Think Visibility Stripped Bare

18th March, 2009 4 Comments


It’s been a bizarre month for me. For starters I was one of the first to turn up for a conference … at 8:30am! … on a Saturday! … sober!

I later made amends and got back to Befuddle ways and was later pictured with a lovely friendly lady at a local Leeds establishment.

Befuddled

Anyway, at the ThinkVisibility conference there was a mixture of affiliate marketeers and ‘geeks‘, including organiser The Hodge.

Names you may recognise from the A4u site or networking include Kieron, ‘Elaine and Dave’ and Chris Clarkson.

Kieron presented the last talk of the day and showed some very interesting slides on how he made just a small part of his money during 2008.

Keron

I made some bulleted notes along the way on my phone.

  1. mobile
  2. blog
  3. cpm geo target
  4. email & rss
  5. outsource
  6. buyitnow x2 conv
  7. build trust (ie expired codes)
  8. reply to all emails
  9. don’t upset Dave Naylor
  10. always check backlinks
  11. subdomains for serps
  12. sales
  13. ‘chill’ elaine

I’ve been working on some of them since. The “You need to chill out more,” comment from Elaine is currently difficult at the present time, so I am channeling my energy by 2) updating my blog more and 7) building trust by spring cleaning my site and removing expired content. Although this does go against 12) sales where Kieron demonstrated some good examples of making money with older content.

There will be another Think Visibility event in Leeds in September and it will sell out and it will be a late night both before and afterwards … if you follow me at least.

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Befuddled Twip to London

6th February, 2009 1 Comment

Way back in January 2008 when it was fashionable for me to win affiliate prizes, Jo from Stream:20 sent me an email saying I’d won a 2 night stay in any 4 star Jurys Doyle hotel in the UK and Ireland.

Well with no beau to wine and dine in a UK or Irish city, it took me until the last week of January 2009 to actually get to use the prize as I went to attend one day of the the CAP Euro London event.

Although I was travelling on my own I knew I wouldn’t be alone. Regular a4uforum posters such as Purple and Swifty were there and planned to catch up in or around the event.

By logging onto Twitter on the outdoor tube ride to the Novotel I could see that Matthew Wood and a few of the Existem crowd were present and I knew exactly where they’d be on the numerous floors. Very handy when I’d made the conscious decision to not to make any new business but just see recognisable friendly faces.

During the 5 hours that I was at CAP I met up with people I’ve met at previous networking and affiliate events and others who I thought I was talking to for the first time but it transpires I’ve had drunken conversations with at previous networking and affiliate events.

When CAP finished there was a few hours to spare before the evening party at Leicester Square. Fortunately pretty and funny girls Jo and Teresa were up for a night out, whilst most others got trains home.

After an entertaining meal in China Town we head to Leicester Square and took advantage of the free Jack Daniels at the bar.

I then caught up with some old friends from London before navigating my way back to my hotel at 5am via the casino. I only went in to spend a penny (as I was busting) but it cost me £120.

Despite falling asleep at 5:30 I did manage to wake up, shower and get to Kings Cross on time for 7:45.

I didn’t however jump on the correct train as it set off up North.

Befuddled indeed.

Now, here’s the same story again. Only backwards. As recorded live @Befuddle in Twitter.

# is a shell of who I was last night. Exhausted and now home to sleep. 8:03 PM Jan 31st from mobile web

# has made it to Boro before noon! Now quick change then catch up with the lads for all dayer! 11:54 AM Jan 31st from mobile web

# thanks train guard #1 for not charging me £60 for being stupid. Now ready to haggle again at Donnie 9:41 AM Jan 31st from mobile web

# is a proper twit. Got the train to Leeds and I’m not even going to Leeds! 8:15 AM Jan 31st from mobile web

# is at Kings Cross to start the next leg of the weekend albeit in the same jumper as last night 7:42 AM Jan 31st from mobile web

# is in no mans land. If I fall asleep between 515am and 7am I miss my train, match and weekend 5:13 AM Jan 31st from mobile web

# is in China Town having a meal with and courtesy of Sky. Thanks Stream20. 9:05 PM Jan 30th from mobile web

# forgives the blonde masseuse for messing my hair up. It was quite arousing for 3pm in a packed conference hall 3:11 PM Jan 30th from web

# @matthewwood en route for the first freebie of the day 1:05 PM Jan 30th from mobile web

# heading to the hotel gym. Too early in the day to make eye contact and discuss Rev Share and CPA 10:31 AM Jan 30th from mobile web

# made the £18 courtesy cooked breakfast by 5 mins. Get in 9:58 AM Jan 30th from mobile web

# just leaving China Town. Hot stuff 1:26 AM Jan 30th from mobile web

# is ha ha in a very busy Brixton to see The Streets and there’s been a powercut so it’s off 8:39 PM Jan 29th from mobile web

# is on the Guinness as the lager is like shandy 7:05 PM Jan 29th from mobile web

# easily found the Webgains pub using the GPS on my phone and Orange Maps 6:31 PM Jan 29th from mobile web

# requests Hannah Swift’s mobile please. Meeting her for drink by Webgains 5:15 PM Jan 29th from mobile web

# is ready to rock and roll in London for the next 42 hours 2:15 PM Jan 29th from web

# missed a trick? Stars say ‘New love first says hello in a coffee bar’. While in Starbucks the server told me she loves lots of cream! 12:34 PM Jan 29th from web

# is having a bad day at the office and I’m not even in the office. I’m on the train. 12:10 PM Jan 29th from mobile web

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Befuddle Twatted

1st February, 2009 Comments Off

If you’ve got me on Facebook and you’re intrigued by my one line updates on what I had for lunch, gruelling spinning sessions, casino wins and Friday night frolics, there’s another way for you to keep up-to-date.

My Twitter feed is set up to update my Facebook status so I use that instead, whilst I’m on the move.

Catch me on Twitter

@befuddle

Follow you soon.

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a4uExpo 101

17th October, 2008 17 Comments

I’m still recovering and while I’m still in a position of not being able to string sentences together. Here’s my own personal a4uExpo 101.

  1. Drinking until 5am
  2. Full English Breakfast served late (oops missed the opening)
  3. Smoothies with Cat
  4. Jame’s Little saying I should get to Barbados (those sales are already trickling in)
  5. Seeing the London scenery by night
  6. Sunshine.co.uk’s new Wordpress travel site
  7. Free Towel from Zanox
  8. Existem raffle swimming goggles, chocolate, spoon, …
  9. Hero Grigoraki presenting Effective Voucher Code Implementation
  10. Sunshine.co.uk bag to put all freebies
  11. Sky HD bloody mary’s
  12. Joost de Valk’s wealth of wordpress SEO plug-ins and useful urls
  13. Caboodle Design talking design
  14. Katie from Zanox discussing Kodak
  15. Webgain’s served Peroni
  16. So much fun
  17. Chris Frost on the Voucher Code panel
  18. Conversion Rate Experts on the art of persuasion
  19. Free Web cam from Zanox
  20. Smoothies with Jess
  21. Dozens more Facebook friends
  22. Staying in the hotel with the late bar
  23. Mark Russell protecting me from OMG (can’t remember)
  24. Discovering new opportunities
  25. Chris Kamara from Middlesbrough
  26. Blagging Hong Kong rugby trip (fingers crossed)
  27. Doug and his promotions
  28. Charity auction that nobody could hear
  29. The Pink Patch
  30. Jo from Stream:20 converting me to rugby
  31. Afternoon sushi
  32. Jackpotjoy’s Claire and Jasper. Always a pleasure
  33. All those people at 4am I upset
  34. Hannah from Existem for being Hannah
  35. Extreme SEO
  36. Shak and his Viagra story
  37. Arriving with 1 full bag and leaving with 3
  38. Doug’s workforce wearing Doug tshirts
  39. Kirsty’s Duncan not just being Kirsty’s Duncan
  40. New drinking partners
  41. Dan Morley and his new plans
  42. Vodka Luge
  43. Jo from Superbreak (won’t ignore you next time)
  44. Conference agenda with notepad at back
  45. Pens – can never have too many
  46. A4uExpo mugs
  47. Double bed for being there at the end
  48. 12 noon checkout
  49. Being bigger than last year
  50. Meeting my blog readers
  51. Getting excited when the person talking to me realises I’m ‘Befuddle’
  52. Vodka Luge with sambuca
  53. New friends
  54. Talking about Soccer Saturday with Matt Le Tissier
  55. Pirate hour
  56. Existem bean bag to sit on (but the one thing I didnt blag)
  57. Lammo for drunken chats
  58. The Zak and Graham double act
  59. New Exclusive codes
  60. Negative SEO – come on admit it who did it?
  61. Free bars
  62. Kirsty disappointed there was no sexual gossip
  63. Teresa for the Sky VIP room pass
  64. All the beautiful people who work in marketing
  65. People taking photos to remind me of the carnage
  66. Lunch bags with apples (too healthy for my liking)
  67. Kieron saying I didn’t need ContentNow
  68. New business contacts
  69. Joe Connor’s lodger Dan asking questions that weren’t answered
  70. The chip waitress who kept winking at me
  71. Kirsty’s prize winner Rich Harper offering me his voucher domain
  72. The Benny Hill style chase for chips
  73. Bryant Hussey for keeping his restraint
  74. Joe Connor’s Cantbarsed business card
  75. Sleep which was bliss whenever it happened
  76. Redcar’s Elaine and Dave
  77. People not present, were their ears burning?
  78. Clarke Duncan and his mobile plans
  79. Lee Bradshaw giving me advise on the ladies
  80. Sneaking out of the hotel bar at 2am on the second night
  81. Matthew Wood and Claire for great organising
  82. Laura pushing up the bidding price in the charity auction
  83. Those people who I chatted to a lot and I can’t recall your name
  84. Liane from Linkshare complimenting my watch
  85. Matt Bailey telling me he told a merchant not to work with me
  86. All those stands and people that I didn’t approach
  87. Kirsty McGubbin getting through the champagne before I clocked it
  88. Kevin Sutton upset that I’d not remembered him from a few weeks back
  89. Paul Wright going missing
  90. Twittering whilst twatted
  91. The London Eye at night
  92. Buy.ats Hayley who gets to the same events I do
  93. Meeting Fraser for the first time
  94. The grey man playing with his balls
  95. The Super Affiliate session which shows that we’ve all got room for improvement
  96. The people waving at us from the London bridges
  97. Kirsty borrowing Hannah’s camera
  98. Claire from Existem singing Sweet Caroline
  99. My site being hacked whilst I was in London
  100. Not remembering much really
  101. Have you heard about Promotions?

… Ok, I can’t even string a list together. This is taking longer than I thought. The rest will be added a little later whilst I now head off to get a smoothy or shandy …

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