Archive for the ‘Muppet Merchants’ Category
There Was No Snow In Newquay
About a week ago I was under the impression that everywhere in the UK had suffered dramatic snow falls, or at least that’s what the news was telling me. So as you do when trains are at their worst I decided to pack up my stuff for the week and head down to Newquay to [...]
Grandma We Love You…
Or not in the case of this searcher who found their way onto our Gifts UK website with a cracker of a search term (click for larger image):
It’s not been a bad year for the GGUK site. We built the site in late November 2008 and have left it virtually untouched until October 2009 when [...]
Red5.co.uk - Too Good / Too Bad
Last week a canny lass over at red5.co.uk sent me one of the best affiliate marketing emails I think I’ve ever read, so I thought I’d share it with you as an education.
Hi there,
let me introduce myself - my name is Taz and I work for a gadget company called RED5. Our company was [...]
Compare The Market, Aleksandr Isn’t Happy!
My name is Aleksandr, founder of comparethemeerkat.com.
Recently I searches the Googles for my website and I finds comparehtemaaarrrrket.com. Needings cheap car insurance I get ze quote for ze insurance and I buys! Zen this morning I receives an email from comparehtemaaarrrrket.com saying:
Aleksandr, you saved on home insurance, try us for car insurance too!
But waits! I’ve [...]
Sometimes Saying Nothing Is A Better Idea
When I first Started this blog a few months ago I made a post about Findel Potentially Putting Kitbag.com up for sale which was met with quite a lot of feedback from one of Findel’s employees.
Said employee (Craig) decided that my post was negative to the Findel brand (which wasn’t my intention at all) and [...]
Play.com’s Tribute To Michael Jackson - Too Soon?
I learnt on Friday that Michael Jackson had passed away when I opened an email from Play.com entitled: Play.com’s Tribute to Michael Jackson.
The email was an affiliate email along with some banners and an affiliate link with my ID inserted into it all ready for me to put up on a site. At the time [...]
Please Don’t Suspend Me For Not Promoting You
Good and generous Affiliate Gods,
Please stop the muppet merchants from suspending me for not promoting them,
It’s not that I have no love for their brand,
It’s not that we’re not working to the same cause they are,
Frankly it’s beginning to get out of hand.
We sign up to programmes with an intention to promote them,
And we’re sorry [...]