Business Insights
Knowing me, Owning you
Discover how you can use Web 2.0 technologies like Facebook and Twitter to engage with your customers in a new way.
Marketing on a shoestring
Exploiting your website and email database is a cost-efficient approach to selling and promoting your business.
How to make social networking work for your business?
Three popular ways you can use social media to grow your business and engage with your customers
The customer is everywhere
The customer is everywhere. Fleet Matics, Heavey RF, Meteor and ICAP Media discuss
Cut costs with IT investments
In challenging economic times how can your business use technology to cut costs and boost productivity?
Finding your way online
See how other companies have used mobile technology to open up new business opportunities
Cutting costs to win
Businesses of all sizes now feel the pressure to cut costs, and cut them fast. But the best approach is to proceed with caution, taking a structured approach that delivers short, medium and long-term cost reductions.
How to maintain market share in the recession
5 top tips for SMEs to maintain market share in the recession
How to profit online
More and more traditional businesses, from builders and plumbers to small-town retailers, are embracing online selling
You have to be seen to sell
Creating a search engine-friendly website is vital for any firm that wants to increase its visibility. Discover how you can be found online.
The virtual enterprise
With the right technology infrastructure, even a one-man operation can be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the web.
Customer retention on a budget
With tools like CRM and social media you can ensure your relationship with your customers is a fruitful one
Always open for business
Re-evaluating your working environment is not the radical option it may once have been.
Cyber threats – the new cold war?
How vulnerable are Irish enterprises to cyber threats? Paul C Dwyer talks about the real and present dangers
Get your business in shape for the year ahead
Avine McNally of the Small Firms Association and Peter Byrne, South Dublin Chambers, share their top 5 tips for businesses to get in shape and adapt for the year ahead.
6 Top tips for cashflow
The number one cause of business failure isn’t inadequate profits, but poor cash flow management.
Go green to save costs
Sustainability and environmentally-friendly business practices are within reach of Irish businesses of all sizes - and can also help your bottom line
Boost online sales
Content, design and relevance are central to success for SMEs in today’s online environment.
Sleep while your business works
With over a billion people online all connected and searching for information, now is the time to invest in your website and increase your market
Lets talk Social media
48 percent of Irish firms said they used social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to connect with their customers. Are you one of them?