A list of my key past and present projects
Build Instructions
Status: Live and maintained.
Technologies: WordPress CMS and WooCommerce platform.
Build Instructions is a searchable online library where users can find the build instructions for various Warhammer model sets, and download them for free as PDF digital downloads.
The site contains over 2,700+ product listings, with over 1,200+ PDFs currently in stock, and with more being added all the time.
BuildInstructions.com serves a global online community of Warhammer enthusiasts, in particular those who have purchased model sets from secondary markets such as Ebay, and helps provide them with the instructions booklets they need to be able to properly build each kit.
The Dressing Room
Status: Live and maintained.
Technologies: Shopify ecommerce platform.
The Dressing Room is an established womenswear boutique, with a high street store in Woodlesford, Leeds, UK.
I have built and and continue to maintain The Dressing Room’s first online store. The site is built using the Shopify ecommerce platform, with integrations to various features, applications, and Royal Mail delivery services.
Visit TheDressingRoomFashion.co.uk
Wheelie Stickers
Status: Exited and sold business assets. Website still live and currently maintained by new owner.
Technologies: Shopify ecommerce platform, integrated with Amazon, Etsy, Ebay, Google, Facebook, Pinterest.
Wheelie Stickers is a niche ecommerce site focussed on selling vinyl stickers for Wheelie Bins.
I wanted to find a low cost item, cheap to produce and easy to post, which I could use as a starter product to explore Shopify, Etsy and Amazon FBA with.
I have iterated and developed the product myself – through design (using Adobe Illustrator), and in consultation with print suppliers and 3rd party fulfilment services.
Primary Audience
Status: Live and Maintained.
Technologies: WordPress Content Management System (CMS).
Primary Audience is effectively the shop window for my projects and freelance services. It is my “freelance digital agency” which offers services across Website Design & Build, Content Creation, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), and more.
Ten X Blog
Status: Live and Maintained.
Technologies: WordPress Content Management System (CMS).
As part of Primary Audience, I built out a small network of niche content sites. These sites were predominantly concerned with the niches of Crypto & Blockchain, Alternative (Challenger & Neo) Banks, Freelancing, Trading, and Web Development.
I have consolidated those sites and merged them into one content blog, called Ten X Blog.
The idea behind Ten X Blog, is to provide a location to find content and help to Ten X your ambitions and growth, with a focus on Health & Wellbeing, Wealth & Money, Business, and Knowledge.
Which Freelancer
Status: Live and Maintained.
Technologies: WordPress Content Management System (CMS).
Which Freelancer is a part of the the Primary Audience family of niche content sites, and is a repository for all my learnings and advice on using freelancer services online.
On the Which Freelancer site you’ll find guides to the gig economy, explainers for how to engage with and brief freelancers, and reviews the biggest freelance marketplaces such as Fiverr and UpWork.
Backlink Index
Status: Decommissioned.
Technologies: WordPress Content Management System (CMS).
Backlink Index is a website I built to try give back to the online entrepreneurial blogger and content creation community. The purpose of the site is to index and list niche content sites which offer free backlinks to other relevant sites. Fostering the practice of free backlink sharing, Backlink Index should give easier and cheaper (free) access to backlinks, for sites looking to grow their SEO standings and web traffic.
The Donald Store
Status: Decommissioned.
Technologies: WordPress Content Management System (CMS).
To explore and experiment with the potential for earning as an Amazon Affiliate, I identified an opportunity in the run up to the 2020 US Presidential Elections and setup The Donald Store.
The Donald Store is basically an ecommerce aggregator, and provides a directory of curated lists of products related to Donald Trump (his campaign, and his detractors), all of which are available to buy on Amazon.
The site caters to both the fans (see Donald The Hero), and the haters (see Donald The Villain).
The Startup Story
Technologies: Built using the WordPress CMS.
The Startup Story is an independent blog and website designed to act as a useful repository of all things relating to entrepreneurship and the startup scene in the UK.
The original blog was a record of my first year in London, having moved down to follow a 12-month course in business and entrepreneurship through the New Entrepreneurs Foundation
Since then I’ve grown my network, my knowledge of the UK startup scene, and amassed a wealth of knowledge and resources to help founding teams build and grow their startups. The Startup Story blog is a collection of all this information and more, all in one (hopefully!) easy to navigate and digest resource.
Hope you find something of value and great use to you on your own journey!
Rolling Stock Cycles
Technologies: Built from scratch – Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS and a little php.
Rolling Stock Cycles is a basic blog site for Cycling, Mountain Biking, Running, Swimming and Triathlon at University level in the UK.
I started work on the website during the summer of 2011, around the time I graduated from Durham University. It was the first website I built, and is built from scratch, using HTML, CSS and a little php. I taught myself those early web development skills, reading tutorial sites on the web and through books.
The New Entrepreneurs Foundation
Their blurb:
The New Entrepreneurs Foundation (NEF) aims to provide the UK’s leading entrepreneurial training programme to fast-track young, talented, aspiring entrepreneurs to start their own businesses.
We do this by selecting the UK’s brightest and most entrepreneurial young people and by providing them with a unique, 12-month programme which consists of five main components: a paid work placement in an entrepreneurial company; an intensive fast-track learning programme; monthly speaker & networking events; an executive coach and a business mentor.
Through this programme, our New Entrepreneurs are equipped with the hands-on experience, skills and networks to build scalable businesses.
Some more info:
So the NEF is a London based charity with a mission to nurture and promote entrepreneurship and start up businesses in the UK.
Each year the NEF takes on a class or ‘cohort’ of around 30-40 young aspiring entrepreneurs and business minds, with the aim of providing them the best programme of learning, hands-on work experience, and networking events etc. to equip them with the tools to successfully launch or grow their own business ventures now and in the future.
I was a member of the class of 2014 and can’t recommend the 1-year course highly enough! More information on the NEF can be found here.
Visit The New Entrepreneurs Foundation
Multisite Masters
Status: Website decommissioned and exited business.
Technologies: Built and hosted using the Squarespace CMS. Podcast hosted across iTunes, Soundcloud and various other Podcast broadcast platforms.
Multisite Masters is a Podcast series focussed on how to better manage and grow multi-site businesses.
I founded and started work on Multisite Masters whilst at Yapster.
Multisite Masters (MSM) was originally conceived as a sales lead-generation mechanism for the Yapster product. I then spun this out of Yapster to be a separate entity and continued to run and grow this small business on my own for a while thereafter.
In July 2017 I sold the assets of Mutisite Masters to the business management and training consultancy Mastering Multi-Units (MMU).
MMU have a fantastic team and well-focused mission to help retail and hospitality businesses thrive through better multi-site management and training. Their work aligns very well with Multisite Masters so it was a great fit and easy decision to handover the MSM Podcast into their very capable hands.
Get in-touch with the team at MMU
Luminescent Alarms Limited
Technologies: Physical consumer product, laser-etching, micro-prisms, LED technologies.
Involved for 6-9mths with supporting a small Startup team based in Yorkshire, in their efforts to bring to market a novel new car alarm system.
I was brought in to analyse and improve their existing business plan, then seek out and pitch for private equity investment to fund the next stage of the venture.
The Luminescent Car Alarm is a revolutionary new car alarm system, which conceals a hidden ‘stolen’ message within a modified vehicle number plate. Once triggered, it alerts the vehicle owner, and then also passers-by and the Police to a theft – by activating the highly visual display alert.
Salmon Dance
Status: In-development, un published.
Technologies: iOS, Swift, XCode.
Salmon Dance (working title) is my first foray in mobile applications – a small mobile game for iPhone and iPad.
I have been learning iOS mobile development using online tutorials and research. The result is a small, fun to play game which I hope to launch to the Apple AppStore shortly.