This year there are 3 new categories reflecting the changing use of the Internet in Ireland. These new categories are Best Online Exporter, Best Online Business Use of Irish and Best Use of Social Media.

Entry into the awards is free and nominations are open until 12 September 2008 - yes you can nominate yourself.

This year’s categories are:

• Best Business Blogger
• Best Business Podcaster
• Best Online Business Use of Irish
• Best Online Exporter
• Best Online Financial Service
• Best Online Trader Ireland
• Best Use of Social Media
• e-Government Award
• Educational Contribution
• Innovation Award
• Internet Entrepreneur
• Internet Marketer
• Journalist Award
• Mobile Internet Innovation
• Overall Net Visionary
• Social Contribution
• Web Designer Excellence
• Web Developer Excellence

Submit your nominations HERE

Disclosure: I am honoured to have been asked to be one of the judges for this year’s IIA and Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary Awards - you can meet the judges here.

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SHOW NOTES

01.07    The show starts and Bernie, Ken and Krishna share what they have been up to this week

05:31    Hosting tip of the week with Michele Neylon of Blacknight.com - how to find a great domain name for your website, blog or podcast

11:19    We discuss our thoughts on domain names, whether we should have a .ME domain name and if we should ‘log our name’ on all the social networks that are getting established to protect our brand

18:17    We talk about radio show host Rick O’Shea who has started a Twitter back channel for his day time show follow him at twitter.com/rickoshea

19:53    Bernie shares the details of the badges our speakers at the conference will be wearing thanks to Marion Roche

24:00    Cathy Fitzgerald shares the journey her organisation have taken in the last 9 months adopting and integrating social media platforms into their communications and engagement programme having been inspired by PodCamp Ireland in 2007

36:10    We discuss the insights from the conversation about Artlinks.ie

43:26    Ken share how you can now register if you are interested in speaking at PodCamp Ireland 2008

44:55    We share how you can access the PodCamp Ireland podcast in iTunes and encourage you to do a review of the show there

45:30    We talk about the new search engine Cuil.com and what we find if we search for PodCamp Ireland

49:42    Wrap up of the show.

HOW TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW

• Access the streaming audio of this weeks PodCamp Ireland Podcast here
• Subscribe to the show through our PodCamp Ireland Podcast feed
• Subscribe to the show on iTunes - see the link on our PodCamp Ireland BlogTalk Radio page

If you like the show and appreciate our guests sharing their experiences in the world of social media - do add us as a favourite on the PodCamp Ireland BlogTalk Radio page

You can also find us in iTunes - subscribe at either our PodCamp Ireland BlogTalk Radio page or PodCamp Ireland or search for PodCamp Ireland in the iTunes podcast directory.

HOW TO LEAVE A COMMENT

We really welcome your comments and feedback about the show. What would you like us to cover in future shows? What questions do you have about implementing social media strategies to support your business strategy?

You can get in touch by email: PodCamp(at)gmail.com

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NEXT WEEKS SHOW - 9am Ireland/UK on Wednesday 30 July 2008

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Call-in Number:  +1 347 826 7790

And if you miss the show, don’t worry, its available as a podcast.

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I always think that we need to make it as easy as possible for people to access our content from our websites so one of the things I did some time ago on my main blog was to add some plugins so that people could then print a blog article and email articles to others.

However I recently came across a service that enables us to guide people to alternatives to print pages but still makes your content accessible to readers and enables you to virally market your blog to others with a tell a friend functon - and it’s free!

Yes you can virally market your blog and be kind to the environment.

The ECO-SAFE Merit Badge can be added to your website and offers the opportunity to visitors to:

• send themselves or other an email of the article or page
• send themselves or others a PDF of the article or page
• download a PDF of the article or page.

Why not add the ECO-SAFE Merit Badge to your blog, website or ecommerce site.

Oh I almost forgot to let you know, you can also register for free iTunes music of your choice when you add the ECO-SAFE Merit Badge to you blog or website.

And how did I come across the ECO-SAFE merit Badge - well I noticed over at Chris Brogan’s sidebar on his blog.

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I know many of us turn to the web to find information perhaps about a potential client as we write proposals, about the industry sector a client is involved in so that we come well versed in their business and look to places where we can add value, or even checking out a competitor as part of the development of our business strategy or brand plan.

A free tool I have recently come across which I think has tremendous opportunities for research is Yahoo Pipes.

Yahoo Pipes provides you with the ability to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web creating a feed with relevant information. you can also publish your Yahoo Pipe so that others can access it or modify it for their own use.

Take a look at this video (above) that shows you how to create your own pipe of research data.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

I use Google Alerts to support my research,and you can read an article here about 10 ways I use Google Alerts in my research.

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This year the award categories are:

• Social Contribution
• Technology Journalist
• Innovation
• eGovernment
• Internet Marketer
• Web Designer
• Web Developer
• Online Trader
• Educational Contribution
• Internet Entrepreneur
• Mobile Internet
• Best Online Banking Service
• Best Podcaster
• Best Blogger
• Net Visionary of the Year 

Nominations for these categories must be in by 14 September 2007 and voting opens on 15 September 2007. The awards will take place on 15 November 2007 at the Mansion House, Duiblin. 

With so many great people already registering for PodCamp Ireland 07, there has to be another winner of the Net Visionary Awards among them. Michele has already pinned his colours to the mast and said who he would like to see winning this year. Who will you be voting for?

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