Author Archives: Kieron

Facebook promoting new albums in timeline

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Kieron
I noticed this for the first time on Facebook today: When I hover over the question mark it says “Suggestions based on Pages you like and music you listen to”. What’s more, these are all Spotify links. I don’t know if this is because I have Spotify installed and linked to my Facebook account or if they are all Spotify by default. Either way, it’s great exposure for Spotify and is bound to drive up streams and engagement. However, when … Continue reading →
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ContentNow.co.uk relaunched with lower prices for content creation

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Kieron
Over 4 years ago in 2008, I first launched ContentNow.co.uk to help websites with their content creation. The problem I experienced as an owner of various websites was that I didn’t have the time or expertise to write my own content and I couldn’t find reliable content writers at a good price to supply content for me. So ContentNow was born. In the 4 years since we launched we’ve grown steadily and now have hundreds of clients from blue chips … Continue reading →
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How to make money on your blog in one easy step

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Kieron
In my 12 years or so of Internet Marketing the most common question I get asked is how do I make money on my blog/site? Forget AdSense and all the other ad serving services, they’ll only make you pennies, here’s what to do instead… Follow Gary Vaynerchuck’s brilliant advice and hustle. It really is easy but I’ll be surprised if anyone I know actually does it. You MUST watch this video. What I’m listening to right now: Daytime Disco
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Freelance developer wanted for NEevents.co.uk

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Kieron
At the moment the North East seems to be buzzing with tech and creative events pretty much every week. This is awesome news, however because there is no central repository for the local events I tend to miss a lot. So I thought it would be a nifty idea to build a site where event organisers can upload and share there events for free, with the North East community. A quick trip to the domain registrars and NEevents.co.uk was born. … Continue reading →
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Spotify – what the labels are doing right

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Kieron
I’ll start this blog post with a disclaimer, I’m a Spotify fan boy. I have been ever since I first started using it in 2008 and I’ve built a business around it. In case anyone has missed the news this week, some indie labels and distributors have decided to pull their songs from Spotify and all streaming music services because they think that the revenue earned from Spotify etc. is too low and cannibalises sales of their music from places … Continue reading →
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