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10 Ways To Get Visitors Without Google

Friday, March 13th, 2009

If you’re just not getting enough visitors from Google, here’s a few other ways to get more people to your site. Most of these methods are part of a good SEO strategy anyway, so you’ll find that by implementing them you will probably do better in Google as a natural progression.
1. Bookmark your most interesting, [...]

Don’t Assume Your Customer Is Stupid

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Today I received a parcel from an Amazon Marketplace seller. I had been looking forward to receiving it even though it took 10 days (hardly 1st class service as advertised). Upon opening it though I discovered quickly that not only was it late but they had not sent the item I had ordered. It was [...]

When The Newspapers Are Gone…

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Seth Godin asks “When the newspapers are gone, what will you miss?”

Personally I’ll miss having something to stuff my wet running shoes with.

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Fake Ads on Autotrader

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I spotted the ad above in autotrader this evening while fantasy shopping for a shiny new Audi Q7 on www.autotrader.co.uk. The ad for “Whacky Racer” seemed slightly fuzzy and out of place on the first page. Turns out it was a fake ad, leading to a full advertising page about drinking and driving.

All in all [...]

What’s The Most Prolific Blog You Read?

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

I just wondered if anyone finds that some blogs are so prolific that they don’t have time to keep reading the posts.
In my case it’s Lifehacker. It’s only been a couple of days since I whittled Google Reader down to zero unread posts, but already Lifehacker tops the rosta with 40 new articles for [...]

Cheap Petrol

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I saw this Adwords ad today and was really impressed by it. I’m not sure if the hotel owns a petrol station or if they have an agreement with one, but what a great way to entice visitors to come and stay with you. Offer discounted petrol when you stay in that hotel. It really [...]