I bought this double CD a long time ago it’s called “The Best And Friends Album In The World Ever”. It’s one of my favourite CDs, it is really easy to listen, I love the era of music. Trini Lopez … Continue reading Repost – Trini Lopez VS Water Feature
Again awesome colours and a wider angle than the previous ones, and captures the lights in the trees on the right. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos … Continue reading Double Beach Sunset Panorama
No preamble today … an experiment, and one of my new year’s resolutions 😀 “Writing For Publicity Versus Writing For A Purpose” – Discuss … Cheers Don Charisma Resources & Sources Photos courtesy of Pixabay CC0/Public Domain Unless otherwise stated … Continue reading Writing For Publicity Versus Writing For A Purpose
A few new bloggers have been asking me for blogging tips … so here you are … Personally I don’t see other bloggers as competition, so I wouldn’t call researching other blogs as “competitor research” more “colleague research”. Why I … Continue reading How To Blog Like The Best Of The Best – Poweblogger’s SEO
I’ve been asked indirectly to give some advice on promoting and marketing a Book for a friend. This is probably starting to fall under the category of work, and generally my work is paid for. However part of marketing oneself … Continue reading Promoting And Marketing A Book Or An eBook
I have to confess I had to look this one up a while ago. I’d use the words a lot and not actually understood what they mean’t. Very enlightening, indeed. Promoting – “I am here” Marketing – “I am here, *smiles*” … Continue reading A Gift – Marketing VS Promoting 101
Not all of you will be able to see these ads which is why I’ve included the screenshot. Basically WordPress.com are trial’ing ads from a company called “Luminate”. Luminate put their ads over the top over images. The ads can … Continue reading Your Opinion – Luminate Ads On WordPress.com
I’ve received a few of these messages recently that haven’t gone directly to the Spam queue (they sit there waiting for my approval). Here’s the most recent : The message reads : When I initially commented I clicked the “Notify … Continue reading Clever Little Spammer On WordPress
I like to look myself up on Google, the WordPress reader, Yahoo and a few other places. I would call it vanity, if I thought it was, but it’s not, it’s work for me. Monitoring how I’m doing let’s me … Continue reading SEO Tip – Images And Photos In The WordPress Reader
I’ve just finished my first proof for my logo. Not sure if this will be the final exact logo – changes may happen 🙂 (c) Don … Continue reading Logo Preview – DonCharisma.com
I feel like that guy who spins the plates on the end of poles, and then has to keep them going so they don’t smash on … Continue reading Graphic Design Preview – DonCharisma.com
As some of you may have noticed I’ve been reorganising my blog. Overall I’m looking for an easier to navigate more professional look and feel to my blog. I closed comments a while back on my about page as it … Continue reading Comments On Pages Reopened – SEO Refit
This topic came up in conversation with a friend who I was discussing SEO with. Promoting a website or blog is about many things, it’s a multi-skilled discipline. One of the things another good friend of mine taught me early on … Continue reading A Shit-Hot Photo Library – Don Charisma’s Guide to SEO
My professional integrity says that I keep my personal life largely to myself in my work. I find when more problematic/troublesome situations come up, I prefer to work on my art/photography/visual side of things or if I’ve got myself extremely … Continue reading Being Ignored – The SEO Angle
Normally I don’t mention names or report every little thing that happens to me on my blog. But when people try to manipulate me and start to lie to me, actually it’s probably in other people’s interest that I blog … Continue reading WARNING: Commercial SEO Free-loaders (Etihad Airways)
My blog has been very busy past few days. So thank you to all those who’ve visited, followed, commented and liked. Together you broke my previous record with a total of 734 likes in one day according to WordPress (12-Dec). … Continue reading Busy Days on Don Charisma, Thank YOU
High achievements and awards don’t really do that much for me. Don’t get me wrong they are nice to receive, but once you have a degree, and achieved “stuff” in your life what’s really left to motivate and inspire. People. … Continue reading Who Inspires Me ? Angels
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. Link: http://aopinionatedman.com/2013/11/10/essential-london-an-epampflet-by-don-charisma/ Welcome to my e-pamphlet on London (Yay, Opinionated Man’s helping me promote my e-pamplet!). It’s free if you read it today, otherwise tomorrow it goes on sale at $5M a copy. Essential … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Essential London – An ePampflet by Don Charisma
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. I’ve finally managed to get up the hill and photograph the Big Buddha. Next time I will go first thing … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Big Buddha
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. Opinionated Man recently did a post about people asking him to promote their ebooks. He’s much more tactful than me, however, I’m very much of the same mind as him. Why would I (or … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Enter the dragon, Cross-cultural bonding or Cliché ?
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. I keep on popping up in the strangest of places. I am Don Charisma from DonCharisma.org blog. Opinionated man has asked me to do a few guest posts over the weekend, and I’ve graciously accepted … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Hello from Don Charisma
It’s been a bit quiet on Don Charisma blog this weekend. Reason being, Opinionated Man of Harsh Reality blog asked me late on Friday to be a guest blogger for him and his followers. I said yes, it seemed to … Continue reading A Weekend of HarsH ReaLiTY
It’s been two months since I wrote what’s been lovingly nicknamed “Virgin’s guide to SEO”. It’s probably been the most popular post that I’ve done with more than 250 likes. It’s a really hard act to follow, and I hope … Continue reading Virgin’s Guide to Promoting a Blog or Website (Ethos – Part 2)
I’ve just completed a statistical analysis on when people comment on my blog. To be more exact, what times of day and which days of the week. Obviously there are many factors that can skew these types of studies, so … Continue reading What is the best time of day to post on your blog?
I don’t know why but whenever (“whenevr” ?) I see these ads I just think “Whatever”. Don Charisma, the critic – Great, so the guys at yahoo had a great idea, a photo website, let’s call it “Flicker”. On checking if the domain name was available, oh shit, it’s not, it’s already registered. What shall we do. And some bright spark comes up with the an idea, we can misspell it “flickr” rather than buying it fair and square from the legal owner, plus it will sound “cool”. Hmmm, no one visiting or using our site. What shall we do, how … Continue reading flickr – biggr – WHATEVR
Don Charisma’s new .COM – http://DonCharisma.com Dear Don Charisma readers, The last few days have been about getting DonCharisma.com up and running. I’m keeping DonCharisma.org on WordPress.com as my personal/professional blog. I like the community spirit of WordPress.com and would like to … Continue reading Don Charisma’s new DOT COM Website
So you’ve started your new blog on “Jimothy’s witty little witticisms” or “Mary’s cake bakery” or “Annie’s Arts and Farts”. You’ve crafted the pages, blood sweat and tears to get it up and running. Toiled for hours, days, weeks, over … Continue reading Virgin’s guide to promoting a blog or website on Google
Looking for a lodger or apartment sharer in the London, UK used to be fairly straightforward process. Gumtree did a fairly good job. But recent times Gumtree just isn’t getting many replies, generally because of increased competition and Gumtree now … Continue reading Review, find a lodger or sharer – easyroommate vs spareroom
The Beginning I have a good old friend of more than 20 years back home in London, England. The UK economy according to the politicians is doing great, but ask most people on the street and you’ll hear a different … Continue reading Getting A Failing Website Back On Top
Who wouldn’t want to make money sitting at home on their computer, almost passive income ? This I don’t believe is greed, just folks wanting to make a living for themselves and their loved ones, nothing out of the ordinary … Continue reading I Make Money Online, The Anatomy of a Scam
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