Tuesday, March 22, 2011

How to advertise your website

I've been nagging and preaching about article writing to some of my friends; they have great websites and good products and have put a lot of work into building up their businesses. But they have completely underestimated the competitive nature of the internet - and the need to work consistently and ethically to build up back links to their web sites to give the search-engines the required fodder.

A case in point is a web site which was designed for a friend who runs a self-catering business on the south side of Loch Tay, Scotland. (Loch Tay Holiday) This is the perfect accommodation for someone who likes activity holidays but also likes a secluded villa. A good way of building back links would be to write articles about the various activities available within two miles of the villa and publish them on article directories and blog about them. That would give my friend a whole lot of appropriate keywords and articles - and that would help her marketing efforts.

I am going to tell everyone about this site - "How to advertise your website" because this has obviously been constructed with a view to being really helpful to readers as well as offering a service to write and publish articles for people who don't have the time and expertise to write their own content. Great service! I wish them luck.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Bingo!

Well, I've had quite a week; some good news and some bad. However, after all's said and done, I'm happy with my progress.

Back to the beginning - I've had a bit of a health scare and the news wasn't as good as I hoped. However, it certainly isn't the worst it could be either, so I feel truly lucky. I'm not a gambling type normally, but I decided that now would be a good time to try my hand at a bit of online bingo - wow, imagine my surprise when I won back more than my stake money.

After a phone call from some friends, I find that they also play online bingo at a site called Paddy Power Bingo. Maybe next time I'll try my luck at Paddy Power bingo, my friends said they recently won a few hundred pounds on it one night!

The luck of the ..... Irish?? - well, I'm Scottish but that's close enough LOL!

Friday, February 11, 2011

Funny, Geeky Tshirts

I finally found a great tshirt for my nephew; he's the one studying at Heriott Watt University; he loves his computer and the games available on them; not quite sure how he gets time to study. Anyway, looking for a gift for him, I came across Supergoodtees where there are some really cool, geeky teeshirts available. Problem solvered :) - thanks, Supergoodtees!

I had few chuckles as I surfed the catalog on their site - there's a large selection there ....!

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Knitting and Crochet

I've been looking around for some knitting and crochet patterns - and came across a cool site which offers a whole lot of free patterns; I love the baby knits and am going to work on one for my great-nephew.

As a fairly competent knitter, I know that the patterns are going to work out ok; it's ages since I did any knitting but, just like riding a bicycle, some skills just don't go away! Not so sure about my crochet technique, tho!

Oooh, I just noticed, the site also has a free newsletter where you can subscribe to get free patterns by email. I guess I'll subscribe to that as soon as I finish this article!

Happy New Year - enjoy the knitting and crochet from Purple Kitty Yarns.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Marry Christmas

Hey, everyone - I hope you have a wonderful Christmas - and that you got all your Christmas shopping done in time! Mind you, there are times when a cash gift is the best thing you can get because you can then buy that wonderful bit of art which you always wanted. I've got a wee wishlist for some of the art of Kira Ayn Varszegi - I noticed just now that, as well as the Painting by Breast series of work, she also has some stunning photography for sale. Well done Kira!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

More photos from our holiday in Tain



We had a lovely holiday - the weather ranged from grey to glorious - and here's the photo to prove it. This is the main shopping street in Tain which was bathed in sunshine on Saturday morning as we got ready to leave for home.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Holiday in the north of Scotland


We had a quick escape to a self-catering cottage in Tain. A lovely, golden October week in the north of Scotland. OK, the weather wasn't terrific every day but even on the grey days we could get out and explore. It was marvellous.

This image shows Keiss harbour - we called in here late one evening and spent a few minutes having a look around.

I'll publish more photos shortly - but I should really get down to some work!

Cheers for now
M