1. Lose weight, or at least not put anymore on. I suspect this will be a popular choice for many. I’ve lost about 14 pounds over the course of the year. Not amazing but going in the right direction.
2. Make several important transitions over January/February efficiently and cost effectively as possible. I successfully changed jobs at the start of February and relocated to North Yorkshire from Devon.
3. Continue to make a profit and therefore save money towards my house. I reckon I’m about halve way to a deposit! Purchased the house I wanted in November and continue to make a profit, albeit smaller than before (the recession has hit some of my clients).
4. Stop drinking so much beer by switching to Wines and Spirits (not that I drink a lot). I barely touch beer and did in the early part of 2009 drink a lot of wine. I now drink virtually nothing most of the time.
5. Increase my Carbon Footprint. Haha. My new car did that one.

For 2010 my resolutions are:

1. Continue loosing weight towards my goal of 12 stone (presently 13.5 on last check).
   - No more Biscuits in Work!
2. Join a gym and start to exercise regularly
3. Grow my affiliate earnings further in the Dating Sector, giving me more financial independence.
4. Build on my Relationship with Jo (Girlfriend) & Oliver (her son) (Photo taken by Exesight), move them in.
5. To blog on here at least every other week.
6. Decorate the upstairs of my house (2 x bedrooms & bathrooom)
7. Become a better SEO for my clients & myself.

Anyway  I hope Everyone is having a great holiday like us

Its the the latest HD phone in the HTC series, and perhaps one of the most innovative yet! It wields a High Definition 4.3 Inch display, to give a fantastic viewing experience, not just for video’s but other document’s and images alike. It will also allow for fantastic web browsing. I think we are all hoping this will be a multi-touch screen, which will put it at the same level of accuracy as the Apple iPhone. It also features a Super Fast 1GHz Snapdragon processor, current in alot of the new Acer Android phones.

Will this phone run Window’s Mobile 6.5 or the lastest Google Android operating system? Know one know’s. Check out this video to see this Smart phone in all its beauty:

I had no idea how much paperwork and hassle was involved, with the searches, contracts and everything else that needs to be sorted out..

I feel bad for my Landlord who I’m renting from at the moment has I keep having to put off moving out, which is probably making it difficult for him to fin a tenant, etc.

Meh… that’s my attempt to be insightful about something thats driving me crazy right now.

Here is a picture of it at the Alexanders Prestige in Boroughbridge before I bought it, it was delivered looking pretty awesome however it will shortly be needing another valet. Anyway enough waffle:

For those interested.. its a 2.0L petrol, top speed is suppose to be 130mph which I reckon is pretty accurate

I frequently attend VW events and would usually be attending Run to the Sun but because its become infected with Chavs and completely lost focus we are going to this newer one.

So hopefuly will see some people there =D

Here is a picture of Skippy for those interested, Mum keeps mentioning new leather seats so I look forward to seeing them:

Skippy

Will be taking my Canon 40D to take some piccies, so expect them next week.

On top of that I work in part of a great team with Dan H, Dan M, Rory and David W!

Dave & Becky take us out all over, we’ve been on several nights out, to see Jimmy Carr and we have a day at the races organised for May. I’ve never been horse racing! So that should be a good experience.

In addition to that I’ve built my Dad a new website for Dolbears Garage, they are situated in Newton Abbot, Devon. I also have another much much bigger project on the go, but I’m a silent partner in that so I’ve got to remain silent .. hard for an SEO!!

Over the next couple of months I will be writing lots of new SEO tips and tricks in order to push my Rankings for UK SEO, I have dumped my SEO Exeter and SEO Devon targets (which I’ve had nailed for months) as they are useless to me now. Not to mention are showing up all the local web talent!

When you decide its time to dive in and get your company a website, what should you consider?

• Look through there portfolio of websites, are they visually attractive?
• Easy to Navigate?
• Can you find them? E.g. a garage offering MOT’s in Brighton, Google it, do they come up?
  People won’t just magically find your website just because you have one! Simply having a website will not bring new customers.
• Do they have team members who have experience in Pay Per Click and Search Engine Optimization? Do some reading around the subject and prepare some questions. If you don’t like the answers, look elsewhere.

Of course, there is much more to consider but it is definitely worth researching your chosen company before signing a contract with them. These are the things that I would look for if I wasn’t a web-savy business person.

Well I’ve made it to Yorkshire and I think I’m settling into my new job well! Still trying to get my head around it a little bit but getting there!

Here is a picture of the snow on Monday from my Bedroom:

And another down the road

The web development team where I have been working for the last year and a halve, since finishing college is like a small family, I have been nurtured from a Junior Web developer to the Internet Marketing crazed Web Developer I am today.

I have overcome some very large hurdles both in my job and personal life. I am extremely grateful to the web development team and especially to my boss Jon Barlow who I love to pieces. A few things I have been helped with/through:

• Valve Replacement Surgery
• Adwords Qualified Professional Status
• Learning jQuery.. (still going)
• Moving out
• Continuing to practice PHP
• SEO

Whilst being at Nexus I’ve built so many Websites, a list of just few can be seen on my portfolio page. As well as helping develop the Nexus CMS, by making it more SEO friendly. The whole system has come on leaps and bounds since I started. Its truly a remarkable CMS for Rapid Construction of websites.

During the last year we’ve had two awesome parties celebrating the 10th anniversary of the company and Christmas. Both of which have ended up in me being in a rather bad state.

In summary it has been a pleasure working with you all and I hope you make an effort to keep in touch.

The Future

Your probably wondering what I’m going to do now, well I’m now moving to Yorkshire to work at Bronco with the famous SEO – DaveN and his team. I am extremely excited and grateful for the opportunity.

My Resolutions for 2009 are:

1. Loose weight, or at least not put anymore on. I suspect this will be a popular choice for many.
2. Make several important transitions over January/February efficiently and cost effectively as possible.
3. Continue to make a profit and therefore save money towards my house. I reckon I’m about halve way to a deposit!
4. Stop drinking so much beer by switching to Wines and Spirits (not that I drink a lot).
5. Increase my Carbon Footprint. Haha.

Better to have a few realistic ones than loads of ridiculous ones right? Happy new year to everyone.