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Entries from February 2007

"Get it right first time"

February 25th, 2007 · No Comments

How many times are we told to get it right first time?  I know that I have been told that many times.
But it has started to dawn on me that if I do not get a project right when I am interested in it there is no hope of it getting fixed any time soon.
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How to get a 8 year old to drink more water

February 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

 
I have a wonderfully active 8 year old son, Zach, who I would like to see drink more water.   He is very good at this normally, but I have noticed that he does not drink that much while at school.
But I may have found the solution.  I purchased a camelbak drinking bottle which holds 750ml.  [...]

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ASDA customer services anouncement

February 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

This anouncement was made in an Asda store in North London recently.. Click here

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Protect against instant refunders

February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

I have come across an interesting product that can help protect your digital products from theft.
The product is called “DigitalRepoMan.” It’s a new service that lets people lock their digital products, and “REPO” them if someone asks for a refund or gives your product away.
This does not use IP based technology which is very easy [...]

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Tags: Technology

5 Powerful ways to drive traffic

February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

The idea of creating sales on your website is a common one, but we need targeted traffic, the more targeted traffic the more chance we have of making a sale.
by Aurelius Tjin  http://www.aureliustjin.com
1. Use Google Adwords (http://adwords.google.com).Create dozens of different highly-segmented pay-per-click advertising campaigns to generate traffic for your website.
Google Adwords is a great way to [...]

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Tags: Internet Marketing

Can Google Hear Me – Aaron Stanton

February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Aaron Stanton has a quest to get his business idea pitched to the right people in Google in a 15 day time frame.  He has a great site
www.cangooglehearme.com where he is blogging about his progress.  At the time of writing he has 5 days and 14 hours left in his trip and is making [...]

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Spy Intelligence

February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Sometimes it’s quite useful to have an idea of what your competitors are doing on Pay Per Click, what keywords they’re bidding on, what they’re spending, stuff like that.
Disclaimer: Neither of these tools provides a completely accurate picture but they’re both very useful:
http://spyfoo.com/ – Gives you a list of major keywords your competition is [...]

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A thought for today

February 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

You cannot keep the mouth and mind open at the same time

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Tony Blair to defy 1.8million and me….

February 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Tony Blair is ready to defy public opposition to road pricing and press ahead with proposals to test pay as you drive charges,

says the Telegraph. Funny that he just sent me an email that said he had not made up his mind.
So for anyone who has not noticed,   Tony Blair’s legacy of 10 [...]

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Just received an email from Tony Blair

February 21st, 2007 · No Comments

I signed the petition about road pricing and then get this nice brush-off email telling me that ….. all politicians lie!
Nothing new there then….
“Thank you for taking the time to register your views about road pricing on the Downing Street website.
This petition was posted shortly before we published the Eddington Study, an independent review of [...]

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