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Blacknight Leads the Irish Market for the Third Year in a Row

We pushed out this press release yesterday morning, though, as I was on the road all day yesterday, we didn’t get a chance to post about it here. Here it is: Blacknight is Named Irelands Number One Hosting Provider – Blacknight Leads the Irish Market for the Third Year in a Row Blacknight has been [...]

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Measurement Tickets Up For Grabs!

Measurement is being held next month in Dublin and we’re really excited about it and Bert got all dressed up! What is it? It’s a one day conference on social media measurement ie. tracking sales etc., from social media (and other outlets) Where is it? National College of Ireland, Dublin 1 When is it? February [...]

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Getting A Domain Name That’s Already Registered

Choosing the right domain name for your business is, arguably, one of the most important decisions you will need to make. If your business domain name isn’t easy to remember or easy to spell, then you will lose traffic. If you lose traffic you lose sales.. no sales = no revenue etc., etc. Choosing a [...]

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Win A Puppy.. Or An Ipad – Save On EU Domain Registration / Transfer

We like bringing special offers and discounts to you, so here’s one for anyone who wants to target the European market and register (or transfer) a .eu domain name. Register a .eu domain name for 1 year at the reduced rate of only €3.99 between now and Christmas Already got a .eu domain name with [...]

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Technology.ie Podcast Launch

We’re probably a little bit late to the party with this one, but we’ve finally launched our podcast. Since it’s not just about us and our products and services we’re running it over on Technology.ie Conn Ó Muíneacháin from Edgecast Media has been podcasting for years and is a trusted member of the community, so [...]

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Webfest Slides – Marketing On A ShoeString

Here are my slides from WebFest.me – on “marketing on a shoestring budget”: Marketing On A Shoestring View more presentations from Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.

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Blacknight Sponsoring Best Use Of Social Media Award

We’ve been involved with the Irish Internet Association and their annual awards ceremony, the Net Visionary Awards, for several years. We’ve sponsored it, been nominated, been shortlisted and even won a few awards over the past few years. This year we’re sponsoring a category that we feel particularly strongly about – “Best Use of Social [...]

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Stuck For Father’s Day Inspiration? Try a .me Domain!

It’s that time of year again – Father’s Day is just around the corner again .. With that in mind James has given our special Father’s Day site a fresh coat of paint (virtually speaking) and we have a new offer. Get a .me domain name for only €4.99 – just use coupon code “whosyourdaddy” [...]

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Getting Business Online – Blacknight Partner With Google, An Post, Enterprise Boards

I love it when a project we’ve been working on for months finally “goes live”. Yesterday we were at Google’s Dublin headquarters for the official launch of a very cool initiative. (See my Flickr stream for photos) The launch was a really great event, with representatives from just about every business organisation in Ireland present [...]

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Celebrate the Royal Wedding .. With A Royal Offer On Domains and Hosting

Today’s the big day for the young couple and as Prince William and Kate Middleton “tie the knot” in London we’re celebrating in typical Blacknight fashion Yes – we’re offering a wedding themed discount on hosting and domains Until midnight tomorrow night (April 30th 2011) save big on .co.uk domain name registration and our entry [...]

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Let’s Invade Europe!

We unveiled one of the elements of our .eu marketing campaign a few days ago when we announced the availability of multi-year .eu domain name registrations (and renewals). Our choice of imagery seems to have struck a chord in some parts! So today we’re unveiling the next phase of our master plan (queue Dr Evil [...]

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Some Silly Email Marketing Stats

We sent out a newsletter via email earlier today (well it was yesterday really, but since I haven’t been to bed yet .. ) One of the things about marketing is that you need to measure as much as you can. I’d love to say “measure everything”, but the reality is that you simply can’t. [...]

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