Monthly Archives: August 2008

Why blog publishing in the UK has “failed”

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Kieron

11 months ago I asked where are all the good UK blogs? Now, almost a year later Ashley Norris the former founder of UK blog network Shiny Media wrote a piece on TechCrunch on why he thinks blog publishing in the UK has failed. As someone who has been blogging for over 3 years now and has recently entered the content business I found it a fascinating read. I have to say that I agree (as I did a year … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | 3 Comments

The next big thing? Affiliate opportunity – Sony eBook Reader

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Kieron

I remember at last year’s A4U Expo when I was on the “Ask the Super Affiliates” panel, we were all asked what the “NEXT BIG THING” will be. To be honest I don’t think any of us gave the real answer as why would we? We all wanted to keep our thoughts to ourselves so we could make the most of it with little or no competition. The thing is that the “next big thing” comes along quite often, if … Continue reading →

Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Networks, Affiliate Programs, Competitions, Making Money | 26 Comments

Goodbye IE, hello Firefox

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Kieron

After using Microsoft Internet Explorer for all my life I’ve just made the change and switched to Mozilla Firefox. Why? Well I finally got sick of IE crashing, locking up and generally misbehaving. As I make my living online my web browser gets a lot of use and IE just wasn’t up to the job. It got to the point that every half hour or hour I would have to close it down and restart it. For no apparent reason … Continue reading →

Posted in General Ramblings | 30 Comments

Friday Fun – how to do a u-turn in style in your (white) Ferrari F430

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Kieron

What I’m listening to right now: Ryan Leslie – “I.R.E.N.E.” Remix

Posted in Cars | 5 Comments

Fivelead.co.uk, seriously?

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Kieron

Watch out TradeDoubler, Buy.at etc because� there is a brand new affiliate network on the scene, and judging by the quality of their pitches they could soon be stealing your business. Yes it’s� fivelead.co.uk� and they’re taking the UK by storm. This was a recent comment that I received on this very blog. It wasn’t an email to me, which is the normal way to do business,� it was actually a comment left on another post, totally off topic. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Networks | 7 Comments