November 8, 2011 in Blog, mobile, Social Media by fionapope

The Appy Awards 2011



On Thursday the 3^rd of November, Conor Lynch was a judge at The Appys 2011. We went along and had a great night watching the winners receive their awards.

The big winner of the night was the Heinz Summer BBQ App which picked up three awards for the Best Branded App, Best Android App and Best Food App.  This app has proved very popular for Heinz despite there not being a summer this year!  Created by neo@ogilvy, this app provides you with mouth watering recipes and a Pre-BBQ checklist, and allows you to check the weather forecast and set a grill timer for the perfect BBQ.

It was also a great night for TheJournal.ie who picked up the award for the Best Media / Publishing App after winning 2 awards at the Irish Web Awards 2 weeks ago.

To view the full list of winners click here.

October 20, 2011 in Awards, Blog, Blogging, eCommerce, Events, mobile, Social Media, Software, Tools & Techniques, Web Development by johncoleman

Conor Lynch acts as a judge for The Appy Irish Application Awards

Conor Lynch from socialmedia.ie has recently been judging apps for the 2011 Appy Awards. Conor has been wading through the many applicants trying to decide who is a worthy winner.

This event is designed to honour the best and brightest in Ireland, in the development of applications for smartphones, tablets and social media platforms.  This year’s Appys were launched on September 12^th and the award ceremony will take place in the Mansion House, Dublin 2 at 6.30pm on November the 3rd, 2011.

To find out more about this great awards ceremony click here.

October 17, 2011 in Blog, Blogging, Business, Digital Video, eCommerce, mobile, Uncategorized by johncoleman

SocialMedia.ie & Sunday Business Post Social Media Series – Part 5 Mobile Media

We are at the half way mark of our ten part social media series in which social media expert Conor Lynch gives valuable information, tips and advice on how to implement social media to the advantage of your business. In part five Conor talks about mobile media and the powerful positive effects it can have for your business.

Don’t forget that socialmedia.ie give full social media training and consultancy. Email team@socialmedia.ie for more information or call (01) 804 4746.

May 30, 2011 in Blog, Blogging, Business, Events, Facebook, mobile, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized by Jennipher Prati

Social Media Awards 2011

And the winner is……. So exiting to be at the first awards of my life, and even better regarding something that I love too: Social Media.

I felt like I was in a movie. Conor was one of the judges and decided to bring us, his team, to a different type of training session, he said: “watch guys and learn as next year we will be on the podium!” I believe that, we are working hard, we have the passion and his knowledge, the perfect mix!

The inaugural Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Awards, which took place Thursday 26th May in the Mansion House in Dublin , organised by Damien Mulley and hosted by the inimitable Ricky O’Shea (radio 2FM), honoured companies that demonstrated innovation in their use of social media in business over the past year. The awards were judged by a panel of industry experts and members of the public.

The Grand Prix Award, for the best overall use of social media, went to Meteor Mobile, who also picked up the award for the best owned-managed business Facebook page. Here the link if you want to check it out: http://www.facebook.com/meteor

Well done to all the Social Media Awards Finalists and Sponsors, it was a great night! Good entertainments, well organised and I loved The Virtual Graffiti Wall, even if I didn’t win!

There is only one last question: will Social Media have “new ways of interacting with the public, provide better services and inevitably generate more sales??”

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Here below the list of finalists:

Facebook Page for a Business
Spin 1038 – http://www.facebook.com/spin1038
Facebook Page for a Non-Profit Organisation
Dublin Zoo – http://www.facebook.com/dublinzoo
Facebook Page for a Business (Owner Managed)
Meteor Mobile – http://www.facebook.com/meteor
Integrated Facebook Campaign (Page, App and Ads)
Maltesers Ireland – http://www.facebook.com/maltesersireland
Best Business Twitter Account – Marketing and Sales
Blacknight – @Blacknight
Best Twitter Account – Support, CRM
Eircom – @eircom
Blog of a Business – Sponsored by Frontline LED
Curious Wines – http://www.curiouswines.ie/blog/
Video/Video Campaign (non broadcast) – Sponsored by Publicis QMP
Laughing Kookaburra – Goldnomics
Online PR Campaign – Sponsored by ESOF 2012, Dublin City of Science
Wedding Dates - http://weddingdates.ie/wifecarrying
Use of Social Media by State Body/Org – Sponsored by pTools
Defence Forces
Best Mobile App
Oxegen 2010
Customer Care using Social Media (Integrated) – Sponsored by DoneDeal
Vodafone Ireland
Best Use of Social Media For A Sponsorship Campaign
Bank of Ireland Leinster Blue Magic
Innovative Use of Social Media – Sponsored by Arekibo
RTE’s The Rumour Room
Social Media Effectiveness – conversions, metrics etc – Sponsored by Kantar Media
Morning Ireland, RTE
Integrated Social Media Campaign – Sponsored by GrabOne.ie
Meteor
Agency for use of Social Media – Sponsored by Newsletter.ie
Irish International
Grand Prix – Sponsored by Bord Gais Energy
Meteor Mobile

May 14, 2011 in Blog, Blogging, Events, mobile, Social Media, Wordpress by Conor

Mobile blogging with an iPhone and WordPress

Finally got around to testing mobile blogging using an iPhone with the WordPress app. Seems to working well for the socialmedia.ie test blogpost and will give you a full review asap but it works well for basic posts. Just uploaded a test image from my gallery and all looks good! Well done WordPress!