A New Start for 2013

A new start for 2013

Part of my revised 2013 is to start on a completely new topic as I’m feeling rather stale on some of my earlier topics although I know there will be people out there who will, quite rightly, say I ought to focus on existing projects that I have worked on, and I should continue with those to improve on them.  Yes, those that are making money for me, I will still work on, but some of the articles I feel you can only write so many times!

Into 2013 with Amsterdam cruise

Into 2013 with Amsterdam cruise

Into 2013 with Amsterdam cruise 1

Moving into 2013

It’s been a long time since I posted here, because I’ve been hit badly by the death of my partner.  Although I knew it was imminent, that doesn’t make it any easier to bear.

The distress and the stress of the last couple of months then dragged me down with a dreadful cold that lasted 3 weeks and just wouldn’t “go”, so the Christmas and New Year holiday periods were particularly difficult for me.

However, two very good friends invited me onto a short break cruise to Amsterdam and, although you’ll see from the picture that the weather wasn’t all that kind, they made sure I enjoyed myself and had a rest. (Apart from the time when my cabin-neighbours-from-hell thought it fun to “party” at 3am two nights out of three.)

R.I.P. John

R.I.P. John

R.I.P. John 2

R.I.P. John 9th June 1946 to 7th November 2012

On 7th November 2012, after a rapid deterioration in his illness, my beloved partner John passed away peacefully in St Luke’s Hospice, Kenton.

The homecoming

The homecoming 3

Mamma and Dadda came back!!

With much hysteria, tail wagging and fur flying, Bailey greeted his long lost Mamma and Dadda – back from a four day trip to Venice.

It must have seemed forever to him and he was so excited to see them back again.

New beginning for Bailey

More ways to make money when time is short

More ways to make money when time is short 4Shall we check emails Bailey?

My latest – completely wonderful – distraction is Bailey, my son and his fiancée’s dog, who has come to stay while “Mamma and Dadda” are on holiday.

Bailey is a darling and actually very soothing to have with me, but very “needy”, so in addition to hospital visits and stolen phone processing, my day is punctuated by “fetch”, “walkies” and “din-dins”.

So what other short cuts in running an online business have I been able to make?

Facebook Posting

Automating my Business While I've been visiting my partner in hospital and taking care of sorting out his stolen phone and many other thing for him, my business has had…

Heartless scum and lowlife

Heartless scum and lowlife 5Scum and Lowlife Offline

I’m supposed to blog every day – about my online business life. But that’s taking a bit of a back seat to family and my very ill hospitalised partner for a couple of weeks. However, please forgive me while I vent my fury on the keyboard for the scum and lowfile who STOLE his phone from his hospital bedside while he was asleep.

Removing Spammy Links

Spam Backlinks

Until recently the “in-thing” to get your site (theoretically) to page 1 of Google was to build loads of backlinks to it.

Unfortunately some of these backlinks were very black-hat and considered “spammy” by Google, so may be having a detrimental effect on your pack ranking.

Here’s some advice.

More Time Saving Shortcuts

With my partner in hospital, I'm working against the clock. But having built up a list of customers, I can't just stand still. Obviously longer-term, the aim is to create…