January 2011

Everything you need to start and run a business in the UK

January 29, 2011

On Thursday this week in went to the launch of The Start-Up Kit. It contains everything you need to start and run a business in the UK. It is the brain child of well my friend the best-selling author Emma Jones. The great thing about the pack is that it contains a book with all the advice and information you need including example business plans etc, but it also contains over £400 pounds worth of .....

MarketMeSuite and Affiliate dot com sponsor the affiliate awards

January 26, 2011

I am please to be able to anounce that MarketMeSuite and Affiliate.com have joined as sponsors of the Affiliate Marketing Awards. affiliate.com represents the next generation in Affiliate Networks. Since our founding, we have been focused on generating the best leads and sales results possible for our Advertisers and Affiliates. affiliate.com is a division of Media Breakaway, LLC, an industry leader in online and offline direct-marketing, delivering full-service, results-focused solutions. MarketMeSuite is owned by PieDogMedia .....

The Bees Awards announce their 2011 Jury

January 24, 2011

The Bees Awards, the first international social media marketing awards for communication professionals, reveal today their esteemed 2011 jury panel members. The event will once again award winners in over 23 specialized categories, including 8 new categories in the fast paced social media marketing world. The ceremony will be held at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco on May 3, 2011 at 7pm and will be live-streamed over the Internet. I had a good .....

The Affiliate Marketing Awards 2011

January 19, 2011

I am pleased to announce the launch of The Affiliate Marketing Awards 2011. The Affiliate Marketing Awards will take place in the evening of the 12th of April 2011 in San Francisco. That is the second night of Ad:tech San Francisco. They will be at the W Hotel which is always popular and just by the Moscone Centre. The judges are Shawn Collins, Joseph Morin, Peter Bordes, Jay Weintraub, Oliver Roup and Deborah Carney and .....

FeedBurner Dropped FriendFeed Subscribers January 11

January 15, 2011

Did anyone else notice that FeedBurner has stopped showing our FriendFeed subscribers as of January 11 and on every day since then until at least today January 15? FeedBurner dropped FriendFeed subscribers back in September 2009 but they came back and FeedBurner blamed FriendFeed. Has anyone seen anything recent about whether this is just one more glitch or a permanent change? I have intended to switch all of my blogs over to FeedBlitz and away .....

Understanding Social Media PR

January 13, 2011

 Traditional PR has changed; traditional PR no longer works for many companies. Understanding the changes in PR and Social Media PR can be a game changer if you get it right. Social Media PR is not just about Facebook, Twitter and Blogs is it about the way we interact with each other and the world around us. Philip Sheldrake one of the UK’s most innovative social PR experts, Philip co-founded Fuse PR said “The vast .....

2 great blog club events to register for next week

January 12, 2011

Next week sees 2 great blog club events you should register for if you live close to them. The London Blog Club is on the 18th of January at The Blue Posts Alica Kroupa and Laura Green-Wilkinson will show you how to get brand love for your blog. http://ebuzzing.co.uk… are sponsoring us so there are free drinks! Register at: http://www.meetup.com/London-Blog-Club/calendar/15757903/ San Francisco Blog Club is on the 19th of January meeting at 6pm at Sugar Cafe. .....

Interview with Ann Smarty, Owner of MyBlogGuest

January 10, 2011

Guest blogging has been a very hot topic lately. It is not at all a new word in the blogosphere: the concept has been around for ages. But only recently it has started to gain real power: more and more businesses use guest posts to reach targeted audiences via providing high-quality content. With the concept becoming more and more popular, it is quite obvious that related projects start popping up across the Web. Today we .....

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