Free Virus Scanner ?

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 21st Feb, 2007

I just came across a website that promises free Antivirus software. While technically this is correct, in essence what you get is a 6-month trial to Norton Anti-Virus. Don’t get me wrong, Norton is a great product (here are some reviews), but a 6-month trial is usually the sort of thing that gets you hooked [...]

Drive traffic with Email Marketing

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 14th Feb, 2007

If you run a blog or a website, then you’ll know that traffic to your site is the lifeblood that your project needs. Without visitors it’s a bit of a moot point building a site, and visitors help contribute material and ideas that improve your projects. However, driving traffic is also one of the hardest [...]

Where’s that business card?

Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 21st Jan, 2007

Business cards are a fact of life when meeting colleagues, clients and suppliers. They’re a useful way to propagate your personal information and credentials, while also a useful way to store and categorise your contacts. I got thinking today about how they started, so I decided to do some research.
Turns out that business cards were [...]

Get the world to talk about your product

Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 11th Jan, 2007

It’s interesting to watch companies around the world trying to shop bloggers some love. First we have Microsoft giving free laptops to people, and now a number of other companies are trying the same technique to encourage reviews and comments from people all around the world and try and take advantage of The Long Tail.
Today [...]

Skype giving away free minutes

Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 30th Jul, 2005

Skype is giving out 10 free SkypeOut minutes to anyone with a Skype account. Get it here