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28Feb/100

Badcuts news

Elvis has left the BuildingWelcome folks.  It's been a while since a news update and this is for a good reason- we've been busy.  Link-optimise's redesign is complete and live!  So far so good and it looks particularly impressive.  The site has a good feel about it and the focus of it has changed.  It is now geared towards helping people SEO thier own site as much as offering packages to SEO a website.  We feel the balance is a good one, and we've had positive feedback so far.  All good.

Playgameshavefun.com, is also going from strength to strength.  The site is doing well on search engines, and is doing very well in the English speaking world, with the UK, USA, and Canada regularly reading the articles.  I love it.  We're hopefully launching our first video blog on the site soon.

The freelance writing is rolling forward to.  There is still plenty of work and I have landed a few roles lately which were good ones to land. Sadly, I could be facing my first non-payment dilema, and it will be interesting to see how that turns out. I will keep you posted as to the result.  As an
optimist, I feel that is the best course of action!

More news soon.

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5Nov/090

Read all about it, website news from Teahon…

DSCF7035-Noto-Syracuse-Sicilia-Italy-gnuckx_CC0_HQWelcome friends and thanks for tuning in!  OK, I know Chris Evans uses it to

open his radio programme, but I've always liked it and I've just written it down.  It's tough at the top what can I say.

First, let me apologise for the lack of postings, it's been a busy few weeks with collapsing house moves, stressful yet fruitful redesign of Link-optimise, and the domain for playgameshavefun.com, finally up and running.  Coupled with some serious writing work, which may see me turn a corner in my quest to become a full-time freelance writer, and all this results in not much time to update my personal space.  A tragedy I'm sure you'll agree.  Never fear, tissues are at hand, and as you can see, I've taken time out of my busy schedule to update you, because like L'oreal beauty products, you deserve it.

Link-optimise's redesign is looking inspired.  Phil's idea of creating one SEO site that branches in two directions is really taking fruition.  The colours, the robot, and dare I say my contribution - the copy, are like its predecessor, really taking shape.  The difference being, that the site has a clearer direction, and a much refined and easier to understand packages section.  This was the real weak point with Link-optimise's first site.

The resources have also taken shape, with clearer headings and better navigation.  Phil's designs go from strength to strength.

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Playgameshavefun.com, is just really a URL.  I'm planning to upload some articles to it soon.  This will will hopefully be up and running with a cool design by December.   Like, link-optimise, we have high hopes for this site.

Writing wise, I have two new clients, and an old one has just commissioned me to write 20 articles for a new site.  I am beginning to wonder if I should do this full-time.  All decisions of that type though will be made after Christmas.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for tuning in.
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23Sep/090

Words, words and more words, and an update!

The freelance writing world has been a little quiet of late, with my focus on Link-optimise and our other projects.  The former has just launched its resources page, and this is proving popular among visitors.  Those of you who accessed the blog via the homepage may have noticed a few changes to it, but we'll say no more about that.   I recently had 13 articles rejected by pure-content, and though one of them was ropey, I do feel the others were not 'off topic' as they stated, but were ok.  Anyway, the upshot of this was that I rewrote them.  We'll see what happens with that one. 

Dr Teng paid me for my efforts, and asked me to write a poem about Star Wars, as his daughter is selling Star Wars trading cards on Ebay, and wanted a suitable rhyme to go with it.  Can't say I ever envisioned I would ever write about that.

Chris, from Digitpedia recently asked me to write six press releases and not to write about Blackberry Curve smartphones any more.  Both were good decisions on his part!

I have recently paid a company to conduct a link campaign for Teahon.co.uk.  This is in part a test for the company to see it is something we can offer to Link-optimise's clients, I'm also hoping that we can generate ad revenue through extra traffic.  We'll see.

The next step for both this blog and Link-optimise is to add ads.  This will be done via Google Adsenseand is currently in Phil's hands.  Sadly, we have been dogged by more IT problems as every night for about five hours, Phil's Internet crashes.  All very puzzling and annoying.  That being said we are making progress and are currently investigating what sites work with children, and should we have a character to introduce the site.  Personally, I'm against this as I prefer to think of the site more like a very interesting book, but I could be being old fashioned in my outlook.  Phil and I are agreed that the site's character should it have one, have an interesting character that is appealing to children, and not too annoying for parents.  If we can't achieve this then we will scrap the character idea altogether.

Phil and I, have had another website idea of having an online comic.  This site will be just like a comic with updates happening every week or month, and telling a story which is continued with each new installment.  Though we do not feel the ad revenue will come in quite as often as our other ideas, it does allow us a way of flexing our creative muscles.  Of all the projects we have started or are planning to start, this is the one that I would like to work on the most.

Talk soon.

7Sep/090

Coping with freelance gloom…

It is not a good feeling when you are working hard but seeing little results.  This is just one of the many unforeseen experiences I have had to cope with over the last few months.  The hours of toil should yield there own reward but this is not always the case, and I have felt like it is all in vein.  At least sometimes.  The answer as always is just keep your head down and keep plugging away.  This is helped by the only other option available to me at the moment, and that is quit.  Not one I am comfortable with or planning to follow.

Link-optimise, is getting there, albeit slowly.  We have learned a lot about SEO this week, and how it all changed in 2006.  As a result we have initialised a link campaign which is progressing fairly quickly.  To attract more traffic we are implementing an SEO resources page, and we have discovered the best place to place an ad is Facebook, rather than Google.

Playgameshavefun.com, has had the first bit of content written for it, and I'm just going to keep writing it until we get something up and running.  I have a lot of faith and hope on this project, and Phil says he can see the advantages of it to.  With Christmas coming, it would be good to have it rocking and rolling by October. 

The future is optimistic, but the present is a grind.

   
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