David Leigh header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'life'

How did I get here?

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

At the weekend I was down in Valencia where I met up with the rest of the “Spanish Crew” (above), who I met at Ed Dale’s conference in Manchester back in November. While there was a social element to the meetup and we went to the MTV Arctic Monkey’s gig, a lot of it was [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: internet marketing · life

E-commerce, Spanish style

February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Vodafone 3G USB key advert by Frankie Roberto
Vodafone 3G dongles are a wonderful invention, allowing me to run my businesses from pretty much wherever I like armed only with a laptop. Just as well because in August, which is one of my busiest months of the year, I spend 4 to 5 weeks on [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: internet marketing · life

Schadenfreude

December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Since it’s almost Christmas I suppose you’re thinking peace on Earth and goodwill to all mankind.
Better get this out the way then!
Schadenfreude
Remember kiddies – revenge is a dish best eaten cold.

[Read more →]

Tags: life

Happy New Year!

February 20th, 2009 · Comments Off

I know it’s mid-February already, but I’ve been really, really busy and just haven’t found the time to do anything with my blog.
Just for the record – I commented unfavourably on John Reese’s Traffic Secrets 2.0 some time last year – I still think a lot of it is long winded and I don’t think [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: life

Heading for Menorca

September 6th, 2008 · Comments Off

I know I’ve been away for all of August, but I’m heading off to Menorca this afternoon to stay with some friends. Back on Tuesday night, Costa Brava again on Wednesday and back to Barcelona on Friday.
Then I’ll get down to some real work

[Read more →]

Tags: life

I’m back

September 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

If you’ve been wondering where I’ve got to lately, it’s that I’ve been on holiday. We spent August on the Costa Brava, and had the best weather I can remember, so in addition to plenty of eating and drinking, you can add lots of swimming, snorkelling and a bit of scuba diving too.
3 days in [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: life

Marketing the way the internet works – or why I hate OT

April 16th, 2008 · Comments Off

During the 30 Day Challenge, Ed Dale was fond of comparing internet marketing to American Idol. The theory is simply that the aim of American Idol is to sell the audience the record that they want to buy and to do that the audience votes each week to knock one contestant out.
This whole idea originated [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: life

Don’t fear best man speeches

March 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

Since I was lucky enough to be best man to my brother last year I know a thing or two about giving best man speeches. It went down extremely well, which was a relief, but I did enjoy it in the end. Nothing like a captive audience who are actually laughing in the right places.

[Read more →]

Tags: life

The Cure in Barcelona

March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This morning I’m recovering from seeing The Cure at Palau Sant Jordi, where they played for an amazing 3 hours 5 minutes and performed 38 songs! Although there were problems with the drums drowning out everything else for a period, many of the songs were The Cure at their best, something akin to being run [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: barcelona · life · music

Stompernet v Telefonica: who sucks more?

January 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

The other day I blogged about how Telefonica sucks due to the abuse of their monopoly. I also blogged about Stompernet spoiling the ride for many internet marketers, which Andy Jenkins took exception to, but it has drawn some negative comments in Immediate Edge and at least one internet marketer who is a member of [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: life