7th January 2010 / 2 Comments Blogging, Business, KartelInc
About two years ago (February 2008) I launched a blog called KartelInc with the idea to publish content about ’street fashion and culture’ aimed at the UK market. The base of the blog was covering fashion and trends relating directly to fashion but the overall categories ranged from music and art to events, tech and features.
At the time I was reading a lot blogs and online magazines from across the pond such as HypeBeast, SlamxHype and FormatMag and I originally wanted to create something similar but that focused primarily on British culture that catered more to UK users by only featuring products that could be purchased in the UK. When I started I knew very little about blogging and how to develop a website based around content and most of what I planned to do and did was based around what I’d seen other people do.
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2nd January 2010 / No Comments 2009, Business, Work
I’m not one for making New Year resolutions, so I’m not going to bother. However I do want to say a massive thanks to everyone who supported me or worked with me in 2009.
Apparently we were in some kind recession and I know that alot of people, big agencies to freelancers have struggled and even shut up shop due to the lack of work. But fortunately I was blessed not only to have enough work to see the year through but also to work with some awesome clients.
Thanks guys. I’ll see you in 2010!
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28th December 2009 / No Comments Website Design
If you’re thinking about a new website for the new year or looking to re-vamp an old site then why not drop me an email, I currently have some space for smaller design and development projects during January and February 2010.
Email me a brief description of the project and an idea of your time scale and budget and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
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15th December 2009 / No Comments Business, LeWeb, Social Media
I’m not normally into posting videos but on Sunday Mikey Parker of OrangeBus tweeted this Ustream vid of Gary Vaynerchuk at last weeks LeWeb conference in Paris. Now as a general rule I don’t read a lot of business books, I don’t read a lot of business blogs and when it comes to podcast and vodcasts they normally make me want to be sick in my mouth, but after I was introduced to Gary’s site about 12 months back by David Haywood Smith and Jonny Phillip I’ve followed it religiously and this is one of the best talks yet.
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6th December 2009 / 2 Comments Business, GTD, Life
About 12 months ago I bit the bullet and went out and bought a Blackberry to replace my normal mobile phone. At the time I was getting somewhere between 15-25 emails a day not including the spam and junk and it seemed like every time I sat down at my computer to get some actual work done I was spending the first hour answering emails. Either that or waiting until the weekend and spending a day playing catch up and on a few occasions loosing out on a potential projects or pissing of clients because I didn’t respond quick enough.
So I thought getting a Blackberry would mean I could get back to clients super quickly and spend any dead time (on the train, waiting to get my hair cut) getting though my inbox and keeping on top of the pile…
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