2007 at Here.org.uk. The year in review
Well, Jeremy has already beaten me to it but nonetheless I thought it would still be fun to do a recap of 2007. Here we go…
January 2007
According to this widget my blog was worth £23,710.68 almost a year ago. Now its worth $107,827.14. Lol.
Visited Las Vegas for the first time ever to attend the Affiliate Summit conference. Had an absolute blast with the highlight seeing Prince play live at a really intimate gig at the 3121 club.
February 2007
Got all excited as we finally get Heroes.
Affiliate Window lead the way by introducing personalised emails to affiliates with deep links embedded. A week or so later however I have a bit of a rant at the way they “forced” affiliates to read emails. Happily they’ve stopped doing this now.
March 2007
Nick Robertson from ASOS gives that interview with NMA. I respond in kind to his comments about the affiliate community.
I attend the A4U Events cruise to Amsterdam - and hold up about 6 million Geordies wanting to get on the boat as I am last off.
I blog about my Mothers Day Flowers site. To this day I still get emails about this post.
I rave about Joss Stones new album. She emails me to thank me!
Posted this video and people ping me non-stop for the next few days asking where I got it from 
April 2007
Have a quiet couple of 2 weeks at the beginning of April but make up for it with an interview.
My Mothers Day Flowers blog post from last month comes back to haunt me.
May 2007
I use the ShopWindow Toolset from Affiliate Window and it rocks.
I’m still waiting for some clever person(s) to spot the potential of my poker site/domain and make me a great offer for it.
The new Affiliates4U site launches, and rocks.
June 2007
Launched a new blog design, thanks to James.
I love this video of John Reese getting presented with a £65k BMW…which he then proceeds to give away 
I offer some advice on how to create Google friendly landing pages.
I finally sign up to Facebook.
July 2007
Another widget values my blog at $668,552. sadly the site doesn’t work anymore, shame as I wanted to see if it was worth over $1m yet.
After years of messing about with it I finally decide to do something proper with UKOffer.com.
Battled the floods and attended the Bristol A4U Get2gether.
Wrote about a really cool and easy way to gain backlinks and grow a database of users.
8 things you didn’t know about me.
Jeremy sells AuctionAds. But for how much?
August 2007
A few newbie questions asked by budding affiliate marketeers get answered.
Prince rocks it at the O2 Arena in London. My review is the most popular blog post ever attracting 271 comments to date.
Some guy writes about how the affiliate industry is killing itself. I put him right.
Buy.at launch ContentEngine. Its wicked.
September 2007
I announce who I’m voting for in the first ever A4U awards.
Some tips on how to make your PPC ads stand out from the crowd.
I get a little frustrated about the apparent lack of good UK blogs.
Time for some blogging tips, here and here.
I launch PreviewMyPPC.com to help PPC’ers visualise their ads before they go live.
October 2007
My second blog redesign of the year goes live.
Was supposed to have an operation to remove my thyroid gland but it didn’t happen.
Discover Facebook Flyers is crap.
I launch a competition to win a $799 blog redesign that goes down very well.
Write about how white cars are cool, the article gets Stumbled Upon and I get a huge traffic spike. Still one of my most popular blog posts ever.
Another one of my most popular blog posts ever - Theo Paphitis is robbed of £200k gets loads of links. Peter Jones people ring me up for a chat as a result.
I win the Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2007 award at the first ever A4U Expo. Am well chuffed and have a fantastic time at the event.
November 2007
Merchants with really silly PPC restrictions annoy me.
Buy.at are on a roll this year and release the WidgAt.
We get the iPhone and Carphone Warehouse decide to reduce affiliates commissions on it. I buy mine from O2.
John Lewis, Toys R Us and a certain discount code site get affiliate marketing all wrong.
Fiona and the Equator girls spread some pre-Christmas cheer.
Some more people mistakingly think Facebook ads are good.
December 2007
Hats off to the merchants who have increased their commission levels at Christmas.
I do a couple more interviews.
I sit on a panel at the annual Buy.at Christmas Cracker and have a blast.
Am really overwhelmed at how many Christmas presents I received this year from partners in the industry.
I announce that I am managing my first ever affiliate program on behalf of SecretSales.com.
So there you are, 2007 in a nutshell. Its been a great year and I’ll be writing about my plans for 2008 very soon.
What I’m listening to right now: Hoodman Ft Lyrican – “Leavin”
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Welcome to my blog. My name is Kieron Donoghue and I run UK Offer Media Ltd. I thought it would be fun to post a daily (well hopefully daily) blog, writing about my experiences in Internet Marketing and more specifically Affiliate Marketing. I'll include some personal stuff too, probably about my other passions, music and cars. Please feel free to post your comments and thoughts too.
December 30th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
I personally want to wish you the very best for 2008. Like hundreds of others that read your blog you are a breath of fresh air and everytime my computer goes on this blog is the first one I read. You come across as been honest, hardworking but most importantly full af great information which have enabled me to revitalise ideas in my head and earn me some money!!! Thanks and Best wishes
Tris
December 31st, 2007 at 1:09 am
Great post Kieron and I completely agree with Tristan, this blog is great, great for ideas, inspiration and a good laugh from time to time. I also have to thank you for inadvertantly introducing me to uniqueblogdesigns, they are designing a new look for my blog now and it is looking good. Good luck for the new year, and on a different note what did peter jones say to you ? lol
December 31st, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Great post and shows quite a busy year for 2007.
Keep up the good work.
December 31st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Cracking blog kieron, keep it up next year
December 31st, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Great summary of the year. Have a great new year mate and some time this year we really must meet up for a proper chat rather than our usual grabbed five minutes when one or other of us is on our way to another meeting…
December 31st, 2007 at 4:16 pm
I really enjoy reading your stuff Kieron. I’m looking forward to everything you’re up to in 2008. Happy New Year.
December 31st, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Enjoyed reading your blog in 2007. Have a great New Year and hope to see more in 2008!
December 31st, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Indeed, very good blog. Happy New Year.
one questions though, why did you set up previewmyppc? I mean it is useful but seems like a lot of effort for no gain?
Best wishes,
G
December 31st, 2007 at 9:23 pm
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January 1st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
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January 2nd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
U have a cool blog in here.. Happy new year(Yeah! belated) and way to go..
Happy blogging.!
January 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
George. Look closely there is 1 affiliate link on previewmyppc. Anyway, even if there was none, its still a good tool that I wanted to share.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:17 am
AHa, I see it. Very good.
It is a good tool as well.
Also thanks for answering my question.
Best wishes,
George
January 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Come on Kieron, we’re all dying to know what Peter Jones’ people said to you?
Keep up the good work.
January 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Richard, Dave - Peter Jones team just rang up for a chat really. We talked about my opinions of Theo’s investment and then chatted about possible joint ventures. Nothing concrete, just opening the door for future projects.