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.
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.
WordPress directions at #wordcampau
#wordcampau participants were lucky to catch up with advances in the popular, versatile blogging software, WordPress with a keynote address by Matt Mullenweg, the developer of WP. WordPress 2.7 will be available in December with loads more features. Matt alerted participants to a new WordPress template http://monotonedemo.wordpress.com/, where page colours and widths alter according to the colour and size photos which are added – could be a winner for a photography site. He tantalised the audience with a reference to the WordPress 2.6 Maxtrix Easter Egg.
The impending release of collaborative plugin BuddyPress was foreshadowed, an innovation set to energise and transform WordPressMU (the multi-user version of WordPress) with social interaction.
The beauty of WordPress is the user friendliness of its CMS (Content Management System), its extensibility with a wide choice of plugins, easy to read Help section and ready availability of templates. A collaborative networking facility will be the icing on the cake.
The online presentation was nifty, demonstrating the versatility of WordPress with integration of video streaming via Stickam, photos via Flickr and the inclusion of a Twitter stream using Monitter.
Other useful hints – collaborative tool ProjectPier, SlideShare, a site for sharing online slide presentations and of significant interest to businesses, the WordPress e-Commerce Plugin highlighted by developer Dan Milward.
Twitter for your Business
Here’s a list of useful links to help businesses use the social networking tool Twitter to explore new marketing methods and enhance communication with suppliers, clients or customers.
Twitter for Business : 10 Things To Consider Before You Get Started.
How Twitter will change your business
Getting the Hang of the Twitter Culture
Social Media for Accountants Presentation
Twitter your Vids with Ffwd, if you dare
Australian CEOs are using Twitter – read their feeds and discover how Twitter is implemented in their businesses.
Twitter Business | The Business of Social Media
Lots of Twitter Tools to augment your tweeting experience
More Twitter Tools
Follow Sibagraphics on Twitter.
Once you have set up your twitter, follow @Twitter_Tips for handy hints on improving your use of Twitter.
Social networking tools and customer complaints
Please feel free to add your Twitter related link in the comments section of this post!
Google SearchWiki
How will google deal with the assault on its SearchWiki by spammers? and will it be used in developing page rank?
“The changes you make only affect your own searches. But SearchWiki also is a great way to share your insights with other searchers. You can see how the community has collectively edited the search results by clicking on the “See all notes for this SearchWiki” link.”
Voting on and annotating our sites and coopting our friends, employees and co-workers to do so too may be yet another chore to add to the ever expanding list of compulsory SEO tasks.
Ninderry Manor Japanese dinner
Again, we have enjoyed the superb cooking and hospitality of the Sunshine Coast region’s premier bed and breakfast, Ninderry Manor, with hosts Miyuki and Aki Kitabatake, for a fabulous Japanese dinner in their elegant dining room. Since we have dined there several times in the past and unfailingly return, Aki determined that this time, we would experience some dishes which Japanese enjoy as part of their normal dining.
The mouthwatering and very healthy menu consisted of
(1) Crispy tempura prawns, pumpkin, capsicum and lotus roots with dipping sauce into which we stirred delicious grated radish.
(2) Teriyaki swordfish with lime and lemon pepper, set off to perfection with sesame sauce and homemade pickled ginger.
(3) Kon Nyaku – beef with vegetables, homemade yam noodles and divine shitake mushroom, with seven different spices in a broth of soy, sugar and ginger.
(4) Roasted eel in nori roll alongside a mixed sushi of rice, spring onion, sesame seed and seaweed topped with salmon roe, accompanied by wakame – a miso soup with tofu and seaweed.
(5) The dessert piece de resistance – a quartet of homemade icecreams – vanilla, green tea, black sesame seed and the delicious azuki bean.
Ninderry Manor is not to be missed – for unforgettable dinners and short relaxing holidays on the Sunshine Coast.
Happy 2008
To all our many clients and friends, we wish much happiness and prosperity for the coming year! If you look closely, in the foreground you will see a hungry green critter who shared the solstice season with us sheltering from the wet, enjoying christmas cake.
Fabulous weekend at Ninderry Manor Bed and Breakfast
Our yearly luxury weekend at the wonderful Ninderry Manor Bed and Breakfast on the Sunshine Coast trumped even last year’s magnificent experience. From the delicious sunset cocktails and artistic hors d’ouvres to the divine Japanese dinner cuisine dreamed up by Aki to the mouth-watering French inspired breakfasts, we and our friends were relaxed and pampered, enjoying the revitalisation of our friendship in the most elegant, inspirational surroundings. Each stylish bedroom has its charm and boasts as part of the fare a selection of bon bons, chocolates and after dinner port.
The Japanese dinner was absolutely heavenly and unforgettable – except for the names of the dishes! Yet incorporated into the superbly presented four course menu were my favourite food fetish – shitake mushrooms, along with scrumptious parcels of asparagus and beef and Aki’s dessert specialty – sesame seed homemade icecream amongst other delectable surprise fantasies. Nowhere else in our experience is food presented so artistically, and the flavours are just unbelievably unique and delicious.
For the final breakfast, Aki presented us with another delight – caramelised fruit – to die for. We’ll be back – as soon as possible!
Thanks to Aki, here’s the complete menu from our special fabulous dinner.
Mixed Japanese Antipasti
– Light Prawn Fritter (Ebi-Shinjo)
– Omelette Roll w/English Spinach and Shimeji Mushrooms
– Smoked Salmon Roll w/Prawn, G-Beans, Carrot and Cucumber
– Scallop Teriyaki w/Japanese Lime Pepper Sauce and Japanese Basil
Tuna Tartar Style
Mini Sushi Rolls Variations
– Salmon Raw – Cod Raw
– Deep Fried Bean Curd (Inari)
– Turnip – Unagi
Main Meal
– Rolled Beef Asparagus with Miso Sauce & Seven Flavoured Chilli
Dessert/ Ice-cream
– Green Tea – Boysenberry
– Black Sesame – Sweet Red Bean Paste
Prosperity, intellect and wisdom for 2007
This year, we send our best wishes for prosperity and peace – it’s about time all of us had a bit of a rest from interminable bloodshed over resources, religion and global supremacy. Rather than using reason to develop a logical, secular code of ethical behaviour which considers the best interests of fellow human beings as well as their own, it seems too many humans depend upon crude instincts and irrational brutish faith to justify baseless feelings of cultural superiority and barbaric slaughter of and stealing from other humans.
To celebrate our alternative peaceful vision for enlightenment in 2007, we’ve made a desktop wallpaper featuring Ganesha, a Hindu deity symbolising intellect, wisdom and prosperity.
We’ve also taken the time to add some of our latest artwork and greeting cards to our online art gallery.
Enjoy!