Speed Up Your Website for Google

Since Google and other search engines take the size and download speed (among many other factors) of your site into account when deciding where to rank you in results, it makes sense to make sure it’s fast! It will also give your impatient visitors a much better experience. Here’s a few things you should consider… READ THE FULL POST

>> Posted in How to Guides, Website Optimization Tips on June 14th, 2010 |

Using Facebook Ads

I’m focusing on the Facebook Advertising system for this article mainly because I’ve tried a lot of others from Google AdWords, to Linkedin Ads to Banner advertising to Offline, etc.. and I just find the Facebook system to be the simplest and potentially most effective given the number of people using Facebook regularly these days… READ THE FULL POST

>> Posted in How to Guides on June 9th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Carrick-on-Shannon Water Music Festival

5th Annual Carrick Water Music Festival

Carrick-on-Shannon

9th-11th July 2010

See www.carrickwatermusic.com for a complete listing of events and to book online.  Great gigs in trad, classical, opera, jazz plus ‘fringe’ events in the making… READ THE FULL POST

>> Posted in Events on June 9th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Optimise Your Site for iPhone – VERY Simply!

Here’s a quick method of fixing some common problems with your site that might cause it to display weirdly in the now ubiquitous iPhone/iPod devices. My own lovingly crafted main site and blog design were nearly fine on the iPhone but there was strange resizing of both the background image and some of the navigation… READ THE FULL POST

>> Posted in How to Guides, Website Optimization Tips on June 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Social Media Marketing Return on Investment?

I’ve been using Social Media Marketing techniques for a few years now to help brand my small Design company. I can say my brand has definetly increased but I’m now wondering if this increased brand visibility is translating into sales, which is of course the desired and perhaps often forgotten goal. Is my return on… READ THE FULL POST

>> Posted in General on June 8th, 2010 |

Web Site V’s Facebook Page

The question of whether or not businesses still need a full website or not has come up a lot at the Business Networking and Social Media events I’ve been to recently including yesterday’s Open Coffee Sligo. I’ve not given it much thought until now but here’s my honest opinion as… READ THE FULL POST

>> Posted in General on June 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment »