Archive for October, 2008

Oct07

Spotify launches today

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Spotify - the music streaming service (think a little bit of Pandora mixed with iTunes) officially opens its doors today. Thanks to a very kind friend who knows I have a passion for music, I’ve had a beta invite for a while now and have been testing it out. However, until now they have requested [...]

Topics: Music | 31 comments so far read the rest of this entry »
Oct04

How to sell your 2 year old blog for £8.5m

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Unbelievable as it may sound but a 2 year old WordPress blog run by just 1 person sold this week for $15m (£8.5m). The blog is Bankaholic.com and the press release about the sale can be found here.
On the surface this looks like a too-good-to-be-true scenario for the owner. After all the blog does reasonably [...]

Topics: Blogging, Making Money, SEO | 17 comments so far read the rest of this entry »
Oct02

Lamborghini 4 door Estoque…wrong?

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I love Lamborghinis, I really do. To me they are the embodiment of what a super car should be, they are sexy, brash, exotic, menacing, Italian, completely over-the-top and not in the least bit practical.
So, when I heard that they were launching a “sensible” 4 door Lamborghini (the Estoque) at the Paris Motor show this [...]

Topics: Cars | 11 comments so far read the rest of this entry »
Oct02

Sponsorship opportunity - eToys.co.uk

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It’s that special time of the year again and my toy site, eToys.co.uk always does particularly well in the run up to Christmas. During September 2008 the site received approx. 50,000 hits and this will most likely double, triple or even quadruple in October, November and December; if previous years are anything to go by. [...]


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