tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554Thu, 08 May 2008 15:01:42 +0000http://daytripmedia.co.uk/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)Blogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-6425110238526152810Thu, 08 May 2008 09:13:00 +00002008-05-08T16:01:42.714+01:00If you've been following this still fairly new blog, you'll have spotted I tend to be a bit of a moaner. Well, not wanting to buck that trend, I thought I would quickly turn my sights onto another thing about working with affiliate programmes that really ticks me off, this time to do with the actual creatives they supply. Today my gripe is about big banners, or more precisely, the lack of them. http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/05/big-banner-gripe-literally.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-2769390915565533152Tue, 06 May 2008 08:07:00 +00002008-05-06T11:00:24.024+01:00I'm sure what I'm about to mention could be applied to any number of affiliate programmes, not just bingo, and in applied, I mean by braver people than me. Why brave? Well, partially because it involves breaking copyright laws. Ok, so I'm checking a video feed on one of my sites to see the latest bingo videos, when I spot one for Madonna and Justin Timberlake. Slightly surprised, I visit this http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/05/new-and-dodgy-bingo-affiliate-promotion.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-5062925556312440372Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:08:00 +00002008-05-01T14:27:47.157+01:00Oh boy, I always thought I was pretty good when it came to looking after security. Always telling folks about phishing, keeping virus protection updated, not answering letters to people wanting to move money, don't get caught out on eBay, fake domain invoices, etcetera. Whilst I may have had my eyes open to online and related fraud, I've not really looked at business related fraud in the past, http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/i-got-scammed-again.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-5752112574081608161Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:01:00 +00002008-04-27T23:32:26.287+01:00I have to admit to being a serial website maker. I get ideas and bounce from one thing to the next. I'm not sure why I've worked that way, I think it comes from my background in Fine Art, the idea being you're always working on a number of new 'creations' at a time.Unfortunately, for the first few years of working on web sites, my ideas around monetising them were pretty crude. I've been running http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/narrow-escapes-sites-and-ideas-i-let.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-6396837023416664464Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:25:00 +00002008-04-22T22:47:04.363+01:00As a part of the ongoing eBay partner network upgrade, I've finally got my new and improved caravan site uploaded and running. There were some heart attacks along the way, like when the hosting company decided to make my account extra secure without telling me and render the BANS CMS inoperable. But that aside, I'm quite pleased with the work done as it's pretty much trebled the size of the http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/cheap-caravans-site-upgraded-and.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-5820473375435410039Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:14:00 +00002008-04-21T14:44:10.178+01:00One thing I've learnt the last couple of years working in the online gambling and gaming industry is it can be a pretty seedy place. I was spoilt working at the BBC, I realise this. No commercial concerns, an inclusive culture that embraced the internet and working to a certain level of editorial accurateness and balance. I've carried a lot of that ethos into what I do know, but as I've found in http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/some-things-that-p-me-off-about-gaming.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-5036899596885410249Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:45:00 +00002008-04-18T09:45:48.160+01:00I set about updating my editor kit javascript snippets on one site today, ready for the end of the month switch off of the eBay affiliate programme at Commission Junction. Rather unhelpfully the documentation at the eBay Partners site simply suggests that the best way to update your tracking codes is to completely generate a new code at the Editor Kit.That's all well and good if you've only usedhttp://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/easy-way-to-change-editor-kit.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-4161215989468075322Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:32:00 +00002008-04-17T11:52:07.913+01:00One of the best things about getting out of a typical office set-up and 9 to 5 job is the fact you don't have to deal with constant pestering from line managers, colleagues, etc. In fact, not having to deal with people like this was one of the main reasons I took a voluntary redundancy from the BBC and took the gamble in starting my own business. It's been bliss, but unfortunately I'm fast http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/affiliate-managers-small-rant-and.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-701899274625379480Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:10:00 +00002008-04-08T15:31:12.458+01:00 document.write(""); If you use the eBay affiliate programme as part of your affiliate marketing toolkit, you're no doubt currently busy changing over the links to update to the brand new eBay Partners Network (EPN). If you're not then you'd better get going, you have until the end of the month to switch your links otherwise your commissions will not be tracked and as a result, paid. http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/updating-ebay-powered-links-and-new.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951103484403549554.post-7810813889757713042Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:26:00 +00002008-04-08T12:25:21.054+01:00I initially set this site up as a public face for my new business that I started on taking a voluntary redundancy in June 2006. I quickly threw up a one page site with the intention of adding a load of galleries and pages about the work I'd done. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but the cut and thrust of having to work at my business quickly put paid to the big project I'd had planned for http://daytripmedia.co.uk/2008/04/new-look-site-day-trip-media-v20.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dio Bach)