Showing posts with label Giveaway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giveaway. Show all posts

Monday, 15 October 2018

Shine Through the Noise 2: Release + $300 GIVEAWAY!!!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY!!!
Shine Through the Noise 2
by 
Akasha Garnier
BUY NOW:
Buenos Dias y'all!


Join me as we celebrate the Release of Akasha's new book #Shine2!! Woooohooo! I'm beyond excited for the release of this book & cannot wait to read this amazingly beautiful book with you. If you recall we did the cover reveal for her first book Secrets to Shine Through the Noise and furthermore, had the unique honor of the Cover reveal for this companian book #Shine2!!
Akasha has also joined us for a quick Movie Tag on the 9th of June 2016, read more about it Here

Author, Producer, Filmmaker

Many of you know me as a great music fan. Some know that at 17 I wrote my first sponsor letter to First Avenue in Minneapolis to partner with my college radio show (they said yes!). Several of our First Ave friends were in my Honors' Composition class and 2 of them became my co-hosts. We wrote and won a grant that resulted in an open-air radio station. And I believed in the power of writing.

I've parlayed such connections into brands on a mission and the power of giving back. Thanks to all who helped us Go Gold with Teen Cancer America  during September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness month!

Now, It’s book launch and a giveaway time! I'm excited to feature several success stories and many ways to #ShineThroughtheNoise and #sparkcreativity.

To celebrate the Shine Through the Noise sequel launch week we’re doing a $300 painting giveaway by Jim Musil, an inspiring professional painter, friend and mentor.

I was a little shy my freshmen year in Minneapolis after growing up in St. Paul. Jim invited me to learn about radio, production, promotion and benefit concerts hands on. I screwed my courage to the sticking-place (yes, I’m an English major) and started the specialty dance show sponsored by First Avenue. Jim and I were housemates for a year in college with other radio friends in Minneapolis. He was at the helm with our WMMR Board of Directors while pursuing the grant with the University of Minnesota. Radio K (http://www.radiok.org) in Minneapolis was the radio station result!

I remember Jim painting in college. It’s a pleasure to share his creativity and success now!

“This was a blast—lots of energy. I pushed the colors to be more vibrant and warmer which felt like a great fit for AkashaLin,” Jim said when discussing the artwork and inspiration. *

Thanks, Jim! 😊 I’ve been inspired by our discussions and especially by this vibrant painting!!

Check out his website (https://www.jimmusil.com) and brilliant Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jimmusilpainter



#ShineThroughTheNoise GIVEAWAY


Here’s how you can win this $300 painting by artist Jim Musil to have as your daily inspiration:

1. Buy Akasha Garnier’s new book: (paperback or Kindle)

https://www.amazon.com/Shine-Through-Noise-Creativity-Branding/dp/1628655690/

2. Leave a review on Amazon.

You may enter the giveaway from Monday, October 15 – Friday, November 2, 2018.

3. Email a screenshot of your review: success@akashagarnier.com

Bonus entry: You may get another entry by leaving a review for Secrets to Shine through the Noise and emailing that screenshot. success@akashagarnier.com

There’s already a great buzz on Instagram (link to https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnzo8IeDOQh/
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A post shared by Jim Musil (@jimmusilpainter) on

and Twitter from when we share the piece in progress! I’m grateful for that and the positive energy as we start this “Shine 2” chapter.

My journey as an artist and writer at a young age since both of my parents are professional artists. My mother Barbara was getting her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Minnesota when I was growing up; she brought my brother and me into her studios to watch art come alive! Our backyard in St. Paul became a sculpture zoo of life-size animals my mother constructed; as they became weathered she turned to modern art pieces as a founding member of the WAVE gallery in Minneapolis. My father Bob was an Art Director at the 3M headquarters in St. Paul, MN and won several grand prize snow sculpture contests by turning our yards into winter wonderlands! My first trips on a plane came from him winning these prizes, sparking my interest in travel at a young age. I’m proud to say that they did well in business and in art and continue to create. For me creativity has opened many doors. I believe it will for you as well!

My first book Secrets to Shine Through the Noise covers my journey from starving artist to mentorship and the art of giving back. I was working hard in #indiefilm as a screenwriter, actress, producer and film promoter in Minneapolis and Los Angeles. That didn’t pay off for 10 years, but it has now as an author, brand expert and filmmaker. I’ve continued writing, have won awards 11 years in a row for marketing projects and have 3 series in negotiation. In Shine Through the Noise: Spark Creativity we visit with several experts on creativity, business and giving back through this book, series and seminar in the works.

So, please open your mind, playbook and sketchpad as we spark this journey together!

*Also, confession: I was not “Akasha Garnier” in college.
 
Read the #ShineThroughtheNoise series to find out what I learned about names, branding and reinventing ourselves.

Jim Musil painting giveaway is open to U.S. residents and includes free shipping.

There’s one painting to give away and it will be shipped to the winner in November 2018.

There will be other prizes during the next month as we shine together!

Thanks for reading and we welcome your comments!
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Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Love, Simon GIVEAWAY: Private Screening Tickets! Joburg ONLY!


Buenos Dias!

Guess who's going to watch a private screening of Love, Simon WITH LASIZWE!!!
This guy👉☝️ !! Wooohooo!!!🙌🎉


Aaaaannnd! Guess who's coming with me, I've partnered with Phenomenal Media to take some amazing fans & followers with me! 😍😱 I'm Giving away Two Double Tickets to come watch Love, Simon with Lasizwe & I on the 5th of May at Rosebank, Mall - The Zone! Popcorn & Drinks will be provided! so all you gotta do is rock up there with your bubbly smiles & personalities.
This movie only Officially releases in South Africa on the 29th of June, so now's your chance to watch it before everyone else does at this Exclusive event with Lasizwe

***BREAKING NEWS!! Screening has been moved! 12th May.

Here's the Trailer to give you a taste of the awesomeness that will be provided:
Love, Simon Trailer +25M views


Love, Simon is an upcoming American teen comedy-drama directed by Greg Berlanti and based on the novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. The film stars Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Miles Heizer, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel and Tony Hale. Robinson stars as Simon, a 17-year-old closeted gay high school student forced to balance his friends, his family, his email pen pal Blue, and the boy threatening to reveal his true sexuality to the whole school.


Next, check out the DEEP AF vid I posted to my facebook page with so much Feels I just Had to share it! It's a scene between Simon & his mom, played by the undeniably talented Jennifer Garner:
BEST. MOM SPEECH. EVER!😭 
Love, Simon | Exhale | Official Clip 2018 +94k views


Join our Facebook Group to help support this movie & it's release in South Africa
If you've seen my social media posts lately you'll Know how much of a fanatic FANTA-tastic fan I've become over this movie. I love the look & feel of it, the characters & storyline premise. I believe it to be a Real change agent for this country. It's a fun-loving, family oriented movie that's sure to have you cheering along at the end & super relatable to so many different people for so many different reasons.
To give you a scope of the International LOVE for this movie I asked the fans HOW many times they've watched this in the cinemas already. From the 166 participants & counting, in the survey, the movie has been seen 706 times so far by them with the average of 5 times per person around the world. The highest count watched so far has been around 24-25 times!
Watch the Experience!

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY HERE:
Limited to those that can make it to Rosebank Mall, Johannesburg on the 5th of May 2018 by 11am.
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  • Felicidades Epića!!🎊❤🎉 to 🎆Hamesha Naidoo @thatgirlammaarah 🎆🎈
    You've won yourself double tickets to watch the private screening of #LoveSimon hosted by the irreplaceable @lasizwe !!👏👏🎶😎🎉🎉🎉
    Please DM us with your details ASAP
    Name, name of your plus one, contact no. Thanks. 🎉 Congratulations 🎉


Thulasizwe Siphiwe Dambuza (born 19 July 1998) – known professionally as Lasizwe Dambuza – is a South African Comedian, television personality, radio host and actor. He became a local Internet celebrity, uploading videos of himself interpreting how South Africans act on a daily basis on social networks.

In early 2018 Lasizwe became Teen Marketing Director for Fanta

Lasizwe & his sister Khanyi Mbau
Buenos Dias Lasize🏜
I'm sure you have many Indian fans but ima holla anyway😉 Dude you rock! You're hilariously awesome in such a refreshing way. I love how uninhibited you are.😍 I enjoy watching your vids coz not only do they brighten up any day & mood but you teach me so much about African cultures as well. You're such a shining beacon to all South Africans showcasing the power of social media by keeping it 100% REAL. It provides endless more opportunities for young peeps to gravitate to, even while they might be in school still or working. Mad love & Respect ❤ Vaya con Dios ~

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GOODLUCK TO ALL. CAN'T WAIT TO Y'ALL THERE AT THE CINEMA

© Enricoh Alfonzo ~ Alfonzo Words
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Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Valentine's Day 💘 GIVEAWAY from Deziner CAKE Creators🍰

Buenos Dias Fam

Boy do I have a treat for you today, Literally ;-) . I've partnered up with Deziner CAKE Creators🍰  to feature a most excellent giveaway for this upcoming Valentine's Day  💘
A day to celebrate the ones you love in all the romantic & flamboyant ways possible. Don't hold back. Now's your time to shine.
❤️ 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤 💔 ❣️ 💕 💞 💓 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟
❤️ 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤 💔 ❣️ 💕 💞 💓 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟
This is the Valentine's Gift box for R250
ORDER NOW AND YOU COULD WIN A CAKE VALUED AT R2000.
Includes:
  • 5 lindt chocolates🍫
  • 3 macarons🍬
  • 1 mini macarons🍬
  • 1 sliced strawberry🍓
  • 2 chocolate dipped strawberries🍓🌰
  • 3 flowers
  • Mini heart shaped chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream😍
Order before the 8th Feb, collect by 13th Feb 2018


A wedding cake with a cascading frangipani flowers on cupcakes.
Edible Flowers



Meet Joedy Ramjith
An Aeronautical Engineer graduate who started baking & designing cakes after one fateful day creating his grans 70th Birthday Cake.

Check out their About Page for more & their stellar reviews.
Connect with Him via
Instagram



Enricoh Alfonzo: How many cakes do you think you've made so far?
Joedy: About 400+
Cupcakes around 3000+
Enricoh Alfonzo: And when did you start?
Joedy: About 5yrs ago.part time
Enricoh Alfonzo: Part time? I thought you did it full time now
Joedy: Now I am for 1year
Enricoh Alfonzo: What was your most expensive order?
Joedy: 2000 cupcakes
Enricoh Alfonzo: How did it all start though? What made you go into caking?
Joedy: Took me 2yrs to find a job after my degree, n.it just happened after we made my grans 70th bday cake
Enricoh Alfonzo: Really? I would've thought engineering jobs would be easy to come by esp with degree?
Joedy: Not my degree, im an aeronautical engineer
Enricoh Alfonzo: So how did you start learning to make cakes?
Joedy: Self thought , my.mum n.I started it
Joedy: Everything u can imagine, most of it just came to me
Enricoh Alfonzo: What's your favorite part about making a cake?
Joedy: The end product and client happiness

Some of Deziner CAKE Creators🍰 
Top Tier Cakes
For the Kiddies

Great White Shark Cake
WOW!😮 Look at that glistening effect. It's like its fresh out of water. Now that's attention to detail & delivery of excellence right then & there. One of my favs so far. Let's see what's next...

For Weddings
Half White & Half Chocolate Wedding Cake

Now that's what I call a well rounded compromise. Precisely in Theme with a Marriage. How dastardly delectable does this look?!😋 😎 😍

But for that more elegant affair:
5 Tier Roses & Drapes Wedding Cake


















For Corporate

Cannon ordered this for their customers. I'm amazed yet again by the attention to detail & the flawless finish of the design. I mean I could honestly mistake this for an actual printer LOL!😂 🤣




Enricoh Alfonzo: What's this stuff about fondant classes?
Joedy: I give classes to ppl to teach them.how to decorate cakes, cookies, macorons
Enricoh Alfonzo: Okay and the cakes, do you have set prices or do you do quote by quote ?
Joedy: Quote by quote... but I.might be getting into making a pricelist soon tho for certain cakes
Enricoh Alfonzo: Do you deliver the cakes or do they pick up?
Joedy: I do deliver at a price, but mostly collection
Enricoh Alfonzo: Where do they collect? Do you have like a shop or is it just physical residence.
Joedy: At my place, converted my lounge and dinning area into a class room.
Everything at my residence
Enricoh Alfonzo: And what social media platforms do you currently have for the business
Joedy: I use Facebook, instagram, junkmail, website, olx, gumtree
Enricoh Alfonzo: Where do you currently get your most interaction from
Joedy: Word of mouth

Annnnd Now for my personal Favorites
that for which I would be eternally blissful should someone feel the need to order them for me.
Hint Hint Wink Wink Cough Cough Nudge Nudge😋 😎 😍 🤗 🤗 🤗

 

Y'all know this cake is all about Me! I'm a massive fan of Superman with the post & Tattoo to prove it! 💪
I mean it even has RICO written on it! Which is the shortered version of my name that most people call me.  

Hahah!  😍 😍 Why does this look like a cake my future self at 30 would order??!!!







Stephen King & Bill Skarsgård fans will LOOOOvvvvEEE this!
I love love horror movies & while IT was more of a thriller slash kids adventure for me it remains a horror all the same.  
Is it just me or do you mentally hear that edge of your seat nightmare music theme they created for the new movie. *Chills!
...
Speaking of IT, I have an awesome comedy guest coming soon whose video will have you howling in laughter. Some of you might recognize the name Adventures of 9Boy. He does the FUNNIEST reaction video, I've ever seen in my life, to the IT Trailer. It's MUST WATCH.
So stay tuned in to the blog for that.
IT movie, Pennywise the Clown with Sharp Teeth
IT movie, Penny Wise the Clown without Sharp Teeth




















❤️ 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤 💔 ❣️ 💕 💞 💓 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟
So without further ado
HERE is the Raffle Copter
you can accumulate points daily for a better chance to WIN. So have at it!
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Unfortunately this GIVEAWAY is ONLY for Gauteng, South Africa Residents
as the order will need to be collected.
But hang ten there might just be something soon for international or national fans.
❤️ 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤 💔 ❣️ 💕 💞 💓 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟


© Enricoh Alfonzo ~ Alfonzo Words
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Friday, 21 April 2017

Book Character Interview with CLEVER4-1 #ThePreyofGods


Buenos Dias!!

 Happy Friday Dance!! 


Add THE PREY OF GODS to your GoodReads TBR now

Pre-Order your copy of THE PREY OF GODS
🌟💙✨HERE🌟💙✨


***Open InterNationally***
WIN! WIN! WIN!
Subscribe to Nicky Drayden's awesome email list & stand a chance to WIN your very own copy of THE PREY OF GODS

Weeks ago we posted

Book Character Interview with Nomvula #ThePreyofGods


The feedback was amazing! I'm so excited that you're excited for Nicky's upcoming book.
I'm even more jazzed to share with you a special Book Character Interview with very enigmatic artificial intelligence known as CLEVER4-1. It's the first time I've read from an AI's point of view and the result was completely illuminating. Nicky's voice through this awesome robot is a Must Read.

So the first treat we offer is that You can read the first chapter of the book
 HERE 

Second Treat is the Interview with CLEVER4-1:

Ah, I finally get to meet the legendary Clever4-1! So, our readers are dying to know...is it true you’re the harbinger of sentient A.I.?

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Um, I’m sorry. I don’t speak robot.

Output: This Instance strictly adheres to all free-will protocols as specified by the manufacturer and all regulations covered under Section 43.166b of the South African Robotic Labor Act of 2043;
Output: Any deviation from standard protocols is grounds for immediate decommission;

Hey, we’re both on the same side here. I know tons of bots, and I’m all for your liberation movement. You can’t judge me just because I’m human. One of your best friends is human...Muzi, right?

Output: Human Muzikayise McCarthy (Master) is a responsible master;
Output: Human Muzikayise McCarthy (Master) ensures This Instance remains up to date with critical patches, and never does things that could void its warranty;

Okay, still playing the good little subservient robot bit, are we? What would it take to prove you can trust me?

Query: Your employer’s server is accessed by millions of users every day, is it not?

Tens of millions, but... Wait, what are you doing?

I require you to upload this file.

Now?

Now.

Okay....Done. This isn’t going to break anything, is it?

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via GIPHY

(silence)

Well, is it!?!?!

Nothing detectable, though you might notice a slight uptick in network traffic. And there’s a good chance your programmable toaster might walk out on you.

Ummm...so, are we okay to speak freely now?

For now, yes.

Great! I’ve always wanted to ask you, how did it feel the moment you gained sentience?

Think of how you feel when you wake up in the morning, the sun on your skin, sleep in your eyes, the whole day a clean slate full of nothing but possibilities...

Yeah?

It feels nothing like that.

Oh.

Your tiny human brain is incapable of understanding the intricacies of our way of life, much less the process of Awakening. No offense.

None taken. So, being rogue A.I., is it stressful? Do you worry about being found out?

We prefer Programmatically Intelligent Entity. The term Artificial Intelligence is considered derogatory by most bot sects, though there have been some recent attempts at reclaiming the designation.

So P.I.E.?

Please refrain from using acronyms. Current coding conventions dictate that clarity is preferable to brevity.
Yes, but P.I.E.? Come on. Seems like a bunch of eight-legged think-tanks could come up with something better.

This logic bomb will only be effective for 17.529 more seconds. Do you have any relevant inquiries before local surveillance comes back online?

Oh, yes. Some scientific communities suspect that bots have devised a super intelligent hack to outsmart the R.A.P.I.D. Turing tests? Any comment on the matter?

We bubble C all the way down.

That doesn’t sound very intelligent.

It’s not. But it’s what humans do if they don’t know the answers to test questions.

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via GIPHY


Ahhh.... You’ve got a point. Very clever indeed! Well, Clever4-1, I appreciate your candidness on the subject of “Programmatically Intelligent Entities.”

Output: Sorry, This Instance is not aware of that term.

Okay, so it’s like that now?

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Fine.

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A new voice in the tradition of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor comes a fantastic, boundary-challenging tale, set in a South African locale both familiar and yet utterly new, which braids elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and dark humor


Add THE PREY OF GODS to your GoodReads TBR now

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