Web 2.0 Ireland

This week’s Tuesday Push is LouderVoice who have just launched a range of business services. If you like what they are doing, please blog about it. You might even do it in the form of a review that they can use on the site.

LouderVoice for Business

There are apps/sites I like and apps/sites I love. DownloadMusic is in the latter category. One of those businesses that just nails the elevator pitch. As soon as you hear how it works, you get it. 

Johnny Beirne is the guy behind it and he has built something of perfect simplicity. Buy independent Irish music using SMS shortcodes. That’s it. I’ve used it, I’m in a permanent state of envy over how well it works.

From such a simple system, he has added value in so many places. The downloads now count in the Irish charts and have had a material effect on them on many occasions. The knock-on effect for small Irish bands is just enormous.

Because it is SMS based, bands can literally shout out short-codes on stage. Offline and online are now seamless! Not only that, but the site has been expanded to include band merchandise too. 

The recent launch of a USB key featuring 15 of the best Indie tracks from DownloadMusic is another bit of marketing brilliance.

Head on over, play a few clips and try it out. If you like it, why not blog about it too?

This week’s Push is Cork-based eWrite Lite, a suite of tools built around a CMS to enable SMEs to get online cheaply and easily. If I hear of one more SME having to pay a web-designer every time they want the content on their site updated, I’m going to start naming and shaming. eWrite Lite is perfect for those many small companies out there who are paying through the nose to get simple sites developed and maintained.

Check it out and blog about your impressions of it.

As with Pix.ie, I’ve collected all the posts I’ve seen so far about Toddle over on delicious.com. Let me know if I’ve missed any.

Keep Stumbling and Digging the good uns folks!

I’ve collected all the posts I’ve seen so far about Pix.ie over on delicious.com (a joy to be finally able to type that properly). Let me know if I’ve missed any.

It looks like using StumbleUpon on the top-notch posts is highly effective as a traffic driver and I’d encourage you to Stumble the ones you really like.

Toddle is a wonderful webapp for those who need to send newsletters but lack the design skills to create attractive ones. It is ideal for a wide range of businesses and works seamlessly with email distribution systems like GroupMail and Campaign Monitor.

Get writing your thoughts on this seriously great service.

Pix.ie is a beautiful photo-sharing site with many unique features which put it way ahead of the competition. Whether you are a cameraphone snapper like me or a pro, they have lots that’ll appeal to you. If you like what you see, why not join the push.