Blogging since 2003.

Brightspark has been around since 2003. Started out as digital marketing and online copywriting. Soon added digital project management because the destinations were not always great. Embraced social media as it evolved from 2006. Particular interest these days in content marketing and social media monitoring. Continually evolving. “Kaizen Kaizen.”

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    Facebook Bulge

    I love seeing this.  The bits highlighted in pink are where I was doing the posts and interactions.

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    Bad Email Marketing Practice Continues

    I’m sick of writing about bad email practice in this island of ours.  Something that really bugs me is the ignoring of your email preferences.  When I sign up to

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    Negative Comments Can Be A Good Thing

    I”m always quoting one of the things I learned in Cyberpsychology about how dealing with a negative comment or review well can actually have a more positive psychological effect than

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    Digital Marketing Quiz

    I’ve been thinking a lot lately ‘wouldn’t it be great if there was a digital marketing / social media quiz type thing’?  I guess what got me thinking like this

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    Rules For Buttons

    I hate to say it, but I love a good set of rules… not in real life, but in webby work life it makes me feel all safe and secure!

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    Plato Mentor For Social Media

    I’m delighted to have been appointed as a mentor for Plato in the area of social media. I love working with SME’s who are switched on and committed to such

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    Bad Ad & App

    Who is doing the ads for the World Street Performance Championships? They’re breaking some of the fundamentals of advertising imho: When you’re advertising an event, you always put in the

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    You Learn Something New Every Day…

    Found via @AislingFoley on Twitter, here’s something new you may not have known about. You know on Twitter the way you talk directly to people using @?  Not a DM,

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    Did You Get Yours?

    New Yorkers sent anonymous postcards to Dubliners as part of a ’Postcards of our City‘ architecture project, organised by Dublin City Council and Culture Ireland. 500 New Yorkers who dropped into

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    Attack on WordPress Sites

    If you run a WordPress site, have you heard about this?   Huge attack on WordPress sites. Don’t panic! Here’s what to do: Add this plugin If you’re still using

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    Coder Dojo For Girls

    Coder Dojo rocks.  It’s a phenomenally successful movement that originated in Ireland.  I love it and I can’t wait til my little nipper is old enough to attend.  I’ve just

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    Asian Domain Registration Service #SCAM

    I received an unsolicited email this morning from a Mark Ren purporting to be from the Asian Domain Registration Service in China.  Supposedly another company is trying to register my

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    Grab Yourself An Innovation Voucher

    Enterprise Ireland will be opening up its Innovation Voucher scheme again – from 8 – 28 April you can apply for a voucher that can be used to get stuff

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    An Oldie, But A Goody

    In celebration of my 6 years on Twitter (happy birthday!), I came across this dodgy video on YouTube of me and Heidi Jermyn (now of Cookieweb fame, then of Brightspark

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    How Many Tweets Per Year?

    I celebrated 6 years on Twitter yesterday. In that time I’ve tweeted 9,356 times – that’s an average of 1,559 a year. Adjusting for a quiet Twitter period right after

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    Doing It For The Girls

    To celebrate International Women’s Day and to give a little back, I’m doing a FREE lunchtime talk on Wed  20 March (12.30-1.30pm) in the Docklands Innovation Centre. How To Write

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    Google Grants

    I was asked to look at Google Grants for a not for profit client, and I can’t help wondering is Google being deliberately obtuse? Google is the master of communicating

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    Hello Sunday Morning.ie

    Spunout.ie is behind this campaign, and they’re doing a great job! I heard about it on the radio yesterday. Just saw a link on Twitter about @rickoshea joining it People

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    My First Vine

    Quite rudimentary and the sound isn’t looping right, but here’s me playing with my responsive website hiding behind the Digital Media Awards badge! It scores a ‘meh’ from me.  I