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Monday Mentions – Entrepreneur Incubator (EI)

Nic — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:19:30 +0000

This week’s Monday Mentions is focused on the Entrepreneur Incubator or EI for short. EI is a membership based organisation dedicated to developing and growing Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. They also offer training programmes for matric scholars interested in starting their own businesses.

EI is run by Bruce Wade. In 2005 Bruce left his 20 year career in the IT corporate world to serve as a life coach. He has a passion for helping small and large businesses succeed as well as equipping entrepreneurs with the tools they’ll need to effectively and successfully thrive in the business environment. Through the years he has developed a multitude of products, workshops and training material, with numerous clients across a broad spectrum of industries.

Today Bruce offers everyone the unfair advantage by using EI’s free Business Feasibility Assessment which is available when you register on their website. So before you start to build or plan a business visit their website to find out how to do it properly – www.ei.co.za.

If you are in Grade 12 then why not join EI’s matric programme geared at training school leavers to succeed in the business world. To find out more about it visit his website by clicking here.

NB Media is proud to be an associate of EI and highly recommends their services.

Monday Mentions – SPLING Movies

Nic — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:15:02 +0000

Welcome to the first “Monday Mentions” on NB Media. Each Monday a client of NB Media will be showcased on the blog and mentioned on our Facebook page and Twitter. The aim of this is to promote the numerous clients of NB Media and give you, the reader, some useful information on local businesses.

Today’s client is SPL!NG Movies.

SPL!NG Movies is owned and run by Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling. His website, www.spling.co.za, is dedicated to reviewing movies and providing you with information so that you can make an informed decision when next picking a film to watch. Stephen is not just a film fanatic but also has a B.A. degree in Film, Media and Visual Studies from the University of Cape Town. It’s the combination of these two elements, passion and training, that help to provide valuable insights and reflections on all his movie reviews.

SPL!NG not only provides great movie reviews, each with their own rating on the SPLING-O-METER, but also has another service to make the decision of what movie to watch, even easier – SMS reviews. To read more about this fantastic offering click here.

SPL!NG movies is the ultimate site for anything and everything to do with movies and film. Not only can you read online reviews but you can also buy DVDs and film merchandise as well. With Christmas just around the corner why not visit their website and see what you can get for a loved one.

NB Media’s new website

Nic — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:47:40 +0000

It’s now official! NB Media has launched it’s new website.

Now you can subscribe to our free monthly newsletters and find out more about our Social Media Courses.

You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

To see the all new website visit www.nbmedia.co.za. You’ll be glad you did

NB Media’s new website is coming soon

Nic — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:12:05 +0000

It’s been in the development stages for a while now and finally NB Media’s new and improved website is nearly ready. The great unveiling will be on Monday 9 November.

Trust me – you don’t want to miss it!

How to install an RSS reader simply

Nic — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:35:17 +0000

An RSS reader is a wonderful device. At NB Media I have found an RSS reader to be of great use. Even if you are technically challenged this guide will help you to install one quickly and simply.

The aim of NB Media’s blog is to introduce you to design, in all it’s various formats, and especially it’s ability impact today’s society. Most social media platforms can be rather confusing for the first time user. Here I will discuss various platforms and how they can be relevant to your business in Somerset West, Cape Town. In order to keep up-to-date with all the blog posts I suggest that you create a RSS feed reader. “A WHAT?!” I hear you say. Don’t worry, I’ll explain.

An RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed reader lets you gather various blogs that you are interested in following and then displays their articles on one page. You can kind of think of it as a newspaper. The newspaper gathers stories from the millions of events happening around the world and compacts it into one edition with articles it views as most important. The big difference here is that YOU get to CHOOSE what you want to read. Pretty cool hey!

There are various RSS readers but the one I suggest is iGoogle. To get you started here is a video tutorial. This is the first session in the tutorial and will guide you through setting up iGoogle. Don’t worry it’s pretty darn easy

This video will describe how to set up your RSS feed reader so you can follow any blog that you wish. In all your excitement don’t forget to follow this one though! In the tutorial the guy mentions a lot of techno stuff like “Wikis” and “Delicious”. Again, don’t worry too much about this as we can cover it all later on.

Well, hopefully by following the instructions on the tutorial you can have a RSS feed reader by the end – they are wonderful things and save you loads of time.

To subscribe to NB Media’s blog simply click the little rounded square RSS icon that has 3 curved lines in it. You will find it in your address bar at the top of the page and it looks like this:

Once you’ve clicked it just follow the instructions. If you do get stuck just let me know.

To your design success!

Nic – NB Media