Late February saw the Irish Blog Awards take place.  I don’t know much about the Irish blogging community, or these awards.  I don’t know whether it’s a narrow back slapping community of buddies or the result of widespread poling but I thought we might all be able to learn something from the winners.  Blogging is part of the small business’s online marketing arsenal and these guys know enough to win an award.  Maybe they are doing something right. The awards were in many categories and you might see something in your industry, your niche.  Maybe they are doing something really well that you could learn from.  Maybe you could do it much better.  Either way, I think these blogs are a useful resource and can provide an insight into the business of blogging... Similar posts

Just to say a word of thanks to Damien Mulley who handed over the award for the Best Irish Political Blog 2009 to me earlier this week in a central Dublin hotel. Unfortunately the CLR wasn’t able to send one of its nationwide network of contributors and commentors on the day but it was very good of Damien to drop by. Here it is (Fact: this is the very first award I’ve ever had even a part share in so trust me, you all get to see the photo!). Once again, many thanks to those involved in this process. It’s genuinely heartening to get this award and it is built on the work of all of those who have contributed, commented and visited the Cedar Lounge Revolution. Damien raised an interesting question, how this will be passed around the contributors to the CLR. I’m sure... Similar posts