by Aisling Hurley | Oct 10, 2014 | #femaleentrepreneurs, Branding, Business of the Month #BOM, Craft/Artists, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, Social Media, Uncategorized
Well how very apt it is that the winner of our latest Twitter Blogpost competition is The Yarn Witch UK. Just in time for Halloween! We feel it’s vital that we all support start ups. Craft start ups are particularly difficult to establish so we were delighted to...
by Aisling Hurley | Sep 18, 2014 | #femaleentrepreneurs, Be Yourself Mistakes and All, Branding, Craft/Artists, Events, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, Uncategorized
On a recent trip to Mountmellick I was amazed to see that the town had been Yarn bombed. If you haven’t heard of this new craze yet, it’s a type of grafitti or street art but street art that’s actually impressive. The trees were now purple and pink, one of the local...
by Aisling Hurley | Sep 2, 2014 | Be Yourself Mistakes and All, Branding, Craft/Artists, Events, Inspirational Entrepreneurs, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, Uncategorized
This past weekend saw 41000 Electric Picnic fans descend upon the town of Stradbally. What is normally our sleepy laid back community, where the odd farmers still drive to town on their tractors, became a riot of colour and happiness. The normal wellies were replaced...
by Aisling Hurley | Aug 11, 2014 | Branding, Business Tips, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, SEO, Social Media, Uncategorized
As Business Owners/Entrepreneurs we never seem to have a minute to ourselves, let alone managing our social media brand. We’ve been trying out some new social media add ons and applications that will help you become more efficient, productive and ultimately more...
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 | 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...