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Targeted Ad Delivery

If you promote your Business on the Internet, it’s all about Advertising and being visible on Google Top 10 as that’s where most of the free Traffic is.

Traffic means people and visitors searching something on Google. They punch in a keyword or a key phrase – and if you offer what they need, you want your website or blog to come up like magic on the very first Google page that opens. There may be 10, 1000’s or many millions of search returns – what counts is the first page… and perhaps page 2. That’s the truth. Noone actually looks any further.

Based on this fact you realize that there is just one place where your Ad has to absolutely show up – and that’s on Google Top 10.

Targeted Ad Delivery

Targeted Ad Delivery is exactly what Best YORGOO Booster does for you – fast and at a surprisingly affordable price as you can see in our SHOP HERE.

Best YORGOO Booster is the most aggressive and efficient Internet Marketing Tool when it comes to bringing your Product or Service right under peoples’ noses; they are so attractive and irresistible that one simply has to click on them!

Best YORGOO Booster

With YORGOO Booster you have no worries: the technical setup and configuration based on your choice of keywords will be done by an experienced professional.

Besides, you have peace of mind as your new advertising arm will only be delivered to you once properly indexed on Google.

And lastly, this is a highly automated process designed to support and push your main blog to the top – as part of a mini network.

Digital Advertising

As you will see, what stands out is a huge, eye-catching ad right at the top of the page, so what counts is a real good image or graphic design that’s so tempting that people have a natural reflex to click on it.

Best YORGOO Booster offers lots of additional advertising space in form of widgets in the side bars as well as above, inbetween and below posts. Feature your Amazon Shop, run Google Ads etc – and most importantly: get your own Ad quickly up to Google Top 10 and pull your main blog with you.

Digital Advertising with YORGOO Booster becomes an interesting game – a smart strategy that brings fast results.

Talk to Bianca

If you need Captivating Web Graphics for your principal Ad, get in touch with me via the Contact Form on this site and let’s get that unique visual hook out there ASAP!

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Building Your Personal Blog

I thought a while before choosing the title “Building Your Personal Blog” for an article where I actually focus on the importance of having one’s own “Author Blog”.
Why did I hesitate?

It’s the terminology: many people believe that one has to be an author – in other words an accomplished writer or publisher – to build a name with an “Author Blog”. Actually, in the beginning I thought so myself.
Well, the Internet is the big equalizer and the fact is that everybody can and should build their name, brand, reputation and… authority – ideally with a Customized and Search Engine Optimized Semiomantics Author Blog – amongst the WP Best Themes and CMS out there on the web.

Building Your Personal Blog is about YOU

Building your Personal Blog can be about anything that has to do with YOU – your interests, your opinions, thoughts, Artwork, photos, sketches, products, services and more.

In my above example you see me writing about one of my favourite topics: my Secret Garden and all its exciting inhabitants. It’s my view, my pictures, my words – it reflect who I am and what I stand for. If you click on the picture you can go there directly and have a look as to what an Author Blog looks like and  the many features it offers. . . well, it’s not just any Author Blog of course, it’s Semiomantics, what else?!

Personal Blog as a Diary or Journal

Some people go so far as to  use their Personal Blog as a Diary or Journal.

Here’s a little warning though: As long as they know that everything – absolutely everything on the Internet is never ‘private’ and they don’t confide their most intimite thoughts to this treacherous and unforgetting environment, all is fine – otherwise, wake up and be warned: there is no Privacy on the Internet, ‘Big Brother Is Watching You’ is very much alive here and if you wish certain things not to be known, don’t put them on the Internet – as simple as that.

How to Build Authority and Credibility with your Blog

Having said that, I’d rather refer to this Personal Blog as an “Author Blog” – designed and tuned to build Authority and Credibility with your Blog.

Best Start with a Semiomantics Author Blog

Start Blogging efficiently with a customized Semiomantics Author Blog to:

• control YOUR name and identity;
• do it YOUR WAY – write about anything you like in your words, your personal style;
• build a highly visible and professional Web Presence: YOUR’s!
• prepare a solid foundation for YOUR Brand based on Authority, Credibility and Trust… and
• develop YOUR Authority on Google Top 10 and Social Networks.

Flexibility with Semiomantics Author Blogs

You have a lot of flexibility with Semiomantics Author Blogs, which allows for:

• Personalization of your Blog so it has the exact look you want and suits your taste and style – whether you want to just write about your favorite topics or get that biography out that you had in your head for so long…, whether you want to show photos, videos, slideshows, or simply communicate and interact with others … the sky is the limit!
• Customization following your main topic (keywords, categories, chapters basically) so that your Articles are seen and read where readers really hang out, eg. on Google and Social Networks… meaning Traffic to your Blog!
• Smart, Modern and Practical Features like showing Excerpts with little Thumbnails on the Home Page, so people have a choice… and when they click the whole article opens with bigger pictures.
• Elegance and Style that stand out with Pictures opening in large formats in smoky overlays! Simply unbeatable for your Photo Album or Picture Gallery!
• Make Money Automatically – while you may want to keep your Author Blog ‘clean’ of advertising, you have the opportunity to display commercial ads as well as make money with Google Ads or your Amazon Shop for instance, at any time. You are the Boss!
• Many cool features that give your Author Blog that specific edge: user-friendly Navigation so noone gets lost, Contact Form, About Page, Calendar, Search, RSS, Archives, Latest Posts…
• Trend-conscious and High-tech – with Semiomantics you will always know what’s in and get a chance to change the look whenever you feel like it.
• High Performance and Automation that work in the background while you do what you enjoy: write, post, insert pictures and get lots of compliments and potential customers for your future Brand!
• Add Functionalities and Modules as you need them, eg. a WP Best eShop, a Photo or Art Gallery, a Business Blog, an Advertising Blog, a Kids Blog and more!

Web Design Consulting

Designing websites that appeal and bring the desired results is my Passion!

I am looking forward to providing you with the exact Author Blog you need and together we’ll get top Google rankings.

If you need my personal assistance to help you with your choice please contact me HERE.

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High Performance Publishing

High Performance Publishing – if combined with a search engine optimized Script like Semiomantics XO for example – brings us the results we expect and need… sooner or later depending how heavily the targeted keywords are being fought for. It’s a matter of learning, understanding and applying smart Editing and Website Publishing principles and then applying them correctly within a continuous stream of original content in form of articles, posts, images and even videos.

Oh yes, it’s work … and those who have been going the extra mile over the past years do know what I mean!

High Performance Publishing

High Performance Publishing is a ‘must’ for any website or blog owner who needs to become visible on the top of Google to get Traffic – meaning visitors to his website, meaning potential customers and… sales.

When I wrote and published my last Web Graphics Tutorial with the title: “How to combine Color and Black and White in an Image” I did not have buyers in mind, but to provide our Semiomantics addicts with a guide to become yet a little bit better, yet a little bit more independent and confident in designing their Blogs and giving them an extra edge.

However, having just set up a Semiomantics WP Best eShop this past weekend – by far not finished though – this like any new blog needs regular ‘fuel’ in form of targeted posts.

So having just seen the astonishing high performance publishing result of  “How to combine Color and Black and White in an Image” with 2 entries already on Google Top 10, this is an excellent opportunity to provide my readers with a solid proof of our results in form of a screenshot showcasing our performance :

High Performance with Semiomantics – Google Top 10 on 13,4 million

Semiomantics Consultants Sell Results

High performance Publishing is part of what our regular participants learn at Ycademy Business Building Seminars – in other words a knowledge and skill that is acquired and refined over time, in regular weekly Ycademy Workshops and in individual support and coaching sessions and that then can be sold as a Service with utmost confidence.

Semiomantics Consultants sell Results! They have applied their knowledge and skills over years through their own high performance publishing that puts them ahead of most competitors in terms of Google Top 10 rankings – and this is the result they sell. There’s a lot implied and there may be certain individuals who might want to know more and should simply join the Semiomantics and Ycademy Workshops, but most people who buy a high powered Ferrari are not interested in how the clutch is fabricated and how the machine is tuned: all they want is a top result, be first, be best, be seen: at the top… and in Internet terms that means Google.

If you can beat 13,4 million competitiors with a key phrase like the one above within such a short period of time – just a few hours, perhaps 3, perhaps less… I didn’t look… I know… we are used to this and it’s normal – well, if that’s a non-disputable fact, IMAGINE what we at Web Design Consulting could do for YOU!

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How to Combine Color and Black and White in an Image

I’ve always had a faible for Black and White Photography, and in my experimental filmwork – especially for the advertising industry in Europe – I then integrated an item in color. It is a good way to focus the viewers’ attention exactly where we want to have it.

However, this was very complex and costly in the old days.

Today, with the incredible advancement of modern technology and especially Graphic software, programs and tools like Adobe Photoshop CS4 – it has become so easy… if you know what you do!

In this Web Graphics Tutorial I will show you, step-by-step, how to combine Color and Black and White in an Image – one image. I will do this using the same picture with the honey bee on a flowering gum that served to introduce you to one of several ways of creating rounded corners – which we need for our brand-new Semiomantics eSHOP. Yeah… I better get my act together and create them for myself too… it will happen :)

How to Combine Color and Black and White in an Image

Here’s how to combine Color and Black and White in an Image using Adobe Photoshop CS4 – just follow the steps, ideally with a picture that has a clearly defined focus – like perhaps your face – and a background that’s not just plain but has some Laura Ashley movement in it… meaning some sort of floral or other design … not just a simple plain background:

1.

Open your Photoshop and pull in your designated jpg for instance.

You see it on the LAYERS menu to the right, a nice colorful picture. If you don’t see that menu, open it from Windows at the top. Fine!

2.

At the top under IMAGES > ADJUSTMENTS open the drop-down menu and click on DESATURATE.

As a result, you get a black and white picture – all colors are gone now. Check it on your Layers menu – it’s the same. As you see on my example, even the legend at the bottom is in black now.

3.

Open your HISTORY menu now – also to the right – and you see your original in color and, underneath, the ‘desaturate’ command you just implemented. Fine!

4.

On the bottom of the History menu you see a SNAPSHOT button – click it to take a snapshot of the current black & white image. You see it showing immediately underneath your original in color.

5.

What we want to do now is restore the color in the bee… (… or your face…) and as I did in a second stage, in the main flower – so the background basically remains monochrome.

Right – let’s go!

First, make sure the original picture on top of the History menu shows the History ICON to the left – it means we will work on the colors.

Alternatively, if we want to say restore some of the black and white background as we messed it up, then we need to tick the Snapshot picture… so the idea is to move between these two to get the desired result.

Don’t stress about it if it’s not yet clear to you, just follow the steps and you will see it all falls into place!

6.

We will now use the HISTORY BRUSH on the left tool menu and – with the mouse tip or, better, a graphic pen – paint on the picture.

If you followed the above advice, you will see that the moment your pen tip touches your image, it restores the original color of the picture! Just do it and observe how this works… there’s no other way of learning this.

If you color in too much – say you create some color spots on the background that you want to keep grey, then go back to the History Menu on the right side of your screen and tick the Snapshot. Now get to work again and you see that you can take away color this way.

So you understand that you can add of the original color or eliminate it as you wish.

For the delicate areas use the zoom at the top or on the navigator to increase the size so you can work more precisely.

You can also change the diameter of the History Brush on the little dropdown menu at the top depending on the size of the area you are working on – and you can adapt the opacity as well if you do some refined work in transitional areas, say between hair and the background – you see it on the light fluff on the back of the honey bee. Of course, one can spend lots of time refining this – and in real Artwork etc you would. Here my main purpose is to demonstrate how it works and to get a pleasing result myself.

7.

Once you have colored an item while leaving the monochrome background untouched and you are satisfied with your result, SAVE the image for the web and upload to your server.

of course, nothing stops you from going to Layer > Duplicate Layer… and play with filters and adjustments now – that’s how I achieved the blue background. Have Fun!

Adobe Photoshop CS4 at YCADEMY Workshops

We will look into this as well as yesterday’s ’rounded corner’ exercise and also how smart Plugins can make our life much easier … at today’s Ycademy Workshop starting at 7 pm London time in our YCADEMY Conference Room.

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How to Create Rounded Corners

When creating a look that stands out a bit from the rest on a website – like we did for our new Semiomantics Shop at the smashing Ycademy Business Building Seminar this past weekend -, it’s all about details… even if it’s just about whether a corner is sharp at 90 degrees or rounded or swung in a decorative fashion.

With all Seminar participants professionally equipped with Adobe Photoshop, everything becomes possible for the knowledgeable web graphic designer, and here is a brief Web Graphics Tutorial as to “How to Create Rounded Corners” – ending with a picture like this:

How to Create Rounded Corners

Here is a step-by-step guide for you to follow and get the exact same result as I do – just click the images to get a bigger view in the overlay and simply observed what I have done… it should be really clear… :

1.

Open your Photoshop and pull in an image that you want to give some rounded corners, say at 15 degrees.

Open … and browse to your Pictures and select one.

2.
On the left side Tools bar, click the ROUNDED RECTANGLE TOOL.

3.
On the top horizontal bar, set the Radius to 15 px and see to it that you also select the rounded corner rectangle here of course.
Now place the cursor – which is a little cross now – a little to the inside of the top right corner and pull it over your picture, so that you have equal distances and a fine ‘frame’.

4.
Now you’ll be shocked that your picture disappears – duh! What happened?
No stress! Right-click on the layer – which now shows a Shape – and the Layer Styles with the BLENDING OPTIONS at the top open. Scale down the Blend Mode Opacity to 0… and you will see your picture appears again – like magic!

5.
Go to PATHS. If you don’t find them on the right side of your screen, click on Windows at the top, tick Paths and you have it. Whenever you miss a tool, chances are big you find them here.
Now right-click on the highlighted (blue) Shape 1 Vector Mask.
The Make Selection Popup opens – just as you see it on the picture here.

6.

Give it the values as on the screenshot – i.e. :

Rendering: Feather Radius : 0
Tick anti-aliased
Operation: New Selection
OK

You see the ‘marching ants’ now…

7.
At the top, go Edit > Copy Merged

8.
Then go File > New and open a new transparent picture; its size should be big enough for the picture you just worked on.

9.
Then go File > Paste

HOPPLA! Your picture with the rounded corners waits for you!

Now you can save it and use as you intended to!

Ycademy Workshop

I hope this was of help; if I missed something or wasn’t explicit enough, or you get lost somewhere… let me know! We will do this exercise and more about creating Web Graphics and Images at tomorrow’s Ycademy Workshop at 7 pm London time in yorGOtalk, our brilliant Conference Room by Microsoft!

I wish you much success in Creating your own Web Graphics!

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Bianca Gubalke Products Shop

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. . .

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Web Design

What’s the Secret of successful Web Design and a fat, satisfied Bee?

• Configuration
• Optimization
• Customization
• Functionality
• High Performance!

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The Gift of Listening

During this precious yet in many ways loud and commercialized time between Christmas and New Year, find some moments where you give yourself space – ideally in Nature – and… listen.

Become totally still.

Quietly observe the energy and beauty that surround you; open yourself as they slowly embrace and flow into you… dissolving time and space… gently pulling you into a stream of consciousness where you are totally at peace and filled with the joy of just Being. Being connected. Connected with Oneness, Energy, Being.

Once you received this ‘Gift of Listening’… pass it on as the most profound gift you can ever give. Behold its essence as you move into the new year and life’s madness claims you back again…

The Gift of Listening

What do I mean with passing on the “Gift of Listening”?

There is so much talking, chatting, interaction of human minds… and so little real understanding which comes from really listening… meaning giving the other person room and space for expression, for being… and then taking it in with your entire being… feeling… before you think, before you respond, before preparing your own answer, clinging to your own mind, your own ego, your you.

Real listening is being in touch with one another on a much deeper level, a level beyond thought, where we are all One. That’s true Communication where magic can happen.

Thinking of you, Besma Bashier!

Besma Bashier

Talking of Magic!

I am thinking of you, dearest Besma, and your family… as after all this time you have finally settled in your new ‘home’, you are coming to ‘peace’.

I am passing on your good wishes to everyone who reads this and our blessings are with you… and our hope to see your lovely smile and hear your gentle voice live soon again!

Wishing YOU Happy Holidays and a Graceful Moment of Stillness!

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