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 | 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...
by Aisling Hurley | Jun 16, 2014 | Branding, Business Tips, Events, News, SEO, Uncategorized
What is a blog, you are asking yourself, everyone seems to be talking about it at the moment. A blog is simply a written article providing enticing and interesting information to your readers, including some pictures or video clips if you wish. Blogging is now an...
by Aisling Hurley | Jun 10, 2014 | Business Tips, Events, News, Rural Enterprise & Farming, Uncategorized
“€500m broadband investment for rural Ireland” so screamed the headline from Conor Pope’s piece in The Irish Times technology section, dated the 25th of April 2014 last. Well it’s about time is all we can say. We are a rural business, so rural that the neighbours are...
by Aisling Hurley | May 5, 2014 | Craft/Artists, Events, News, Uncategorized
On a rainy May day in Leitrim I discovered a mind blowing exhibition entitled Weaving the Sky, by an artist called Barbara Falkowska. This artist is a weaver like no other, taking the craft to a new level. Falkowska is a mere 83 years old now and this body of work...
by Aisling Hurley | Apr 8, 2014 | Events, News, SEO, Social Media, Uncategorized
Whilst conducting research on the various social media platforms for business this week, we noticed some exciting new changes peeps. Google, Facebook, Vine and Twitter are all making changes to their respective platforms, it must be something in the ether. Changes to...