Just another WordPress weblog2009-11-07T17:39:00+00:00WordPresshttp://business.loudervoice.com/feed/atom/Loudervoicehttp://feedburner.google.comsabrinahttp://www.sabrinadent.com/2009-11-07T09:39:00-08:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=556

Yes you can! Renowned SEO expert Richard Hearne of Red Cardinal did exactly that this afternoon with the LouderVoice EasyReview system. Think you can beat him?

<p>Yes you can! Renowned SEO expert <a href="http://twitter.com/RedCardinal">Richard Hearne</a> of <a href="http://www.redcardinal.ie/">Red Cardinal</a> did exactly that this afternoon with the LouderVoice EasyReview system.</p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/RedCardinal/status/5505248128"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-557" title="Red Cardinal deploys LouderVoice in 5 mins" src="http://business.loudervoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/redcardinal_on_twitter_lv.png" alt="Red Cardinal deploys LouderVoice in 5 mins" width="452" height="267" /></a></p> <p>Think you can <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/try-it/">beat him</a>?</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=loy9OH6paL4:NXXqdvJaTQ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=loy9OH6paL4:NXXqdvJaTQ0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=loy9OH6paL4:NXXqdvJaTQ0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=loy9OH6paL4:NXXqdvJaTQ0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/loy9OH6paL4" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/11/07/customer-reviews-on-your-site-in-5-minutes/Catherinehttp://business.loudervoice.com2009-11-06T06:31:36-08:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=547

The Golden Spider awards' shortlists have been announced. We're delighted to be shortlisted in the "Best e-business Website " and "Best Professional Services Website" categories this year.

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://goldenspiders.ie/"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-548" title="GS Button" src="http://business.loudervoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/GS-Button-1024x329.jpg" alt="GS Button" width="553" height="177" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The <a href="http://goldenspiders.ie" target="_blank">Golden Spider</a> awards' <a href="http://goldenspiders.ie/categories.php" target="_blank">shortlists</a> have been announced. We're delighted to be shortlisted in the "<strong>Best e-business Website</strong> " and "<strong>Best Professional Services Website</strong>" categories this year.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=FsaNn49EiQ0:nxtMMl96h7E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=FsaNn49EiQ0:nxtMMl96h7E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=FsaNn49EiQ0:nxtMMl96h7E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=FsaNn49EiQ0:nxtMMl96h7E:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/FsaNn49EiQ0" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/11/06/loudervoice-for-business-shortlisted-for-golden-spiders-2009/admin2009-11-05T08:36:28-08:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=530

We've been very busy here and so are only getting around to announcing this now. You may have noticed we've had a makeover recently. We love our new look. Huge thanks and all credit due to the wonderful design guru Sabrina Dent and also to David Kelly of Ambient Age for the backend coding. Have a look [...]

<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.loudervoice.com/business"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-531" style="border: 2px solid gray; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="loudervoice4biz" src="http://business.loudervoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/loudervoice4biz.jpg" alt="loudervoice4biz" width="575" height="272" /></a>We've been very busy here and so are only getting around to announcing this now. You may have noticed we've had a makeover recently. We love <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/" target="_blank">our new look</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Huge thanks and all credit due to the wonderful design guru <a href="http://sabrinadent.com" target="_blank">Sabrina Dent</a> and also to <a href="http://ambientage.com" target="_blank">David Kelly of Ambient Age</a> for the backend coding.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Have a look at <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/about/" target="_blank">reasons why</a> you should have reviews on your website, the <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/features/" target="_blank">various ways</a> of getting reviews on your website and then give it <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/try-it/" target="_blank">a go</a>. It couldn't be easier to get reviews on your site now and increase sales.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">As ever, all feedback is greatly appreciated.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=3Np0cXx9Ovc:ikkDsqO8glA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=3Np0cXx9Ovc:ikkDsqO8glA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=3Np0cXx9Ovc:ikkDsqO8glA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=3Np0cXx9Ovc:ikkDsqO8glA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/3Np0cXx9Ovc" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/11/05/a-new-look-for-loudervoice-for-business/admin2009-11-01T12:16:49-08:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=523

We're delighted to announce that LouderVoice has been shortlisted in the Irish Software Association Awards 2009 in the category for Technical Innovation. Great news and recognition resulting from our LouderVoice Review Widget, API reviews and Google Android Application.

<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-524" style="border: 2px solid black; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Irish Software Association " src="http://business.loudervoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/isa.jpg" alt="Irish Software Association " width="378" height="162" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">We're delighted to announce that LouderVoice has been shortlisted in the <a href="http://www.software.ie" target="_blank">Irish Software Association</a> Awards 2009 in the category for <a href="http://www.software.ie/Sectors/ISA/AWARDS2009.nsf/vPages/Awards_Categories~technical-innovation-award?OpenDocument" target="_blank">Technical Innovation</a>. Great news and recognition resulting from our <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/features/widgets/" target="_blank">LouderVoice Review Widget</a>, <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/features/loudervoice-api/" target="_blank">API reviews</a> and <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/features/android/" target="_blank">Google Android Application</a>.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=8chWSsPLWTg:tYPb76prn_o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=8chWSsPLWTg:tYPb76prn_o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=8chWSsPLWTg:tYPb76prn_o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=8chWSsPLWTg:tYPb76prn_o:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/8chWSsPLWTg" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/11/01/loudervoice-shortlisted-for-isa-technical-innovation-award/admin2009-10-12T06:01:51-07:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=262

Today marks the launch of technology news and reviews site teic.ie, which has to be one of the best site names we've seen! It's written by Adam Maguire who is one of the finest technology and business journalists in the country. Adam's reviews are in-depth and extremely knowledgeable. The use of a blog format means he [...]

<p>Today marks the launch of technology news and reviews site <a href="http://www.teic.ie">teic.ie</a>, which has to be one of the best site names we've seen! It's written by Adam Maguire who is one of the finest technology and business journalists in the country. Adam's reviews are in-depth and extremely knowledgeable. The use of a blog format means he should quickly see a community forming around the site and there is no reason we won't have a European Gizmodo or Engadget on our hands.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teic.ie/"><img class="aligncenter" title="Teic.ie" src="http://www.teic.ie/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/logo3.png" alt="" width="167" height="54" /></a></p> <p>We're thrilled to be <a href="http://www.loudervoice.com/people/teicie">aggregating all of the reviews</a> from tech.ie to help build it into the leading tech site in the country. <a href="http://www.teic.ie/">Head on over</a> and check out the launch day competition!</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=JJpv8C-4YXg:IsWTzwKoQWA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=JJpv8C-4YXg:IsWTzwKoQWA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=JJpv8C-4YXg:IsWTzwKoQWA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=JJpv8C-4YXg:IsWTzwKoQWA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/JJpv8C-4YXg" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/10/12/launch-of-teic-ie/admin2009-10-12T01:59:46-07:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=258

The brilliant LittleQuiz site runs a different quiz each week with some fantastic prizes which could be yours by answering three simple questions. This week those questions are about LouderVoice. Head on over and you could be in with a chance to win a mobile phone and call credit. If you are a business looking for [...]

<p>The brilliant <a href="http://littlequiz.com/">LittleQuiz</a> site runs a different quiz each week with some fantastic prizes which could be yours by answering three simple questions. <a href="http://littlequiz.com/blog/2009/10/quiz-4-a-choice-of-mobile-phones-100-euro-call-credit-from-loudervoice-com/">This week</a> those questions are about LouderVoice. Head on over and you could be in with a chance to win a mobile phone and call credit.</p> <p><a href="http://littlequiz.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-259" title="littlequiz" src="http://business.loudervoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/littlequiz.png" alt="littlequiz" width="338" height="336" /></a></p> <p>If you are a business looking for simple effective promotional opportunities, I can highly recommend talking to Joe Scanlon who runs the site.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=NFcgBvuaUQQ:3WA-3g2U4lY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=NFcgBvuaUQQ:3WA-3g2U4lY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=NFcgBvuaUQQ:3WA-3g2U4lY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=NFcgBvuaUQQ:3WA-3g2U4lY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/NFcgBvuaUQQ" height="1" width="1"/>2http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/10/12/littlequiz-this-week-is-about-loudervoice/admin2009-10-12T01:15:39-07:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=253

We've spent the past few months in LouderVoice creating Version 2 of our review widget and have been quietly rolling it out on sites since early August. In our humble opinion, it is the best widget-based reviews solution on the market globally. Not only can it be implemented on most sites in under 10 minutes, [...]

<p>We've spent the past few months in <a href="http://www.loudervoice.com/business">LouderVoice</a> creating Version 2 of our review widget and have been quietly rolling it out on sites since early August. In our humble opinion, it is the best widget-based reviews solution on the market globally. Not only can it be implemented on most sites in under 10 minutes, it is also fully Facebook and Twitter enabled and can be easily styled to blend seamlessly into your site</p> <p>We recently began working with <a href="http://www.hotelconsult.ie/the-arlington-hotel-dublin-goes-live-with-loudervoice-reviews">Hotel Consult</a> in Cork and the first fruits of that relationship are already here. The Fitzgerald Group of hotels have just begun rolling the widget out on their web-sites. First up is <a href="http://www.arlington.ie/">The Arlington Hotel</a> at O'Connell Bridge and they will be joined this week by <a href="http://www.arlingtonhoteltemplebar.com">The Arlington Temple Bar</a> and <a href="http://www.louisfitzgeraldhotel.com/">The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel</a>.</p> <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-254" title="three_fitzgerald_logos" src="http://business.loudervoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/three_fitzgerald_logos.jpg" alt="three_fitzgerald_logos" width="620" height="200" /></p> <p>There are many reasons for hotels to use our solution and the Fitzgerald Group grasped that instantly. Some of the top reasons are:</p> <ul> <li>Customer feedback directly on the site so the hotels can respond immediately to problems</li> <li>Customer reviews visible on the site, informing potential new guests</li> <li>Reviews driving on-site room sales for improved margin</li> <li>Reviews posted to Twitter and Facebook so that satisfied guests can promote the hotels to their friends</li> <li>Reviews posted to <a href="http://www.loudervoice.com/reviews/999968432">loudervoice.com</a>, driving up SEO for the hotels</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://greengathering.blogspot.com/2009/10/craic-that-is-social-media.html">Very nice piece</a> on the launch from Ian Green.</p> <p>We will have several more announcements in the hospitality area this week, and our new business site, so stay tuned!</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=qLs8E1pIejE:qVMzVTC_QKw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=qLs8E1pIejE:qVMzVTC_QKw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=qLs8E1pIejE:qVMzVTC_QKw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=qLs8E1pIejE:qVMzVTC_QKw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/qLs8E1pIejE" height="1" width="1"/>1http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/10/12/loudervoice-reviews-on-fitzgerald-group-hotels/sabrinahttp://www.sabrinadent.com/2009-11-01T06:51:49-08:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=127

We're always happy to see statistics to back up what we already know and tell clients every day: The report, which was conducted by Forrester Research Inc. on behalf of Shop.org, the online retailing division of the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group, notes that most retailers regard customer ratings and reviews as useful and [...]

<p>We're always happy to see statistics to back up what we already know and tell clients every day:</p> <p>The report, which was conducted by Forrester Research Inc. on behalf of Shop.org, the online retailing division of the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group, notes that most retailers regard customer ratings and reviews as useful and directly correlated to sales.</p> <p>You can read more about this research <a title="Social Media and Retail Sales" href="http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=32052">at Internet Retailer</a>.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=I9tm40iE4S4:pJ7CYUH07dY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=I9tm40iE4S4:pJ7CYUH07dY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=I9tm40iE4S4:pJ7CYUH07dY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=I9tm40iE4S4:pJ7CYUH07dY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/I9tm40iE4S4" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/10/08/34-of-e-retailers-say-social-marketing-increases-sales/admin2009-09-15T03:44:44-07:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=249

If you have any interest in Cloud Computing then you should be attending next week's Cloud Computing Summit in Croke Park in Dublin. The line-up of speakers is fantastic and the topics very relevant to businesses of any size. LouderVoice CEO, Conor, will be on a user panel speaking about our experiences of moving all the [...]

<p>If you have any interest in Cloud Computing then you should be attending next week's <a href="http://www.cloudsummit.ie/">Cloud Computing Summit</a> in Croke Park in Dublin.</p> <p>The line-up of speakers is fantastic and the topics very relevant to businesses of any size. <a href="http://business.loudervoice.com/">LouderVoice</a> CEO, Conor, will be on a user panel speaking about our experiences of moving all the LouderVoice services to Amazon AWS. That includes S3, EC2, EBS, EIP, Cloudfront and only excludes ELB since it hasn't launched in Europe yet.</p> <p>We thought it would be a nice tie-in to have our cloud-based services running on the Cloud Summit site, so our new reviews widget has been <a href="http://www.cloudsummit.ie/index.php?show=agenda">deployed on the site here</a>. Site developers <a href="http://www.dmacmedia.ie/">DMAC Media</a> had the widget up and running in a few minutes with full Facebook Connect and Twitter OAuth integration.</p> <p>We'll remind you on the day and afterwards to let conference organisers <a href="http://www.iquest.ie/">iQuest</a>, The Sunday Business Post, the Irish Software Association and The National Digital Research Centre know what you thought of the event by writing your review.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=vAI40gZgF2c:24uleFW0aMw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=vAI40gZgF2c:24uleFW0aMw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=vAI40gZgF2c:24uleFW0aMw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=vAI40gZgF2c:24uleFW0aMw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/vAI40gZgF2c" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/09/15/cloud-computing-summit-reviews/admin2009-09-15T02:54:18-07:00http://business.loudervoice.com/?p=247

It's always a pleasure to meet like-minded people who understand the power of online reviews for businesses. Pat O'Neill of HotelConsult is one of those people and we're thrilled to be working with him in the hotel space. In these difficult times for hotels, any advantage that they can gain is worthwhile. On-site reviews are a [...]

<p>It's always a pleasure to meet like-minded people who understand the power of online reviews for businesses. Pat O'Neill of <a href="http://www.hotelconsult.ie/">HotelConsult</a> is one of those people and we're thrilled to be working with him in the hotel space.</p> <p>In these difficult times for hotels, any advantage that they can gain is worthwhile. On-site reviews are a proven way of growing sales and on-site sales for hotels means they improve their margin.</p> <p>Pat is a whirlwind of energy and his knowledge of this market is unrivalled. You can expect to see the new LouderVoice widget on a variety of hotel web-sites in the coming months.</p> <p>We highly recommend you <a href="http://www.hotelconsult.ie/hotelconsult-teams-up-with-loudervoice">follow his blog</a> for lots of insights into the business. If you are looking for some fantastic hotel bargains, then <a href="http://twitter.com/irishhotelchat">follow him on Twitter</a> too.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=aI8EnYgJahU:tFMUoXI3X1M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=aI8EnYgJahU:tFMUoXI3X1M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?i=aI8EnYgJahU:tFMUoXI3X1M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?a=aI8EnYgJahU:tFMUoXI3X1M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loudervoice?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loudervoice/~4/aI8EnYgJahU" height="1" width="1"/>0http://business.loudervoice.com/2009/09/15/loudervoice-and-hotelconsult/