Berocca Bloggers Relief Pack, A Nice Surprise

Posted by Steve Kinsey on October 15, 2008

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While I’m putting together some decent posts at last (I am honestly, no kidding), I thought I’d mention a freebie bag I was just sent called the Bloggers Relief pack from Berocca. Seen as they sent me a bag of goodies, the least I can do is give them a little plug and I’m also going to give some of the contents away on this blog, to one of you lucky readers.

I’d not really tried Berocca before having this pack, but it was such a cool bag of goodies including a Stress Ball (Which I’m too addicted to, to give away), a USB panic button, a “Dead Fred” penholder, a bubble wrap keyring, a Berocca glass and pen as well as of course a tube of Berocca.

Berocca itself for those like me that might not have known is a kind of vitamin tablet with B vitamins, Vitamin C and some other ingredients. You basically drop it in a glass of water and drink it as an orange drink. Now I’m not generally much of a vitamin taker, but after reading something about this on the web I can confirm that one of these actually really helps with a hangover. So I think I will be keeping some handy for those odd moments when I’ve hit the sauce a bit much.

Well I want to thank Berocca for the cool bag of goodies and the hangover cure, they were very gratefully received. If you’re a blogger yourself, you may even be able to get the pack for yourself at http://www.berocca.co.uk/bloggerrelief/

Giveaway

Now for my little giveaway, as I work from home I think things like the Panic Button could have a more needing owner than me. So I am going to give away, the Panic Button, The “Dead Fred” penholder, and the bubble wrap keyring to one lucky reader. All you need to do is comment to this thread and be a UK resident and you’re in with a chance. Please state in your comment that you live in the UK and I will put your name in the bag then choose a random name for the prize.

Not sure when I will end the competition yet, I’ll need to see how many responses I get first, but good luck to you all.

P.S. If anyone else wants to send me free stuff, go right ahead

Goals For October

Posted by Steve Kinsey on October 3, 2008

I feel that I haven’t done so well in this blog for September, I haven’t made enough quality posts and I haven’t been here enough or tried to grow it enough. While I am happy with the things I have posted about I feel that they were too far and few between. So I’ve decided to set myself some goal for this month to have something to reach for.

Initially I haven’t set them as too demanding as I feel it’s important to be able to stretch a goal a little further if you manage to achieve it. So here is what I plan to do for the month of October.

• Write at least 10 quality posts by the end of the month.
• Approve or delete all comments within 24 of them being posted.
• Increase RSS readership by 50%

So that’s pretty much it, as you can see I haven’t set anything too demanding but if I achieve these I will probably push myself a little harder next month.

A Note On Comments

As I have mentioned in the past, I allow link following on my comments. I am happy to do this and feel I am doing it for the right reasons. However that does make me a little more protective of my comments than some others might be. So I reserve the right to not approve any comments that I feel are spammy.

If you have something you want to say, whether it is good or bad (I’m big enough to handle both) then please all comments are welcome. However if your comment is of no value and is clearly self promotion, especially if your linking to some pharmaceutical product or posting seven different comments that basically say the same thing. Then you can be sure your comments will be deleted.

Thanks for listening and understanding, I am sure you all realise I am referring to the very tiny minority.