of Watercolor Online, I manipulated a digital image I took of a Honeybee on a Bottlebrush in Photoshop… and while I obviously have a bigger original, here’s a small version of my series on the topic “Honey Bee on a Bottlebrush”.

Another question was the presentation on something more ’tissue-like’ without distorting the image itself… and as I have a transparent background on my Author Blog here was the next challenge.

I’m working on more . . .

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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Malachite Sunbird

Bianca Gubalke — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:19:02 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Malachite Sunbird

The Malachite Sunbird – or so-called Green Sugarbird – is endemic to the Cape Peninsula, right at the tip of Africa. It depends on the many nectar-producing plant species and the insects attracted to them on which they feed – especially the sugarbush Protea, the Pincushion Protea Leucospermum and Pagodas Mimetes, as well as Eucalyptus trees, Agave americana, and the New Zealand Christmas Tree (Metrosideros excelsa) – all of which I grow in my garden here in Noordhoek.

Malachite Sunbird Stamp

The Malachite Sunbird and its joyful voice is such a typical presence down here in South Africa that I decided to dedicate one of my specially designed stamps to it!

Voila the Malachite Sunbird Stamp!

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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Malachite Sunbird

Bianca Gubalke — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:19:34 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Malachite Sunbird

Malachite Sunbirds (Nectarinia famosa, 1766, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa ) are beautiful little emerald jewels on flurry wings. Attracted by the rich colourful proteas and many other flowering species in my garden, I have a couple of them breeding and it’s not rare they even come into my Studio… the event being an absolute highlight for MadMad, my hunter-hearted cat! It really gets the adrenaline up on all sides. . .

Malachite Sunbird

Malachite Sunbirds – also called Green Sugarbirds - are extremely fast and often mistaken for colibris, who are much smaller though. I had not yet taken the time to really wait patiently with my Nikon Coolpix P90 to eternalize these adorable little beings, but they come and greet me every morning and evening with their distinctive voices and cascading songs… and yesterday I quickly caught a male on the large Strelitzia Nicolai on my terrace – and this while the storm was roaring and stripes of rain dimmed the light.

Imagine the colours in full sunlight! It’s a photo still to be made… but the rains continue down here at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa – which is totally unusual for this time of the year.

Wildlife Art

From Digital Photography to Wildlife Art – I just love this combination and can lose myself completely in it. I did publish a few of the many artistic versions I created with Photoshop in my Gallery… and these are just some delightful experiments, however, they gave me some ideas for commercialization that I will be investigating and possibly putting into practice. Nothing I haven’t done in my ‘low-tech’ past as an artist. . . sometimes one just needs a hint to remember :)

Exciting!

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Google Wave Communication Tools

Bianca Gubalke — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:18:30 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

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Google Wave Communication Tools

Google Wave Communication Tools determine the way we will communicate and interact on Web2.0 in the near future; it is the big OLA! you definitely want to catch and ride with ease the moment you can.

Of course, there are waves and waves… so: what does the “Google Wave” stand for?

About Google Wave

This is what I found directly on wave.google.com – the source so to speak:

Conversation and Document

“A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”

WOW – this will be saving lots of time and speed up the communication process immensely, also making so many time-consuming extra miles redundant – although they may have their charm and thus their place. It’s gain a matter of choice.

Example: If I send out an invitation for a party, I can do so the noble yet complex low-tech way and expect RSVPs in the same way. Which rarely happens. . .

Alternatively, I can use the Google Wave Communication Tools and everything is in one place and easy to be responded to by anyone, while being open to all. It’s so-to-speak one invitation document bundling a wave of conversation in forms of enthusiastic yesses, apologetic no’s and the usual odd questions. All in a mini-blink of an eye… almost immaterial and certainly less than a laborious mouse click.

Sharing

“A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.”

Actually, we’ve been exercising the “wave principle” already in our Conference Rooms during say Ycademy Seminars. Everyone coming in – even if hours late – can scroll back and follow the conversation (chat) right from the beginning and then add an input… at the end of it.

Mark the difference: at the end… not inbetween. If that’s now going to be possible on Google Wave we’re messing up the concept of linear time – I’m all for it! Perhaps we learn something to apply to our lives… like going back in time and doing things different! Let good old Stephen Hawkins get back to the drawing board and rewrite the History of Time!

Real Time – Live

“A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.”

Faster than fast – past Facebook and Tweets… that’s where we’re going! Instant. Live. We’ve got to have our act together to avoid ‘doing’ before ‘thinking’ – or is it all about a spontaneous reaction… reflex… almost non-existent, over, forgotten, next… ?

Social Networks watch out!

Google Wave Communication Tools on Google Top 10

“Google Wave Communication Tools” made it speedily to Google Top 10 within just a few hours… ahead of over 3,6 million search returns – here’s the screenshot:

This high performance in terms of Search Engine Optimization just reflects the results achievable when the right Script – in this case a WordPress based Semiomantics Script – is paired with correct Editing and Publishing as taught in the monthly Ycademy Seminars – even on high traffic keywords.

Google Wave Communication Tools on Ycademy Seminar

While such results are not achieved overnight, everybody can acquire the Knowledge and Skills.

If you enjoy doing so within the safe and trusted environment of a bonded Team, join us on the next fully online Ycademy Seminar on 21 and 22 November 2009 which focuses on Social Network Publishing in general and “Google Wave” in particular.

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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Google Wave Communication Tools

Bianca Gubalke — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:19:55 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Google Wave Communication Tools

The brand-new Google Wave Communication Tools are about to create waves and will definitely open new horizons of never before experienced speed in terms of Online Communication.

Now it’s all about catching the “Google Wave” . . . firstly understanding and then implementing this “personal communication and collaboration tool” that merges e-mail, instant messaging, wikis and social networking. . . and where the sky is the limit!

Google Wave Communication Tools on Ycademy Seminar

Faithful to its philosophy of always being at the edge of technological developments… as well as under the topical umbrella of Social Network Publishing , this month’s Ycademy Seminar on 21 and 22 November 2009 will introduce all Seminar participants to the new Google Wave Communication Tools – the features, possibilities and how to make the best use of this future-oriented and highly interesting new arrival on the Web2.0 sky!

Interested in joining the Ycademy Seminar?

Get your ticket HERE and prepare to take your Online Communication to another level!

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Facebook Profile

Bianca Gubalke — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:18:51 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Facebook Profile

When dealing with Social Networks on the Internet, Facebook is a key player and whether we like this social arena of Mr. Everybody or not… what is important is to create a Facebook Profile that reflects who we are or how we wish to present ourselves when it comes to Social Network Publishing.

Facebook Profile Picture

Besides being in control of our names – ideally as a .com – the next step is to upload a Facebook Profile Picture.

While my usual colour scheme is reflected on the white-black-silver-red version below , I tried to play with Facebook and integrated their illustruous variety of blue hues in a soft degrade – the above is a screenshot and not as sharp as in reality. When trying to define a color, you’ll notice that the color code changes with almost every new placement of your color picker – amazing!

I intentionally didn’t want to start off with a tone-in-tone of their grey in my top picture frame, but rather have it flow in and merge in a more dynamic yet unobtrusive way.

The little thumbnail works perfectly well, but too much traffic on Facebook or slow connections down here in South Africa probably caused the error when I did the Screenshot above.

Facebook Profile Picture Examples

These are just some Facebook Profile Picture Examples that illustrate what can be done with a vertical banner with a 200 x 600 pixels format.

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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Sun Sneakers or Snow Hoppers

Bianca Gubalke — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:20:09 +0000

by Bianca Gubalke

Sun Sneakers or Snow Hoppers

“Sun Sneakers or Snow Hoppers” got such overwhelming response – not only on Google Top 10 – but also in form of rather secretive comments, questions and remarks from inquisitive people… that I can no longer withhold the amazing vista of a minuscule alien invasion I came across in my garden the other day, digital camera in hand… as I had just captured the pictures for my article on “Cup of Gold” (Solandra Maxima, remember).

Snow Hoppers on Sun Sneakers – LIVE!

Sun Sneakers or Snow Hoppers

See my version of Sun Sneakers? Drying after a good wash in the hot African summer air… but not the tiniest drop is lost in Africa… see the Snow Hoppers invading the lush white grounds to capture a bit of humidity twinkling in the sun!

See the telescopic-eyed ‘Captain’ keeping watch at the top of the hill while the bataillon of semi-transparent aliens creeps up from behind, each taking a strategic position for optimum Lifestyle!

So many things we don’t observe unless we walk around with an open heart and an inquisitve mind!

Imagine these minuscule weirdos locked on crystal Swarowski blings, kicks and sneakers? Right there on Google Top 10 powered by Semiomantics Scripts – what else?

Push Marketing or Pull Marketing – that’s the question!

Certainly a worthy topic to be discussed at the unbeatable daily Info-Call in http://yorgotalk.com – at 8 pm London time – meet you there!

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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.

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To Facebook or not to facebook

Zo Nicholas — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:19:55 +0000

By Zo Nicholas

Facebook or not to facebook

If you are a Twitter or Facebook fan its time to watch your step. It’s more than just fun online, its also about …..Bugs!

The more doors we open the more we are open to these nuisances. It’s time to learn to read the small print and ‘Caveat Emptor’ – Let the buyer beware, in this case user beware!

Watch the tweets!

Twitter and Facebook

Just as Yorgo wrote in his post regarding fake facebook phishing mails there is also a Twitter bug which sends out ’feel good’ direct messages. If only the owners of such bugs would put their energies into creating something useful to society we would applaud them all.

Web Design for FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic

Zo Nicholas — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:18:20 +0000

Web Design for FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic

FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic.com is still very much a work in progress.

A brand new theme, Semiomntics XO, new design and a new cleaner look. Still some bits to tidy up, a bit more work on the stylesheet to get the result I am after. All this of course takes time. So, so far..

Old Web Design on FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic

Old Free Leads and Free Traffic

FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic.com new Web Design

Still work to be done.

Free Leads and Free Traffic – new

Daily Online Training Call

Zo Nicholas — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:20:21 +0000

By Zo Nicholas

Daily Online Training Call

Tuesday 20th October

Security Issues

One of the main problems of being online is the security issues. With so many bugs and viruses around that can bring about total choas on a computer or even worse, everyone is very careful to f ind and install a good anti-virus program.

Tonites call covered these kind of security issues and the latest updates from Microsoft relating to viruses.

Training Call Workshop

This evenings workshop covered working with images, Picasa and uploading to work to a blog.

For recordings of the training:

Daily Online Training call recording

For more information about the Daily Online Training calls click here.

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