Getting Irish Business Online

Getting Irish Business Online (www.gettingbusinessonline.ie) is a partnership between Google, Blacknight Internet Solutions, An Post and the County & City Enterprise Boards and is targeting the 40% of Irish SMEs including sole traders that do not have a website or an online presence.  The campaign is calling on all businesses that do not have a website to long on to www.gettingbusinessonline.ie where they can create their business website for free.

Businesses interested in getting a website set up should go to the Getting Irish Business Online campaign website www.gettingbusinessonline.ie to set up their website with a straightforward step by step process.  Once established their web address can be found using Google’s search engine and they can also learn how to further enhance their business website to attract new customers online.

The Getting Irish Business Online campaign will support businesses and sole traders to build a free website in under 30 minutes which is the first step to building an online business. 

• Blacknight Solutions will provide participants with a free website, and hosting with a .ie, .eu or .com domain name which is free for one year from the set-up of their website. 
• Google will also provide a trial of online advertising with a coupon worth €100 euro. 
• The County & City Enterprise Boards will run nationwide seminars giving registered businesses additional support in setting up a website and learning how to attract new custom online.
• An Post is supporting integration of a postage calculator into a full e-commerce solution, launching June 1st and it will provide promotional offers, support and advice to businesses who sell online and have developed their website through Getting Irish Business Online.

All of the County Enterprise Boards in the Western region will be arranging a series of short Getting Irish Business Online training workshops. To find out more about the training workshops in your locality, click here. More info at http://www.gettingbusinessonline.ie