Paul Sheals

I have recently started blogging which is surprising given that I have a Search Engine Marketing Business.  Over the past ten years I have been building a company that I can be proud of and as anyone who has built their own business knows it takes every ounce of your energy and so blogging hasn’t been a high priority.  My aim with this blog is to try something different.  I am a retired British Judo Team member and during my career had many highs and lows however it is a period of my life that I could never replace and the joy it brought me is something I wish every young person could experience.   Recently I was approached by a good friend who was looking to raise money for a group of extremely talented young Judo Players who are all trying to earn a place at the 2012 Olympics in London.  The players all train at Camberley which has been producing top quality Judo Players for the past two decades with little or no funding.  The current crop of players are exceptionally talented and some of the team are a certainty for 2012 (barring injury of course) and some still have some work to do.  Unlike some of the really high-profile sports Judo is truly amateur and embodies everything that is good about the Olympic ideal.  Some of the team do benefit from a small amount of lottery funding but the vast majority survive on the help of parents, friends and coaches who work for free and often use the salary to help support the youngsters.

Over the past ten years i have become an expert in Search Engine Marketing – particularly for small to medium sized businesses and I would like to try to use this knowledge to help the youngsters at Camberley.  It is my aim to give away Search Engine Marketing secrets (information that would normally cost small businesses thousands of pounds) all I ask in return is that if any business out there finds it useful and helps them they would consider helping the team at Camberley.  This help can be in the form of monetary support (even very small amounts will help) or practical help if money is tight.  Practical help could include free accommodation (Hotel Owners), help with transport (fix the mini bus, petrol, tyres etc), Equipment (training gear, tracksuits, running shoes, gym equipment etc), Medical (tape, vitamins / supplements, etc), Flights, Train Tickets and so on.

Any business that helps the team with money or equipment will appear on their web site, on their transport, tracksuits, Judo Kits, t-shirts and you can display on your web site the fact that you are assisting and sponsoring young Olympic athletes.

For any company that offers some significant help the Olympic players will be available to visit your company for talks, input their training diaries on your intranet and you will be invited to their annual dinners and have your own table.  Just think you could be a sponsor of an Olympic Gold Medalist!!

Keep coming back for useful help on search engine marketing or follow me on twitter and lets hope we can help each other and get some talented athletes to the Olympics.