Monthly Archives: September 2007

(user generated) content really is King, appreciate your commentators and some more blogging tips

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Kieron

Yep its an old chestnut, we all know that Google loves content; fresh regularly updated content. But generating content is a pain in the backside, its very very� time consuming to write good quality content regularly. So, what better than to� encourage your� visitors to write it for you? This is what happened with my recent Prince Concert Review post. A few weeks ago I posted a review of the awesomely fantastic Prince gig at the O2 in London, because … Continue reading →

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Blogging Tips

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Kieron

As you can probably tell from my last post� I’ve been doing loads of research into blogs (see? I didn’t say “the blogosphere”) lately. And while I’ve found some good/average/bad/awful blogs a few common mistakes have really come to light, so I thought I’d publish a few tips here on ways to enhance your blog. 1. Tell your readers who you are! When I find a new blog, one of the first things I do is look for an “about” … Continue reading →

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Where are all the good UK blogs?

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Kieron

I was going to call this post “Where are all the good UK Internet Marketing/Make Money blogs” but then thought – hang on, never mind the “make money online” blogs, where are all the good UK blogs? Full stop. I arrived at this question as I was looking at the BlogWorld Expo� to be held in Vegas this November. It looks really cool actually and I would love to go – except its a bit of a pain to justiry … Continue reading →

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Petition to stop the use of cheesy stock images on blogs

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Kieron

Don’t get me wrong, a picture paints a thousand words and� I love them. If you are blogging about a company/person/place/product whatever then Iwould encourage you to post a relevant picture of that company/person/place/product. But….don’t use cheesy stock photos just because you think they brighten up your blog. They don’t. Examples below: And my personal favourite…the classic…..2 men shaking hands!!! What I’m listening to right now: Kanye West – “Drunk & Hot Girls” & “Flashing Lights” from the “Graduation” album. … Continue reading →

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Apple iPhone launches November 9th in the UK on the O2 network – tariff details announced

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Kieron

It was announced today that the� much anticipated Apple iPhone will be released in the UK on Friday November 9th 2007. It will be available excuslively on the O2 mobile phone network and prices will start from £269 for the 8MB model. The iPhone will have 3 simple and tariffs at £35, £45 and £60 per month with “all you can eat” pricing for Internet browsing. And as a UK first, iPhone customers will have unlimited access to over 7,500 … Continue reading →

Posted in General Ramblings | 9 Comments