I don't think its any real surprise that dooyoo have introduced their new payment regime to clash with the World Cup. 70% of the world's purchases are now made by women and dooyoo have identified what those women want to buy and so what better time to get them writing, reading and buying on dooyoo! The boys can sit back with a beer or two to watch the matches while the mums and other halves hog the PC with a bottle of Pinot all through June and July, and in return the men can do some housework (dusting is really easy at half-time guys!) to keep her sweet. I we are honest, bar audio tech and computers, occasional buys for boys, there's just nothing much in the ...  Read the complete review

It’s become a unwritten rule on Dooyoo that a new guide should write a ‘How to write…’ review in their category as a sort of initiation to the role and as the new guide for Sports I don’t see why I should be an exception so here goes… IN GENERAL Sports is not one of the most popular categories but that doesn’t mean that the standard required to obtain a crown is any less than other more popular categories, with this in mind certain golden rules have to be followed if you want to write an effective review. 1) Make it personal. We are not interested in what a brochure or advertising material has to say about the product/place/event we want ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ Before I even get into what I personally think makes a good sports opinion, I’d like to take this opportunity to outline what the recent changes in dooyoo’s “Crown” policy have meant in the Sport’s Category. As many of you are probably aware, I have been the Category Guide at Sports for the past few months, and as such send in a weekly report on the Category to Katie at dooyoo, suggesting (among other things) what opinions should be considered for Crowns. My recommendations, along with the number of nominations that an opinion receives from other members, helps Katie to decide which opinions will receive a ‘wee jaggy ...  Read the complete review

So You Want To Be A Sports Writer….Ok Listen Up!! I often sit on a lonely night at home and wonder what it is that makes Art1954 the talented writer that he is. It was after a few hours that it suddenly hit me, it’s not just my writing, it’s my personality shines through my writing………. And so to how to write a good sports opinion..Mmmmm, firstly be very careful that you know a lot about the subject matter. Don’t go doing an opinion on Manchester Utd if you are a Villa fan, or don’t do an opinion on Liverpool as a lot of readers may find it boring…… So ok you have picked ...  Read the complete review

I wasn’t going to do this you know, fellow dooyoo writers had brought it up in conversation and my words were along the lines of ‘theres no chance I’m writing in there’. However this past week I’ve been considering it more and more, personally I find the whole ‘how to write a good category x opinion’ category-adding was a bit sucky, in fact I still do, but the thing is most of you are expecting all the Guides to write in their categories – well even if you’re not (and I hope not as I’m sure that there’ll probably be a couple of guides who don’t write here), you’re getting one from me in my ...  Read the complete review