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I’m A Celebrity…Ramblings

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

I don’t watch ITV’s “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Here” but was channel hopping tonight and caught it for a bit and felt compelled to make some observations.

Dani Behr is gorgeous. Simply lush.

What is Martina Navratilova doing in there? She’s arguably the best female tennis player ever. Surely she doesn’t need the publicity?

Likewise why is George Takei in the jungle? The man is awesome, he was Mr. Sulu in Star Trek and also appeared in Heroes for heaven’s sake. Legend!

David Van Day is the most irritating annoying obnoxious little man ever.

Ant and Dec are still the best TV presenters in the UK.

Who is Brian Paddick? Nicola McLean? Joe Swash? Carly Zucker?

Simon Webbe seems a good guy, just needs to work on his music a bit is all.

I feel kind of sad for Esther Rantzen. She just doesn’t seem to want to be there and kind of sad.

Timmy Mallett is no Biggins.

What I’m listening to right now: Prince - “Funk”

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I’m A Celebrity…Ramblings

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

I don’t watch ITV’s “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Here” but was channel hopping tonight and caught it for a bit and felt compelled to make some observations.

Dani Behr is gorgeous. Simply lush.

What is Martina Navratilova doing in there? She’s arguably the best female tennis player ever. Surely she doesn’t need the publicity?

Likewise why is George Takei in the jungle? The man is awesome, he was Mr. Sulu in Star Trek and also appeared in Heroes for heaven’s sake. Legend!

David Van Day is the most irritating annoying obnoxious little man ever.

Ant and Dec are still the best TV presenters in the UK.

Who is Brian Paddick? Nicola McLean? Joe Swash? Carly Zucker?

Simon Webbe seems a good guy, just needs to work on his music a bit is all.

I feel kind of sad for Esther Rantzen. She just doesn’t seem to want to be there and kind of sad.

Timmy Mallett is no Biggins.

What I’m listening to right now: Prince - “Funk”

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Stuff

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Stuff is a great word isn’t it? I use it loads to describe all sorts of…well stuff.

In this case though it means a collection of news and tidbits that I’ve been reading/thinking about and pondering over the last few days…

I was very glad to see Jeremy Clarkson and co. on this week’s Top Gear agree with my blog post in March on how boring people have become when picking colours for their new cars. Come on people, there are more colours other than silver or black. Maybe I should start a campaign to bring a bit of colour to our cars?

Over 230 people voted in my Revels poll and I’m delighted that coffee won!! Come on Mars, bring it back ASAP!

Fancy a night out in Newcastle next month? Sign up to the Buy.at Christmas Cracker here, it’s free!

Hi to my new blog sponsors CPays. For bingo/poker/casino affiliate programmes they rock!

I love this post from Scott at Self Made Minds. There are some silly people out there!

Mike is looking for help from merchants who may have products that fit in with his site Isawitonthebox.com. Get in touch with him if you want some exposure for your stuff!

What I’ml istening to right now: Young Nate Ft Tinie Tempah - “Mixed Messages Remix”

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Strawberry Revels replace Coffee Revels - the world has gone mad. Vote for your favourite here

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

First the Jonathan and Russell fiasco, now further evidence that the world has gone stark raving bonkers.

After eating healthy for a few days now I decided I deserved a treat in the form of a little bit of chocolate to ease my craving. So I headed to the shop, picked up a bag of my favourite chocolates - Revels, and proceeded to wolf them down like they were the last sweeties on earth. A couple of mouthfuls later I noticed an odd, unexpected taste that I couldn’t quite identify. It was pretty unpleasant, so I looked a bit closer at the packet to see if they were out of date. I wish they had been, as to my horror I noticed the “new sweets” flash on the packet (see pic above) along with a note that coffee had been “evicted” - due to some stupid marketing promotion - and was now replaced by a mystery flavour. So I bit the remaining Revels in half until I saw the culprit, a red Revel! Strawberry! Yuk!!!

Now I like strawberry creams when you get them in boxes of Cadbury Roses etc, but the strawberry Revels are plain disgusting, horrid, rank, rancid and minging - all combined.

I’m gutted. Revels are my favourite sweets ever, I even put up with the horrible toffee ones because the others are so lush. But alas I can not buy any more Revels as the strawberry ones are just disgusting beyond words. I’m very sad.

On the plus side, the rumour is that coffee will make a (very) welcome return in the near future. Not soon enough, in my opinion. I’m going to have to switch to Munchies until that time.

The question is, which do you prefer? Coffee or strawberry. Please vote below and tell everyone you know too! I can’t be the only fan of coffee Revels out there can I?

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.

What I’m listening to right now: De La Soul - “3 Feet High and Rising” - best hip-hop album in the world ever?

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Jonathan Ross & Russell Brand’s “offensive” call to Andrew Sachs - is it a slow news day?

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I was going to blog about this yesterday but thought, no it’ll blow over soon, it must be a slow news day. How wrong I was. Today we have Gordon Brown and David Cameron appearing on TV and in the press giving their opinions on the whole debacle. Seriously, have our leaders got nothing better to do? Has nobody told them we’re *on the brink/in the middle (*delete where appropriate depending on what newspaper you read) of a recession?

I half expected the so called media “gurus” and “pundits” - mainly from the Guardian mind you - to grab their 15 minutes of fame and appear on the news to say that Jonathan and Russel were being bad lads and bleating on about them being a waste of our licence fees etc etc. But Gordon Brown?? Dear God.

I’ve read the transcript of the show and yes it could be perceived as distasteful and offensive but so is a lot of TV/radio. Have you ever seen Russell Brand live? He’s no angel. But then again neither is Jonathan Ross, he regularly tells his guests to f*** off on his Friday night TV show and gives them plenty of abuse. Do people complain? Sometimes yes, but not the Prime Minister!

Yes both comedians and the BBC should apologise to Andrew Sachs, and they have. And that should be the end of it. But no, our politicians are jumping in and adding their 2p worth. Why? Shouldn’t they be running the country, bailing out the banks and lowering fuel prices so I can afford to fill up my Range Rover? Do they really need to be involved with something so trivial? It was even reported tonight that 2 people have lodged complaints with the police. For goodness sake, do we really need to get them involved too? Heaven forbid they have to get up out of their “safety camera” vans to waste their time on this. Oh, wait…

What I’m listening to right now: Joe - “Joe Thomas, New Man”

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Jonathan Ross & Russell Brand’s “offensive” call to Andrew Sachs - is it a slow news day?

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I was going to blog about this yesterday but thought, no it’ll blow over soon, it must be a slow news day. How wrong I was. Today we have Gordon Brown and David Cameron appearing on TV and in the press giving their opinions on the whole debacle. Seriously, have our leaders got nothing better to do? Has nobody told them we’re *on the brink/in the middle (*delete where appropriate depending on what newspaper you read) of a recession?

I half expected the so called media “gurus” and “pundits” - mainly from the Guardian mind you - to grab their 15 minutes of fame and appear on the news to say that Jonathan and Russel were being bad lads and bleating on about them being a waste of our licence fees etc etc. But Gordon Brown?? Dear God.

I’ve read the transcript of the show and yes it could be perceived as distasteful and offensive but so is a lot of TV/radio. Have you ever seen Russell Brand live? He’s no angel. But then again neither is Jonathan Ross, he regularly tells his guests to f*** off on his Friday night TV show and gives them plenty of abuse. Do people complain? Sometimes yes, but not the Prime Minister!

Yes both comedians and the BBC should apologise to Andrew Sachs, and they have. And that should be the end of it. But no, our politicians are jumping in and adding their 2p worth. Why? Shouldn’t they be running the country, bailing out the banks and lowering fuel prices so I can afford to fill up my Range Rover? Do they really need to be involved with something so trivial? It was even reported tonight that 2 people have lodged complaints with the police. For goodness sake, do we really need to get them involved too? Heaven forbid they have to get up out of their “safety camera” vans to waste their time on this. Oh, wait…

UPDATE: It’s now October 30th, 12 days after the TV broadcast. In the news the United Nations say that they are “deeply concerned” about the safety of tens of thousands of people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; with the very real chance of a civil war imminent. But what does the 6pm news lead with today? Bloody Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand yet again. For goodness sake, Russell has quit, Jonathan has been suspended for 3 months and the controller of Radio 2 has resigned. Let’s move on shall we? BTW did you know that before the Mail on Sunday put this story on the front page there had only been 2 complaints made?

What I’m listening to right now: Joe - “Joe Thomas, New Man”

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Stupid domain names

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Domain names can be a bit like babies, you may think your son/daughter is the most beautiful baby in the world, when others just see a hairless chimpanzee.You may think your nice semi generic domain is the best thing in the world and worth £500k easily. Others will offer you £10.

But really, I mean really what were people thinking when they register domain names with a hyphen after every single letter in them? Take b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s.com as a perfect example. Who is going to type that into a browser? Yes people may type business.com into a browser but not with all the hyphens. Will it be any good for SEO purposes? Or course not. So why oh why do I still see these domains for sale. I mean here and now in 2008 people actually still think there is a market for these stupid domains with hyphens in. Just last week I saw some for sale on a couple of forums.

And what about those domains with the “www” as part of the domain, i.e. wwwbusiness.com. Again, who is going to type in www.wwwbusiness.com anywhere? If it was 1998 again and I saw these domains for sale I would half forgive the registrants for trying to flog them on, as it’s still a relatively new emerging market. But here and now, 10 years later what’s the excuse for trying to sell them on? Does anybody know?

What I’m listening to right now: Robin Thicke - “Something Else”

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The big bad A4U Expo wrapup post

Friday, October 17th, 2008

I got back yesterday afternoon absolutely shattered from the 2nd annual A4U Expo at the Excel in Docklands, London. It is only now a day later that I feel mentally fit enough to switch on the PC and write down my thoughts. It wasn’t the 3 parties over 3 nights that has left me exhausted, but rather the 2 solid days of networking, meetings, panels and presentations that has me worn out. Well OK, maybe the parties didn’t help either )

So what were the highlights for me?

One thing that stood out this year was the number of SEO people who were involved in the panel sessions. People like Becky and Dave Naylor, Mel Carson, Dixon Jones and Joost De Valk to name but a few. Sure, they’re an odd bunch ;) but our sectors are so closely linked that it made perfect sense to have a few more SEO sessions this year.

One panel that I particularly enjoyed was the “Effective Voucher Code Implementation” session with Frostie, Duncan, J Lil and Richard from Comet the DSG group. Hero did a grand job of presenting an overview of the sector but unfortunately we only had 10 minutes to ask the panel questions. With voucher codes being such a hot topic at the moment we could have done with a 15 minute overview and 45 minutes of questions and answers. Maybe next year.

I missed Al’s presentation on “Million Dollar Blogging Strategies for Affiliates” which I was gutted about. Happily I heard nothing but good feedback about his session though, which is great considering I was the one who twisted his arm and suggested he be involved in the Expo in the first place.

I was also delighted to hear loads of positive stuff about the new sunPress tool from Chris and the gang at Sunshine.co.uk. It’s certainly a fantastic tool for my favourite blogging programme WordPress.

Then there was my “Meet the Super Affiliates” session with Jamie, Doug and superbly moderated by Shak. We were in one of the biggest rooms and the session was packed, however as we were the very last session of the last day I think that this took it’s toll on the audience. When we opened up the floor for questions we got a few but nowhere near the volume of questions that we had on the same panel last year (which was on in an earlier time slot). Speaking to a few people after the session, they said they enjoyed it and would have liked to have asked some questions but were a bit daunted as nobody else was. If I had been prepared, I should have brought some of the great questions asked by my blog readers in this post. But as ever, I wasn’t but will answer them in a separate and upcoming post. Thankfully the session went OK and we didn’t have to revert to Doug’s questions that he had hastily prepared just before the presentation on his notepad. Thank goodness!

I was also pleasantly surprised to meet up with Carrie from the Google Affiliate Network. She made the trip from Chicago to do a bit of fact-finding before a full blown launch of the Google beast into the UK. Should make for an interesting time ahead.

Finally I’d just like to thank everybody who took the time out to come and say hello to me and shoot the breeze about affiliate marketing, ContentNow.co.uk or white cars ) Great to talk to you all and meet so many new people. While the exhibition and the sessions themselves were great, for me it was the networking and the drinking with friends old and new in the parties afterwards that proved really invaluable. This is where deals are struck, domains and sites are sold, joint ventures are born and new opportunities created. Roll on A4U Expo 2009.

Here are some other people’s experiences of the 2 days…

Awesome A4U Expo 2008
Doug’s A4U Photos
A4U Expo Day 1 - by Fraser
A4U Expo Day 1 - by Jason
A4U Expo Day 1 - by Pete
Best A4U Expo Event Ever! - by Jason
Didn’t we have a lovely time
Day 1 photos
ʎU Expo was great, yet again
SEO Dinner at A4U Expo
ʎU Expo presentation online now
WordPress SEO tips
Was the A4U Expo any good? My review
My A4U Expo Roundup
A4U Expo - Conversion rate experts reveal conversion is all a matter of persuasion
Can I got to bed now please? A review of the A4U Expo 2008

What I’m listening to right now: Ne-Yo ft Jadakiss - “By My Side”

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Grab a bargain - CompareCameras.co.uk

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I’ve noticed a few domain names selling for way below their market value lately, well I certainly think they were good purchases. For example:

Competitions.co.uk - £5.5k
Directors.co.uk - £3k
Promotions.co.uk - £2650
Pcs.co.uk - £5k

All of the above were absolute bargains I believe, especially competitions.co.uk which will make a return staright away based purely in type-in traffic.

Anyway I spotted this auction the other day for CompareCameras.co.uk which is only at £300, with the reserve already met. While the name isn’t as generic as my examples above it’s perfect for capturing traffic from users typing “compare cameras” into Google. There are also tons of electronics and specialised digital camera merchants offering decent commissions so no problem monetising it.

What I’m listening to right now: Robin Thicke – “Everybody’s A Star”

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Cold Is The New Hot

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Has anyone seen the TV ads, billboards and press ads stating that “Cold Is The New Hot”? That’s pretty much all the ads say apart from telling us to visit ColdIsTheNewHot.com on October 1st and all will be revealed )

At the time of writing, the site is just a landing page with a countdown clock - 1 hour to go! - However I was intrigued enough to do some research to see what it was all about. So, some serious googling later I found that the ads are for Proctor and Gamble’s new Ariel Excel Gel. Which apparently is a new washing gel that enables consumers to wash clothes at 15 degrees. Riveting.

However I must say I was impressed enough with the advertising campaign to go and visit the website, and to write this blog post, so hats off to their advertising agency for a job well done. What’s the betting from tomorrow if you type 15 degrees into Google, you’ll see some sponsored ads?

What I’m listening to right now: Omarion Ft Missy Elliott – “Boogie Police” - what a title for a song )

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Nice one Nominet!

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

I sold a .uk domain name for the first time in a while last week and I was very pleasantly surprised at how easy Nominet have now made it to transfer domains away.

In the “old” days you had to complete a paper transfer form and write a covering letter and send a cheque in order to initiate a transfer, it could take up to 4 weeks. But now, wow what a transformation! Now you log into Nominet - and if you don’t know your log-in details just ring them up, speak to a very intelligent customer service advisor (based in the UK) who really knows what they are talking about and are very helpful - and then al you need do is fill in the buyers email address and pay £11.75 via credit/debit card! It is ridiculously easy and takes at most 2 minutes.

So credit where it’s due, well done Nominet for making .uk domain name transfers so very simple.

What I’m listening ro right now: Ne-Yo - “Year Of The Gentleman”

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Berocca’s Digital Agency needs to do better

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

I got this email yeterday from Chris Applegate at London based “digital agency” OutsideLine.co.uk.

Chris Applegate wrote:
My name is Chris and I work for Outside Line, a London-based digital agency, and I’m contacting you today on behalf of Berocca, the fizzy orange vitamin and mineral supplement.

There’s been a lot of press recently about how blogging can be potentially stressful and tiring so to do their bit to help Berocca have launched a free Bloggers’ Relief Pack, which you might have seen mentioned on some other blogs already. It contains a stress ball, USB “stress” button, bubble wrap keyring, pen holder and a pack of Berocca and is designed to help Britain’s bloggers be at their best, both physically and mentally.

I’m just dropping you a line to find out if you’re interested in getting a free pack to try out - you can do so at the special microsite at:
www.berocca.co.uk/bloggerrelief - we link back to every blogger we send a pack out to as a way of saying thanks for giving Berocca a go. You can also check out what other bloggers have thought about it via Technorati:
http://www.technorati.com/search/www.berocca.co.uk

And of course, if you want to share it with your readers we’d be delighted. If you have any questions then don’t hesitate to get back to me. If you’re not interested, then apologies for taking up your time, and I won’t bother you again.

Yours,

Chris Applegate

Now if you were sending this email to prospective bloggers wouldn’t you at the very least do some very basic research like trying to find out if bloggers had already blogged about this promotion from Berocca? I’m going to offer Outside Line some free consultancy here, as they are obviously in need of it. If you’re reading this Chris here are 4 steps to make sure you don’t make the same silly mistake for future clients.

1. Read my blog!! Yes you could have done some real hard core research and searched for the term “Berocca” in my blog. If you did you would have seen that I blogged about this in June of this year at http://www.here.org.uk/2008/06/free-blogger-relief-pack-from-berocca.html

2. You could have actually clicked on the link in YOUR OWN EMAIL that clicks through to the Technorati search for Berocca. Because yep, my blog is listed there too.

3. You could have checked the Berocca link in YOUR OWN EMAIL as my website URL is on rotation with some others at the top of the Berocca micro site.

4. You could have asked your client Berocca, for a list of blogs that have already blogged about the promotion. They do have such a list as they feature these blogs on their site (see point 3). That would have saved you emailing and annoying bloggers who have already blogged about this.

I hope the above helps you, and that you don’t receive an email from these guys.

What I’m listening to right now: Noel Gourdin – “Better Man”

P.S. Not all digital agencies are rubbish, but some do make me wonder how they are in business and how they can justify some of their high charges to clients.

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Berocca’s Digital Agency needs to do better

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

I got this email yeterday from Chris Applegate at London based “digital agency” OutsideLine.co.uk.

Chris Applegate wrote:
My name is Chris and I work for Outside Line, a London-based digital agency, and I’m contacting you today on behalf of Berocca, the fizzy orange vitamin and mineral supplement.

There’s been a lot of press recently about how blogging can be potentially stressful and tiring so to do their bit to help Berocca have launched a free Bloggers’ Relief Pack, which you might have seen mentioned on some other blogs already. It contains a stress ball, USB “stress” button, bubble wrap keyring, pen holder and a pack of Berocca and is designed to help Britain’s bloggers be at their best, both physically and mentally.

I’m just dropping you a line to find out if you’re interested in getting a free pack to try out - you can do so at the special microsite at:
www.berocca.co.uk/bloggerrelief - we link back to every blogger we send a pack out to as a way of saying thanks for giving Berocca a go. You can also check out what other bloggers have thought about it via Technorati:
http://www.technorati.com/search/www.berocca.co.uk

And of course, if you want to share it with your readers we’d be delighted. If you have any questions then don’t hesitate to get back to me. If you’re not interested, then apologies for taking up your time, and I won’t bother you again.

Yours,

Chris Applegate

Now if you were sending this email to prospective bloggers wouldn’t you at the very least do some very basic research like trying to find out if bloggers had already blogged about this promotion from Berocca? I’m going to offer Outside Line some free consultancy here, as they are obviously in need of it. If you’re reading this Chris here are 4 steps to make sure you don’t make the same silly mistake for future clients.

1. Read my blog!! Yes you could have done some real hard core research and searched for the term “Berocca” in my blog. If you did you would have seen that I blogged about this in June of this year at http://www.here.org.uk/2008/06/free-blogger-relief-pack-from-berocca.html

2. You could have actually clicked on the link in YOUR OWN EMAIL that clicks through to the Technorati search for Berocca. Because yep, my blog is listed there too.

3. You could have checked the Berocca link in YOUR OWN EMAIL as my website URL is on rotation with some others at the top of the Berocca micro site.

4. You could have asked your client Berocca, for a list of blogs that have already blogged about the promotion. They do have such a list as they feature these blogs on their site (see point 3). That would have saved you emailing and annoying bloggers who have already blogged about this.

I hope the above helps you, and that you don’t receive an email from these guys.

What I’m listening to right now: Noel Gourdin – “Better Man”

P.S. Not all digital agencies are rubbish, but some do make me wonder how they are in business and how they can justify some of their high charges to clients.

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Goodbye IE, hello Firefox

Monday, August 11th, 2008

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 it would just freeze, new tabs wouldn’t open or it would just become generally unresponsive. So much so that it really got in the way of my productivity, so last week I binned it once and for all.

So far I have to say that Firefox has been superb. It allowed me to import all my IE bookmarks in a matter of seconds and more importantly hasn’t crashed once, yay! Not only that but it seems to run faster and smoother.

My next step is to explore all of the add-ons available. Can anybody recommend any useful ones?

What I’m listening to right now: LKP – “I’m Ready Part 2″ hello Newcastle!!!

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How to get funding from the Dragons for your website (because they don’t understand the Internet - as proven by DiamondGeezer.com)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

I’ve just watched Dragon’s Den, Series 6, episode 2 and my jaw dropped. Why? More on that later, but for now here is how to easily impress the Dragon’s and gain some serious funding.

1. Tell them the turnover (not profit) of the biggest website that currently occupies the same niche as yourself. Obviously the bigger the better.

2.“Impress” them with some slightly average search engine results for a couple of key search terms. Judging by this weeks’ episode, position 9 and position 12 will get you over a quarter of million pounds investment.

That’s it!

On last night’s episode a website did exactly this. The site concerned is DiamondGeezer.com who last year had a turnover of £1.6 million but a profit of only £3,243.

However because the guy who was pitching said that the biggest site in this sector (BlueNile.com) had an annual turnover of $330 million - and that DiamondGeezer.com held position 12 on Google for “diamond” and position 9 for “diamond engagement ring” they actually made him an offer.

To top it all the offer was the highest ever in Dragon’s Den, it was £255,000 for 40% of the business. In fact so keen were the Dragons to invest that 3 of them (Theo, Peter and James) all wanted to be part of the investment. However the owner of the company - can you believe this - actually turned them down!! Apparently he thought that £255k for a 40% investment of his company, which made £3,243 profit last year remember, was actually too high!

I honestly can’t decide who made the worst decisions in tonight’s episode. Was it the Dragon’s for wanting to invest such a large amount of cash into such a small business, with slightly-above-average search engine rankings? Or was it the owner of the business who turned them down?

We all know that last year Theo made a similar mistake and blew £200k on another online business, but you would think he would have learned by now wouldn’t you? Obviously not.

Now I know a lot of affiliates who have much better rankings (positions 1 to 5 for example) for sites in much bigger sectors than online jewellery. The majority of which would probably call it a day if they didn’t make £3,243 profit in a week or less, never mind a year. So it makes you think what kind of funding we could all secure if we ever entered the Den with a real web business that was making good money, in a profitable sector and had good search engine results? Anyone up for it?

If you haven’t seen the pitch then please click here to watch it. And just watch how the guy manages to get James, Theo and Peter to part with their money by telling them about a few average serps results. Amazing.

What I’m listening to right now: Joe – “God’s Work”

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