<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247531304318894456</id><updated>2012-02-16T19:33:12.751-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Argyll &amp; The Isles</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Net Visuals</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04909735006652843538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NNVz_RN9tMo/TUXz3gDIMuI/AAAAAAAAAKI/OAYxwaMMapY/s220/netvisualslogo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247531304318894456.post-1062851215800882418</id><published>2012-01-27T09:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T09:54:51.114-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Accommodation FREE!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9cHBVyZ1Hg/TyLiX-HDBCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/3nkitf4mwjM/s1600/affiliates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9cHBVyZ1Hg/TyLiX-HDBCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/3nkitf4mwjM/s400/affiliates.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9cHBVyZ1Hg/TyLiX-HDBCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/3nkitf4mwjM/s1600/affiliates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9cHBVyZ1Hg/TyLiX-HDBCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/3nkitf4mwjM/s1600/affiliates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;It seems everyone wants accommodation and businesses on websites these days, but we understand that not everyone has a budget to advertise everywhere, that's why we've joined several affiliate programs. If you already use one of the popular websites or agents there is a chance that you may get additional business from Argyll.org without any additional work or expense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;We've initially selected around 80 accommodation providers from around Argyll using Late Rooms to kickstart the website hospitality section and plan to make additional selections from Lastminute, Hoseasons and Booking.com in the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Direct Subscriptions&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;Of course there are downsides to only using affiliate programs and agents, your business is not guaranteed to be listed and can be removed at any time without notice in favour of direct subscriptions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;Direct subscriptions are where you pay to be featured directly on our website, this ensures you are visible, listed at the top (first come first served) and you don't pay any commission on referrals or direct bookings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Google Adsense&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;If you use Google Adsense for your business then you'll be pleased to know that we've integrated Google adverts in our website, you may find your business featured on our site through that model at some time in the future at no additional cost.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;That touches the surface of how our accommodation and hospitality section works, you're also free to use whichever affiliate or direct subscription that suits your budget or business model.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;To take a look at current affiliate members featured please visit our &lt;a href="http://www.argyll.org/" title="Argyll"&gt;Argyll Website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7247531304318894456-1062851215800882418?l=argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/feeds/1062851215800882418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2012/01/accommodation-free.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/1062851215800882418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/1062851215800882418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2012/01/accommodation-free.html' title='Accommodation FREE!'/><author><name>Net Visuals</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04909735006652843538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NNVz_RN9tMo/TUXz3gDIMuI/AAAAAAAAAKI/OAYxwaMMapY/s220/netvisualslogo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9cHBVyZ1Hg/TyLiX-HDBCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/3nkitf4mwjM/s72-c/affiliates.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247531304318894456.post-1018050197957424146</id><published>2011-12-14T06:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T06:42:12.669-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Things To Do Updates</title><content type='html'>We've added a couple more items of interest in the Argyll things to do section today which includes the fantastic Kilchurn Castle (it's one of our favourite castles and attractions in Argyll), Saddell Abbey - the ruins and stone display, and the aesthetically pleasing Saddell Castle on Kintyre. For more information and photos on these newly added attractions visit our brilliant &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.argyll.org"&gt;Argyll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; website and follow the Things To Do links.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7247531304318894456-1018050197957424146?l=argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/feeds/1018050197957424146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/12/things-to-do-updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/1018050197957424146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/1018050197957424146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/12/things-to-do-updates.html' title='Things To Do Updates'/><author><name>Net Visuals</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04909735006652843538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NNVz_RN9tMo/TUXz3gDIMuI/AAAAAAAAAKI/OAYxwaMMapY/s220/netvisualslogo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247531304318894456.post-5273763482915229346</id><published>2011-12-13T01:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T01:00:30.148-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ArgylL Christmas Email Newsletter Available</title><content type='html'>If you've missed our Argyll December email newsletter then you can head over to &lt;a href="http://www.argyll.org/newsletterbusiness/argyllnewsletter-december2011.pdf"&gt;Argyll.org Business Newsletters&lt;/a&gt; and view it online.A final reminder that the 50% introductory discount for including your accommodation, shop or business expires on 31st December 2011, as an additional bonus for those that subscribe before 31st December 2011 a free page on Argyll Accommodation is also offered so get your content to us and get a fantastic bargain for the year ahead.We're also now taking content for our Valentines day feature so our subscribers can feature extra content.If we don't hear from you, have a great festive folks!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7247531304318894456-5273763482915229346?l=argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/feeds/5273763482915229346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/12/argyll-christmas-email-newsletter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/5273763482915229346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/5273763482915229346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/12/argyll-christmas-email-newsletter.html' title='ArgylL Christmas Email Newsletter Available'/><author><name>Net Visuals</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04909735006652843538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NNVz_RN9tMo/TUXz3gDIMuI/AAAAAAAAAKI/OAYxwaMMapY/s220/netvisualslogo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247531304318894456.post-8924253546061188175</id><published>2011-12-03T03:00:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-03T03:01:33.200-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oban's McCaigs Tower Now Added</title><content type='html'>Argyll.org is not a small project, each day we're going to be adding something new to the website so it grows ultimately to be the best website to showcase Argyll. Yesterday we added Oban's McCaig Tower to the list of attractions with a couple of photos and a short overview, when we visit Oban in the spring and summer next year we'll be certain to get some more photos to add to the section. Why not submit yours and we can add your credit along with your photo.For information on McCaigs Tower and a number of other things to do in Argyll visit our &lt;a href="http://www.argyll.org"&gt;Argyll Website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7247531304318894456-8924253546061188175?l=argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/feeds/8924253546061188175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/12/obans-mccaigs-tower-now-added.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/8924253546061188175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/8924253546061188175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/12/obans-mccaigs-tower-now-added.html' title='Oban&apos;s McCaigs Tower Now Added'/><author><name>Net Visuals</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04909735006652843538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NNVz_RN9tMo/TUXz3gDIMuI/AAAAAAAAAKI/OAYxwaMMapY/s220/netvisualslogo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247531304318894456.post-1168616927773865577</id><published>2011-11-28T09:12:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T09:16:22.896-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Argyll &amp; The Isles Website Prepares For Launch</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-unfIggy-wXQ/TtPBkDdUmXI/AAAAAAAAAPw/SN1nVzti1HQ/s1600/export_logo_440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-unfIggy-wXQ/TtPBkDdUmXI/AAAAAAAAAPw/SN1nVzti1HQ/s400/export_logo_440.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Our fantastic new Argyll visitor information website prepares itself for imminent launch this week. Argyll.org, one of the most prominent and valuable domains for the region of Argyll has been populated with a great website ready to take subscriptions and provide a real cost effective and central point for all small businesses to feature accommodation, events, businesses, shops and much more all year round.We are applying a number of updates over the next few days for the weekend launch, we hope you like our new website!Please visit &lt;a href="http://www.argyll.org"&gt;Argyll&lt;/a&gt; (argyll.org) for more information and preview&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7247531304318894456-1168616927773865577?l=argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/feeds/1168616927773865577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/11/argyll-isles-website-prepares-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/1168616927773865577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7247531304318894456/posts/default/1168616927773865577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://argyllandtheisles.blogspot.com/2011/11/argyll-isles-website-prepares-for.html' title='Argyll &amp; The Isles Website Prepares For Launch'/><author><name>Net Visuals</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04909735006652843538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NNVz_RN9tMo/TUXz3gDIMuI/AAAAAAAAAKI/OAYxwaMMapY/s220/netvisualslogo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-unfIggy-wXQ/TtPBkDdUmXI/AAAAAAAAAPw/SN1nVzti1HQ/s72-c/export_logo_440.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
