Monthly Archives: December 2008

If Bentley did Santa’s Sledge…

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Kieron

…it would look like this. Click here to see what Rolls Royce, Ford and Nissan would do with Santa’s Sledge too. What I’m listening to right now: Joe – “Why Just Be Friends”

Posted in Cars, Fun | 5 Comments

Alex Tew selling “SockAndAwe” viral site on eBay while it’s still topical

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Kieron

Alex Tew, you remember him don’t you? He’s the guy who made $1m with the Million Dollar Homepage. Well since that venture he’s now moved on to create a new site (still in Beta) called PopJam. To create a bit of a buzz for PopJam he launched a “viral” game called SockAndAwe to capitalise on the global media attention of the incident a couple of days ago when a reporter threw his shoes at President Bush. It seems Alex has … Continue reading →

Posted in Making Money | 9 Comments

Alexandra Burke crashed my server. How to capitalise on topical and one-off events

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Kieron

Unless you haven’t got a TV or access to any press then you can’t have helped to notice that it was the final of the X-Factor on Saturday. This event is undoubtedly the biggest TV show of the year and a massive 8 million people voted for their favourite on Saturday night. The winner of the show is pretty much guaranteed the Christmas number 1 spot, due to the massive exposure and press they receive as the result of winning … Continue reading →

Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Blogging, Making Money, SEO | 26 Comments

Figleaves must be getting advice from Nick Robertson – decide to alienate affiliates even more

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Kieron

After last week’s fiasco you would think that Figleaves couldn’t do anything more to damage their affiliate programme and their relationships with affiliates would you? Well think again as they have just reduced their cookie period from 30 days to� just 3! All this just a week or so after drastically reducing their commissions levels. I’m beginning to think that they are taking advice from Nick Robertson from ASOS.com who was famously quoted as calling affiliates grubby in early 2007. … Continue reading →

Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Programs | 13 Comments

Soul on Sunday – Musiq Soulchild featuring Mary J Blige – “IfULeave”

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Kieron

My all time favourite female R&B artist, Mary J Blige features on this gorgeous new track by Musiq Soulchild – “IfULeave”. This track is perfect to unwind too on a soulful Sunday, utterly fantastic, proper soul music. Thanks to DJB for the heads up on the video. What I’m listening to right now: This!!

Posted in Music | 6 Comments