Could the number of your twitter followers add to the value of your business on sale?
‘A new lawsuit values a Twitter follower at $2.50 per month and argues that each one belongs not to the tweeter, but to their employer.’
Sunshine Coast Facepainting, Entertainment & Fairy Products
Gabrielle Shootingstar has a new site courtesy of Sibagraphics, incorporating a blog, to promote her facepainting and entertainment for children’s and adult’s parties, festivals, weddings and venues on the Sunshine Coast and throughout South East Queensland. Brighten up your next special occasion with a facepaint event with Gabrielle!
Gabrielle also creates and designs fantastic hand-knitted beanies in rainbow and forest colours, warm and cosy accessories to complement all wardrobes. WonderWings – genuine fairy wings for special occasions and costumery, are a new magical product.
All Gabrielle’s services and products can be booked and ordered online.
Freedom for Palestine
Sibagraphics wholeheartedly endorses OneWorld’s new song “Freedom for Palestine” and the call from Palestinian people for boycott, divestment and sanctions of Israel until Israel respects international law, installs equal rights for all, ends its apartheid oppression and recognises the right of Palestinian people to return to their lands.
“Yesterday’s South African township dwellers can tell you about today’s life in the Occupied Territories… More than an emergency is needed to get to a hospital; less than a crime earns a trip to jail… If apartheid ended, so can the occupation. But the moral force and international pressure will have to be just as determined. The current divestment effort is the first, though certainly not the only, necessary move in that direction.”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his work against apartheid in South Africa
“The so-called ‘Palestinian autonomous areas’ are bantustans. These are restricted entities within the power structure of the Israeli apartheid system.”
– Nelson Mandela
“For over 20 years Israel has expanded by force of arms. After every stage in this expansion Israel has appealed to “reason” and has suggested “negotiations”. This is the traditional role of the imperial power, because it wishes to consolidate with the least difficulty what it has already taken by violence. Every new conquest becomes the new basis of the proposed negotiation from strength, which ignores the injustice of the previous aggression. The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned, not only because no state has the right to annexe foreign territory, but because every expansion is an experiment to discover how much more aggression the world will tolerate.”
– Bertrand Russell, 1970
“No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate?”
– Bertrand Russell, 1970
Open Office Classes in Cooroy
Using open source software makes great sense – achieve full functionality, forward implementation and upgrades in the secure knowledge that your software is not going to cost you anything except your time and effort to learn. To help you expedite your switch to free open source software, Linda Morrell is presenting 2 free tutorials at Cooroy Library about Open Office and its benefits against Microsoft Office. She is following up with some work shops teaching Writer – Calc – Impress – Draw – Base. Forget Microsoft Office and save yourself major expense from purchase and upgrades, make the move to Open Office!
Free Presentations Cooroy Library
Tuesday afternoon 1 pm – 2.30 pm 10th May
Wednesday evening 6 pm – 8.30 pm 11th May
Classes at Cooroy Library Beginning 17th May
Work shops every Tuesday 1 pm – 2.30 pm and Wednesday Evenings 6 pm – 8.30 pm
Teaching Free Down Loads and Upgrades and how to use Open Office – Writer – Calc – Impress – Draw – Database for $15 per session
PRE-BOOK FOR FREE INTRODUCTORY CLASSES & WEEKLY PAID WORKSHOPS HERE
(Click on the links on the above days in May)
Paid Workshop Classes must be booked and prepaid at least 7 days in advance. You can book and pay at the FREE INTRODUCTORY CLASSES or phone/email through your details to Linda Morrell at 07 5446 6367 or 0403 172 534, email
PLACES ARE LIMITED SO ENSURE YOUR PLACE NOW BY BOOKING EARLY!
Designing for Dyslexics
Interesting article with tips for accessibility for dyslexics. Wondering if white text on black backgrounds is also a problem for these people, like black text on white backgrounds.
Happy Holidays
Social Media Engagement is Essential
Latest stats on Australian usage of social media show that it is imperative for businesses to become involved, savvy users. Let Sibagraphics know if you need any assistance becoming engaged in social media – we can help.
The Ultimate Florist at the Noosa Wedding Ring
Fabulous Noosa florist, The Ultimate Florist, has received a revamp of their page at the Noosa Wedding Ring.
The Ultimate Florist offers stunning wedding bouquets and themed flowers for any festive occasion.
Happy Christmas & a Fabulous 2009
Twitter for Business 2
Information supporting the use free social networking program Twitter in business is proliferating.
Paul Rasmussen has some very useful tips:
Follow industry leaders who post links to important resources and influence conversations
* Post questions for quick answers and answer others’ questions to establish your credibility and expertise
* Create links to your Web site or blog (don’t over do it!)
* Keep up on the buzz in your industry
* Network with like-minded people.
Twitter takes only a few minutes to set up and using it could prove to be one of the best business decision’s you’ve made. You can use your mobile phone to update your tweets and the immediacy of the medium means it can be used as a convenient instant contact and support facility for your customers while you are on the move.