by Aisling Hurley | Jul 31, 2014 | Craft/Artists, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, Social Media, Uncategorized
As you will know we recently ran a competition on our Twitter page for a blog post feature. It was a great opportunity to get to know our new community members businesses even more. As always, we had some amazing entrants but the one we felt deserved to win the blog...
by Aisling Hurley | Jul 29, 2014 | Branding, Business Tips, Craft/Artists, Events, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, SEO, Social Media, Uncategorized
Earlier this month the government launched the National Digital Strategy for Ireland. In 2012 less than ¼ of our small companies were selling online. This means we have an online trade deficit where 70% of our online spending is going outside the state. The Digital...
by Aisling Hurley | Jul 18, 2014 | Business Tips, News, SEO, Social Media, Uncategorized
Social media is changing the ways that SMEs are networking with other businesses, and we were intriqued to read the latest research from The Open University Business School as it provides some interesting insights. The findings are based on a survey carried out of...
by Aisling Hurley | Jul 18, 2014 | Be Yourself Mistakes and All, Branding, Business Tips, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, Social Media, Uncategorized
Social media platforms allow you to interact with your customers quite easily, and yet many businesses fail to do just that. Hop in here and have a little read our Top 5 Business Tips for interacting with your own customers on the various social media platforms. It...
by Aisling Hurley | Jun 30, 2014 | Be Yourself Mistakes and All, Branding, Craft/Artists, Events, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, Uncategorized
The Tour de France kicks off in West Yorkshire countryside shortly. Being regular visitors to Yorkshire we were delighted to discover that the savvy farmers there have turned their fields into living works of art. This is a double hit for visitors and the cyclists as...
