Archive for September 2007
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Turns out I slept very easily in the end… I was knackered!!!
A geek!?
I can’t believe it - I have been called a geek! This is the single most offensive thing that anyone has ever done to me (apart from that time that guy shat in my face).
There was a little excitement in the hotel lobby this evening from a a drunk young man icausing trouble and being dragged out - it wasn’t me!
Got all sort of ideas running around in my tiny head at the moment, ways of imrpoving current dating system, making logic changes, refining and adding nich sires, working with different media, adding cheaper and higher price points, optimising devlopment, launching other product offerings, business models….
I have no idea how I am going to sleep.
Networking
Its been a long day at ad:tech exhibition in London - rarely does it get to this time and I am ready for bed…. not that I am actually ready for bed right now, but I would like to be!
Succesfull day: Met with many existing partners I have spoen with many times, lots of contacts for future B2B and new partner sites. Hopefully there might be a couple of contacts that although will not bring direct benefit to us, could be useful personal contacts for future devlopments. In fact was so busy I didn’t even get the opportunity to take break, eat or drink, let alone go around an check out some fellow exhibitors.
White Label Dating, an opposition of ours were very aggressive and confrotational, and in the end very ammusingly almost got thrown out. We have never used them as a target from which to poach partners so it was suprising to see a “professional” company stoop to such levels. Desperation is not good in business!
Another day of the same tomorrow, which if anything could be more intense, if a little shorter.
On a seperate note I cashed in the last of my shares a couple of weeks ago, I decided that holding the cash made more sense at this moment in time, especially all things considered - my inabilty to find time for due diligance, but much more significantly my past performance!
In a hotel room
Well, here I am in my hotel room in London, unable to sleep and waiting for tomorrow! I have watched TV, but there is nothing on, the movies are not that exciting and ather steep - for a few pennies extra you can get 24 hours porn!… so thought I might just do a spot of work instead. Yay.
Frustratingly I am about 20 meters inside the congestion zone in London which will add a few quid! Mind you I guess this is a negotiable charge compared to the parking and minibar… which is not even cold. I myself am a little cold, having just realised that instead of having the heating on full blast its the air-con I have been tunring up.
No idea what to expect tomorrow, looks promosing though, hotel is busy. I have plenty of business cards!
Busy week (ad:tech)
Its going to be an incredibly busy day tomorrow, and an even more intense week. Just making some final preparations for an exhibition WDP are sponsors of. Ad:Tech London is one of the biggest interactive marketing events, if not the biggest.
Naturally we hope to find some large partners at such an event. But personally I am looking forward to mingling with the many people from similar industries. Everything I do and am involved in is very focused on internet marketing. Obviously its in my interest to get connected with as many individuals in this field who can be of present, or future use.
Some of the exhibitions I have been to have been very disappointing, but with the size and quality of this I am expecting it to be very worthwhile….. Time will tell.
I also spent Friday talking with a very well connected individual in the Adult industry. Very positive ideas about working with WDP, particularly in the USA. I am sure we will soon come to an agreement, but regardless of this, the very exciting thing is that there is huge interest across the pond in what we do. We already have strong, long-running partnerships out there. It’s inevitable that soon we will have a bigger market share, hopefully as a result of this I will get to fly out more often!
Time to go, got some notes to make and suffering from a headache. Caffeine is either the solution or the reason.
Crack anyone?
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Back on the Case
After a weekend of debauchery on a certain Mr Bens stag do its taken me a few days to wind back up to full operational speed. But here I am the third night in a row up at nearly 3am, planning on how to take over the world.
I do not have weapons of mass destruction, I do not have the money to hire an army, in fact I have no weapons at all. So my first and most direct plan is on hold. But my second will soon be well on the way…..
Networking is very important and I have now been fortunate enough to meet a few useful individuals recently, some might be kind enough to help me. Not by way of supplying mercenaries. But perhaps to help with some of my on-line (ad)ventures.
Failing that, I’ll just go back to selling crack.
England 3 - 0 Russia
Back of the net!
Nothing exciting to celebrate, but 2 “good” games for England after being shite does make you feel good! So I am enjoying a bottle of Peroni in celebration of this massive achievement for the nation!
I am exploring the delights of Facebook at the moment. It has to be said that regardless of the courtroom action against them, and the massive costs in setting it up, it is a very impressive social networking tool. Already I have met up with a couple of old friends from my long gone school days. I am now trialling it as a tool for networking with affiliates and potential business partners.
If anyone wishes to add me to facebook then I don’t mind saying “hi”. But please tell me who you are in your request. Add me
Currently I am making some final specification changes to a user generated “adult” content site. Sorting out my accounts. Looking at houses. Scratching my arse. But as it is late, I must go and return to these tasks tomorrow.
Where have I been?
My time is an asset I seem to possess least of (as well as money!). ’tis for this reason I have not updated this blog for more than a while.
Briefest of updates are:
- Abi has become a 1st time Aunt to little baby Evelyn Isobelle
- Bought Gaggia Cubika Coffee machine
- Have a new Car
- Bought Sat Nav
- Been on Holiday.
- Sold all my trading shares
- Moved home office from one room to another
Things I haven’t done:
- Launched any new sites
- Finished the set up of company for handling my off-shore property investment
- Shaved this morning
Things I intend to be doing:
- Finalising project X, who will develop it, who will design it, launch date and getting few potential partners/clients + members interested
- Massive World Dating Partners promotion - got many new portals, partnerships, improvements and new features coming together right now strengthening our position as Market Leaders and accelerating our growth.
- Shave
