David Fiske A subtle blend of affiliate marketing and web development

July 2007 Archives

26/07/07 - Advanced Notice

I am rearranging my website portfolio for DBFCS and for this project so over the next 2 weeks, there may be outages, downtime, etc. More

25/07/07 - Build A Successful Website In 4 Easy Steps

The last few days have seen posts from Kieron, Chris and John about how to market your website.

Here's my take. More

24/07/07 - The New Search Engine - Just Add 21,900 Friends

I've just heard about iRazoo. Not only is it a human edited search engine but it's also a points make prizes site!

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21/07/07 - Pricing In Proportion Twaddle

Twaddle's a great word and isn't used enough!

I've just been to the Post Office trying to post my 4 page complaint to BT and now I've ended up with a complaint to Royal Mail!

Here's the offending letter:



Apparently this letter would bring the entire postal system in the UK to a halt. Why? More

20/07/07 - Price Update 26/07/07

Friday comes around too quickly in my opinion!

I've just updated Compare Sat Nav. More

19/07/07 - Free Laptop

Yesterday I saw an advert for a free laptop at PC World and today I've seen a free laptop at Carphone Warehouse. What's interesting about the Carphone Warehouse offer is that you have to sign up for AOL. Seems weird being that CPWH are the same group as Talk Talk! More

19/07/07 - Non-Intrusive Ads

I stumbled across some great code that generates non-intrusive adverts. At the top right hand side of this page, there's a triangle reading "Click Here". Hover over this and it reveals a large advert. More

17/07/07 - Contextual Ads Demo

Just logged into Tradedoubler and found a link to contextual ads.

Here's an example set to show adverts relating to fridges: More

16/07/07 - If You Run An Online Shop, Learn From Debenhams Mistakes

I placed an order with Debenhams on July 6th. Ever since, I've been having trouble. Here's why. More

15/07/07 - Competition Prize Winner (And Ugly Mug Shot)

I blogged a while back about Kieron's phone linking competition and I'm now the proud owner of a P990i phone. So firstly, thanks Kieron!

Secondly, here's the mugshot: More

13/07/07 - Calling TomTom Users

I've just updated Compare Sat Nav and thought I would give a bit more publicity to a TomTom offer - 20% off map updates until the end of July. More

13/07/07 - Arghhh - Why Oh Why?

July 10th and I wrote a piece about How Not To Close An Affiliate Program.

I took down my links as requested. Job done I though.

I have just received an email saying the program is still live - arghhhhh! More

13/07/07 - Affiliate Website Building Strategy

Got £351.33 spare? Check behind the sofa, maybe there's some cash there. In fact, you don't need that now. If you can raise that by next year, take advantage of 1&1 Internet's offer of free UK domains. Apparently it's time limited so you may need to be quick. More

13/07/07 - Free UK Domain Names

1&1 Internet are offering what must be one of the best offers ever - free UK domain names! More

10/07/07 - Nice Try Chris

Well done Chris (gedgec@gmail.com) for trying your hand at link exchanges but you need to learn a few lessons.

I hate emails that aren't sent through the proper channels. I set webforms up to be used. You're lucky I picked your two up but on the other hand, that's now caused you to be named and shamed here!

So what's Chris done wrong? More

10/07/07 - How Not To Close A Program

I wrote 15 days ago about how Affiliate Window emailed me in a poaching manner with regards to the Pixmania program.

Anthony Clements commented on the post, clearing up the issue, namely saying Tradedoubler had been informed of the program closure.

So why is it only today Tradedoubler are emailing me and telling me Pixmania closes tomorrow? More

09/07/07 - Royal Mail Problems

Occasionally a good rant helps you calm down! Today's victim is Royal Mail.

The story needs some background so here we go. More

09/07/07 - Website Revenue Analysis

I haven't done an analysis for a while so I thought I would write one - oh, and I've just made my first sale on Hotel Room UK so I'm quite chuffed at that! More

06/07/07 - Price Update 06/07/07

It only seems like yesterday when I last posted a price update! But 'tis Friday yet again and Compare Sat Nav has been updated. More

05/07/07 - Spammed By Myself!

A spammer is using one of my email addresses to send spam from a "Hayley Price". In the last 5 minutes, I've had around 450 returned emails. Worst thing is I use this email address for some important work so it's not just a case of closing down the account.

How do I get it to stop?! More

03/07/07 - We're Taking Over The World

A rather off topic post but nevertheless quite interesting.

Have you done a search in Google for your surname and full name to see what the results are like? Granted you need to be bored or interested in search engine rankings! More

03/07/07 - Projects In The Pipeline

Apologies for not posting for a few days but I'm working on a very exciting project alongside a major player within the affiliate marketing industry. More