Million £££ Ideas

At 18a we're big fans of the BBC series Dragons Den, and I don't think you can be an online entrepreneur without always keeping one eye open for the 'next big thing'.

With this in mind we created the Million £££ Ideas category. While we don't expect everything we post in this category to make a million pounds, we live in the hope that something will, or at the very least inspire someone else in the process...

Alex from Much Better Adventures quoted by the Guardian

6th December 2010 03:00 by lisa

We always get excited when our clients - especially start ups with great ideas - are featured in the press.

And even though muchbetteradventures.com are getting press coverage all the time now, the novelty still doesn't wear off!

This month, site co-founder Alex Narracott was quoted in the Guardian in… Read more
The meerkat strikes again.

15th September 2010 03:00 by lisa

We follow Aleksandr Orlov on Twitter, so I noticed yesterday that he (!) was quite chuffed that his catchphrase "Simples!" was used in hit E4 show The Inbetweeners.

Series 3 of The Inbetweeners had been eagerly awaited by many after gradually building up a huge army of fans, and Channel… Read more
Trailer for The Social Network Movie

27th July 2010 03:00 by lisa

They're right - you don't make 500 million friends without making a few enemies along the way too.

If you haven't seen the trailer for the new film about the creation of Facebook, check it out below.

It looks better than I thought it would, but I find some of… Read more
Lessons from Silicon Valley

26th May 2010 03:00 by tom

A really interesting video entitled, Lessons from Silicon Valley, popped into my inbox this morning, part of the latest businesszone.co.uk newsletter.

Silicon Valley really does sound like a great environment for encouraging and nurturing startup potential. There's certainly a huge amount that both the UK business community and… Read more
Should you use Google Adsense on your website?

22nd March 2010 12:00 by lisa

I've been asked a few times in the past whether I think a client should put Google Adsense on their website. This question normally comes after they've just read a book called "How to get rich quick on the Internet" or some other similar title.

Google Adsense works by displaying… Read more
Advertiser stats system goes live for muchbetteradventures.com

27th January 2010 07:59 by lisa

muchbetteradventures.com launched in October 2009, and we're really pleased to see how well they're doing already! It takes a lot of time and determination to make a website successful, and Alex and Ed are giving it their all and reaping the benefits with endorsements from Alastair Sawday (Founder of ethical publishers… Read more
New User Dashboard and features for Stuff2send.com

12th December 2009 12:02 by lisa

Back in September we added a permanent log-in to Stuff2send.com, so that carriers and senders could choose for the website to leave them logged in from a certain computer. And now we've just set live the follow on from this (via a redesign of the home page along the way… Read more
MuchBetterAdventures.com launches in Beta.

16th October 2009 07:12 by lisa

This has been a big project for 18a, and we're really thrilled for Alex and Ed from Much Better Travel Ltd that their site has gone live. I'm also pleased to be able to unveil the design at last, as we really love the photography we sourced with the guys… Read more
AQuarterOf feature in the Sunday Times

7th September 2009 06:23 by lisa

My my, it really was a busy day yesterday for our clients getting great media coverage! AQuarterOf, the old fashioned online sweet shop for whom we do affiliate management, had a feature in the Sunday Times yesterday; an interview with their founder Michael Parker about how he made AQuarterOf the… Read more
UKPropertyClub.co.uk feature in the Observer

7th September 2009 04:44 by lisa

We're very excited for our client ukpropertyclub.co.uk, as they were featured in the Observer yesterday, in a half page article complete with a photo of one of their members! ukpropertyclub helps like minded co-renters, co-buyers and co-letters find each other and work together to get the properties they want. The… Read more