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  • Max_Headroom_3
    Max_Headroom_3 Posts: 1,597 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Oooh I had a read too. I don't agree with everything there.. ( we've already had the teenage mum's discussion ).. but really well written. I throughly enjoyed it. Dry humour, sarcasm and sharp observation with more than a hint of barely concealed frustration at the way the whole system works.

    Good stuff !!! :T



    +1

    Thank you Shakey, and for your comment on my blog which I've replied to for you. :)
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  • Max_Headroom_3
    Max_Headroom_3 Posts: 1,597 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I'm coaching Max by PM, but don't want to overload him by hitting him with everything he has to do and all the tricks on Day1. His head would explode with dullness.

    Yes, backlinks, but they need to be drip fed over a period of time else Google will make an assumption that he's paid for links - and they're against those.

    Tagging/keywording needs further development, he was passed the google adwords keyword tool earlier this evening.

    Right now, the first objective is to make more postings, then we hit the next batch of link drops to raise the profile.

    So far today we've touched on: copyright, hot linking, using divs for image placement, tags, keywords, value of keywords, linking, trends/timing of postings and twitter.

    That's enough for one day of PMs. Poor bloke shot off to bed a bit early tonight ...

    Yes, PN has been promoted to Sales and Marketing Director of the RTB Blog! :D

    She's a very clever girl indeed, although sadly most of her techy advice might as well be written in Russian for all the sense it makes to a dunderhead like me. :rolleyes:

    But rest assured we're working on it.

    Latest post on RTB has just gone up. :)
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  • SingleSue
    SingleSue Posts: 11,718 Forumite
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    Do you know, that is actually very good....written in a style that is very attractive to me (plenty of sarcasm, I am a master of sarcasm) but with enough 'normal' stuff to keep it grounded.

    Well done Max...and well done PN in your advice to him.
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • Max_Headroom_3
    Max_Headroom_3 Posts: 1,597 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    SingleSue wrote: »
    Do you know, that is actually very good.....

    You don't have to sound quite so surprised! :rotfl:

    Only kidding, thanks Sue. :)
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  • scrooge2008
    scrooge2008 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
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    SingleSue wrote: »
    Do you know, that is actually very good....written in a style that is very attractive to me (plenty of sarcasm, I am a master of sarcasm) but with enough 'normal' stuff to keep it grounded.

    Well done Max...and well done PN in your advice to him.

    I agree with Sue, you got my vote too Max and PN. I really liked the pictures, summed up the message well.
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Yes, PN has been promoted to Sales and Marketing Director of the RTB Blog! :D

    She's a very clever girl indeed, although sadly most of her techy advice might as well be written in Russian for all the sense it makes to a dunderhead like me. :rolleyes:

    But rest assured we're working on it.

    Latest post on RTB has just gone up. :)
    It was written in Russian .....

    :)
  • Bogof_Babe
    Bogof_Babe Posts: 10,803 Forumite
    Love the bit about the bag hooks. I want some of them!
    :D I haven't bogged off yet, and I ain't no babe :D

  • Max_Headroom_3
    Max_Headroom_3 Posts: 1,597 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    It was written in Russian .....

    :)

    Aaaahh, now I don't feel (quite) so dim. :D
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  • Max_Headroom_3
    Max_Headroom_3 Posts: 1,597 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Bogof_Babe wrote: »
    Love the bit about the bag hooks. I want some of them!

    Honestly, they're blimmin brilliant! :D

    Come out of Sainsburys with just a couple of carrier bags and instead of putting them on the boot floor as normal and getting home to find they've rolled across the floor spilling all their contents, you just hang them by their handles on the hooks which are mounted high up and then they're still there and of course upright when you get home.

    Very simple but flippin clever. :cool:
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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! PPI Party Pooper
    Max, I need to know what the car is now, just to get one with hooks. Brilliant blog...
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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