Archive for September, 2008
Confused…What’s My Next Step?
Recently I sent out two photographers to cover Freshers’ Week in Edinburgh and Glasgow. They successfully publicised StudentsUncovered.com, took hundreds of photo’s and built on the foundations of possible strong partnerships with local nightclubs.
I didn’t expect traffic to jump into the thousands but we are hitting over 100 unique visitors/day. This is a nice steady [...]
Money Meter
As my realistic but tough challenge continues, I wanted a visual way to keep track of my daily average and to let my readers see how well I was doing.
After a quick scan of Google images for a suitable themometer and a few photoshop edits, I’ve now got myself a lovely money meter.
My daily average [...]
Students Uncovered Marketing Equipment
As September comes to an end and the student term begins here in the UK, freshers week is just around the corner. In a previous post I mentioned how I was intend on sending photographers out to take plenty of snaps of students having fun and stamp their arms with our web address.
Hopefully, this inexpensive [...]
August 2008 Earnings
August was another slow month, with little or no revenue generated. I’m still working hard to establish quality sites on the WWW and slowly but surely my content is being ranked well. I hope in due course to persue revenue through private advertising, but for now I’ll need to stick with 3rd party ad networks.
The [...]
Another Week Whizzed By
Another week has wizzed by without a single blog post from me, mainly because I’ve been busy working and don’t seem to have a minute to spare. Last week my dad and his partner flew off to Egypt for the week so I spent the evening with them. Saturday my girlfriend and I did a [...]
Approaching Local Companies
As you may or may not know, I’m about to launch Students Uncovered. I want local letting agents to advertise on the accommodation pages of each city, for example Student Accommodation in Edinburgh.
What is the best way to approach these companies to get them on board with a view of having them pay for advertising [...]