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Whatever Happened To Plain Old Bonfire Night?
October 31, 2026
The CBPC Way: Why You Don’t Need a Big Audience — You Need the Right One
October 30, 2026
Why Brands Are Suddenly Obsessed With Replying to Comments Again
October 29, 2026
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
October 28, 2026
Why Most People Email Too Much… or Not Enough — And How CBPC Finds the Sweet Spot
October 27, 2026
The Biggest Mistake Beginners Make With Affiliate Marketing
October 26, 2026
Be the Exception: Why Finishing What You Start Changes Everything.
October 25, 2026
Making a Difference, Without Making a Song and Dance About It
October 24, 2026
The Hidden Cost of “Trying Everything at Once”
October 23, 2026
When AI Writes the Product Roundup, What’s Left for the Affiliate?
October 22, 2026
Why Do We Smell Food That We Already Know Has Gone Off?
October 21, 2026
Why Most People Misjudge Their Own Starting Point
October 20, 2026
Trust Is the New Conversion Rate: Why Honest Negatives Make Reviews Sell
October 19, 2026
Sunday — A Little Reset for the Week Ahead
October 18, 2026
Know Your Customer Day: Do You Actually Know Who You’re Writing For?
October 15, 2026
The Confidence Loop: How Small Wins Compound
September 21, 2026
Cat Got Your Tongue?
September 20, 2026
The GOM Diary: World Cleanup Day
September 19, 2026
Why Your Brain Loves the Wrong Problems
September 18, 2026
Why Do We Open the Fridge Twice, Looking for Different Answers?
September 18, 2026
The Hidden Cost of Hesitation
September 16, 2026
Your Competitor Just Got Cited by ChatGPT — Did You?
September 16, 2026
Why Most People Break Their Creative Systems (And How CBPC Stops You Doing the Same)
September 14, 2026
Why Do We Pretend to Check Our Watch When We Don’t Wear One?
September 13, 2026
Milkman Day: A Toast to the Clink of Glass Bottles at Dawn
September 11, 2026
Why Your Customers Are Searching TikTok Instead of Google
September 10, 2026
Why Most Beginners Never Get Past Week 3 — And How CBPC Stops the Slide
September 10, 2026
Why CBPC works even when people think “affiliate marketing is too crowded”
September 8, 2026
The Affiliate Marketing Success Habits Nobody Talks About
August 13, 2026
The 5 Beginner Mistakes That Kill Affiliate Marketing Before It Starts
August 12, 2026
The Silent Search: Why Most Google Searches No Longer End With a Click
August 11, 2026
Why Most Beginners Fail Without Structure (And How CBPC Fixes It)
August 11, 2026
Why Do We Re-Read a Text We’ve Already Sent?
August 10, 2026
Progress Update on the Model I’m Currently Evaluating
August 9, 2026
Whatever Happened To Just Wrapping The Thing?
August 8, 2026
A Refreshingly Structured Online Model I’m Currently Evaluating
August 7, 2026
Why Your Email List Matters More Than Your Social Media Followers
August 6, 2026
Why Digital Products Are the Easiest Way to Start an Online Business in 2026
August 5, 2026
Affiliate Marketing Isn’t Passive — It’s Leveraged
August 4, 2026
Why Do We Do That? – Why Do We Lower Our Voice When We Say How Much Something Cost?
August 3, 2026
What Is ClickBank, and What Do People Actually Get Out of It?
August 2, 2026
Respect for Parents Day: A Thank You, A Little Late
August 1, 2026
Why Do We Always Do That?: Why Do We Always Remember What We Forgot the Moment We Get Back Home?
July 31, 2026
Why Everyone’s Suddenly Making Silly Short Videos (Even Serious Brands)
July 30, 2026
Awkward Social Situations – Why Do We Do the Pavement Dance With Strangers?
July 30, 2026
The New SEO: Why Being Useful Beats Being Everywhere
July 28, 2026
Why Do We Do That?: Why Do We Apologise to Furniture?
July 27, 2026
Live Chat or Lose the Sale? The Rise of the AI Website Assistant
July 26, 2026
Domestic Quirks: Why Do We Turn the Radio Down When We’re Looking for a Parking Space?
July 25, 2026
Your Brand’s New Job Interview: Getting Recommended by AI Chatbots
July 24, 2026
Why Do We Do That? Why Do We Always Think the Other Queue is Moving Faster?
July 23, 2026
Social Commerce: Why Your Customers Are Buying Without Ever Leaving the App
July 22, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #41 That’s All Folks…
July 21, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #40 Champions At Last!
July 20, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #39 Third Place? Who Cares?
July 19, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #38 One Game Left…
July 18, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #37 Third Place… First Loser?
July 18, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #36 They Think It’s All Over…
July 17, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #35 Au Revoir Les Bleus!
July 16, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #34 – Following Your Team Isn’t Cheap…
July 14, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #33 – Argentina March On… Again
July 14, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #32 England Reach The Semi-Finals!
July 14, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #31 – Shock! Horror! Spain Concede A Goal!
July 13, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #30 – Whatever Happened To Leaving It Too Late?
July 10, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #29 – Whatever Happened To Taking Stock?
July 10, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #28 – Whatever Happened To Seeing It Through?
July 10, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #27 – Whatever Happened To The Laws?
July 7, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #26: Is It? Is It Really?
July 6, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #25 – Whatever Happened To Knowing When You’ve Won?
July 5, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #24 – Whatever Happened To Winning Hearts?
July 4, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #23 – Whatever Happened To Certainty?
July 3, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #22 – Whatever Happened To Learning?
July 2, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #21 – Whatever Happened To Playing To Your Strengths?
July 1, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #20 – Whatever Happened To Living On Past Glory?
June 30, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #19 – Whatever Happened To Taking A Chance?
June 30, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #18 – Whatever Happened To Expectations?
June 28, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #17 – The Football Gods Must Have Been Chuckling
June 27, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #16 – Whatever Happened To Winning?
June 26, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #15 – Whatever Happened To Knowing Where You Stand?
June 26, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #14 – Whatever Happened To Just Having A Go?
June 25, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #13: Whatever Happened To The Surprise?
June 23, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #12: Whatever Happened To Knowing Your Place?
June 22, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #11: Why Is Everybody Always In Such A Hurry?
June 21, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #10: Whatever Happened To Private Conversations?
June 20, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #9: Whatever Happened To One Match At A Time?
June 19, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #8: Why Can’t We Ever Just Enjoy It?
June 18, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #7: Why Does It Take Seven People To Get It Wrong?
June 17, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #6: Why Do We Bother With Experts?
June 16, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #5: Do We Really Need 48 Teams?
June 15, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #4: Whatever Happened to Just Watching the Match?
June 14, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #3: Why Does Everything Have To Be Bigger In America?
June 13, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #2: By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I’d Forgotten There Was a Match
June 12, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #1: Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony?
June 11, 2026
Grumpy Old Man and Queues
June 11, 2026
Week 1 – Results are in!
August 26, 2025
How good is AI? My idea for a challenge!
August 25, 2025
National Dog Day
August 26, 2024
The Darn Smartphone Epidemic
May 6, 2024
What Happened to MySpace and Could It Happen Again?
April 28, 2024
Are You Using AI on Your Site?
April 4, 2024
Posted inBritish Life GOM Diary Grumpy Old Man

Whatever Happened To Plain Old Bonfire Night?

The shops have been telling me since the first week of September that Halloween is coming. Skeletons in the garden centre. Plastic spiders next to the biscuits. A pumpkin the…
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Posted by DaveThomas October 31, 2026
Posted inCBPC System Email Marketing Internet Marketing

The CBPC Way: Why You Don’t Need a Big Audience — You Need the Right One

There’s a myth that refuses to die in the creator world: “You need a big audience to build a successful online business.” It’s repeated everywhere — social media, YouTube, courses,…
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Posted by DaveThomas October 30, 2026
Posted inCommunity Management Internet Marketing Social Media

Why Brands Are Suddenly Obsessed With Replying to Comments Again

A customer asks a simple question under a brand’s post: does it come in other sizes? Nothing happens. Three days later, another customer answers it. The brand’s own reply eventually…
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Posted by DaveThomas October 29, 2026
Posted inHumour Language & Idioms Things People Say That Make No Sense Whatsoever

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs

It’s chucking it down. You stand at the window, watching the garden turn into a paddling pool, and announce to the empty room, “It’s raining cats and dogs.” Nobody checks…
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Posted by DaveThomas October 28, 2026
Posted inAffiliate Marketing CBPC System Email Marketing

Why Most People Email Too Much… or Not Enough — And How CBPC Finds the Sweet Spot

If there’s one thing guaranteed to derail a perfectly good list‑building strategy, it’s email frequency. Most creators fall into one of two traps: They email constantly — burning their list,…
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Posted by DaveThomas October 27, 2026
Posted inAffiliate Marketing Beginners Internet Marketing

The Biggest Mistake Beginners Make With Affiliate Marketing

A newcomer joins an affiliate programme on Monday, picks the product with the highest commission on Tuesday and publishes a review on Wednesday. By Friday they are wondering why nobody…
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Posted by DaveThomas October 26, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #3: Why Does Everything Have To Be Bigger In America?
Posted inFootball Grumpy Old Man Humour

GOM World Cup Diary #3: Why Does Everything Have To Be Bigger In America?

GOM World Cup Diary #3: Why Does Everything Have To Be Bigger In America? The World Cup has now arrived in the United States, and after watching the coverage I…
Posted by DaveThomas June 13, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #2: By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I’d Forgotten There Was a Match
Posted inFootball Grumpy Old Man Humour

GOM World Cup Diary #2: By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I’d Forgotten There Was a Match

By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I'd Forgotten There Was a Match I switched on last night to watch a football match. That, at least, was the plan. What…
Posted by DaveThomas June 12, 2026
GOM World Cup Diary #1: Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony?
Posted inFootball Grumpy Old Man Humour

GOM World Cup Diary #1: Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony?

Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony? The football starts tonight. Or at least, that's what I've been told. Personally, I was under the impression that football tournaments…
Posted by DaveThomas June 11, 2026
Grumpy Old Man and Queues
Posted inGrumpy Old Man Humour

Grumpy Old Man and Queues

Whatever Happened to a Good Queue? There was a time when people knew how to queue. It wasn't written down anywhere. There wasn't a government leaflet about it. Nobody needed…
Posted by DaveThomas June 11, 2026
Week 1 – Results are in!
Posted inAI ChatGPT Claude

Week 1 – Results are in!

So in the first week of this experiment, both the AI entries were poor compared to my gut predictions. WEEK 1 FIXTURES Score ME Pts CLAUDE Pts ChatGPT Pts Wet…
Posted by DaveThomas August 26, 2025
How good is AI? My idea for a challenge!
Posted inAI ChatGPT Claude

How good is AI? My idea for a challenge!

With a view to answering my own question about the validity of using AI for problem solving, I decided to give it a test with my Premier League football predictions…
Posted by DaveThomas August 25, 2025
National Dog Day
Posted inHashtag Holidays National Dog Day Personal

National Dog Day

The two beautiful dogs in the headline picture, sadly no longer with us, gave my family and me endless hours if fun and entertainment and it pleases me to be…
Posted by DaveThomas August 26, 2024
The Darn Smartphone Epidemic
Posted inFood for Thought Grumpy Old Man Social Media

The Darn Smartphone Epidemic

Listen up, you whippersnappers! This grumpy old man has had just about enough of your nonsense with those blasted smartphones. Back in my day, we didn't have any of these…
Posted by DaveThomas May 6, 2024
What Happened to MySpace and Could It Happen Again?
Posted inFood for Thought MySpace Social Media

What Happened to MySpace and Could It Happen Again?

MySpace, once a dominant force in the realm of social media, experienced a decline and ultimately faded into relative obscurity. Several factors contributed to the downfall of MySpace, and while…
Posted by DaveThomas April 28, 2024
Are You Using AI on Your Site?
Posted inAI Blogging ChatGPT

Are You Using AI on Your Site?

Many people today are utilising the power of AI to both speed up content creation and to improve the overall quality of their content. Is that you? And like most…
Posted by DaveThomas April 4, 2024

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