Dave Thomas's Blog – Page 17 – My own personal journey in Internet Marketing with a view to help others

Whatever Happened To Plain Old Bonfire Night?

October 31, 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

Can a Book Be a Fundamental Part Of Your Marketing Strategy?

March 4, 2024

Is Email Marketing a Thing of the Past?

February 19, 2024

National Pizza Day February 12th

February 12, 2024

British 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…

DaveThomas October 31, 2026

Affiliate 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,…

DaveThomas October 27, 2026

Affiliate 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…

DaveThomas October 26, 2026

CBPC System Motivation Personal Development

Be the Exception: Why Finishing What You Start Changes Everything.

“Less than 20% of people who start something ever finish. Be the exception.” — Darren Hardy Every now and then, you come across a quote that doesn’t just sound good…

DaveThomas October 25, 2026

#makeadifferenceday Every Day Observations GOM Diary

Making a Difference, Without Making a Song and Dance About It

The trouble with being helpful I've noticed that making a difference has become rather complicated. Apparently, it's no longer enough to do something kind. Ideally, you should photograph it, post…

DaveThomas October 24, 2026

CBPC System Digital Strategy Online Business

The Hidden Cost of “Trying Everything at Once”

You know that moment when someone decides they’re finally going to build an online income… and within a week they’ve signed up for five courses, downloaded twelve PDFs, joined three…

DaveThomas October 23, 2026

Grumpy Old Man – World Cup Musings

Grumpy Old Man – World Cup Musings

Grumpy Old Man – World Cup Musings Well, England did better than I actually thought, we got a point, but in the so-called group of death, how did Costa Rica…

DaveThomas August 18, 2014

Internet Marketing Self-Help

How to avoid the “shiny object” syndrome!

How to avoid the “shiny object” syndrome! Over the years, like me, you must have been tempted by the newest and brightest latest thing to hit the internet marketing marketplace…

DaveThomas August 13, 2014

Grumpy Old Man – Freedom Pass (Eventually!)

Grumpy Old Man – Freedom Pass (Eventually!) As I’m older than I look, well that is my impression anyway, the time has now passed when eventually I am entitled to…

DaveThomas August 11, 2014

Ten Guilty Pleasures!

Ten Guilty Pleasures!

This is a second post that I have borrowed from Chris Brogan (http://chrisbrogan.com) and his list of "100 Blog Topics I Hope You Write" so thanks to Chris and credit…

DaveThomas May 26, 2014

Grumpy Old Man – The Big Issue!

Grumpy Old Man – The Big Issue!

Now before you judge me on this post, I am not against the principles of the Big Issue as a means to help the more disadvantaged in our local communities,…

DaveThomas May 24, 2014

Downtime – What Do I Do Offline To Recharge?

Self-Help Time Management

Downtime – What Do I Do Offline To Recharge?

I was searching around for some inspiration for a topic to write about and found an interesting title in my search results of "100 Blog Topics I Hope You Write"…

DaveThomas May 20, 2014

British Life GOM Diary Grumpy Old Man

Whatever Happened To Plain Old Bonfire Night?

DaveThomas October 31, 2026

Affiliate Marketing CBPC System Email Marketing

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

DaveThomas October 27, 2026

Affiliate Marketing Beginners Internet Marketing

The Biggest Mistake Beginners Make With Affiliate Marketing

DaveThomas October 26, 2026

CBPC System Motivation Personal Development

Be the Exception: Why Finishing What You Start Changes Everything.

DaveThomas October 25, 2026

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