The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty today announced that her Department’s Enterprise Support Grant will be made available to assist self-employed recipients who are exiting the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme with a once-off grant of up to €1,000 to re-start their business. The Minister also announced that she was extending
Grow your business online with help through the Government’s National Digital Strategy. The expanded Trading Online Voucher Scheme is designed to assist small businesses with up to 10 employees to trade more online, boost sales and reach new markets. Participating in this scheme can make the process of trading online much easier for you. It offers
Clutter Free: A small business website design should be simple yet captivating. Too much information or a complicated design can overwhelm the viewer. An uncluttered design also sends across the message of professionalism. Allow your website to breathe and your users to have a pleasant viewing experience. Google should be able to find your site
Have a Clear Goal Every small business website is different because every one serves a different purpose. If you want your first business website to be a portal for people to buy products, you need to build it around that goal. If you want it to provide information and entice potential clients to call you,
Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization. SEO Tips 1. Make the website about one thing. It can be about other stuff, too, but choose one primary topic that is most essential to your message. 2. Mention keywords where they matter most. Include your “one thing” in the site title, domain name, description, tagline, keywords, blog
Government approves details of Restart Grant for Small Businesses Direct grant aid of between €2,000 minimum and €10,000 based on commercial rates bill from 2019. Scheme applies to small businesses with a turnover of under €5m and employing 50 people or less. Scheme opens for applications on Friday 22 May through the Local Authorities. The
Branding is certainly not a light topic – whole publications & hundreds of books have been written on the topic, however to put it in a nutshell you could describe a ‘brand’ as an organisation, service or product with a ‘personality’ that is shaped by the perceptions of the audience. On that note, it should
1. Think like a customer. You need to train yourself to think like a consumer because it doesn’t matter what you like – it matters what the customer will like. You should build your inventory around what is selling, so you don’t end up with a backlog of unfulfilled orders. 2. Intertwine your email and
1. Create a business page. If you want to have a solid and professional Facebook presence, you need to create a separate page for your business – your personal Facebook profile won’t cut it. A page is like a regular profile, but it’s for brands and business. Also, instead of asking to “friend” someone, users
