A friend showed me this video on YouTube the other day.
It’s an extract from Russell Howard’s Good News show – and it’s very funny!
It just shows how important tea is to the British public…
A friend showed me this video on YouTube the other day.
It’s an extract from Russell Howard’s Good News show – and it’s very funny!
It just shows how important tea is to the British public…
Just this morning as I was adding some dried fruit to my breakfast cereal, I wondered what the difference is between raisins and sultanas – so I decided to check it out with the ever helpful Google. For those that want to know, the difference is as follows:
So there you have it – not so complicated after all, and now I know for sure if I’m ever asked!
Further to an earlier post I made about freeing up space in Gmail (HERE), they’ve extended the feature set now to allow you to search for emails within Gmail by the size of attachments. So, for example, in the Googlemail search query, if you type “size:5mb” then Gmail will query your email folders and show you all of the emails over 5mb in size.
Mostly this will be due to people sending you the latest funny videos or picture collections and rather than deleting them at the time, you’ve just let them sit there in your inbox. So, although Gmail now offer 10.1gb of free space – perhaps it’s time to do a little housekeeping and remove some of the trashy stuff that you no longer need.
Equally, you don’t need to limit it to file sizes over 5mb. Just change the query dimensions and you can clear out much more of your email box – e.g. “size:2mb” will return all emails over 2mb in size.
Since I now live in Epsom and will be more likely to go to Epsom Races rather than Chester Races, it makes sense to also include the Epsom racing fixtures for 2013 too.
You can buy tickets HERE
It’s almost a tradition that I list the Chester Races fixtures on my blog, so here are the 2013 races fixtures…
You can buy tickets HERE
I had this sent to me a while ago, but came across it whilst having a clear out of some old folders. Quite funny really…
My blog so far has been a place for me to share things that I find interesting as well as helpful tips and information that I’ll often refer back to myself. It’s almost like having a personal set of bookmarks that are accessible everywhere I go without having to use any bespoke service.
However, a friend has asked me for some advice regarding their newly launched online business and since I happen to work predominantly in the online / media / marketing world, I thought this blog is as good a place as any to write up my suggestions.
Although I’ve intentionally kept the name of the company anonymous, the principles behind maximising online opportunities for an online retailer apply can be applied by anyone.
The background
The company my friend works for is a niche SME online retailer that has decided to branch out in to a new range of products (home accessories and home gifts) outside of its existing offering (beauty products). Rather than expand the existing successful brand, a new separate entity has been created. A good, well designed web site has been constructed; an expansive range of over 400 niche products has been selected and available from launch at competitive prices; and some initial social media activities have been undertaken. So far, so good – they’re sounding like they’re doing a lot of the right things – but what can they do to take things to the next level?
Continue reading Online marketing planning case study
A relatively recent phenomenon to hit the UK’s high street is the proliferation of vouchers, daily deals and discount sites that effectively offer money off and savings across a whole range of products and services. One particular niche related to these sites is the ‘discount dining card’. There are a handful of major players in the market and having tried them all, I reckon I’m in a good position to advise on which one(s) I think are the best.
So, the 3 main players are:
Gourmet Society - www.gourmetsociety.co.uk
The Gourmet Society is probably one of the better known dining discount cards, in that it is frequently promoted in the quality newspapers. Accepted at over 6,000 restaurants, it offers a good coverage of venues across the UK. There’s an iOS and Android app available, although I’ve had a few niggles with the Android app crashing from time to time, and the location search is sometimes a little flaky. Having said that, they do also offer a digital version of the Gourmet Society card, so you can just show your phone to the restaurateur as opposed to remembering to take your card with you every time you go out. Subscriptions are advertised on the site from £69.95 for 12 months access, although there are frequent trials available online for anywhere from 1 to 3 months, and quite often they’ll be discounted membership too. As with the other major dining cards, I would expect to pay anywhere from £29.95 to around £40 for a discounted version of this card.
Deal: Get a 2 month free trial HERE
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It has been a while since I’ve updated this site with any new, freshly written content – but that’s because I’ve been rather busy offline. In fact, I’ve got married, got a new job and moved house, so all in all, it has been a little hectic for me. Anyway, now I’m living in Epsom, I find that I’m constantly looking up the opening times of various places, but often find that the various sites that list the opening times, do so on a store by store basis, as opposed to covering the whole town. So, to make my life easier, I’m going to collate the store opening times of places in Epsom.
Restaurants / bars
Continue reading Epsom opening times