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Philip Gegan is a former UK lawyer advocate and now writes for the internet - articles, blog and web content, sales copy and ghostwriting. He is married with two grown up children.

Book Review – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Philip

Written in 1931, with a foreword written 15 years later, this well-known novel by Aldous Huxley postulates a nightmare world set not so very far into the future. Huxley was from a famous scientific family, and his main thesis in … Continue reading →

What To Expect With Amazon PLR Package No. 3

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Philip

If you haven’t yet checked Package # 2, then go to http://www.magneticweb.net/PLR where it’s still available – 16 reviews of Amazon products in the kitchen appliances niche, and 4 articles, all easily adaptable to suit your own site and style. … Continue reading →

Posted in PLR Products | Tagged Aim, amazon plr pack, Amazon Products, Commissions, Focus, Freezers, Fridges, Google, Important Factors, Inspiration, Keyword, Keywords, Kitchen Appliances, Lsi, Niche, Plr, Preference, Reviewers, Star Rating, Subscribers | Leave a comment

Clickbank vs Amazon For Affiliate Earnings

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Philip

There’s nothing like earning affiliate income just by selling someone else’s product. And since the early days of the internet there have been sites that are there to help you do that. Two of the most popular, both for affiliates … Continue reading →

Posted in PLR Products | Tagged Affiliate Earnings, Affiliate Income, affiliate sales, Amazon, Amazon Affiliate, Apples To Apples, Apples To Apples Comparison, Clickbank, Early Days Of The Internet, High Commissions, Home Address, Impulse, Information About The Topic, Information Product, People Information, People Online, Promoting Products, Purchaser, Software Program, Three Times, Video Courses, Web Page | Leave a comment

New Guide To PLR Now Published

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Philip

At last I have the new Guide to PLR published and available for download free of charge from MagneticWeb. Called “How To Earn An Extra $1,000 A Week Using PLR Content and Amazon”, it explains how any Amazon Associate can … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon Account, Amazon Associate, Commissions, Constructive Criticism, Extra, Gegan, PLR content packs, Publishing Content, Relevant Content, Twitter | Leave a comment

Going Forward After Drawing A Line Under

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Philip

Two more awful cliches now. The first of these miserable, hackneyed phrases, worked to death years ago now, is “going forward”. What’s disappointing for me is that everyone says it, even people you’d expect to employ a little more originality … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beautiful Ways, Cliches, Drawing, English Language, Gegan, Hackneyed Phrases, Intention, Marriage, Originality, Phrase, Prose, Sounds, Time Moves, Unpleasant Experience | Leave a comment

Unbelievable, or Fantastic Anyway

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Philip

Another modish phrase we hear all the time is “unbelievable”. This really has been done to death over the last few years, but still people persist in using this meaningless phrase to describe any event in their hum-drum lives that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Crackpot, Educational System, English Language, Feelings, Gegan, Hum Drum, Morons, Mouths, Phrase, Protest, Young Person | Leave a comment

Expressions of Distaste (Part 2)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Philip

The next one is one you see all over the place, and hear most times you turn on the radio or television. “New innovation”. “Innovation” means “something new”, so why should an innovation be anything other than new? Does there … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Distaste, English Language, Expressions, Favour, Gegan, Grammar, Innovation, Mis, Phrases, Proper Phrase, Radio, Television, Tendancy, Transgression, Ugliness | Leave a comment

Expressions of Distaste (Part 1)

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Philip

Don’t some expressions annoy you? I regularly come across expressions that debase the English language and cause me to wince. Expressions like “no-brainer”, designed to make the reader believe he doesn’t even need a brain in order to decide to … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Crude Attempt, Distaste, Earlier Times, English Language, Expressions, Gegan, Humour, Lingo, Literacy Skills, Mirth, Newspaper Advertisement, No Brainer, Phrases, Postings, Redundant Words, Sales Letters, Similes And Metaphors, Supermarket, Synonyms, Widget | Leave a comment

Superinjunctions and Modern Reality

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Philip

So superinjunctions, a quite recent phenomena, have now come under intense scrutiny here in the UK and exposed to the realities of modern life. Hurrah! If someone is the victim of a superinjunction, they are not only restrained from doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Defend Internet Freedom | Tagged super injunctions, superinjunctions | Leave a comment

The Dating Niche – First Few Articles

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Philip

I’m having some fun lately by having gone into the dating niche and written a set of articles for it. You can check out the kind of material I am producing for it by clicking on the following links. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Dating Articles, Dating Guide, Dating Men, Game, Gegan, Girlfriend, Girlfriends, Golden Rule, Guarantee Success, Helpful Tips, How To Get Girls, Niche, Older Men, Questions And Answers, Rejection, Woman 3 | Leave a comment

Self-Appointed Censors

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Philip

As 2010 draws to an end it marks roughly the 15th anniversary of the internet. While the initial euphoria about this new, exciting media has become muted, as everyone becomes used to using it, it’s still the new frontier of … Continue reading →

Posted in Defend Internet Freedom | Tagged 15th Anniversary, Agitation, Censors, Child Pornography, Commerce Education, Cyberspace, Freedom Of Expression, Good Chance, Guise, Hate Sites, Hatred, Initial Euphoria, internet censors, Minorities, New Frontier, Physical Disability, Power And Influence, Qualms, Racism, State Of Affairs, Stealth | Leave a comment

This Changing World

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Philip

I can always think of something I wish I’d known when I was 18, and this time I’m banging on about change. The word change has been used lately by politicians seeking votes by presenting themselves as favouring the improvement … Continue reading →

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What Makes Me Me, What Makes You You?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Philip

That is the line in a Cat Stevens song I remember listening to over and over when I was in my early twenties. What really does make you unique as an individual? I mean the mental and psychological differences that … Continue reading →

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The Power of Thought

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Philip

I’ve just finished watching “The Secret” on DVD. It’s the first time I’ve seen it, but I think not the last. I can see myself watching it at least once a week for a long time. It’s a very powerful … Continue reading →

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It Ain’t Necessarily So

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Philip

I wish I’d known when I was eighteen that most sayings are false. How many times did you, as a child, have quoted at you by some unthinking adult a “saying” of some sort, to make you accept that they … Continue reading →

Posted in Things I Wish I'd Known | Tagged Sayings | 1 Comment

Article Spinners – More Classic Gobbledygook

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Philip

I recently made the point that article spinners are a danger to the English language, and I stand by that. I thought I would set out a few of the classic examples of article spinner gobbledygook that I have come … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Bl, Celebration, Counseling, English Language, Gobbledygook, Headlines, Laugh, Marriage, Presence, Saving A Marriage, Simple Answer, Simple Solution, Spinner, Tabloids | Leave a comment

Article Spinners – A Danger To The English Language

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Philip

Have you ever been taken for a ride by an article spinner? It’s not pleasant, is it? This article is a plea to avoid these awful devices and defend the English language. Article spinners are, I feel, one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged article spinners, Attribute, Blog, Cheap Software, English Language, Face, Garbage, Gobbledygook, Informat, Internet Technology, Matrimony, Original Article, Plea, Spinner, Subject Matter, Sustainability, Violent Times | Leave a comment

The Pope’s Visit To The UK

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Philip

This wouldn’t normally be of much interest to me, even though I live in England, but I couldn’t miss the press coverage of, not so much the visit itself, but the vocal opposition to it from various media “personalities”. The … Continue reading →

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From Ignorance To Knowledge

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Philip

More on things I wish I’d known when I was 18. The name of the horse that was to win the following year’s Grand National? Ha ha. Well, I suppose you could include that – who would turn down some … Continue reading →

Posted in Things I Wish I'd Known | Tagged Wisdom | Leave a comment

You Don’t Have To Be Good At Everything

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Philip

I should have realised this particular truth when I was 18, but somehow it didn’t dawn on me until years later. I’m talking about how many famous sports stars and other successful people in specialist walks of life depend on … Continue reading →

Posted in Things I Wish I'd Known | Tagged Blink Of An Eye, Dawn, Favourite Sports, Goal Scorer, Goalkeeper, Ladder, Match, Mortals, Opponents, Opposite Number, Reputation, Speed Of Light, Sports Stars, Swimming Pool, Team Mate, Travel, Treading Water, Walks Of Life, Wary Eye, Water Polo | Leave a comment

The Thing About Work, Jobs and Careers

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Philip

Another thing I wish I’d known when I was 18 is this. Work, jobs and careers are all completely different things. I wasn’t clever enough at the time to get a place at university. Unlike these days, you actually had … Continue reading →

Posted in Things I Wish I'd Known | Tagged 1960s, Academic Abilities, Boring Work, Different Things, End Of The Rainbow, Grim Reality, Hazy Idea, Insurance Clerk, Jobs And Careers, Jobs Careers, Ladder, Lawyer, Legal Profession, Norm, Old England, Organising, Pot Of Gold, Realised, Rest Of My Life, Spite, work | Leave a comment

Planning Ahead

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Philip

As George Bernard Shaw said, the trouble with youth is that it’s wasted on the young. When you’re 18 you seem to spend all your time either working, studying, out with your friends or engaged in activities – sports, hobbies, … Continue reading →

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Helping People Get What They Want

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Philip

I was way past the age of 18 when I read that you can get anything you want if you simply help other people get what they want. If you study the lives of anyone who became successful in business, … Continue reading →

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What’s In It For Me?

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Philip

That’s what most people are thinking most of the time. And if only I’d known that when I was 18 I’d have done a lot better. When they’re reading the paper – what’s in it for me? When they’re watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Things I Wish I'd Known | Tagged Fact Of Life, Gegan, People, Shopping, Simple Fact, Watching Tv, whats in it for me | Leave a comment

A Wise Head on Young Shoulders

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Philip

The full title of this category should be “Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was 18″, but that would probably be a little cumbersome for the hyper-links in this blog. Can you think of anything you wish you’d known … Continue reading →

Posted in Things I Wish I'd Known | Tagged Advantage, Annon, Blog, Damn Sight, Embarrassment, Fantastic Girl, Gegan, Girl In The World, Girlfriend, Girls, Head Shoulders, Occasions, Top Of My Head, wise head on young shoulders, Young Men, Young Shoulders | Leave a comment

The Same Difference

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Philip

Everybody on the internet is trying to be different. At least, I suppose they are, because it’s no good being just the same as everyone else. But the problem is that most people try to be different in the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Different | Tagged Blogs, Gegan, Primary Intention, Proportion, Sales Message, Scope, Search Engine, Search Phrase, Sledgehammer, Uniformity, unique copy, Unique Web Templates | Leave a comment

Each To His Own

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Philip

Being different is all about just being yourself. But in modern technological societies we have to specialise to survive. This works against our individuality, tending to force us to act in a uniform manner befitting our own particular speciality. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Different | Tagged Buyers And Sellers, Creative Geniuses, Distribution Of Wealth, Endeavour, Factories, Human Affairs, Independent Spirit, Individuality, Legal Establishment, Legal Profession, Loose Cannon, Phraseology, Positive Influence, Repetitive Work, Technological Societies, Uniform Manner, Uniformity, Uniqueness, Untold Thousands, Warehouses | Leave a comment

Super Social Media Is Here

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Philip

Yesterday I launched a new Facebook Group called Super Social Media. It really follows on from what I said in my last blog post, “Market Day At Social Media”. As everyone wakes up to the potential of social media to … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media Marketing | Tagged Act, Business Profits, Facebook, Gegan, Graphics Artists, Learning Curve, Marketing, Opportunity, Presence, Recession, Social Media, Twitter, Web Designers | Leave a comment

Market Day at Social Media

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Philip

Social Media Marketing is the next big thing. In fact it’s already here, and the rush has begun. So before we jump aboard, let’s just have a quick check-up to see exactly what it is that everyone’s getting so excited … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media Marketing | Tagged Advertising On The Internet, Algorithms, Banner Advertising, Basic Web, Brief History, Business Owner, Digg, Fortunes, Google, History Lesson, Impossible Task, Market Leader, Media Marketing, Pay Per Click, Pay Per Click Advertising, Sales Letters, Surfers, Twitter, Various Search Engines, Youtube | Leave a comment

Web Site Charisma

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Philip

What makes web site charisma? What exactly is web site charisma? And how can we get it for our site? Some people just have charisma in bucketfuls. They don’t have to try. They just have it. In fact, anyone who … Continue reading →

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To See Ourselves . . .

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Philip

We all know the quote from the famous Robbie Burns poem about being able to see ourselves as others see us. But how many web masters and bloggers take the time once in a while to step back and think … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Different | Tagged Blog Entries, Fish, Fisherman, Fresh Look, Gegan, Hurdle, Instant Gratification, Invitation, Mentality, Outrageous Articles, Paragraph, Poem, Prospects, Quarry, Reassurance, Robbie Burns, Third Stage, to see ourselves, Web Copy, Web Masters | Leave a comment

Real Writing or Virtual Writing?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Philip

Following on from my previous entry, I’m still on the subject of quality content, and the lack of it on so many web sites and blogs. You may have come across it yourself. You click through to a site where … Continue reading →

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Writing For The Internet – The Need For Quality Writing

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Philip

Two things have struck me in recent days while I’ve been researching on the internet. First, the number of different blogs that have on them exactly the same article. And, regrettably, few if any of them have carried the author’s … Continue reading →

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Spreading The Word

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Philip

What is is that we all want to achieve with our web sites or blogs? There are a number of things, mostly, but what is the one thing above all others that we want from our online presence? It must … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Business Owner, Existence, Focus, Gegan, Hobbyist, Keen Sportsman, Marketer, Passion, Search Engines, Social Networking, Target Market, Web Presence, Yahoo | Leave a comment

Long Live The Two R’s

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Philip

Yes, I know. It should be the Three R’s. And that apostrophe shouldn’t be there – but it does make the phrase more easily recognised. I’ve nothing against Arithmetic, in fact I enjoy it, but here I’m only referring to … Continue reading →

Posted in Defend Internet Freedom | Tagged the two r's | Leave a comment

Ten Billion Words Plus One

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Philip

How many words have been published on the internet? Impossible to say, of course, and more words are being added every second at such a rate that it would be impossible to keep count. And it doesn’t matter anyway. But … Continue reading →

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Philip

When I was a small boy and my mother read me the story about the Emperor’s new clothes I was intriegued by the notion that so many people could be made to see something that wasn’t there just because they … Continue reading →

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Getting Your Message Across

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Philip

What do you as an online business owner want from your web site? The ultimate objective is increased sales. Nearly everyone would agree with that. And with increased sales comes increased profits and an enlargement of your customer base. Web … Continue reading →

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The Freedom To Express

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Philip

Talking about producing work that we can be proud of and that enhances the experience of everyone else who comes across it led me to thinking about the creative urge in general and freedom of expression in particular. Here in … Continue reading →

Posted in Defend Internet Freedom, Web Writing | Tagged Advent Of The Internet, Crime And Punishment, Criminal Offence, Drastic Results, Economic Fallacies, Expressing Opinions, Freedom Of Expression, Freedom Of Speech, Gas Chambers, Germans, High Risk, Holocaust, Holocaust Story, Illusion, Orthodox History, Political Correctness, Prison Sentences, Recent History, Thought Crimes, True Freedom | Leave a comment

The Creative Urge

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Philip

To a writer there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing your work published (other, perhaps, than getting paid for it). Before the internet this always meant waiting at least several days, and sometimes, if you’ve written a book, it can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Becoming A Writer, Blog Entry, Blogs, Creative Writer, Few Words, Gegan, Graphics, Low Quality, Modern Art, Music, Painting, Purveyors, Quality Content, Rubbish, Sculptor, Sculpture, Several Times, Temptation, Twitter, Urge, Web Writer | Leave a comment

Spoilt for Choice

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Philip

One of the best things about writing for the internet is that there are so many different avenues to go down. You can specialise in article writing, blogging for other people, writing content for web sites, copywriting, writing short ads … Continue reading →

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Ghastly Jobs

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Philip

Whenever I feel jaded about writing yet another article or blog post I only have to think about how other people have to make a living to realise how lucky I am. And if you include people from past ages … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Blogs, Dangerous Tasks, Gegan, Gunpowder, Human Excrement, Job, King Henry Viii, Majesty, Nitrate Content, Persuasive Communication, Plague Victims, Tony Robinson, Tv Series, Variety, War Ships, Web Content, Worst Jobs In History | Leave a comment

You and Your 1 to 100 Million Readers

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Philip

One of the first things I learned when I was learning to speak in public was to always address the person at the far end of the hall. If he can hear you clearly then so should everyone else. There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged 100 Million, Gegan, Professional Writers, Public Address, Relaxed Atmosphere, Web Content, Web Copy | Leave a comment

Persuasive Communication

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Philip

What is the objective of every home page on a commercial web site? It must be two-fold. First, to communicate with the prospective customer in a manner that the customer understands and appreciates. Secondly, to use that communication to persuade … Continue reading →

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Save Our Language

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Philip

Following on from the previous post (“A Revolution in Writing“), the question was, “Is the pressure exerted by market forces (to constrict web content to pursuing the particular objective for which it was put online) good for the English language?” … Continue reading →

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A Revolution in Writing

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Philip

In just 15 years, since the internet first appeared, the way people write has undergone a revolution. I’m not just referring to text-speak, where people send each other text messages on their mobile phones where the words are shortened and … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Writing | Tagged Brochure, Creativity, English Language, Gegan, Hesitation, Mobile Phones, Objective, Phrases, Text Messages, Twitter, Urls, Web Content, Web Pages, Web Writing | Leave a comment

Getting Blog Content

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Philip

If you run a business you probably don’t have time to write a daily blog entry. Even if you’re used to online business and have had a web site for years, you still have to manage your business first and … Continue reading →

Posted in What Kind of Blog? | Tagged blog content, Blog Entry, Gegan, Google, Postings, Pot Luck, Professional Writers, Quotes, Specialist Web, Warriors, Web Writer, Web Writers | Leave a comment

How Many Posts?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Philip

How often should you post to your blog? To answer this, let’s put the question another way round. How many posts should you have on your blog? Surely the answer is, “the more the better – as long as they … Continue reading →

Posted in What Kind of Blog? | Tagged Blog, blog posts, Blogs, Couple Of Days, Favour, Gegan, Niche, Search Engines, Static Web | Leave a comment

Static Web Pages, RIP

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Philip

Since the advent of blogs as a viable form of online business representation around 2006 onwards we have seen the gradual death of static web pages. Visitors to your site don’t expect to see the same content every time they … Continue reading →

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“Just Fill In The Form”

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Philip

What difference does a form make to your home page? There I go asking questions again, but it’s one that you should consider. If you don’t have a form of any kind on your site, how do you expect prospective … Continue reading →

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