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 […]
OMiG, Online Marketing in Galway’s first Digital Summit has been completely sold out, organiser Maricka Burke-Keogh has confirmed. Sponsored by Blacknight, the event will be held in the Ardilaun Hotel on Thursday next, 29 January. The list of speakers includes Hugh Linehan of the Irish Times; Lucy Campbell, Marketing Director of RTÉ Television and RTÉ Digital; Aidan […]
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 […]
Tickets are going fast for Galway’s first Digital Summit to be held at the Ardilaun Hotel at 6:30pm on January 29. The event has grown out of the monthly gatherings of OMiG – Online Marketing in Galway, founded by Maricka Burke-Keogh. Blacknight is the Gold Sponsor for the Digital Summit, and Technology.ie attended the launch recently in Galway. [youtube]http://youtu.be/eVKgGd4Tjmk[/youtube] The […]
Latest news from the OMiG Digital Summit is that the Early Bird limit has been reached. However it has just been extended for a further two days. Ticket prices increase on Stephen’s Day so we recommend booking your seat or exhibition space now. The event is held on Thursday 29th January 2015 at 18:30 sharp in The […]
The West of Ireland’s first Digital Summit was announced last night at an event in Galway city. Sponsored by Blacknight, the OMiG Digital Summit builds on the success of the ‘Online Marketing in Galway’ monthly meetups which have grown in popularity over the past couple of years. The Digital Summit is designed to keep to the same volunteer ethos as […]
Today is World Aids Day, and one way to show solidarity and offer practical support for Aids victims is with a dot HIV domain name. Blacknight is currently offering a discount on dotHIV domain names. Some months ago we did a podcast with Carolin Silbernagl of dot HIV who explained that, since effective treatments have been developed for HIV, Aids has […]
I couldn’t make it to Congregation today , but I’m watching the hashtag #Cong14 with interest as about 50 participants engage in ‘huddles’ to discuss social media, marketing and content in various locations around the village of Cong, Co Mayo. The venues are bookshops, cafes, bars, and an art studio dotted around the little village famous as the location of […]
I just heard from Eoin Kennedy, organiser of the Congregation Social Media Gathering which is on tomorrow in Cong, Co Mayo. Blacknight are one of the sponsors of this event, which is free to enter: all you have to do is Blog Your Way In! Accomodation has been booked out for weeks in the village itself, although there was still […]
I’m at Web Summit for the next three days reporting for Technology.ie, and the Blacknight team are here too. You can talk to Gianni about domains and hosting, dedicated servers and colocation in our state-of-the-art datacentre. Or you can talk to me about your story: your startup, your business, your idea. We’re shooting video interviews over the […]
