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Add a bit of Christmas cheer!

By on December 6, 2006 in Events, irishblogs, Marketing

With Christmas only a couple of weeks away we thought it was time we got some seasonal banners and button ads, so we contacted our friends in SpoiltChild Design and this is what they came up with: 120 x 60 button – suitable for blogs, sidebars and other sites where screen space is at a [...]

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Free SpreadShirt Upgrades!!!! Save 60 Euro!

By on October 12, 2006 in Blogging, irishblogs, Marketing, News, Tips

We’ll be letting all our clients know about this really cool special offer later today, but I thought I’d give our blog readers the inside track first. Blacknight in partnership with SpreadShirt is offering free upgrades to the premium SpreadShirt shops. This upgrade will save you €60!! Spreadshirt is an online platform that allows you [...]

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Come meet us this week

By on September 25, 2006 in Events, irishblogs, Marketing, News

I’ll be down in Cork next Saturday for Bar Camp which looks like it could be an interesting event. Looking at the list of attendees and speakers I recognise quite a few familiar names so it will be nice to actually meet a few of them “in real life”. If anyone wants to say “hi” [...]

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Nominate Designers, bloggers and more

By on September 18, 2006 in Blogging, Events, irishblogs, Marketing, Podcasting

The Irish Internet Association annual awards, the Net Visionaries, will be held later this year. The Net Visionary award is the only award in Ireland where the public can not only nominate the winners, but also vote for them. You don’t need to be a member of the IIA, nor does the nominee. You can [...]

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We’re Hiring Again – Sales Role Available

By on August 18, 2006 in Careers, Hosting, irishblogs, Marketing

We’re expanding and taking on even more staff You can see full details of the job here NB:Agencies DO NOT CONTACT US.

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Hosting Plans Revamp Underway

By on May 29, 2006 in Domains, Email, Hosting, Marketing, News

We’ve always tried to pass on savings to our clients where possible. Earlier this year we offered IE domains for a mere € 30 as a special offer, while we consistently charge one of the most competitive prices in the Irish market. We’re now upgrading ALL of our shared hosting plans on both Windows 2003 [...]

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Blacknight In Alexa Top 100

By on May 27, 2006 in Marketing, News

Although Alexa may not be the most accurate barometer of a website’s popularity it does give some indication. The only reason I mention this is because not one, but two of our company websites are currently in the top 100 for Ireland. Both our main website and Irish ISP Test are listed at the 69th [...]

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Brighten Up Your Desktop!

By on April 30, 2006 in Marketing

Whether you are using Windows, Apple or some flavour of linux on your desktop, wouldn’t a nice background image / wallpaper brighten things up? Alan in Spoiltchild design came up with what we think is a nice attractive desktop image for us to use and give away. We’ve made three versions available: 800 x 600 [...]

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Podcasting Channel Launched

By on April 1, 2006 in Hosting, Marketing, News, Podcasting

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new podcasting channel on ENN in association with PodLeaders. Tom Raftery, who has built up a reputation as one of Ireland’s foremost podcasters, has been running a series of high profile interviews on podleaders.com for the last few months. Past interviewees have included Vint Cerf, Marc [...]

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New Online Marketing Banner Campaign

By on March 30, 2006 in Marketing

We’ve updated some of the banners we use for our online marketing and since I think they are so nice I thought I’d share them here: What do you think?

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Domain Names – Keep it Simple

By on March 11, 2006 in Domains, Marketing, Seo, Tips

Choosing the right domain name for your online presence can be a daunting task. With some advance planning you can make it simpler.

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Blog Awards & Blacknight on 2FM

By on March 9, 2006 in Events, Marketing, News

As some of you may know, this Saturday sees the inaugaral Irish Blog Awards taking place in the Alexander Hotel in Dublin. Here at Blacknight we love blogs, or maybe it’s just my own personal bias In any case we are delighted to be one of the sponsor’s of the event and will be giving [...]

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