Meet Bimbi

Welcome to My Wiki  free resource hub - where as creatives' should be able to get a wide range of inspiring support information sourced from formal and informal trainings gathered through my hurdles in the pursuit of my 'Holy grail' as a musician. Focusing on kickstarting our creative product's marketing, PR and communications.

Whether you're completely new to using digital media to enhance your  creative product, or just need to take your skills to the next level, these free guides, videos, tips and factsheets should readily help you to use and cover every aspect of what you'll need to make your voice not only heard, but relevant.
In everything from designing a effective website to creating an online community and learning to improve it all through web analytics.

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(Intro) - Digital Accessibility...

Welcome to this beautiful loving season for which we have to show love, even if you don't intend to. In this celebration mood I have decided to start a new page I have titled 'My Wiki'. In this age and time of our fast growing industry, competition has been a gain and more of a pain in the a*s.
Therefore we as up-coming (and also made) artists are forced to work and strive harder than we did a minute ago, cos someone else has just completed his reality that is still our dream.

Don Jazzy

Managing our creative businesses will therefore always be challenging especially when there are never enough resources to cater for present times, not to talk of the forced innovative steps and tensions we experience and have to take as generators of creative ideas. Imagine the pain 2face Idibia had to go  through in the late 1990s in other to get his voice heard, or the amount of persuasive words and actions Ayo Shonaiya had to make just to convince every single person he met in the early years of the modern African music scene, and even the amount of cash spent on publicity by Don Baba J to prove D'banj was worth listening to10 years back. Just as we artists know that our products  are intangible and risked high in working with other forms of institutions like banks... Hmm, now what's my plan?

Well, I am willing to share innovative ideas I have gained through formal and informal studies of the industry. Every week, covering one topic after the other on how we can help ourselves as artists, especially if we can't afford the creative products we intend to burst out as the internet have given us (cheap) power worth millions five years ago.

Freebies yea! And did you ask what I stand to gain from giving you these valuable infos for free? I guess you know who I am now :)

Now lets get down to today's wiki focusing on 'Digital Accessibility'. I will be drawing from a resource training with Jonathan Hassell (Director, Hassell Inclusion) at Media Trust, where we will see how to implement accessibility across our digital communications.


Digital Accessibility

Digital Accessibility is often a misunderstood concept.

It isn't just a form of billboard that would possible be ignored at every sight.

It’s about working to ensure your website, intranet, widget, workplace application, mobile site, mobile app, or IPTV app is able to be used by as many people in music, film, art, fashion or any type of creative audiences as possible.

It’s about recognising that no product is ever going to be usable to all users, and finding a reasonable, justifiable way of balancing the resource costs of inclusion against the benefits. And it’s about letting your users know when you’ve not been able to fully support their needs.

Fundamentally, it’s about understanding the challenges of inclusion, and solving them in creative ways, to gain a bigger audience so your product is more successful. To simplify the big grammar, 'make any of your on line product have a justifiable goal'. No matter how small, no matter how simple or useless you think it might be it should, have a measurable value its adding to you. And trust me, facebook, twitter, youtube or even photo bucket is not a while-away-time tool for we artists. Reed More...


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Blogging (How and it's Essence)...

1. Do You Need A Blog At All?

Blog is a widely used word and its definition has become a little vague. It means a website that is designed to foster two-way dialogue among a community of people interested in each other or a specific subject. Does that sound like something that you might find useful? Then great. If not there are plenty of other ways to become involved in social media. A blog can be useful but only if it's going to be used in the right way.

2. What Will Your Blog Be For?

Having established that a blog might be useful, it's vital to understand what it might do - before you start. You don't need to go into too much detail. However, if you can't explain in a single sentence what the focus of the blog will be, then it's not likely that many people will want to join in.

3. Start A Conversation

Starting a blog is similar to starting a conversation or a debate. The good news is that we all know what a good conversation feels like - and that goes for a bad conversation too! The crucial aspect is you think it's a conversation that will still be of interest six months after you start. And most importantly one that will sustain your interest - as you'll be the one who has to keep it moving along. If, honestly, it's not something you feel very passionate about, then it's unlikely that anyone else will find it that interesting.

4. Keep It Small

It's not a good idea to start a blog expecting the world to arrive at your door. It will be great if they do, but make sure your expectations are realistic. A better approach is to try and target a few people who are interested in your area and are likely to spark a stimulating conversation that others will want to join.  In blog world, conversation is king!

5. It's Not About You!

Blogs are not intended as a way to fan your ego! They are there to create a community of interest. So while your views are important don't forget to listen to what people are telling you. Indeed, you should look to promote the views of your readers before you promote your own. Reed More...

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Developing your online Community...