Husband. Father. Freelance marketing trainer, consultant, and assessor. Senior Examiner with CIM. Also found at @OnlineRule.

North East, England
Joined January 2009
If only BBC News knew someone - anyone - who could comment on this story.
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Tell me your newspaper uses Google Translate on foreign statements without telling me.
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They’re coming for Gary Barlow’s massive son.
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I want to call this a good piece, but it’s so depressing that this is the state of things in the capital. Jim’s doing a fantastic job highlighting key issues and delivering brilliant insights. I can’t imagine many newspapers going to these lengths.
A few weeks ago I tried to investigate London’s bike theft epidemic. Then my own bike was stolen. This is what I found 🧵 Full article here: londoncentric.media/p/how-to… The Met police, short on resources, won’t attend even if you know which block of flats contains your stolen bike.
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The state of independent publishers these days is awful. Hugely reliant on external platforms to drive traffic, with no backup for those platforms change focus. Makes you worry about where things are going.
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Oh so we’re just flat out letting advertisers pretend to be other brands now? Cool.
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It gets so tedious supporting a club where every single tiny nuance is reported on like it’s of monumental importance. Bloke who gets paid more than everyone else isn’t talking about a new contract that still has 4 years to run. You can’t renew them every season.
🚨 "NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL" EXCLUSIVE 🇸🇪 The truth about Isak "contract talks" & why it puts Arsenal on red alert ✉️ Revealed: who texted Staveley & why ex owner is angry at message leak 🇸🇦 Saudi trip as stadium plans intensify 👇 All in my NUFC column dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba…
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Can’t really explain it, but this reads like something a football team would post.
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Always reassuring to see that “doing the right thing” with online content gets rewarded.
.@CyrusShepard looked at 4k sites that fit the profile of sites hit by Google’s HCU (niche, affiliate) to see if any won. 80% lost. 20% won. What was the catch? Statistically significant trends among winning sites: - personal experience (first person pronouns) - UX: sites that never lost updates didn’t have intrusive ads, sites that lost usually did - effort & originality (based of Quality Rater feedback & training data) - original images (losing sites used non original images 76% of the time!) #ahrefsevolve
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I think it’s safe to say that all of this is going down extremely well with the game’s fanbase.
Clarity on why an FM24 Data Update is not possible ahead of FM25’s March release.
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Can’t believe anyone’s shocked that the Saudi state got involved in the takeover process. But the difference is there’s no proof they’ve been involved since it happened (again, I’d be surprised if they hadn’t). It shouldn’t have been allowed to happen, but this won’t change it.
Oct 2021 & financier Amanda Staveley tells me the Saudi state won’t interfere with the running of NUFC ⬇️ Messages from the ex minority co-owner suggest the Saudi crown prince was involved in the takeover by PIF, reports @Telegraph Staveley & PIF stand by assurances to PL
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A lot to like about the performance today. Pressed high, won a lot of the ball, but ultimately couldn’t finish the chances we got. On another day we’re 2 or 3 goals up before Brighton get their goal. Forward line rusty. And we desperately need a plan against crowded boxes.
Full-time. ⏱️
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The subs were… interesting. Thought Tonali was among the best performers and Willock didn’t offer the same threat when he came on. And the sooner we realise Barnes and Gordon on the wings doesn’t work the better.
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Screen time on iOS seems a bit broken. I spend a lot of time at the computer, but I’m pretty sure I’ve never managed to hit 31 hours per day. I’m not sure why it registers Finder on the Mac as an active app.
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Absolutely in awe of whatever the social strategy is here.
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A reminder that saying nothing is also an option.
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The British press is back, I see.
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