Dave

June 27th, 2008 by dave

I have been meaning to do a bit of a personal blog post for ages now, just not really made the time to sit down and let it all out..

Well, what a funny few months it has been, since splitting up with my girlfriend (and very close friend) things have been a bit all over the place. I took it badly, very badly infact, to a certain degree it still bothers me, however, I am getting by and dealing with things. The first thing to do was find a place to stay. Thanks to Olly and Gemma I had a roof over my head for a good month and slept in their spare room. It was so strange living with someone again and just having a room. Going from having your own space to just one room is so strange and in a way very demoralising.

From there, I stayed at Robby’s for a week, and also random weekends. Most of our time was spent DJing, drinking and eating. It was good whilst it lasted. Then it was onto James’s for a week, his Mum and fella went away so we had run of the house for a week.

Again, that week mostly consisted of drinking, eating and errrr… chilling in the hot tub.. We had a few friends round and made the most of a rainy week.

That brings me up to now.. I am currently staying with my mate Mark until the house I’m renting is fully redecorated and repaired from a recent flood. Not having my own space is killing me. I have never felt so low about something. In a way I think I have failed, then some days I feel that i’m just experiencing a few minor setbacks and things will sort themselves out in time.

Since having the problems with my back and having the operation things have just not been the same. It knocked me back a good few months and I got well behind at work and totally lost focus. It was only in May when I felt back to normal again and was able to get my head down. I am still getting aches and pains and cannot do certain things but it is a whole lot better I suppose. I just have to take things very steady and not going jumping about too much etc etc..

Work has been a bit up and down for the past month or so. Its officially our 20th month in business, its gone so fast its unreal. We have had some good times and some bad times but the past month has been so scary, in all the time of running a business I have never felt pressure like I have in the past month. I think the whole credit crunch and the state that the countries in has put alot of business on the edge.

Our main problem I think has been, we sell advertising to companies that sell and offer services to car owners. Companies sales have slowly been decreasing and therefore their advertising budgets have been cut. Some have been cut by tens of thousands of pounds a year, thats how bad it was. At one point I didn’t think we would get through it, no one was spending money, bills were catching up with us and money became so tight…

We are over the worst of it now, the sales are coming in again and the whole industry is slowly picking back up again. Thats the general feeling anyway. Luckily our costs are not high and we have no business loan or overdraft. There are alot of other things we are working on thats making money, however they are things that need chipping away at and man are we bloody chipping…

I cant wait to get back on the road again, it seems so long ago since I’ve driven. I am ready I think, sitting down aint as bad as it was so I just need to give it a try and stop when I feel pain and stand up and rest for a bit.

Next car I think will be a Nissan 200sx S14/Silvia or Nissan Skyline R32/33. They have grown on me and have been doing for the past few months. I will always be a Dubber at heart but aim to get another MK2 GTI when I have more money to do the things I want to do with it.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn…….. I think i’m gonna leave the blog for now, can’t think of anymore things to write really..

I am gonna continue keeping my head down, keep the focus and carry on working my ass off. Things are definately looking up and I am not gonna back down for nothing…

June 7th, 2008 by dave

Yet again, Olstar and I are on a mission to find that special something that will sweep the nation, hits the news all over the world and take the nation by storm..

We are currently working on a new site called AdWars, its in the early stages of development but WILL become the ultimate online advertising site.

There is alot of work to be done yet, however, its underway..

The site is not much at the moment but feel free to take a look anyway..

http://www.adwars.co.uk

June 5th, 2008 by dave

I have not had dreams for a while until the past few days. I have always been a vivid dreamer and used to have dreams of all kinds. Some where nasty and would make me wake up in a foul mood and some where nice ones but weird.

For the past few nights I have had dreams with mice in them. I have looked on the internet for a meaning and what the mice actually symbolise and this is what I have found.

To see mice in your dream, symbolizes domestic problems, business loss, deceit, and insincere friends. It represents minor problems in which you are spending too much time dwelling on.

This has really spun me out, I have no domestic problems, business is doing fine, friends are all sound, no problems there. There is something that I am dwelling on but I didn’t think it would bother me to the extent of dreaming.

The problem that I am dwelling on is not actually a problem just a memory, part of which actually comes into my dream aswell. I did think that I was over it, but i’m far from it..

June 1st, 2008 by dave

SInce being in business, me and Olly have seen many companies come and go, certainly in the modified car world. There have been alot of people set up a business and then within a year, they’ve gone bang and vanished off the face of the earth, anyways, onto the main topic and the reason I started this post..

dijitul media tend to be very competitive on the web design side of things, in fact I could easily say that we are one of the cheapest around. Although some people would say that price is not always the main factor, its about the quality of work etc, I feel that alot of companies are charging too much for what they do..

Over the past few months I have noticed a few more companies popping up on google when searching for web design in mansfield and web design companies in mansfield. There are four to five that are actual established companies and others that are part time freelance designers.

There is alot of competition out there, what bothers me is there are one or two that are on the mansfield google searches that do not actually get back to people, or take on work and then take ages to carry out the work (not to mention companies that are not actually based in Mansfield). I only know this through word of mouth and speaking to companies that have been let down..

Its a dog eat dog world, If I hear of someone thats done a bad job then i’ll take the customer away from them and get the job done right (and at the right price). There are too many cowboys out there, and too many people sat in their bedroom claiming they can do this and do that, and really, they are not actually that good. It is a shame because companies are being ripped off, not getting what they paid for and last but not least are not having an effective website built, just rubbish..

Anyway, just felt like blogging about this, its not just web design, theres alot of other things but I shall leave that for another day…

May 26th, 2008 by dave

After six years of attending the Modified Nationals show, Maxxd.com claimed the title yet again this weekend. The show was held at Peterborough Show Ground, which was also the venue in 2007, despite it raining all day Sunday everybody on the Maxxd stand stuck it out and didnt go home and leave gaps on the stand (thanks all)..

We now have three out of six trophies for having the best modified car club stand.

The show was brilliant and everybody put in 110% to make the stand what is was. We had a great atmosphere, everyone kept their cars clean and made it a brilliant weekend.

Its definately given me a new outlook on the modified car scene, as more recently I thought it was slipping, we are all looking forward to USC in August for more fun and games…

To read more and see the pictures please visit the Maxxd website…