5 Jan
Many of my compatriots have posted on their blogs reflecting on the last decade or year and very good reading it is too here are some of them:
For me this is not a time for reflection, the Noughties were ok to me well actually a bit of a rollercoaster ride, however, as one top astrologer put it on New Years Day, they have tweeted their last tweet and updated facebook for the last time, and you cant phone, text, email or skype them, they are gone forever.
Now looking forward to the Teenies (is that the accepted term?) what will they bring, undoubtedly for all of us, a whole world of new changes and challenges on so many levels both personally and professionally.
On a professional level I am going to start by building on the foundations our dear friend the Noughties left behind, 2009 was all about consolidation, I ended the year spending 90% of my time on the few sites bringing in the majority of my revenue rather than wasting time on dead ducks.
The main focus this year will be on building up the brand of Fashion Style You which is now over 2.5 years old and steadily growing month on month (google willing).
Aside from that I am going to remain flexible while continuing other projects and collaborations which have proved fruitful in the past I will also be looking for new opportunities, possibly selling a few sites but above all moving forward.
2 Aug
Here is the latest update from the @AffiliateBlogs twitter account which automatically retweets from Internet Marketing Blogs .
The twitter account currently has 1005 followers which I am happy with as we reached a peak of almost 1200 then twitter culled a load of spam accounts which dropped the total back below the thousand.
This is what has been popular throughout July.
| 1. http://ow.ly/15GI5D | The domain market goes crazy for Michael Jackson (Inside 123-reg) http://ow.ly/15GI5D | 37 Clicks |
| 2. http://ow.ly/15GcKg | How not to do PPC – John Lewis (Datadial Blog) – I’m sure it’s just a clerical error but at the moment … http://ow.ly/15GcKg | 30 Clicks |
| 3. http://ow.ly/15HpTW | The day I interviewed for the Apprentice (James Little writes about Affiliate Marketing) http://ow.ly/15HpTW | 27 Clicks |
| 4. http://ow.ly/fbBY | Megan Fox Nude (Cornwallseo.com) http://ow.ly/fbBY | 20 Clicks |
| 5. http://ow.ly/15Guq9 | John Lewis End Relationship with Vouchercode Sites (I’ll Shut Up Now) http://ow.ly/15Guq9 | 19 Clicks |
| 6. http://ow.ly/atOY | 5 ways affiliate traffic can leak (E-consultancy – Internet Marketing News and Blogs) http://ow.ly/atOY | 17 Clicks |
| 7. http://ow.ly/d7nf | Want To Work With/For Get Visible? SEO Consultants Required (Get Visible: Affiliate Marketing Blog & SEO Consultant) http://ow.ly/d7nf | 16 Clicks |
| 8. http://ow.ly/15Jac4 | Skimlinks and Prezzybox team up to give commission to charity (The Bearded Warrior) http://ow.ly/15Jac4 | 16 Clicks |
| 9. http://ow.ly/15Jh2F | Indexing slow? Blame WordPress 2.8 (BlogStorm) – Last night I was complaining that my Servicing Stop post was takin… http://ow.ly/15Jh2F | 16 Clicks |
| 10. http://ow.ly/15GYP5 | Can Business Trust Twitter? Suspended Accounts Error! (Clarke Duncan – Affiliate Marketing Blog) http://ow.ly/15GYP5 | 15 Clicks |
Four new blogs have been added to the mix recently.
14 Jul
I’ve added a few new blogs to the mix at Internet Marketing Blogs over the past couple of weeks, thought it prudent to share them with you just in case you want to add them to your own rss reader instead.
Darrell Freeman’s Internet Marketing Blog
One Man Went To Mow (by Peter Anderson)
Connect – Digital Marketing Expertise from iCrossing
I’ll Shut Up Now
Blue Chip Vacations Affiliate Blog
fwitter – not facebook or twitter just Frank Pauls ramblings
If you like what IMB has to offer please follow on Twitter too at @AffiliateBlogs you may just catch something you have missed.
1 Jul
The first full month of the @AffiliateBlogs twitter account retweeting Internet Marketing Blogs is over the twitter account now has 901 followers. As promised here is what has been popular throughout June.
| 1. | How not to do PPC – John Lewis (Datadial Blog) – I’m sure it’s just a clerical error but at the moment … http://ow.ly/15GcKg | 47 Clicks |
| 2. | Platform A Speakeasy follow up (Matt Bailey’s affiliate blog) http://ow.ly/eYSE | 31 Clicks |
| 3. | Surviving Barbados Incentive Structure (Woody’s Wise Words – Matthew Wood’s Blog, Woody’s Wise Words -) http://ow.ly/f0So | 20 Clicks |
| 4. | John Lewis End Relationship with Vouchercode Sites (I’ll Shut Up Now) http://ow.ly/15Guq9 | 14 Clicks |
| 5. | 5 ways affiliate traffic can leak (Econsultancy) http://ow.ly/atOY | 13 Clicks |
| 6. | Skimlinks sweeps the A4U Awards http://ow.ly/aO5u (Skimlinks) | 13 Clicks |
| 7. | Want To Work With/For Get Visible? SEO Consultants Required http://ow.ly/d7nf | 13 Clicks |
| 8. | Get filename from URL using Javascript (Be Fused – web design, development & affiliate blog) http://ow.ly/f0da | 11 Clicks |
| 9. | And The One Millionth English Word Is … http://ow.ly/dMND | 11 Clicks |
| 10. | Megan Fox Nude (Cornwallseo.com) http://ow.ly/fbBY | 11 Clicks |
1 Jun
The two weeks since I automated Internet Marketing Blogs so that the rss is twittered via @AffiliateBlogs have been a bit of a bumpy ride, the service I use, Hootsuite, has crashed a couple of times and not quite been as reliable as I hoped but all in all things have gone pretty well, the twitter account has so far proved pretty popular and at time of writing has got 420 followers, from a peak of 453, no doubt some of the autofollow twitter tarts have now auto-unfollowed.
Anyway I thought I would share with you from the hootsuite stats the most popular tweets from the 1187 click throughs since the service started, if you find this useful let me know and I will do a similar top 10 every month.
| 1. | Welcome to Mark Russell (Affiliate Doctors) http://ow.ly/8DM7 | 34 Clicks |
| 2. | An open letter to affiliate managers and merchants How to get me promoting you (Keith’s Affilate Marketing Blog) http://ow.ly/9Qfg | 30 Clicks |
| 3. | Get paid to learn everything we know about web marketing (Conversion Rate Experts) http://ow.ly/8DM9 | 28 Clicks |
| 4. | Four themes from SMX London (Distilled – Monitoring your Reputation Online) http://ow.ly/8wbn | 23 Clicks |
| 5. | An Interview With Someone You SHOULD Know – Judith Lewis Search Director at i-level (Get Visible: Affiliate Marketing B… http://ow.ly/8jj4 | 23 Clicks |
| 6. | a4uAwards – Shortlist from the Judges (Affiliate Marketing Awards – a4uAwards) http://ow.ly/8k7u | 22 Clicks |
| 7. | BooHoo.com – Latest News and Offers! (Affiliate Program Advice) http://ow.ly/8DMa | 22 Clicks |
| 8. | Welcome to Kirsty McCubbin (Affiliate Doctors) http://ow.ly/9odU | 19 Clicks |
| 9. | Affiliate Marketing – Best Job Ever? (MarkBoyd.co.uk) http://ow.ly/7iLP | 19 Clicks |
| 10. | New on Facebook: Pope Benedict (E-consultancy – Internet Marketing News and Blogs) http://ow.ly/8DMb | 17 Clicks |
Recent additions to Internet Marketing Blogs
Big Idea Media – What’s the Big Idea?
George Marshall – Entrepreneur – one man one mission one million one year
Affiliate Marketing Awards – a4uAwards
Skimblog – by Skimlinks
James Reddy – ReddyGo.co.uk
Justin Parks – Social Media and all that other internet stuff – Justin Parks is a paddy, get over it. He might sound nuts but really he’s a bloody genius (his words not mine).





