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We talk about branding and marketing online quite a bit. It’s something we think is very important for everyone. It doesn’t matter if your business is one or two people, or has a staff of thousands. Having a strong, recognisable brand is important. Of course the same is true for any of us on an […]
The 6th annual CongRegation ‘Mind Mesh’ in Cong Village gets underway tomorrow, which will see about 100 Irish and international speakers debate, discuss and share their expert insights into the world of ‘Ideas’. Blacknight is delighted to be a sponsor once again this year. Consisting of 7 separate events over the weekend in 10 different […]
Let’s be clear about this: we’re not going to pay you to blog. Well not exactly. But we feel so strongly about the benefits of blogging that if you register a .BLOG domain name right now, AND buy a 12-month hosting or BaseKit plan, we’ll give you back €15*. What’s more, we’ll give you another […]
We were at Blog Awards Ireland a couple of weeks ago. As we mentioned several times, we were a sponsor and we’ve also been active bloggers for a long time.. A very long time! The event organisers have put out a short video with highlights from the event and if you fast forward to about […]
Blog Awards Ireland is in its 7th year and in that time has received over 2,000 nominations for both personal and corporate bloggers. This year Blacknight is on board as a sponsor of the category for blogs focussed on Marketing and Communications. If you’ve got a blog, The Blog Awards are a great opportunity to get […]
Have you ever thought, “I really ought to write a blog post about that”? No? I didn’t think so! But hang on a minute. If you’ve ever thought: “I’ve got something to say about this”, then a blog could be just the thing. And while social media services like Facebook and Twitter have generated a […]
Irish food blogger Conor Bofin has some simple, direct advice for bloggers: be passionate about blogging! “Be passionate about what you’re doing, and learn the rest. You can learn to write, you can learn to take photographs, you can learn to shoot video. But if you’re not passionate about what you do, you’re wasting your […]
We’re delighted to announce that Blacknight is a silver sponsor of TBEX Europe 2017, the travel bloggers’ conference, which will be held in Killarney from 3 – 5 October. TBEX is the world’s largest gathering of travel bloggers, writers, content creators and travel industry professionals. It first came to Ireland in 2013, when it was […]
Today’s podcast is an interview with Don Ruiz, Head of Business Development with the .BLOG domain registry, which launched in November 2017. You really only get one chance to make a first impression, and your domain name is your very first representation of you as a person or your business online. Click on the […]
Are you looking to move your blog or website to a new domain name? A new guide offers step-by-step instructions for moving to a new online address with your traffic and search rankings intact. There are many good reasons why you might move your website or blog to a new domain name. With a huge selection […]
We offer a crazy number of domain name extensions these days. So it’s only natural that there are some domains that really resonate with me and others that simply leave me cold. One of the domain extensions that I really like is .blog. Why? Because it does what it says on the tin! If you’re […]
Child sexual abuse online is a problem that has pretty much existed since the web was developed, and it’s growing rapidly. Since the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation was founded in 1996 as a reporting hotline for illegal content online, it has been one of the world’s leading bodies dealing with some of the most vile […]