Advertising in Leitrim

I’m running a new site www.AboutLeitrim.ie which aims to collect and display all kinds of Leitrim News from Property and Jobs to Entertainment and Local Services information. I hope that this site will become a great resource for anyone interested in Leitrim, living and doing business in it, or maybe considering a move here. It’s well on the way to achieving this. Continue reading Advertising in Leitrim

Average Web Design Costs UK and Ireland

Here’s an interesting statistical analysis of the average cost of having website work done in this part of the world, whether it be e-commerce, basic brochure with CMS or just a one pager:

www.thewebdesignblog.co.uk/web-resources/share-your-web-design-prices-anonymously

I’m glad to say I’m way below the average cost of a finished site and about the average for hourly rates!!

Website Contact Details Poll: Phone or Email?

Quick poll for those of you in business and who have a website displaying various different contact methods. I suppose it might depend on the business and product/service being sold but I find it increasingly difficult as a web designer to be constantly answering phone calls whether new inquiries or for support. I think its much more structured and efficient if I only let people email me as I can then run through emails systematically, prioritise them, have a record of what was said and keep everything nice and tidy as opposed to having to remember what was said on the phone or having to find scraps of paper where you’ve quickly scribbled down someones details or requests.

What do you think?

Ireland Hand it to France!? Poll

Wow, what a reaction to last night’s game! The Media, Twitter, Facebook, etc…all bursting at the seems with anti Henry and anti french sentiment. Is it justified? As usual Ireland go down in a blaze of glory and end up Bride’s maids. It always seems to be an unluckily conceeded goal or a shoot out loss or a bad refeering decision.

On this occasion I personally think we are showing ourselves to be bad losers and moaners and we’ve jumped on an easy reason for the ultimate failure of the qualifying campaign. Where were we in the first match in Dublin and where were we for all the other games!? And why didn’t we take some chances and nail the French when we had them on the ropes last night? The RTE panel got it right when they pointed out 2 things – 1. What if we had handled it? & 2. Henry didn’t plan to handle it, it was a reflex action…

What’s your opinion!?

Linkedin and Facebook Twitter Integration

Social Media Marketing is big news these days but the one big turn off is the amount of sites you need to use regularly to be effective. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Your Blog and a pile more all need to be updated on a regular basis if you are to spread your business gospel. Continue reading Linkedin and Facebook Twitter Integration