Monthly Archives: January 2008

Do you run a fashion or offers site?

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Kieron

Do you run a fashion site/blog? If so then why not promote SecretSales.com? With new sales starting every week from designer labels where customers can save up to 80% off retail price, conversion rates are very healthy. Maybe you run an offers site? If so then below are just a few of the current special offers that we are running. There are hundreds more that are well worth promoting to your users. Here’s a small selection of the great offers … Continue reading →

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Jaguar XF gets “Car of the Year” award. I’m disappointed

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Kieron

What Car have named� the new Jaguar XF the Car of the Year 2008. What a disappointment. Why am I disappointed? Well when Jaguar announced the C-XF Concept in early 2007 it was met with universal acclaim. Everybody (including me) loved it. It was fresh, modern looking and just damned cool. Here’s some pics so you can see for yourself: Notice the bulging wheel arches, huge chrome wheels, “invisible” door handles,� high waistline� and� menacing headlights. It’s a really striking … Continue reading →

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New advertising opportunity, request for guest bloggers and North East meet

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Kieron

Stripe Ads� A few weeks ago I launched “Stripe Ads” on this blog. A Stripe Ad is basically the cream coloured strip that sits at the top of the page and contains a text link. Its a great way to adevrtise your product/service on this blog and I’m only charging £75 a month, with no minimum term. So if you have a site or a product/service or whatever that you think readers of this blog will be interested in, then … Continue reading →

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LKP – I’m Ready: Quality R&B from Newcastle

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Kieron

Anyone reading my blog regularly will know I’m a huge fan of R&B music. However its not often that I get to listen to real quality R&B from the North East, especially Newcastle! Until that is I heard “I’m Ready” by LKP, a Newcastle based artist. The track has already been picked up by 1 Extra and I have to say, is a real piece of quality R&B. Listen� to it� now on LKP’s MySpace page. What I’m listening to … Continue reading →

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How NOT to run an affiliate programme

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Kieron

Warning rant ahead. So, you’ve launched an affiliate programme, here’s a couple of golden rules on what NOT to do. 1. Don’t bother approving affiliates I applied to the Nike Store affiliate programme on TradeDoubler just after Christmas and today about 3 weeks later I’m still waiting to be approved. Now I know that a lot of people in full time employment have time off over Christmas and New Year. But wouldn’t you expect to be approved when everybody’s back … Continue reading →

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