Nice to hear that this oul’ blog of mine [almost a Rod Stewart song there...? ] has made to the last few for the Best Blog of an SME. In the mix also are a host of absolute whoppers that I’m pretty honoured to be sitting next to [see below]. The taking part and all that jazz, to you who read here, thank you. You make me smile. See

On a slight side note The Sodshow, that garden radio podcast thing I do is down to the last 3 for best podcast. Thanks for that too. I’m walking around with a big happy head on me.

Here’s what the Awards organisers have to say on the matter:

Here are the finalists for The Best Blog Of An SME  sponsored by Sage. We are using Sage One Accounts which is an online accounting software to manage our accounts for the blog awards, keep track of income and costs and produce invoices.

The Sage Blog is the hub of Sage social media activities and it’s where Sage publish the majority of their content that they then share on social media channels. The Sage Blog is a leading B2B blog in Ireland and Sage has enjoyed a substantial growth in traffic to their blog in the last few months.

Sage would like to wish all of the shortlisters in the Best Blog Of An SME category best of luck in the awards. Here are the nominees;

• Secret Garden
• STAR TS Translation Services Blog
• Digital Advice Blog
• Persona Branding & Design: Hot & Happening
• Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd
• Why Weight Ireland
• Meetmums Blog