Allan Cockerill

A business consultant and copywriter based in Bathurst NSW Australia specializing in search engine friendly web content and social media. Founder and CEO of This Writer For Hire/Allan Cockerill Services, Allan helps businesses to get their conversation right in the market place! Allan also ghosts writes for select professional clients, and is able to "translate" industry jargon into copy that is easy to read and comprehend. Current clients include a large international legal firm, a well known anthropologist and a number of hospitality businesses.

Joined: September 7, 2007
Articles: 437
Comments: 280

Facebook

English Resort Braces Itself As Facebook Party Hits Town

News.com.au reports that an English town is bracing itself for a Facebook invasion! Police have moved to cancel alcohol sales as The Facebook event “Party at the Beach 2008 – Torbay” invites people to the party in the English seaside…

Allan Cockerill
July 2, 2008

Networking

A Tale Of Two Gurus And Their Adventures In Social Media

Two Gurus . . . One Socialmedia Cup It was a nice quiet morning here in Oz, as I sat down and started playing on Plurk. It soon started to heat up though when one well known marketer started plurking.…

Software

Software Pricing Racket Exposed

News.com.au reports that Australian users are paying up to five times more for software downloads than their counterparts in other countries! The site points out that downloads are supposed to be cheaper than conventionally shipped software due to the fact…

Allan Cockerill
July 1, 2008

Networking

The Importance Of A Good User Name

Updated July 19, 2015! I’ve been online for a number of years now, and have only used two usernames in that time. I changed to my present one some time back, and I use it everywhere. A good name can…