Twebirdcarver v Royal Mail

As many of you will know by now I have a possible issue with Royal Mail which is pending, and at the moment I'm awaiting a decision regarding a damage claim regarding my "Robin" and "Nuthatch" carvings? basically being smashed, and then being told that my packaging doesn't conform to their guidelines? they obviously have expert bird carving packaging technician on site? If the decision goes against me I do not plan to roll over and let them potentially put me out of business,  and I  have spent some time today deciding the best plan of action to try and get some kind of support from you my followers by retweeting to your followers and so on, to basically get some momentum rolling?
When decision comes through, and no doubt it'll be negative? I plan to write a letter back to them covering all aspects of my claim, I then intend to use the letter as a blog which will be  tweeted with Royal Mail twitter account name and #businesscull and RT included in the tweets? Obviously I'll then post the tweet as often as needed and hopefully get it retweeted by as many people as possible?
I know it will probably get a bit monotonous but we all know its only a click to execute? I've never had to do anything like this in the past and not even sure I'm going about it in the best way? good suggestions will be looked at? I do know that I've worked a 100+ hrs a week to get the business to this point since last September and I'm not prepared to be bullied by the big boys! I hope you can support me in this quest?

Cheers Terry

The Badger Cull

Well what a week it's been since my last blog! I've never seen so many tweets about one very controversial subject, the Badger Cull! There have been numerous petitions going around on Twitter and I've signed them all and retweeted  them. In my opinion there are no arguments about this subject? it just shouldn't be happening? fact! My personal feelings are that we could have probably put a bit more clout and bolstered the numbers a lot more if there was only one petition? and I think that the one petition, in my opinion, and the one I think most people would associate with is @BrianMaySaveMe. The man exudes his love and passion for wildlife, and after watching him this morning on BBC1 News you could see the pain this issue is causing him?, and I have no doubt that there are thousands and thousands of people in this country that feel the same, unfortunately not everybody follows Twitter and Facebook and will not have seen the sincerity and  passion (and hatred towards the governments decision on this issue) people have shown about the murdering of these beautiful animals. The one thing I do know from the past 2 - 3 days is that we can't and won't give up the fight against this barbaric decision? If you've taken time out to read this article thank you
and if you have any thoughts on this blog please let me know via @televeritt.
Many Thanks Terry Everitt

This book is a brief look into my world as a wildlife artist, or bird carver as I'd rather be called. It describes the strong feelings I have about the good and bad sides to inheriting a talent and how it's affected my life in the past 40 odd years of my life. It follows the path from my early years drawing and painting birds, and the change of tools and medium to reach the point I've reached today as a carver. Also I've briefly covered the different stages I went through with variations of my "Naturebox" before finding the products I now make. Included is a very short, but never the less, easy to follow "work in progress" piece which will be far more detailed and in depth in my Instructional Manual which will follow shortly. I hope you enjoy this brief look into my life and work, and that I might have inspired you to maybe have a go at woodcarving? it's a wonderful hobby to have!

I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks to Dave Lyons at Raven Crest Books for all his help and patience in putting this book together.

Best Wishes and Happy Reading Terry Everitt

THE CHANGES IN MY LIFE

Two months ago I knew nothing much about Google rankings, blogging and Twitter? I'd heard the words many times but didn't really understand the way they worked in helping your business. I joined Ipatter, a business media platform where you can interact with other businesses in your area, again not really knowing the best way to use it, but I persisted in all areas in posting comments and directing people towards my website and showing them the quality of my work. As time passed by I became more confident in using these platforms, and I remember 2 - 3 weeks ago looking forward to reaching 50 followers on Twitter, searching on google for any sign of links to my website, thinking to myself , has all this time and effort I've been putting into this been wasted? do I need some kind of tutoring in marketing in these areas. I watched the way others used these sites and gradually learnt bit by bit, I now have 76 followers and been on the opening pages on google, how things have changed.