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Addiction Focus: A New Addiction Treatment Blog

David Congreave — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:20:41 +0000

As part of the Addictions UK marketing campaign, I’ve recently created a new blog called Addiction Focus. It’s designed to offer a central location for posting addiction-related news, as well as testimonials by people with addictions and addiction treatment counsellors. At the time of writing, Addiction Focus has just a handful of posts but I’d [...]

Animoto: Music Videos in 5 Minutes

David Congreave — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:32:14 +0000

Someone recently put me on to Animoto.com. It’s been around since mid-August 2007 but it’s somehow managed to pass me by until now. Animoto is probably better demonstrated than explained; its WOW factor comes from the ability to make a sleek, professional-looking music video, in about five minutes. Ten minutes if you want something [...]

Have You Heard of The Blog Tech Guy?

David Congreave — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:14:51 +0000

We pay Joel Williams (AKA – The Blog Tech Guy) $87 every month to take care of our blog and keep it up-to-date. And that’s ON TOP of other blog design and technical work that David’s hired Joel for on other occasions. Put another way… When it comes to blogging – Joel Williams is the guy we trust. So [...]

Are We Just Full Of It?

David Congreave — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:19:23 +0000

Even if you’re NOT a cynic, the thought has to cross your mind occasionally. When Guru A recommends visiting Guru B to see the most awesome offer ever, that is even more awesome than the awesome thing that Guru X was pitching last week… you’ve got to wonder… Is he just full of it? If it wasn’t for [...]

Coup de Twitter: How To Be A Twinja

David Congreave — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:06:57 +0000

The way Harris Fellman tells it, he used to think Twitter was a fad, a waste of time. He ignored it for nearly two years. Then he realized what Twitter really is—List Building 2.0. When you think about it, building your list of targeted Twitter followers is simply another form of list building. It’s not a typical [...]

Video #3 – Where To Start

David Congreave — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:40 +0000

For this third video in my series on affiliate marketing, I’ve side-tracked a little to talk about the most basic of skills that I believe you need before you get stuck in. I also reveal the four tools that I have used – and still use – as part of my affiliate and email marketing. You can [...]

Video #2 – The Unspoken Secret

David Congreave — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:48:44 +0000

Yes, I’m aware that the name of this post sounds like the title of a trashy novel, but don’t let the name fool you – Video #2 of my series on affiliate marketing (you can catch-up with the first video here) is much more valuable. OK, so I’m not doing a great job of talking it [...]

Lucid Graphics Plus and Newbies Nightmare

David Congreave — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:37:32 +0000

I don’t often send emails on a Monday (dunno why), but I’ve got a few pieces of interesting news to share and it’s starting to get backed up. So please give this email a quick read through and then at least I’ll feel as if I’m getting back on track ==================== Lucid Graphics Plus ==================== It’s a [...]

Affiliate Marketing Tips: Video #1

David Congreave — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:34:50 +0000

During the last few years, what single action has proved to be the most significant in improving my affiliate marketing? Watch the video below to find out: Please note, this video is free to watch, but it will only remain online for a short period of time. Why not take a 12 minute break now to watch this [...]

UK Addiction Treatment Organisation – Can You Help?

David Congreave — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:04:03 +0000

For the past few years I’ve focussed my SEO efforts on my optimising my own websites and supporting Lucid SEO students. Recently however, I decided to try my hand at assisting other organisations directly and during the last few months I’ve quietly taken on a couple of clients. One of these clients that I’m especially pleased [...]