Greetings! I was browsing some of my photos and I came across these delicious little moments from a trip to Miami! I felt inspired to write about my recommendations, especially seeing as it’s officially Summer here in North America. (more…)
I previously wrote about San Diego a bunch of times here. Being from Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa (the east coast), I’m used to the beach. By the way, if you’re new to my blog, I write + take pictures of special moments along my travels. For more on African moments, I highly suggest: Chasing Elephants in Addo Elephant Park. (more…)
Organize your tour through the South African Cape Winelands now via Global Base Camps.
*Cover photo taken an Haute Cabriere winery
“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.” – Maya Angelou
*Taken in Austin, Texas
Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Theatre District Hotel
The Palmer was originally built as a wedding present from Potter Palmer, one of the owners of Palmer Industries, to his bride Bertha Honoré. It opened on September 26, 1871, but burned down just 13 days later on October 9, 1871 in the Great Chicago Fire.
Some gorgeous images to brighten your day + keep your creative content flowing. All these images are 100% copyright free (licensed under Creative Commons Zero which means you can copy, modify, distribute + use the photos for free, including commercial purposes, without asking permission from or providing attribution to the photographer). Use them in your digital projects! Nature is super inspiring to me right now. I am on instagram @misstamikajade – let me know what you think! I’m also all about inspiration on my Facebook page.
Denim Day Story with Fashion Week Brooklyn
We took to the streets of Williamsburg to raise awareness for the up-coming Denim Day NYC with Fashion Week Brooklyn. See photos below!
I modelled at Brenaissance wine estate this past weekend for a bridal editorial with photographer Veronique Mills, wedding gown designer Elizabeth Stockenstrom + Bijoux Jewellery. Brenaissance is any bridal couple’s dream venue. The Bridal suite is beautifully decorated. There’s a white glass fronted chapel that overlooks the vineyards. The venue is a blank canvas and it’s got all the amenities needed for an amazing wedding! If you feel like relaxing at the restaurant on a saturday, they’ve launched their new picnic menu. They also have a brand new wine tasting deck. They offer the most delicious wine paring pizza + lovely cheese cake to top it all off. The shoot was so much fun! I’m confident the images will be pretty awesome. Read more on an article I wrote for aspiring models on how to make magic in front of the camera. I’ve also got more photos of behind-the-scenes on my instagram @misstamikajade.
+ Photography – Veronique Photography
+ Hair – Huidrie Marais
+ Models – Chanel Wessels, Tamika Doubell, Anesia Joseph
+ Make-up – Pipa Cross
+ Venue – Brenaissance Wine Estate
+ Dresses – Elizabeth Stockenstrom
+ Jewellery & Hair pieces – Marnell Nortje {Bijoux Jewellery}
Building a brand is a funny thing. You want people to get the clearest understanding of who you are, but often you over complicate the process. My experience has taught me it’s really not that hard. Keeping things absolutely simple is key. If your business is online, it’s especially important to make your product easy to use for the user. Successful branding hinges on people coming back for more (products, information, entertainment). This means you need to become a habit for them. A habit is defined as: “a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.” In his book on building habit-forming products, Nir Eyal (a Stanford lecturer + author) shares a perspective on how to think about building products people want to use. It’s called the Fogg Behavioural Model and was created by Stanford computer scientist, B. J. Fogg:
The Fogg Behaviour Model illustrates that the best path to get more people using your product is to make your product easier to use. If you make your product simpler, you increase the probability of your customers crossing the “Activation Threshold” + performing the behaviour.
Nir notes,
“Influencing behaviour by reducing the effort required to perform an action is more effective than increasing someone’s desire to do it. Make your product so simple that users already know how to use it, and you’ve got a winner.”
Remember this when you’re working on your next project. Keep it simple + you’re guaranteed to make your product, a habit.
