The ‘how can I help you?’ experiment

April 2, 2009

We all have Google Analytics or something similar on our websites and blogs recording info about visitors.
A part of the information that’s available is the search terms that are directing visitors to your site from Google.
I have a script running on the ewritecork.com site and blog that sends me an email every time someone searches [...]

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eWrite Lite tutorial screencasts

March 30, 2009

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As part of manging my time a little better by not reacting to emails and phone calls until certain times of the day, I’ve been able to dedicate some time to working on our own software and services.
What I’d like to work on more than anything else is developing our eWrite content management [...]

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creating a website in a week for jobless and proud

February 17, 2009

Joblessandproud.com is a new website set up for the author David Jones who recently wrote a book after being laid off from his job.
Rather than sitting around, David wrote this book to help people in a similar situation who are looking at an uncertain financial future for the first time.
His book “Oh No: I’ve Lost [...]

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Longlisted in the Irish blog awards

February 4, 2009

This blog has been longlisted in the Irish blog awards. It’s in the Best Business Blog category along with other great blogs, I’m in with a groovy crowd.
Here are all the blogs nominated in the Best Business category.

Keith Bohanna
IIA Blog
Puddle Ducks
Icecream Ireland
Krisha De
Tast.ie
iFoods.tv
Sabrina Dent
Peter Donegan Landscaping
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A fantastic credit card solution from 3V.

January 15, 2009

3V is a prepaid credit card from PermanentTSB. It allows you to top up in a similar manner to topping up a pre paid mobile phone. You can use it to purchase online as if using a regular VISA card and you don’t even need a back account.

In December, my own credit card expired. I [...]

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The Irish Blog Awards

January 14, 2009

Today is the last day to nominate your favourite blogs for the 2009 Blog Awards. Get nominating!
The blog awards takes place in the Cork International Airport Hotel on February 21st, 2009 at 7.30pm.
Starting today you can also sponsor a category. To sponsor, send an email to contact < at > awards.ie if you want to [...]

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the hosting of our sites

January 12, 2009

Over the past few months, I have moved over 12 of our customers’ domains to Blacknight hosting. This year I will be moving or recommending all customers to Blacknight.
With 60 sites and growing, the majority of our sites are hosted with Webhost.ie and have been for several years. I have enjoyed a great relationship with [...]

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Free email marketing demo - Ewrite Messenger

January 9, 2009

We’ve been developing our email marking application “eWrite Messenger” for a while now and for a long time I’ve wanted to put a demo online to allow people to try it out.
My main concern was abuse, someone might use the demo to send out emails to a list of addresses. This would need to be [...]

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Get your business listed on CityLocal Cork

January 6, 2009

CityLocal is a new online business directory throughout Ireland.
CityLocal provides businesses with a full web page listing featuring all your contact details, products & services, location map, reviews and a link to your website.
CityLocal are specialists in search engine optimization. The website is regularly updated by an  experienced technical team throughout the day ensuring all [...]

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Jack and Jill Childrens Foundation

January 4, 2009

Damien is running a competition to encourage people to recycle their old mobile phones for the Jack & Jill Foundation.
For everyone that donates one or more mobile phones to the charity, they’ll be entered into a draw for three prizes (First, second and third out of hat) - a Nokia 5220, a Voyager 815 bluetooth [...]

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