Written by Zo Nicholas
Home Business, Web Design Shop
Mar 4, 2010
By Zo Nicholas
Creative Book Covers for stories
There are many stories written, and yet many of these stories lie unprinted.
Today, the internet has opened up so many wonderful possibilities for authors, who’s books would otherwise lie unpublished. With the many easy to use programs that abound, like Microsoft Word, it’s much easier to get a book written, then published as an ebook and finally have a book cover made.
Stories Never Told
I remember way back as a child, my mother would tell us a story at bedtime. Each story would be different, capturing our imaginations and leaving us spellbound as we drifted of to sleep. These stories were never told on paper, lost forever to outsiders but still vivid and alive in our memories.
Book Covers for Stories
Once you have your story and created the book as a pdf then you really need a book cover. ‘Don’t judge a book by it’s cover’ but then isn’t that the thing that attracts the eye and inspires you to look further, well I would say so! And then of course its the title and subtitle, and the editorial that helps to make up the readers mind to whether he will or will not purchase the book.
Book covers come at affordable prices if you don’t have the know how or patience to create your own. You can check the prices at the Small Business Shop. Covers are custom made to order at prices you can afford.
Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.
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Written by Zo Nicholas
Home Business, Uncategorized, Web Design, Working from Home, Zo Nicholas IT Consulting
Feb 18, 2010
By Zo Nicholas
Best Small Business Product Shop
Best Small Business Product Shop is the latest development, and still very much in the construction stage. The Product Shop is the next step that follows up on the IT Consulting site created in 2009.
The Small Business Product Shop is a based on the WP Best eShop, a WordPress based Semiomantics Script, installed and configured during this weekends Ycademy Business Building Seminar.
Personalised Business Products
Based on years of experience, the Small Business Product Shop will offer everything that is needed to build a top ranking online presence.
We offer the very best up to date web solutions whatever your need: complete hosting solutions ~ custom website development ~ web applications ~ e-commerce ~ business development ~ system management and maintenance services. All services are based on top performing Semiomantics scripts.
Check back for more to come from the Best Small Business Product Shop.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Photo, Web Design, Working from Home
Feb 15, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Astir Beach Framed in Photoshop
My by now famous Astir Beach Image which can also be found on Google Top 10 was the sample for last night’s Ycademy session where we were experimenting with frames and borders. Here some more results after yesterdays Session Preview:
Astir Beach – Vouliagmeni with Frames and Borders
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Glass Frame
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Backlight
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Smokedglass
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Whiteglow
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Whiteglow 2
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Steel ripples
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Steel frame
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Pits
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Yellow
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Gold
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Dali Melt and Drip
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Chrome
Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Black Glass
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Written by Zo Nicholas
Home Business, Working from Home, Zo Nicholas IT Consulting
Feb 10, 2010
By Zo Nicholas
Branding your Business online
The next step to Branding your Business online after purchasing and registering your domain is purchasing a hosting package to suit your business needs. Hosting is the step between your business and publishing it to the worldwide web. Offline a business takes its marketing materials to a publisher to be published and then distributed, online its to a hosting provider where your marketing material is made public online.
Hosting
There are any companies online that offer hosting packages, with varying features and prices. Most anyone can afford to buy basic hosting pack as prices have fallen over the past few years. However, one should not only be dictated by the price alone but also by the services that the hosting company provides.
Best Affordable Hosting
Identifying your business needs goes a long way to selecting the hosting package that will suit your budget and your specifications. At Small Business Consulting we can help you assess your hosting needs and suggest the best possible solution, however simple or complex it may be. If you are an internet marketer your needs will go way beyond a simple fun site that often you can get for free.
Hosting Features
Here are some hosting features in order of priority that I consider to be of paramount importance when considering and selecting a web hosting provider. As a user of various hosting companies I realise these to be important:
Customer Support
I remember when I first started how important this service was: good, reliable customer support, providing technical assistance and solutions as and when needed. Even today when something goes amiss it is important to have assistance from customer support.
Backups
It is important to know that the hosting provider can provide backup and has a regular backup routine in place. This however should not stop you from setting up your own backup and maintenance routine.
Web Space
Your account will require a certain amount of web space, and as you grow you need reassurance that you can also expand according to your needs.
Reliability and Access
No hosting company can really guarantee 100% uptime, those really unforeseen downtime’s do happen as well occasional short downtime for major maintenance. A good hosting company will deal with emergencies immediately and there should be very little disruption to the running of your online business. Speedy access to a website is also an important feature to considered in order that visitors are not lost by slow working websites.
At ChiHosters we provide an excellent service with hosting plans starting at:
* No Limit Shared Hosting: U$35 per year.
*Semiomantics Pro Hosting for Advanced Semiomantics Publishing: U$ 29.95 per month
* Hosting Reseller Plan (WHM): U$99.99 per month
* VSM 20GB Allocated Virtual Managed Server: U$150.00 per month
Sell WHM Reseller Packs
•Increased configuration and flexibility
•Increased uptime and security
•Full Root access
•100% Management and Monitoring – This means we worry about your server, and you worry about your sales!
•The ability to sell reseller accounts
•Based on a Dual AMD Opteron 275, 8GB ram and 20GB HD space dedicated to you.
Other options are also available on demand. Discussing your specific needs with a Consultant or hosting providing can result in a unique and satisfactory hosting solution designed especially for you.
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Written by Zo Nicholas
Home Business, Working from Home, Zo Nicholas IT Consulting
Feb 9, 2010
By Zo Nicholas
Branding your business online.
There are many businesses out there online these days, each business promoting its own specific product/s. To be noticed each business has its own image of the product it sells in the market. Branding your business online is one of the most important elements of advertising.
One of the first steps to branding your business is the name you choose for that business.
Brand Name
The name you choose becomes your “brand name” a type of trademark, used to identify you on any marketing material you use, from letterheads to T-shirts and identifies you as the brand owner of the products or services you provide.
Domain Registration
Register the Brand Name
Online we register the brand name by registering a domain name. Offline the owner of a business can do this through trademark registration, protecting his rights to the brand. Whether you run a small home business or any project online registering your domain on the internet is a must , and the first investment into your business online.
Domain Registration
Domain registration is a very simple process of selecting a name, filling out a form and making a payment.
At Cashbizzhost we sell internet domain name registrations with a premium service. You will find our domain names to be one of the best values around.
Domain Registration Prices
Top Level Domain name (TLD) a .com is offered at:
* U$12.95 per domain for 1 year
* U$25.00 per domain for 2 years
Other domains such as country-code top-level domains and generic top level domains are offered at varying prices.
Cashbizzhost also offers many FREE SERVICES with domain registration:
* 100 personalized email addresses -
Create up to 100 personalized email addresses and forward them to other email addresses.
* Web/URL forwarding -
Forward/redirect/frame your domain name to any other URL/website on the web.
* Name-my-phone -
Give your phone a memorable, meaningful, identity.
* Name-my-map -
Ever want to give someone directions to your home or business, with an easy to remember name?
With every registered user we offer full customer support.
For more information feel free to contact me to discuss your requirements.
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Written by Zo Nicholas
Blogging, Photo, Working from Home
Feb 6, 2010
By Zo Nicholas
Discovering Photoshop
Following up on previous live training on the various Photoshop features given in an Ycademy session here are some fun examples of testing some of the features.
My sweetheart using the Ellipse Border.
Using a simple graphic and playing around with the Kaleidescope feature this new fun graphic was achieved:
Kaleidescope Fun
Photoshop Tutorials by Ycademy
There will be many more Photoshop tutorials following up on the basics that have already being learnt. As you go further into Photoshop you begin to realise that there are endless possibilities and you are only limited by your own imagination.
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Written by Zo Nicholas
Home Business Marketing, Home Shopping, Photo, Working from Home
Feb 6, 2010
By Zo Nicholas
Small Business Shop
The Small Business Shop is a new WP Best eShop and will be offering tried and tested products and Web Services suitable for anyone running a small business online. The site is still very much in its infacy however there is much construction work going on in the background and the final result will be available soon.
Small-Business-Product-Shop
Small Business Shop Products
Products on offer will include:
* Personal blogs that are fully personalized and search engine optimised which include web graphics of your choice to build your authority online. Don’t forget, children love to blog too, we don’t leave them out here. Kids blogs too just for fun.
* Newscast Theme – build your own newspaper and publish your articles to the web, marketing your products, allowing your customers to easily access your product information.
* Photo Gallery – for your designs or displaying photos of family, friends and colleagues. Create your own unique gallery! We leave it to your imagination.
* Business Blog – have a business? Let the world know about it. Includes a contact form to keep your audience informed. Social networking module can be included upon request.
* City or Town Theme - WP Best City or Town Theme bringing your town and activity to the internet. How about adding a Classified Ads Module as an added income stream to boost your ROI.
E-Commerce eShop
* e-Shop – A WP Best eShop displaying YOUR products with a fully functional shopping cart, a ‘buy now’ button option that is easy to use, providing a great online user experience.
Website Traffic.
Need more traffic? Then you need automation.
* Targeted Ads delivery – speedily delivered to your targeted audience.
* Highly Targeted Keyword Traffic – for keyword domination, blasting your way to the top.
Web Graphics
* Logo & Banner design – unique and captivating to improve brand awareness, created especially for you.
Website Services
* Domains – domain research and domain name registrations, registered in your totally in your name.
* Hosting Services – complete hosting packages at affordable prices. The best hosting solutions to suit your business needs.
* Maintenance Services and Support – leave the problems to us. Full monthly plans at affordable prices.
More products will be added soon, as and when they are available.
Our International team of web developers, web designers and graphic artists will create a unique and captivating website to promote you or your business online.
For more information feel free to contact me here to discuss your needs.
Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Photo, Working from Home, Yorgo Nestoridis
Feb 6, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Vouliagmeni
The new Vouliagmeni site is built on the WP Best Destination Theme by Semiomantics. The purpose of the site is to Guide visitors through Vouliagmeni and to allow an attractive surf through categories such as Real Estate, Accommodation or Restaurants and Tavernas. The Who is Who section will feature people from Vouliagmeni and an Events section will report about the hot stuff happening in our town.
The Style of the Vouliagmeni Site
Vouliagmeni is a town where tradition and posh lifestyle meet. I have opted to use one of my preferred color schemes, the black – white – beige scheme.
Vouliagmeni Home Page Top
Vouliagmeni Home Top
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom
I like the see-through glass barrier.
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Hover
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Hover
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Hover Easter-egg
Vouliagmeni Home Bottom Easter-egg
Enjoy and have a look at the real thing here.
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Written by Yorgo Nestoridis
Home Business, Web Design, Working from Home
Feb 1, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis
Photoshop Borders Ycademy
Tonight’s Ycademy call will deal with creating Borders in Photoshop. After the session about round corners, we will today look at some other types of borders which can be created with just a click of the mouse or two.
We will create elliptic borders, ripples, sunken and raised borders, capsules, buttons and so on. Be there at 7 pm London.
Photoshop Borders
Astir Beach 1
Astir Beach 2
Astir Beach 3
Astir Beach 4
Astir Beach 5
Astir Beach 6
Astir Beach 7
Astir Beach 8
Astir Beach 9
… and of course you can mix the border filters :-).
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Written by Bianca Gubalke
Home Business, Web Design, Working from Home
Feb 1, 2010
by Bianca Gubalke
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
Creating your own Web Graphics is great fun if you have:
- a Digital Camera,
- Adobe Photoshop,
- good step-by-step Tutorials and
- ideally some professional personal guidance as is regularly provided in the weekly YCADEMY Workshops and monthly YCADEMY Seminars.
Nothing is more elating and satisfying than seeing results one never thought being capable of producing!
“Improvisation Dali” by Bianca Gubalke
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
One of our eminent Ycademy Members, Laetitia Paris from Auvergne in France, is eagerly following our Adobe Photoshop Tutorials on her CS4 and delighted by her attractive result following the step-by-step instructions and screenshots on “How to Combine Color and Black and White in an Image” just a few days ago:
CONGRATULATIONS Laetitia Paris!
Learn Adobe Photoshop at Ycademy Workshops
You are invited to learn Adobe Photoshop at today’s Ycademy Workshop at 7 pm London in our private Microsoft Conferencing Center.
Time permitting, we will continue with our Web Design Consulting Blogs and look into the WP Best eShop created at the recent Ycademy Business Building Seminar.
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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