Writing Services for a T-shirt
09 February 2010
I met with Abed Ahmed last week for an interview, and I'm excited to see his article about one matchstick in tomorrow's Sandton Chronicle!
He got pretty excited about my trading project too, and offered his freelance services as a journalist and writer, in exchange for a T-shirt. He's gong to trade with me too!
So here's another 3-way Trade for someone who doesn't want a T-shirt, but wants to be a part of my tenth trade and could do with an article being written.
The details for this trade are:
- One article of about 250 to 300 words written about anything you desire, that you can publish anywhere you like.
- You could use it as a media release or an article to suggest to editors.
- Or you could get Abed to write something for your:
- blog
- website
- any marketing material
- part of a brochure
- newsletter
- even a love letter for your Valentine!
- Abed, if the article has the right angle and content, will also try help to get it published with his media contacts, but this is not a guarantee and it will only happen if the article is right.
- Abed has been writing for many years, and is published often, so he'll write a fabulous piece for you.
- And it will only cost you R183.00 to pay him with a T-shirt!
So CALL ME NOW on 0837302979 if you're interested! I think this trade will move fast!
You'll get an article
Abed will get a T-Shirt
And I'll get to have traded another of my T-shirts!
Sweeet!
Labels: Abed Ahmed, freelance
posted by Telana @ 11:44:00 AM,
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What's inspiring me lately?
07 February 2010
People often ask me where I get my inspiration to keep going- it's almost 4 years now that I've been trading my matchstick into an office.
One of the places I look to for inspiration is other people. And I've been meeting some pretty inspirational people lately!
One of those people is Jolandie Rust. She was telling me recently about how she got into her cycling adventure she is on at the moment.
Jolandie was travelling a few years ago with her boyfriend in
At one point in their cycling trip they ended up in a camp where they had run out of money and food, and were trying to work out what their next step was. They overheard a family camping next to them, who had hamburgers for dinner but no tomato sauce, and the children were complaining that they wished they had some sauce to go with their burgers. Jolandie had some tomato sauce- that was all they had left actually - but they had no burgers to have the sauce with. So Jolandie went and bartered with her camping neighbours to get a burger in exchange for her tomato sauce.
Since then Jolandie has returned to
Jolandie is going to set a world record by cycling 40 000km around
She has just finished cycling for 100 days, covering 6000 km's, all on her own around
She's quoted to have said "Get out of the pool of fear and take a swim in the ocean of possibility" which is so up my alley! I believe that anything is possible, and she's showing again that this is true!
So, Jolandie Rust, I salute you on your big dream, and on taking the action to make it happen. You're striking that matchstick and lighting a bonfire with it, not a candle, and hence have become an inspiration to me!
Her website: http://jolandie.co.za
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jolandie.rust
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jorusty
Labels: inspiration, Jolandie Rust
posted by Telana @ 12:34:00 PM,
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Who am I trading with for my tenth trade?
25 January 2010
Below is a list of all the uber cool people I am trading with so far to make my tenth trade happen.
Each person has traded some cash for one or two and sometimes even more Springleap T-shirts from me. I still have more Tshirts to trade, so get in touch with me on 0837302979 if you want to trade with me too!
To the awesome Rock Stars below, thank you to each and every one of you for trading with me and helping me to get to my goal of offices- and to think it all started with a sliver of wood with a sulphur head!
Abdul
Adele
Alvin
Amanda
Andrew
Andy
Angus
Anna-Luisa
Anton
Antonello
Ashley
Austin
Belinda
Brian
Bush
Carol Cole
Carol S
Catherine
Charlton
Chris D
Chris K
Chris
Christina
Cliff
Clifton
Craig S
Craig
Dean
David
Doug
Evangelia
Gary
Gillian
Gina
Guy
Hans
Haroun
Heidi
Jason
Jenni
Julia
Juriaaan
Kerrin
Kim
Kingsley
Laura
Lewis
Lindi
Liz
Margaret
Marius
Matt
Megan
Melissa
Mireille
Monica
Monique
Nikki
Peter
Peter
Rohin
Rosalind
Ryan
Shaun
Soteri
Sue
Suzanne
Warrick
Werner
William
Yvonne
Here are photo's of some of these awesome traders:
www.flickr.com
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posted by Telana @ 7:23:00 PM,
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Behind the scenes of the movie
14 January 2010
Here's what a few of the fabulous people I traded with so far, have to say about one matchstick. These interviews were filmed during the making of 'one matchstick, The Movie'.
Featured in this video are:
Nick Diemont of who traded 2 cases of First Sighting Wine for 2 books.
DJ Al Smyth of 084Extreme.co.za who traded a party for 150 people with me for a hot air balloon flight.
Eran Eyal of Springleap.com who is busy trading 375 T-shirts with me for the Party for 150 people.
Labels: Diemont, DJ Al Smyth, Eran Eyal, party, springleap, wine
posted by Telana @ 9:28:00 AM,
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Springleap Tshirt + Elephant = ?
07 January 2010
I was kissed by an elephant:
Labels: elephant, kiss, springleap
posted by Telana @ 10:52:00 PM,
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10 Reasons to trade with me for a T-shirt
22 December 2009
Here are 10 reasons why you should consider trading with me for a T-shirt:
- T-shirts keep you cool in summer.
- Love them or hate them, it's always handy to have a T-shirt in your wardrobe for those ultra casual or cool occasions.
- You like to help other people, and buy trading with me you'll be helping me make my tenth trade, which will mean you'll be helping me get to my goal of office space to mentor other entrepreneurs.
- T-shirts are fashionable at the gym, on the street, in the taxi, at home, at the shops, at the bar, on the beach.
- T-shirts are better than socks for a Christmas present.
- You get to have your name and a photo added to the list of people who traded with me- which means you'll be part of my story!
- This is probably going to be one of the easiest times and ways to trade with me- you don't need to be too creative on what to offer me, as I'm accepting R183.00, and it's easy to finalise the trade- it all happens online.
- You'll be one of only 375 people who will have a funky T-shirt with a cool story behind how you came to be wearing it.
- T-shirts go with most other items of clothing- demins, cords, chinos, etc.
- The T-shirt is a Springleap.com T-shirt!
posted by Telana @ 11:57:00 AM,
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Three-Way Trades
Three-Way Trades are where people have offered me a service or product for a T-shirt. I am then offering on that service or product to those people who want to trade with me, but don't want a T-shirt, and would like one of the services or products instead. Thus it becomes a three-way trade.
I've done two successful three-way Trades already. In the first Nikki offered me a place on her workshop which I traded with Michelle. Nikki got a T-shirt, Michelle got to attend her workshop to get her business going, and I traded another of my T-shirts.
The second three-Way trade was with Kerrin of Talent Finders. She offered me a package of two listings on her site for a year each, in exchange for a T-shirt. DJ Al said yes, and a few hours later Marcel Oudejans said yes too. Kerrin was generous and accepted both DJ Al and Marcel's offers, so I ended up trading two more T-shirts. Sweeet!
I still have a few more three-Way Trade offers that are available, and I've summarised them below. If you would like to know more about any of these, please contact me on onematchstick@gmail.com or give me a call on 083 730 2979.
--> Four private Pilates Classes in Fourways, Johannesburg for Three T-shirts (R549.00 for 4 classes valued at R720)
--> A years website hosting plus the development of a wordpress website if you need it, for seven T-shirts (R1281.00 – that's R106.75 per month for 12 months for a website!)
--> 60 Jumpstart Books for one T-shirt – For this I have the charity the Bookshelf Project that is interested in getting these books of no one else wants them- they are just asking for someone to donate the R183.00.
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Dancing Girl limited edition print by artist Tuesday Houston for two T-shirts (R366 for artwork valued at R900)
Hula limited edition print by artist Tuesday Houston for two T-shirts (R366 for artwork valued at R900)OR Both Dancing Girl and Hula prints for three T-shirts (R549.00 for artwork valued at R1800.00)
--> One Payroll Workshop in audio and workbook format for one T-shirt (R183.00 valued at R399.99)
-> Four Coaching Sessions for one T-shirt (R183.00)
I hope to be trading with you soon!
posted by Telana @ 11:40:00 AM,
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Make my Christmas Day!
07 December 2009
Springleap all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a Springleap T-shirt I say!
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Springleap all the way
Oh, come on and trade with me
And make my Christmas day!
If you're not one of those super organised people
who have already done their Christmas shopping,
Or if you need a gift for someone who has everything and don't know what the get them,
Then consider a fabulous T-shirt that has a story behind how you got to purchase it.
The story of how I'm trying to turn a matchstick into an office by a series of trades.
Right now I have 271 Springleap T-shirts left to sell to make my tenth trade.
These quality T-shirts are bought online for R183 and are delivered
free of charge to your door or the person you're giving it to as a gift
anywhere in South Africa, and for an extra R50 delivered even overseas.
There is a wide selection of designs and sizes available. You can even buy
a Gift Voucher so the person can choose their own T-shirt design.
All I ask is that you enter the code onematchstick (one word, lowercase)
when prompted, so that the T-shirt or Gift Voucher purchase can be
You get a funky new T-shirt for Christmas or a gift for a loved one.
I get my Christmas Dream of getting closer to my goal of turning
a matchstick into an office.
So please consider a Springleap.com T-shirt as a gift this Christmas.
Go to www.springleap.com and remember to use the code onematchstick.
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