Blacknight, Ireland’s leading provider of web hosting and domains, has announced that it is to be the headline sponsor for the inaugural SME Awards to be held on April 25 2015, at the Radisson Hotel in Cork. Blacknight CEO Michele Neylon joins us on today’s podcast to talk about the Awards and Blacknight’s commitment to SMEs. Click on […]
Today’s podcast was recorded in the office of CEO Michele Neylon at Blacknight HQ. He’s just returned from two weeks in Las Vegas where he attended CES, followed by Namescon. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 23:31; 13MB; MP3. CES was simply huge, says Michele. One thing that caught […]
Monday next, January 26, is International Community Manager Appreciation Day – yes – it’s a thing – and Boards.ie is joining other companies in Ireland and around the world in celebrating the work of community managers. Formed in 1998, Boards.ie is one of Ireland’s oldest and most successful online communities. Its CEO, Sean Coughlan, is my guest on […]
The Irish games industry needs a package of incentives similar to that which is available to the film industry if the sector is to grow and compete with its UK counterpart. That’s according to the CEO of one of Ireland’s leading indigenous games companies. Barry O’Neill is the CEO of StoryToys and he’s our guest on today’s […]
2014 was the year in which the loss of online privacy became a painful reality for some celebrities, as well as many not so well known victims of ‘revenge porn’. Many people believe that there’s no way to combat this kind of unwanted exposure: once intimate pictures or videos have been published there’s nothing that can be done. […]
Today’s podcast is an interview with blogger, student journalist, and encryption advocate Tommy Collison. Currently in his second year at New York University where he majors in journalism, Tommy is well known in Irish blogging circles where he has been active since he was 12. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: […]
House for Rudolph is a charity meme for kids to raise funds for and awareness of homelessness in Ireland. Its organiser Dermot Casey is our guest on today’s podcast. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 13:40; 8MB; MP3. House for Rudolph was inspired by the viral success of The […]
Jothan Frakes joins Blacknight’s Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin on today’s podcast to talk about NamesCon, the domain names conference in Las Vegas from January 11 to 14. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 36:39; 22MB; MP3. A veteran of the domains industry, Jothan is co-organiser of Namescon, now in […]
For every 50 new visitors who check out a product on your website, only one will buy from you on their first visit. But behavioural re-targeting services like AdRoll allow you to keep in touch with the other 49, so that when they visit other sites, they’ll see your ads reminding them to come back and finish the purchase. […]
We reported on Scredible when it launched at Web Summit. It’s a single point, AI-driven solution that helps professionals build and sustain a trusted, socially credible brand. Scredible monitors trending online content, news, and connections of value. That information is then organised and ranked based on a subscriber’s profile and goals, before users are advised on what, when […]
