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Sunday Buffet with Live Music

Sunday Buffet with Live Music

Due to demand, the new Sunday Buffet with Live Music has just been re-launched by Thorfynn’s Restaurant at Monkey Valley Resort, Noordhoek, South Africa.

Sunday Buffet with Live Music @ Monkey Valley Resort, Noordhoek

Sunday Buffet with Live Music

Due to the new website development for Monkey Valley Resort, I do some testing here. If you wish to check out the menu and prices for the Sunday Buffet with Live Music, please go to the website HERE.

Sunday Buffets @ Monkey Valley Resort, Noordhoek, South Africa

 

Monkey Valley Website Development

Things are hectic here as the new arrangements for Christmas and New Year are being made at Monkey Valley… that I then have to translate into something to integrate in my website development on Semiomantics XO. Just wait for it; you will love it :)

Noordhoek Restaurants

Noordhoek Restaurants

Thorfynn’s Restaurant at Monkey Valley Resort certainly ranges amongst the places to go to when it comes to eat, wine and dine in Noordhoek Restaurants! Relaxing on the famous TreeTops Deck and sipping your drink while the sun sets is just not to be missed… in fact, one can get addicted to it! Meanwhile, you can really let go as your kids can play in a safe environment where you can keep an eye on them… and, best of all, your pets are most welcome! Even they will enjoy some personalized service :)

Kids & Pets are welcome at Monkey Valley Resort, Noordhoek, South Africa

 

Noordhoek Restaurants

Noordhoek Restaurants are a hot tip for Capetonians who want to get out of the city buzz and spend some time in a natural and idyllic ambiente where you still hear the fisheagle’s cry and see whales in the bay.
What makes Thorfynn’s Restaurant so special is its unique position amongst rare, old milkwood forests – which protects it from the fierce galeforce winds that rule at times – and the spectacular views across Noordhoek Beach and the Atlantic Ocean. You gotta see it to believe it…

And then – of course – there is Darren Byrne with his smiling Team who will do their best to make your visit enjoyable. After the cold and rough winter months, there’s a new spirit and as I am developing the new website here… check back regularly as we will now bring out the mouth-watering menus for the holiday season! You will find the relevant info under “Wine & Dine” and under “Events”… Surely, Christmas and New Year 2012 are quite some events to look forward to and to book soon!

Subscribe to Monkey Valley Resort

My best tip for you to keep updated without any spam coming your way ever is to SUBSCRIBE to Monkey Valley Resort – just find it on the new website HERE (RSS top right… or scroll down on the BLOG).

If you haven’t been to Monkey Valley Resort yet, why not go there next Sunday – have a Roast Lunch and listen to LIVE music!

We’ll be back with more soon!

Ycademy October Seminar

Ycademy October Seminar

Today is the second day of the  October Ycademy Seminar on Social Network Marketing, which will also include workshops and hands on implementation of knowledge. Yesterday we covered certain issues relating to Klout ( used to measure social influence) and Facebook, and the developments in both of these  programs. 

Social Network Marketing

Social Network Marketing

Whether we like it or not social media marketing does play a big role in product sales. Word and mouth promotion of products has always benefitted the manufacturers and played a vital role in delivering credibility for a product and used by many MLM companies to develop and deliver their sales.

Today we have the internet, search engines such as Google which can deliver sales  and now the social networking sites where human communication can either condemn a product or company or positively influence sales. Such is the power of these social networking sites.

As the seminar progresses each participant will develop a content flow to build a business profile and authority with tracking and mapping tools that are available, which will help to implement profitable strategies for business online.

 

New Monkey Valley Resort Blog

New Monkey Valley Resort Blog

The new website development for Cape Town’s hottest tip when it comes to nature resorts within a radius of about 30 km from the Mother City: Monkey Valley Resort in Noordhoek, is planned and set out in a highly dynamic and search engine efficient way. This means it has a blog where visitors, clients and Monkey Valley afficinados can expect regular updates in their various topics of interest.

Monkey Valley Resort - What our Guests Say!

So in case you go straight to the Homepage – as explained earlier HERE – make sure you get the inside story by clicking on BLOG… or any other tab that interests you!

Click on the image below and go straight there to have a look… remembering, that I’m still busy at it and hopefully get the details for the integration of the Booking System by tomorrow (Monday). That will make things so much easier for all sides!

New Monkey Valley Resort Blog - Web Design by Bianca Gubalke

 

New Monkey Valley Resort Blog

When you arrive on the new Monkey Valley Resort Blog, you find the main menu at the top, which is always your way back, eg. to the Homepage. But actually there’s no way to get lost here… just find out what interests you and book now! I will create a special button for that as it’s just so important, especially now as the big holiday system around Christmas and the New Year is approaching!

Underneath the top menu, you find 6 tabs in form of attractive sprites that bring you all the information you need about the topic of your interest. We love your comments! There’s also a way to leave your message under “Contact” (top right).

RSS Monkey Valley Resort

If you want to know what’s happening when it happens, subscribe to the RSS Monkey Valley Resort feed stream (top right, next to Contact). Get it right on your screen and enjoy being part of the Monkey valley Family!

Please note that certain things may still change as new items crystallize… Monkey Valley is full of surprises and very creative when it comes to new ideas!!!

What our Guests Say

We love to get positive feedback – and you may find yourself rotating on the website! Just fun!

Just scroll down on the page, check out what interests you and watch the Monkey Valley Videos to get an idea of the atmosphere. All videos were done with a simple handheld NIKON Coolpix P90 for the fun of it… main thing is everyone has a good time and we can share it with the rest of the world! Find us on YouTube!

 

 

 

Global Snapbacks Now Instock!!!!

Global have got there own range of snapback caps instock now, their fresh and classy look has now been scaled onto the old skool snapback with a lot of new skool design. Most of the designs are vocally focused on the home city of Global’s Flagship store which is London. As you can see from the pictures, the caps have a different take on design from all the leading brands out there that are boring and mainstream, Global have only stocked 50 pieces of each cap so there is a high feature of exclusivity which is what we are very well known for.

To Buy Now Click Here….

Or pop instore and pick one up.

Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good  Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek is an inspiring greeting showing Life in a Day, each day, in Noordhoek, South Africa.

Good Morning from Noordhoek by Bianca Gubalke Photography

 

Good  Morning from Noordhoek

It’s amazing to see one’s life evolving within a bigger context – when documented in a simple way as my “Good Morning from Noordhoek” greeting that I created for you over the past month, day after day… sometimes reaching into the evenings when the days were too wet, too gloomy or I just couldn’t get off the hook to do a photo!

On 9th October 2011, we saw the birth of a little sunbird baby on the right side of our terrace, in the huge strelitzia nicolai leaning against my studio wall, sheltered from the winter storms. It was so well hidden that it wasn’t easy to follow developments up in the air! This changed once the little one was out and I followed its first wobbly and wondrous round outside in the big wide world… and its first ‘own’ nibblings while still demanding food from his poor parents like there was no tomorrow! Surely a male :) Meanwhile, he has grown into a beautiful emerald sunbird that greets me every day the moment I open the Studio door!

Now it’s already warmer and another couple of emerald sunbirds have chosen the other side – the sunny side of the terrace… with a view of Chapman’s Peak and the Atlantic Ocean… However, the entrance of the nest facing our atrium so we can basically watch the secret life of birds as they can watch ours, and of course, I have a much better view for the camera.

Again, I am documenting as much as time allows – but the greatest is to enjoy the presence and the trust of these beautiful ethereal beings… they even fly right into my studio at times, sit on the Bali banana trees, look at me with their bright inquisitive pinpoint eyes and a hearty chirp – and out they are again!

May today’s greeting bring you happy moments like this!

 

 

Klout or Harvard

Harvard or Klout?

Recently I came across a video from the Wall Street Journal showing the merits of Klout and discussing some of the perspectives. This leads me to drive the vision further and to ask simple: how will our kids feed their families tomorrow? If the Harvard boys continue to build programs but the asset value shifts away from the program to the individuals populating it, then we may have to rethink economic models and education.

The Klout Report

Below the video which shows what Klout, Social Networking and Social Network Marketing can lead to.

Social Networks Status Quo

Up to now, smart kids built programs and got people to join. These people were building the actual asset value of the program — for free. Many such programs have been sold for billions or went public rewarding the program owners with loads of cash.

Those who actually have built the content, traffic and prestige of the program were not really involved in the benefits of such transactions (think of MySpace, Skype, and others, where subscribers were “sold” multiple times).

Social Profiles, Indexing and Klout

While in the past, programs, like newspapers were analyzed for their target public (market) in order to determine the advertizing value, social profiles are linked to individuals, brands or eventually groups of people. High social indexes in clearly defined market (tags, keywords) will shift the financial power away from programs to where it actually should be: the social profiles, representing high impact, conversion and sales.

My advice to Facebook would be: go public before the market’s attention shifts.

Yorgo Nestoridis on Facebook

Yorgo Nestoridis on Facebook

Education and Family Business

As parents, we only want the best for our children and if in the past it has been generally admitted that a traditional university education is the most promising base for an economically successful life, one may start doubting that this will still be true in the near future. If tomorrow merchants sponsor social profiles and their owners, then it may be tempting to drag your kid as early as possible in front of a computer and let him collect Likes. The issue is: instead of focusing on traditional schooling, one could let the child build its social index, which, if well managed may rake in millions comparable to show or sports stars.

You could also imagine a whole family working on one and the same social profile, to expand influence. The Social Profile becomes an immaterial material asset in as much as an advertising value is attached to it.

Changing Shopping Habits and Legal Frameworks

Tomorrow, there is no more need for traditional supermarkets, expensive shops in downtown areas and well dressed staff. Shopping will be recommendation based and take place online. Costly networks of distributors will be to expensive, companies will sell directly and select a few high social profiles to recommend their goods and services.

People will look for a benefit and find the appropriate recommendations on Google and in Social Networks. Influential profiles will make money like never before. Such profiles don’t need to be wrapped up in companies limited by shares. The can exist without any particular legal framework, however you could imagine that such profiles may want to build goodwill and associate themselves with NGOs or even become a Foundation whereas then the family members would be the people running the foundation.

And what if the Consumption Driven Society evolves

This would probably be the best that can happen, however then the Social network Bubble and the material interest therein would pass. Now that would be a real revolution for the 21st century!

 

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Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek is an inspiring greeting showing Life in a Day, each day, in Noordhoek, South Africa!

Good Morning from Noordhoek by Bianca Gubalke Photography

 

Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek started with heavy rain showers… and I had to go out for most of the day. While being in the area, I noticed the most incredible cloud formations above Chapman’s Peak and Silvermine Nature Reserve as well as above the Atlantic Ocean… I stopped many times to do some quick shots… it was absolutely astonishing! While I missed a beautiful rainbow as I was told, the sun came out in a blast and everything was shining like in a new light.

King Protea Photo

That’s when I took the above photo of a stunning King Protea right here along the path up to my home on the mountain… with bees and beetles having a late breakfast and a warm bath in the  sun.

End of Mayan Calendar

Here’s wishing you a blessed Friday – just the right swing to start into the weekend!

I’m sure there will be a stunning sunset today – which is a special day as it marks the end of the Mayan Calendar and the beginning of the era of Co-Creation and Unity. I hope that’s why we’ve come here in the first place…

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