WALCOT B&B

>> Written on March 9th, 2010 by Leon

Website design for Walcot Bed and Breakfast, Co. Offaly.

Live March 2010 www.walcotbedandbreakfast.com

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Wordpress Banner Ads Plugin Review

>> Written on March 4th, 2010 by Leon

Review of the Wordpress Banner Ads Plugin

Blogs in general (including some of my own posts here!) are some of the most trafficked sites on the net and the first thing that pops into most people’s heads when it comes to monetizing that traffic is advertising. I’ve been using some of Tribulant’s excellent Wordpress plugins and was delighted to see that they had a Banner Advert plugin as I needed one for a new online venture AboutLeitrim.ie. Read the full article »

Rated 4/5 on Mar 4 2010

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Moving House Checklist and Tips

>> Written on March 4th, 2010 by Leon

We are in the middle of our 5th house move in 7 years so are well practiced! It occurred to me while ticking off things that I needed to do that I should document the process both for my own benefit (we may well be moving again soon!) and for the benefit of others. I’d like to present a list of things like Addresses you might need to change, how and who to contact to change them, etc.. Read the full article »

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Reverb Studios Reviews Suggestion

>> Written on March 4th, 2010 by Leon

Customer Reviews of a companies products or services have become a very big deal online in recent years. Research has shown that if someone reads a positive review of your offering or service online they will be most of the way to buying from you!

On my own blog, the Reviews Category consistently gets more hits than any other and I myself would always look for reviews before buying anything.

I have recently setup a partnership with Ireland’s leading supplier of Review software for websites, LouderVoice. They can supply you with very simple to use plugins for your site that will allow visitors and clients to Rate your service or product and leave comments directly on your site. These reviews can be displayed prominently and should lead to greater sales conversions and excellent customer feedback. Customer reviews can also be routed to Twitter and Facebook for maximum exposure for your site.

Visit www.LouderVoice.com/About for more detailed information or to signup.

Please use the Partner code LV-REVERBSTUDIOS if you decide it’s for you!

Leon.

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Twitter Poll: About People or Search Engines?

>> Written on February 25th, 2010 by Leon

This post was prompted by something I read on an email list and on Linkedin the other day where the author seemed to have the view that Twitter was more about Search Engines than People. His argument was that Twitter is far too ‘noisy’ for people to actually read and interact but that Google could find it’s way around Twitter a lot easier and index content from it. It was therefore good practice in the author’s eyes that businesses auto feed to twitter in the hope of getting indexed and neglect the social aspect altogether. Here is the author’s summation at the end of his article: Read the full article »

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My Web Design Process Explained

>> Written on February 25th, 2010 by Leon

Most potential new web design clients seem to ask the same question: What’s involved in setting up a web site? How does it all work?. Here’s a screen video tutorial I’ve prepared to help explain. I’ve included a synopsis underneath: Read the full article »

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Daft.ie iPhone App Review

>> Written on February 21st, 2010 by Leon

Review of Daft.ie iPhone App

We’ve been looking for a house to rent or buy for ages now and I also have an iPhone, so app = handy being able to browse or search homes while in bed or while out and about actually lookin for houses ‘manually’. I’ve tried a few different property apps including MyHome’s and PropertyNews but the Daft one wins hands down.

Propertynews, while feature rich seems to have a Northern Irish/UK bias and I don’t like the map based navigation of MyHome. I prefer a simple list.

Here are the features and reasons I like the Daft app:

• Ease and speed of use.
• List type results with images and main details.
• Photo viewer.
• Comprehensive search filters.
• “Nearby” Searches.
• Maps.
• Quick links to Call or Email agents.
• Bookmark properties.
• Sales & Rentals.
• Sorting.

Hope we find a home to buy soon, only looking for about 7 years now..

Leon.

Rated 4/5 on Feb 21 2010

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Social Networking, Ego and Religion

>> Written on February 17th, 2010 by Leon

I’ve recently been thinking about Social Networking in terms of Ego and Religion of all things!

I believe Blogging, Tweeting and Facebook status updating is one big ego trip. What better validation of one’s self can there be than sending out a message to hundreds of listeners and having them ‘Like this’, Retweet or comment positively on it!?

The Parallels between social networking and organized religion are hard to ignore in my opinion. With most networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, etc..its’ all about Following people and spreading messages. Followers could otherwise be referred to as disciples who subscribe to the preachings of the Blogger/Messianic figure and by aggreeing with his views and reccommending to others thus follow his particular Gospel.

Then there’s the networking or connecting aspect which is akin to joining a group or Cult which has in place as it’s leader the group founder or Moderator.

Summation? Social Networking is the newest Religion!

Leon

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FREE Webtexts with Jelly SMS

>> Written on February 11th, 2010 by Leon

Most of us are probably aware of the 250 or 300 free webtexts we are allowed each month from mobile operators like O2 and Vodafone. You basically login to Vodafone.ie or O2.ie and send your free text. Pretty handy eh? Well I’ve always found those websites slow, confusing and awkward so it was happy days when I came across the Jelly SMS iPhone App and started using it. Quick and simple. I then found out there was a PC program that done the same thing just as easily – Jelly SMS Desktop App. It also imported my Outlook contacts so all in all pretty impressive.

Well done guys.

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KOMPLETT BLOG REDESIGN

>> Written on February 9th, 2010 by Leon

Blog re-design and transfer for Komplett.ie

It was great to be contacted by the guys at Komplett, Ireland’s biggest online Tech store and a multinational player in Europe, to redesign their existing blog. Their old one existed on Wordpress.com and was pretty inflexible. Moving to a standalone version of Wordpress has opened up the site and allowed for a higher level of design and functionality through theming and plugins. The new blog should better accommodate the wealth of excellent articles they’ve written .

Here’s some more info on the new design from Komplett themselves.

It’s nice that a job like this can come to little old Leitrim. Thanks guys.

PS – Credit to Frank Prendergast for the Engadget style Top Stories widget!

Live February 2010 – www.KomplettBlog.ie

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