http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Hamish+Hayward Entertainment Hamish Hayward Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=222941&ca=Entertainment Lego has been around, in one form or another, since 1934, when it was created by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, a Danish carpenter and toymaker. The interlocking plastic bricks which we know today were introduced in 1958. In 1959 Lego was introduced to the UK, Belgium and France and the US and Canadian launc... Business Hamish Hayward Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=125678&ca=Business The last 3 months of 2006 saw a quite phenomenal number of new product launches – each of which claimed, of course, to be the magic solution to all your internet marketing problems. Indeed, the launches were coming so thick and fast that, at the very height of the guru-fest, one very well known guru... Advice Hamish Hayward Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=99856&ca=Advice In 2005 the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) launched a campaign in order to raise awareness of the most common ways in which people are conned. The OFT identified the top ten scams targeted at UK consumers. These are listed below and, if you look through them, you will see some patterns emerging.... Entertainment Hamish Hayward Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=126906&ca=Entertainment Lego – the children’s toy comprising of multi coloured plastic interlocking bricks -was “born” in 1934 when Danish master carpenter and toymaker, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, combined the Danish words “leg godt” – which means “play well” – to form the now famous brand name. In 1947, together with his son G... Business Hamish Hayward Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=64520&ca=Business Pyramid schemes - also referred to as Ponzi schemes (after Charles Ponzi, who ran a very famous one in 1920) - are basically structured such that they use the entry fees from participants to make profits for earlier entrants to the scheme. They have no real product, the only real money being used is... Marketing Hamish Hayward Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=53926&ca=Marketing Testimonials are widely used by internet marketers. You see them plastered all over sales pages and websites in a bid to make you feel more comfortable with whatever product or service is being promoted. I expect that, like me, you've sometimes wondered if these testimonials are real. Some of them a... Internet Hamish Hayward Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=43395&ca=Internet Google Adsense has provided many webmasters and bloggers with a genuine opportunity to make money online. In a nutshell, it's simply a matter of signing up for a Google Adsense account and then posting some code onto your website or blog which causes Google's pay-per-click Adword ads to be displayed... Marketing Hamish Hayward Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=25681&ca=Marketing Everybody wants more traffic, and not just any old traffic – targeted traffic. Streams of prequalified visitors who are genuinely interested in your website and product are every smart webmaster’s dream. If you’re mainly interested in your hit counter, you can sign up with any old autosurf program a... Marketing Hamish Hayward Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=22305&ca=Marketing According to a survey by Doubleclick, the "average" consumer receives 308 e-mails each week. Of these, 62% (191) are considered to be spam. Most of these e-mails will be deleted unread. So, if you're one of the many internet marketers using e-mail to promote a product, service or opportunity, how wi... Internet Hamish Hayward Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=11635&ca=Internet Traffic exchanges, also known as hit exchanges and start exchanges, are a very simple means of driving traffic to a website. Being in a traffic exchange is like being in a club. You surf, using a specially designed “surf bar” unique to the traffic exchange in question, and view the other club member...