Monthly Archives: January 2009

10 reasons why Spotify rocks

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Kieron

First of all, what is Spotify? I always describe Spotify as a kind of cross between Pandora, Last.fm and iTunes. It’s a music application that you download and install on your PC. It does many cool things but primarily it can either (a) act like a radio station and play you random songs based on your preferences, i.e. “Alternative”, “Soul”, “Country” etc. Or (b) it can also act as a stand-alone music player. So let’s say you want to listen … Continue reading →

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Win GoneDigging.co.uk gift vouchers

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Kieron

This week I’ve teamed up with GoneDigging.co.uk for a competition where I have £150 worth of gift� vouchers to give away. So who are Gone Digging? They’re a retailer of unique and personalised gifts. Some of their products are really unique such as the Spoof Newspapers and Personalised Football Books. I gave away some of their stuff to family this Christmas and was very impressed with the quality, most items come in really nice gift boxes and the attention to … Continue reading →

Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Programs, Competitions | 7 Comments

How not to unload your new £80,000 Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Kieron

What makes it worse is the fact that it’s white. Lush. What I’m listening to right now: Lenny Kravitz – “Stand By My Woman”

Posted in Cars, Fun | 10 Comments

So, how much money did Alexandra Burke make me?

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Kieron

A month ago on December 14th 2008 I blogged about how I captured so much traffic from a blog post about X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke that it broke my server. One of the comments on my post was from Simon who said it would be a good idea to blog again in 30 days time, when the Play.com cookie has expired and report on my earnings. So here we are, this one’s for you Simon Number of sales: 62 Retail … Continue reading →

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Daily Mail close down Twitter parody

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Kieron

Saw this yesterday written by @jemimakiss. It seems that Twitter have caved into legal pressure from the Daily Mail and closed down a Daily Mail parody account on Twitter; NotDailyMail_UK. I urge you to read the full article here but here are a couple of juicy snippets: Further proof, if we needed it, that the Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) has no sense of humour. Some wag created the inevitable spoof account for the Mail on Twitter, which resulted in various … Continue reading →

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