Conquering the new – Why is Google + a good thing for your business?

As part of our Grafton Media guest bloggers, Anna Beneda from Red Mud Media takes a look at Google + and it’s affect on your business:

Whilst social media is nothing new to most, many business owners have only just managed to put their heads around using social space as a marketing channel and finally defined their strategies for Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin. It doesn’t therefore come as a surprise that an arrival of a new, Google social network was not necessarily met with pure enthusiasm. For many, a challenge of conquering yet another social space is more of a daunting task than exciting prospect. And the way Google aggressively pushes the use of Google + is causing resentment in many marketers. Continue reading

#SMECommunity Tweet Up – Birr

Last week Grafton Media were at the #SMECommunity tweet up in Birr and had a great time networking and making new contacts. Grafton Media’s own Conchubhair Mac Lochlain was amongst the crowd, and here’s what he had to say about the event: Continue reading

Grafton Media and FocuSMEIreland.com

There’s been rumours, and they’re true! Grafton Media will be building the new FocuSME website at FocuSMEIreland.com.

FocuSME Ireland deliver the very latest from the world of business to small and medium size businesses in ireland through their current website. Continue reading

Expanding your business market with Twitter

Small businesses have long recognised the power of the Internet, but the coming of Web 2.0 has left many of those firms behind. As more and more people turn to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, it has never been more important for businesses to make use of those same marketing platforms. Continue reading