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06 26th, 2008

Just after 8am today I did a live chat on the radio with presenter Liz Kershaw, this is now the second time Ive been on the station and she even remembered details from the last time I was on air! They are doing a day of features on the current price of petrol so wanted me on the show, it was an early start but definitely worth it as doing stuff for the media is good fun :)

If you want to read up more on the radio show check out the BBC page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/local_radio/



Times OnlineThe Times Online have done a blog feature called Ten Easy Ways To Drive Down Your Petrol Costs and the reporter used the www.save-petrol.co.uk website as a source of information. Check out the article now on the Times Website.



BBC Midlands TodayLast week started quietly, Monday was the normal boring beginning to the week. Monday evening I emailed the BBC about my website Save-Petrol. As a result by the end of the week I had been featured in a full report on BBC Midlands Today on Thursday May 1st and I also did two radio interviews with BBC C&W (wednesday morning) and BBC WM (thursday morning) lasting around 4 minutes each. All great experience and completely free exposure for me and my business…..awesome!

Watch the BBC report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7377892.stm

Although the newspaper features in March were great this makes them feel very insignificant in comparison, definitely a leap forward for me - onwards and upwards!



Times OnlineAfter my name visited the homes of millions of Canadians the website has now been featured in the Times newspaper! On Thursday they printed an article called ‘Budget Survival Kit’, a guide on ways to save money after the chancellors exciting budget on Wednesday (yeah thanks for the rise in alcohol prices btw!)

You can read the full article here; http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/article3538955.ece

The site is mentioned about half way down in the ‘motoring’ section.



In February I was contacted by a journalist from the ‘Globe & Mail’, this is the largest national newspaper in Canada! He wanted to chat to me about the website (save-petrol.co.uk) and my thoughts on reducing fuel consumption because he was writing an article on how European drivers and manufacturers are reducing the amount of petrol used. The article was published in March 2008 in the ‘Autos’ section of the paper, here is the online article:

http://www.globeauto.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080305.wh-EuroTech-0306/GAStory/specialGlobeAuto/home

This is the second time one of the websites has been in an offline publication, in July 2007 DropshipHelp.co.uk was featured in WebUser, the UKs largest magazine about the internet and computers. Click here for a scan of the article.